Check out the New Science Fiction and Fantasy Shelves this month for tales of superhero noir, southern vampire hunters, the Halo™ Universe, dragons in search of a home, Sith Lords, a fantastic take on Arabian Nights, and human biochemical experimentation.
Featured this month is Adam Christopher’s genre blended debut novel, Empire State. In an alternative world, New York (known as the Empire State), resembles what-we-know as the prohibition-era, except for some notable differences. For starters, there are airships hovering over the city to keep an eye on the citizens, while financially, an endless war with an unseen enemy, has rendered the economy bankrupt … oh yeah, and superheroes exist. Caught up in this world is detective Rad Bradbury (…), a detective who follows a femme fatale down a rabbit hole of mysteries which might just uncover the reason for the Empire State’s existence. In a book that SciFiNow Magazine calls a mix between Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Alan Moore, Christopher manages to create a marvelously dark sci-fi atmosphere while crafting a fast-paced plot with multiple threads of intrigue.
You can find Empire State, along with any of the other titles listed below in the New Release section of the Library or you can click on the following links for more titles on the New Fantasy Shelf and the New Science Fiction Shelf.




