Fantasy

The world has descended into chaos, and humanity can no longer deny that gods walk among them. After months abroad, clairvoyant Paige Mahoney is ready to reunite with Arcturus and continue their fight against the oppressive Republic of Scion. But an invitation to Iceland, where the Ranthen are choosing a new leader, ends in violence, forcing Paige and her allies into a dangerous flight across Europe. As she races to protect the revolution, Paige must uncover the truth about her own existence and the origins of clairvoyance. The sixth and penultimate instalment of The Bone Season series promises political intrigue, ancient revelations, and hard-won love.

Magic is fading. Kingdoms are at war. And a young woman raised to serve an emperor must decide whether revenge is worth the price of her soul. Khamilla Zahr-zad has watched every home she has known destroyed by violence. The discarded daughter of an emperor, she grows up among her mother’s nomadic tribe until a brutal raid awakens nur—a mysterious heavenly magic that gives her the power to wield cosmic light. Finally accepted by her father’s court, she trains in combat and poisons, believing loyalty and vengeance will give her life meaning. But when a rival empire destroys her clan, Khamilla’s world collapses once more. Hiding her identity, she infiltrates the enemy’s military academy, where she studies martial arts, magic, and the dangerous knowledge needed to bring down an empire. As she uncovers truths that contradict everything her father taught her, she begins to question whether the history she has inherited is as righteous as she once believed. Blending epic battles, Islamic-inspired mythology, jinn, and morally complex characters, Dawn of the Firebird explores the devastating cost of war and the struggle between vengeance and freedom.

What if the only way to save your future was to journey into Hell? Alice Law has sacrificed almost everything to become a brilliant scholar of analytic magic at Cambridge University. But when her formidable academic advisor, Professor Jacob Grimes, dies in a magical accident, Alice faces the possibility of losing the career she has worked so hard to build. Determined to retrieve his soul, she descends into the underworld, accompanied by Peter Murdoch, her gifted—and deeply resented—academic rival. Guided by ancient myths and philosophical texts, the pair must navigate a Hell that defies everything they have been taught. As their dangerous journey exposes buried secrets and forces them to confront their complicated relationship with their mentor, Alice begins questioning the ambitions that have defined her life. Blending dark academia, mythology, intellectual rivalry, and biting humour, R. F. Kuang’s fantasy explores the brutal demands of academic ambition and the price of pursuing greatness.

What if translation were the most powerful weapon in the world? In 1830s Oxford, Robin Swift, an orphan from Canton, is brought to England to study languages at the prestigious Royal Institute of Translation, known as Babel. There, silver-working transforms the subtle differences between languages into extraordinary magical power, helping the British Empire expand its influence across the globe. But as Robin and his fellow students uncover the violence and exploitation sustaining this system, they face an impossible choice: serve the institution that gave them a future or destroy the machinery of imperial power. Blending dark academia, historical fantasy, and political intrigue, Babel examines the relationship between language and power, asking what is lost when cultures are translated, exploited, and controlled by those who rule.