ALSO OUT

As ever, there are lots more books we couldn’t fit in! Joan He’s Chineseinspired YA fantasy THE DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE (out now, Titan) follows a princess thrust into power after her father is murdered, who enlists the aid of a soothsayer and an investigator to help her find justice. Jonathan Strahan’s collection THE BOOK OF DRAGONS (25 June, Harper Voyager) brings together 29 new dragon-themed short stories and poems by the likes of Kate Elliott, Ken Liu, Scott Lynch and Garth Nix. 2019’s The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind, the tale of a rap-loving psychokinetic agent in a shady government team, has a follow-up: RANDOM SH*T FLYING THROUGH THE AIR (18 June, Orbit). We called book one “selfconsciously ludicrous” and “mind candy so delicious you don’t care if it rots your brain”. Fancy some free readin’ stuff? GOING FURTHER (out now, Toyota Mobility Foundation) brings together three illustrated short stories by writers with disabilities, all of which explore the possible future impact of smart technology devices on mobility. You can download a 24-page PDF at bit.ly/goingpdf. James Lovegrove’s FIREFLY: THE GHOST MACHINE (out now, Titan) sees Mal’s crew headed on a crash course as the crew lie immersed in wishfulfilment hallucinations, thanks to a mystery Blue Sun case sneaked on-board by Jayne. Finally, there’s a new Star Wars novel centred on the New Republic’s ragtag Alphabet Squadron. In SHADOW FALL

(25 June, Century) they set a trap for Tie Fighter force Shadow Wing, to try and finish off these Imperial remnants once and for all…

Fingers crossed!