See all our recent coverage of the best series fantasy and science fiction here. Robinsonīoth books were published by John Joseph Adams Books. The Wild Dead (264 pages, $14.99 in trade paperback, $9.99 in digital format, July 17, 2018) - cover design by Mark R. Here’s the back covers to both.īannerless (274 pages, $14.99 in trade paperback, $9.99 in digital format, July 7, 2017) - cover design by Mark R.

These are complex, ambitious books with a thoroughly original take on post-apocalyptic society. You can read the original short story here. When a dead body turns up, she begins to investigate, finding cracks in society that makes her question everything she’s been raised to believe. Enid of Haven is an Investigator, who is called upon to mediate disputes in the community.

The population is controlled as people earn the right to bear children, displaying their privilege by hanging banners outside their homes. In this world, the Coast Road is thriving after the fall of civilization, rebuilding with a culture of households. Earlier this year, she published Martians Abroad, a YA space opera, and with Bannerless, she’s looking into what happens after society collapses. When he selected it as one of the premier titles of July 2017, Andrew Liptak at The Verge wrote:Ĭarrie Vaughn is best known for her urban fantasy novels, but she’s been shifting gears quite a bit lately.

Dick Award for best original science fiction paperback. The sequel, The Wild Dead, arrived in trade paperback from John Joseph Adams Books last summer. It was one of the most acclaimed books of the year, and won the Philip K. Bannerless, the opening novel in Carrie Vaughn’s new science fiction saga, was based on the short story of the same name in the John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction The End Has Come (2015).

Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn