An "intensely thought-provoking" science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler (LeVar Burton Reads).One of Esquire magazine's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All TimeAster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her an ogre and a freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she was truly a monster, she'd be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing ...

LOCUS AWARD FINALISTWelcome to Rivers Solomon’s dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. The neighbors acted nice enough, but right away bad things, scary things—the strange and the unexplainable—began to happen ...

A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2021A New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2021The Stonewall Book Award winner of 2022Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly and more!**A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction.Vern—seven months pregnant and desperat...

Anger is an energy. A young girl, a slave in the South, is presented with a moment where she can grasp for freedom, for change, for life. She grabs it with both hands, fiercely and intensely, and the spirit world is shaken, in Rivers Solomon's astonishing Blood Is Another Word for Hunger: A Tor.com Original short story.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.Aster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised La...

Winner of the 2021 Audie AwardONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group clippingYetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwel...

Within a dying star system, a soldier for hire searches for a missing refugee ship and uncovers a universe-shattering secret.Orphan, refugee, and soldier-for-hire Asala Sikou doesn't think too much about the end of civilization. Her system's star is dying, and the only person she can afford to look out for is herself.When a ship called The Vela vanishes during what was supposed to be a flashy rescue mission, a reluctant Asala is hired to team up with Niko, th...

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where they grew up. When their family moved there, they were the only Black family in the neighborhood. The neighbors acted nice enough, but right away bad things, scary things—the strange and the unexplainable—began to happen in their house. Maybe it was some cosmic tria...

**"Narrator Karen Chilton gives a riveting performance in this genre-defying masterpiece...The echoes of Chilton's haunting and beautiful narration will reverberate long after this powerful audiobook is over." -- AudioFile MagazineA triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction**Vern—seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised—flees for the shelter of the wood...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2019.Includes stories by:Elizabeth BearSiobhan CarrollJohn ChuGreg EganKathleen Ann GoonanS. L. HuangCarole JohnstoneKJ KabzaErinn L. KemperMary Robinette KowalRich LarsonM. Evan MacGriogirSeanan McGuireLis MitchellMimi MondalAnnalee NewitzSi...

“Joyously wild stuff. Highly recommended.” —The New York TimesThe Red Threads of Fortune is one of a pair of unique, standalone introductions to Neon Yang's Tensorate Series, which Kate Elliott calls "effortlessly fascinating." For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Black Tides of Heaven, available simultaneously.Fallen prophet, master of the elements, and daughter of the supreme Protector, Sanao Mokoya ha...

"Joyously wild stuff. Highly recommended." —The New York TimesOne of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, according to Time MagazineA Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards for Best NovellaOne of the 25 Best Fantasies of All Time, according to Good HousekeepingThe Black Tides of Heaven is one of a pair of unique, standalone intr...