Fantasy author Kate Elliot (masquerading as Alis A Rasmussen) tries her hand at space opera in UNCONQUERABLE SUN (out now, Head Of Zeus), the first in a trilogy inspired by the life of Alexander the Great. Sherlock Holmes and Pirates Of The Caribbean are reference points being namechecked for Stuart Turton’s THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER (out now, Bloomsbury). A historical mystery set on an East India Company ship in 1634, it involves strange goings-on which may involve a demon. Cory Doctorow’s latest five-minutes-into-thefuture tale, ATTACK SURFACE (out now, Head Of Zeus) is set in the same world as Little Brother and Homeland. Described as “a paean to activism”, it follows a woman working for a company upgrading a government’s ability to spy on its citizens’ telecommunications. The new Fighting Fantasy book, CRYSTAL OF STORMS (out now, Scholastic) is the first by a female author: Rhianna Pratchett. After a floating archipelago crashes into the ocean, you must battle storms and sea beasts to help raise it from the deep. Matt Glasby’s THE BOOK OF HORROR (out now, Frances Lincoln) analyses 34 post-war horror films (including obscurities like Banshee Chapter), detailing how they use scare tactics like “dead space” and “the unstoppable”. The black and white illustrations are attractively spooky. Finally, THE WORLD OF THE UNKNOWN: UFOS (out now, Usborne) is the second reprint of the much-loved kids’ books of the ’70s. A Monsters reprint is also planned.