ALSO OUT
As ever, there’s plenty more books we couldn’t quite squeeze in. Inspired by the fall of the Roman Empire, Grace Curtis’s IDOLFIRE(out now, Hodder) is an epic fantasy with a slow-burn sapphic romance, following two women on an epic journey to find a lost, once-great city. Natasha Pulley’s THE HYMN TO DIONYSUS(3 April, Gollancz) reimagines the story of the Greek God of ecstasy and madness, revelry and ruin. “Succession meets magic” is the pitch for GIFTED & TALENTED(3 April, Tor), the latest by The Atlas Six author Olivie Blake; after the death of CEO of a “magitech” company, which of his three telepathic children will inherit the business? The latest in the Beyond And Within range, Ghanaian writer Cheryl S Ntumy’s BLACK FRIDAY(28 March, Flame Tree) collects 18 short stories from Africa (half of them brand new). Expect “dark mysteries, cosy magical realism and cautionary tales”. Finally, there are two Doctor Who-related biographies. Michael Herbert’s NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS(out now, bit.ly/hulkebook) explores the life of Malcolm Hulke (creator of the Silurians), surely the only Who writer to earn an MI5 file (thanks to his Communist sympathies) – delving into that as well as interviews with friends, family members and colleagues. Meanwhile, John Lawrence’s THE FANTASTIC ART OF RON TURNER(out now, Telos) is a lavish coffee-table book celebration of the comic artist maybe best known for his work on TV Century 21 strip “The Daleks”.