ALSO OUT
As ever, there’s plenty more books we couldn’t quite squeeze in. Rebecca Roanhorse’s dark fantasy TREAD OF ANGELS (out now, Solaris) centres on two “Fallen” sisters (descendants of demonkind) in a mining town. When Mariel is accused of murdering one of the ruling Archangels, Celeste sets out to prove her innocence. We rather dug Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers – a postapocalyptic tale in which a growing group of “sleepwalkers” wends its way across the United States – calling it “reminiscent of the likes of Stephen King and Robert McCammon at their ’80s peaks”. His equally chunky follow-up WAYWARD (out now, Del Rey) sees the now-woken sleepwalkers and the “shepherds” who protected them striving to rebuild the world. Would you prefer DC films if there weren’t so many pesky moving images? Then THE BATMAN: THE OFFICIAL SCRIPT BOOk and JOKER: THE OFFICIAL SCRIPT BOOK (out now, Titan) are for you. Yep, it’s the screenplays, illustrated with stills. SFX’s very own American correspondent Tara Bennett is behind THE ART OF AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (DK, 16 December), a behind-the-scenes look at James Cameron’s latest, crammed with concept art and creature designs, so it’s probably one of the greatest books ever published. (Quietly slips a crisp $50 bill into his pocket). Finally, THE ORIGINS OF THE WHEEL OF TIME (out now, Tor) explores the inspirations behind Robert Jordan’s series, drawing on interviews and a study of his unpublished notes.