ALSO OUT

s ever, there were loads more books we couldn’t fit in. Newcome Kira Jane Buxton’s (out now, Headline) is a quirky zombie apocalypse romp, narrated by (out now, Tor). It’s centred on a chap who was sentenced to slay dragons after trying to assassinate a fellow noble… and turned out to be very good at it! Now he’s offered his freedom if he kills a foreign monarch. Reese Hogan’s military SF novel (out now, Angry Robot) concerns a submarine officer whose warring nation has a powerful advantage: shrouding, the ability to traverse their planet in seconds through an alternate realm. And Becky Chambers, author of , has a new novella out. (out now, Hodder & Stoughton) is set in a future in which galactic explorers transform themselves, altering their biology to, for example, produce antifreeze in sub-zero temperatures, or absorb radiation and convert it for food. In continuing series, meanwhile, Stephen Aryan’s trilogy has concluded with (out now, Orbit), as has Anna Smith Spark’s series, with (out now, HarperVoyager). Finally, (29 August, Auteur Publishing), the latest in the chin-stroking film studies series, considers what the film has to say about issues such as humanity’s relationship with nature and “the manifestation of violence and control in men”.