ALSO OUT

here’s a load more interesting-sounding books we couldn’t quite fit in. We really liked MT Hill’s last one, , comparing it to Jeff Noon’s work. New (out now, Titan) follows a reporter who, investigating the death of a climber in the “urban exploration” scene, discovers a strange photo of a weird-looking nest… Set in a 1910s Russia inspired fascist state, (2 April, Solaris) centres on two characters with “storm-affinity”: the son of the local Supreme-General, and a travelling circus performer. It says here it’s “a Russian accented take on Angela Carter’s ”, which sounds good, eh? Alma Katsu’s (out now, Bantam) weaves together the true story of the Titanic and its sister ship Britannic with a love story and a creepy tale of the supernatural. And the novelisation of (out now, Century) has finally arrived – fancily labelled an “Expanded Edition”, it wasn’t available before we went to press. Maybe it’ll properly explain how exactly Palpatine lives and where that massive Sith fleet came from. Turning to continuing series: Natasha Pulley has followed up her steampunk Victoriana debut with (out now, Bloomsbury); it concerns strange goings-on at a labour camp in northern Japan. Finally, John Gwynne’s trilogy reaches a conclusion with (2 April, Tor). Who’ll be triumphant in the epic battle between the demonic horde and warrior angels the Ben-Elim?