There’s lots more books we couldn’t fit in. Set on a planet ravaged by an illness which affects people’s perception of time, Honey Watson’s (out now, Angry Robot) sees a visiting student (who is downright evil) getting caught in the middle of a bloody civil war. Expect gore, torture, cannibalism and group sex – y’know, all the good stuff. On an equally cheerful note, Uruguayan author Fernanda Trías’s dystopian tale (10 August, Scribe) is set in a coastal town where a toxic algae has clogged the river, disrupting the food chain, and where a deadly “red wind” can strip your skin. Emily Habeck’s debut (out now, Jo Fletcher Books) has an eyebrow-raising premise: it follows two newlyweds, one of whom discovers that he has less than a year before he mutates into a great white shark. How are they going to afford the fish, eh? The latest spin-off novel, Una McCormack’s (out now, Titan) sees the crew of Serenity becoming embroiled in a conflict between the residents of a starving frontier town and a local gang. BBC Books’ contribution to , the cross-media event about a time-travelling assassin, is (10 August), by YA author MG Harris. We’re promised that two different Doctors will get involved. Finally, (out now, Titan) shows off creature designs for the Kelvin Timeline movies, and .
