staff recommendations

~ Ray Nayler

DIANIMA, a massive tech mega-corp discovers a nest of octopodes that seem to exhibit language and shared culture, enticing world-renowned marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen to study them with the aid of the only extant android and a veteran security agent. At the same time, global unrest in several forms threatens to disrupt this 'first' contact. DIANIMA has many enemies, and it's not clear whether they're more or less shady than the corporation itself.

~Milo Todd

Set in 1932 Berlin, this novel follows a trans man named Bertie as he faces the hardships and persecution in wartime Germany. Prior to the outbreak of the war, Bertie worked to improve the rights of those in the queer community. After escaping to a nearby farm with his girlfriend Sofie, the pair must find a way to stay hidden and survive.

~M. T. Anderson

Theft, sacrilege, and humor abound as an unexpected duo travel through Italy on a quest to help cure the city of Bari from a deadly plague. In the year 1087, a monk and a treasure hunter go on an adventure to ‘liberate’ the 700-year-old remains of Saint Nicholas, believed to produce a special healing oil.

~Sarah Landenwich

When ex-pianist Clara Bishop is left an inheritance from her old mentor Madame, a mystery begins to unravel. An old metronome with a note hidden inside, believed to have belonged to a famous composer, may reveal that history is not what is seems.

~Stephen Graham Jones

An Indigenous take on the vampire myth. Set in Montana in the early 1900s, a white pastor records journal entries while conversing with a Pikuni (Blackfeet) man about his life story and transformation into an immortal.

~Kim Ho-Yeon

After Dok-go stops a robbery at a local corner store, the owner, Mrs. Yeom, offers him a job working the night shift and a home within the community. The owner’s son, however, is suspicious and endeavors to reveal what is hiding in the mysterious man’s past.