I really enjoyed The Incandescent by Emily Tesh. Set at a boarding school (with both an academic & magical curriculum) the book follows the Director of Magic who is trying to protect the school and its students from demonic incursion. I really liked this POV of the faculty instead of the students and I have put this book on my tentative list to nominate for the Hugos next year.
I had never heard of Adam Oyebanji but read a review of his novel Esperance and grabbed it when I saw it at the library. A detective novel with an sf twist follows a Chicago police detective and an otherworldy women in Bristol, England as they each try to catch the perpetrator of inexplicable murders. This one is also going on my tentative Hugo nomination list.
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Date: 2025-07-02 10:09 pm (UTC)I had never heard of Adam Oyebanji but read a review of his novel Esperance and grabbed it when I saw it at the library. A detective novel with an sf twist follows a Chicago police detective and an otherworldy women in Bristol, England as they each try to catch the perpetrator of inexplicable murders. This one is also going on my tentative Hugo nomination list.