Nalini Singh Reveals Cover of New Psy-Changeling Trinity Novel and More Book Radar!

Book Deals and Reveals

Nalini Singh has revealed the cover of her new novel in the Psy-Changeling Trinity series, Storm Echo. This book is coming out in July!

If you’ve been eagerly awaiting Grady Hendrix’s new novel How to Sell a Haunted House, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. Hendrix tweeted that the novel has been pushed back to January 2023.

Here’s the cover reveal of Disney’s Prince of Song & Sea, a retelling of The Little Mermaid from the prince’s perspective.

The Conscious Kid has an exclusive cover reveal of New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho’s debut YA novel The Silence that Binds Us.

Britney Spears has signed a tell-all book deal with Simon and Schuster. The book deal is said to be worth as much as $15 million.

50 Cent’s production company has optioned the rights to Christopher Priest’s Xerø comics, a DC Universe comic series about Trane Walker, a Black assassin who has the ability to disguise himself as a white man, which allows him to get close to his targets and escape unnoticed.

George R.R. Martin’s superhero anthology series Wild Card is becoming a Marvel comic.

Elliot Page is currently working on a memoir entitled Page Boy, in which the famous actor will cover everything from his Oscar-nominated film career to becoming a prominent transgender person. Flatiron Books announced that the memoir would be published in 2023.

Having weathered two trying years, American independent presses are looking past the pandemic and finding themselves hopeful about 2022.

Olivia Colman has been cast in the FX/BBC limited series adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel Great Expectations.

Z2 comics is publishing a sequel to the Tori Amos-inspired Comic Book Tattoo, called Little Earthquakes: The Graphic Album.

Tom Hanks has been cast in the American adaptation of A Man Called Ove, based on the 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman.

Netflix has picked up the rights to Marc Olden’s Black Samurai novels, with the intent of adapting the material into film.

In honor of Black History Month, 10 Black authors—including Angie Thomas, Jason Mott, Alyssa Cole, and Mateo Askaripour—have chosen 10 books written by Black authors that they recommend.

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Book Riot Recommends

I’m a Contributing Editor at Book Riot, I write the Today in Books newsletter, and I’m a Bibliologist for Book Riot’s Tailored Book Recommendations subscription service. I also have a PhD in English, so I’m basically a doctor of books. Books are my life, in other words, so in this section of the newsletter, let me share with you some upcoming books I’m super excited about. And I think you will be too!

Can’t Wait for This One

Upgrade by Blake Crouch (Ballantine Books, July 12)

How is it that none of Blake Crouch’s novels have been made into movies yet? Crouch’s sci-fi stories are action-packed, cinematic page-turners that seem perfect for the big screen. And yet here we are, anticipating another Blake Crouch novel in 2022 and still no Crouch movies in sight. Apparently, Dark Matter is being developed into a series for Apple TV+, but we have very few details right now, so we’ll just have to wait and see. But trust me. If you haven’t read Dark Matter yet, this is going to be an exciting watch.

Well, thankfully we at least have a release date for Crouch’s new novel. Upgrade is coming out in July 12th. Here’s the deal. Logan Ramsay has been infected by a virus. But as Logan starts to feel better and healthier, he realizes something unexpected is happening to him. He’s feeling smarter with each passing day, and he soon realizes that the virus has genetically modified him. He’s becoming something more, something better than human. But what do these new powers mean? And what will happen if these powers get into the wrong hands?

Blake Crouch’s sci-fi stories are inventive and fun, and this one looks like it’s going to be more of what fans of his work already love. This one will probably soon be added to my list of books that should be movies. Mark my words!

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Words of Literary Wisdom

“When the people you love are gone, it’s the things they’ve touched that keep them alive in your mind.”

— Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

What’s Up in the Book Community?

My iPhone is constantly telling me I spend too much time staring at my screen, which is honestly so rude. But this means I spend a lot of time scrolling around the online book community: BookTube, Bookstagram, BookTok, BookLinkedIn (JK. That’s not a thing… I don’t think). You get the idea. Don’t have the time, energy, or the will to do all of that yourself? No problem. I got you. In this weekly section of Book Radar, we’ll take a look at something cool, interesting, and/or newsy that’s going on in the book community.

Have I talked to y’all about “squeecore” yet? Wow, people just love adding “core” to things, don’t they? Well, in case I haven’t brought it up before, “squeecore” is a new “movement” in SFF. And it’s pretty divisive as a term and as a sub-genre. Why? Well, check out this discussion of squeecore, featuring several BookTubers, to find out more.

And Here’s A Cat Picture!

Here’s a picture of Phantom and Murray relaxing after a rowdy meeting of the Bad Boys Club. Bad Boys Club meetings usually involve running around, chasing each other, knocking things over, and just generally getting into trouble. Obviously after all of that, the club members get pretty tuckered out and need nap time.

Anyway, that is all for today! I hope you have a pleasant weekend, and I’ll see you next time, friends.

❤️ Emily