As Long as There’s a Tardis, All’s Right in the World

Losing one’s mother is hard enough, but Ning has to live with the guilt of having killed hers, however accidentally; she brewed the poison tea that took her life. The same poison tea may soon also claim her little sister. Her only chance to save her sister is to travel to the imperial city to compete in a competition of tea-masters vying to win a favor from the princess. But a competition in the imperial court is anything but simple… or safe.

Annie Mason has come to Crow Island to settle her father’s estate–and she hopes to reconnect with her best friend, Beatrice. But the island is one where magic lurks just below the surface, and rumors of witch craft have long haunted the locale–and particularly a resident named Emmeline Delacroix. When Annie sees Beatrice and Emeline have a confrontation at a party, she finds herself drawn into the haunted underworld of the island–and its illicit magic.

An aspiring journalist named Jamal Lawson heads into Baltimore to report on a protest against police brutality that occurs after the murder of another Black man. But before the rally gets going, the city implements a “safety” protocol called “the Dome” that surrounds the city and forces those within into a militarized shutdown. Trapped, Jamal makes new allies and works with them to take the fight to the chief of police who masterminded this horrifying tactic.

For twenty years, Alex has been obsessively trying to develop–and convince others to invest in–a gene-edited super algae that he believes will reverse climate change. The takers he finally finds are a pair of hyper rich sisters, who will fund him… if he does his research on the luxury space station being built for billionaires as a beta tester. But the space station is not what it’s sold to be, and conditions on earth are only worsening.

Jacob has only taken a temp job in the mailroom of Delphi Enterprises because he’s so absolutely desperate for work. But on his first day, a cloud of poison gas descends on an all-hands meeting and kills all of the regular employees. He’s now stranded in the office complex with a few other survivors who were also hired as temps. Together, they create their own world that isn’t so bad–it’s almost like spring break–until they find out just why the disaster happened.