Risingshadow: August 2025 Edition

We’re excited to introduce the Risingshadow Monthly Newsletter, your curated update filled with the latest articles, reviews, and newly released books from the world of speculative fiction. Each month, you'll receive a visually engaging overview of what's new and noteworthy on Risingshadow, helping you stay in the loop with minimal effort. What to Expect: New book releases across fantasy, science fiction, horror, and more Featured reviews and highlights from our ... [read more]

(Rivers of London #10)

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE INTERNATIONAL #1 BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES "This isn’t London. The rules are different up here…" All Detective Sergeant Peter Grant wanted was a nice holiday up in Scotland.He'll need one once this is over... Sea: check.Sand: some.Sun: sort of - but that's not the only thing in the sky... [read more]

FantasyUrban Fantasy

(The Scorched Throne #2)

In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen must risk everything and everyone she loves for the chance to restore her lost kingdom of Jasad. Held deep in a mountain refuge, Sylvia has been captured by the Urabi, who believe the Jasad Heir can return their homeland to its former power. But after years of denying her legacy and a forbidden alliance with Jasad’s greatest enemy, Sylvia must win the Urabi’s trust while struggling to hide the ... [read more]

FantasyRomance

(Gunnie Rose #6)

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the sixth and final installment in the critically acclaimed Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia must face their fates at the last Wizards’ Ball. Lizbeth Rose’s sister Felicia attends the Grand Wizards’ Ball, and as one of the most powerful—and beautiful—death wizards in a generation, she is highly sought after as one of the belles of the ball. However, war and violence are on the rise ... [read more]

FantasyAlternate History

(The Primal Hunter #13)

With Nevermore done and dusted, it’s back to Earth where the fight for the Milky Way Galaxy is about to begin... But first, a fun trip to the moon with Jake’s best-buddy space worm, Sandy. After that little adventure, it’s time for the final preparations before the long-awaited Prima Guardian arrives, signaling the start of the battle for the Milky Way Galaxy. A battle that turns out to be a large ordeal, with every inhabited planet in the galaxy involved and free to either ally with one ... [read more]

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(The Spellmonger Series #17)

Hell ride into the heart of shadow! "Lilastien is missing." That's how Master Minalan the Spellmonger, the greatest wizard of the age, began the mission for his two former apprentices, Tyndal and Rondal. Both were men of means now, recently married and enjoying high positions as a reward for their past service in the war. But service does not end with an armistice; now that the war is over, the Spellmonger recruits them to track down the missing Alka Alon sorceress, Lilastien, whose knowledge ... [read more]

Fantasy

(Shadowbound Fae #1)

You are mine now. Mine to play with. Mine to break. He is secrets, danger and passion. He is forbidden sin.And now he holds the key to destroy all I hold dear. The Dark Fae prince never told me his name. Not when he tried to seduce me, and not before he purposely botched one of my jobs and stole what was mine -- a dangerous relic with unlimited power. It has the ability to break kingdoms… and tear down the wall that separates the human world from the dangerous, wyld magic of the fae. He ... [read more]

FantasyUrban Fantasy

(Dragons of Tirene #4)

The gears of destiny have been set in motion. Lark Axton has failed. Failed to save Flighthaven, the military school she attended before she knew she was a dragoncaller and the descendant of the true royal house of Tirene. Failed to kill King Xenon and stop his army of the drachen, who are taking over the world by stealing the free will of its people at the bidding of the mad god Narc. Worst of all, she failed to save Sterling: the Crown Prince Knox of Tirene, her perfect match, the cold to her ... [read more]

FantasyRomantasyDragons

(Ajax's Ascension #3)

Ajax’s life in the capital takes a new twist as he joins the Academy. Everyday interactions with the most talented members of his own generation. The chance to delve the dungeons present in the capital with some regularity, testing himself against the strongest challenges the kingdom has to offer. Experiments with alchemy? As his family prepares to move to the capital. Will everything continue smoothly? Or will he face difficulties in his climb through society? [read more]

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(Codename: Freedom #5)

Vanguard continues. Prodos's competition is ranking up. Major Lucius Edwards is a year behind. Without victory, Earth's preparation will be severely lacking. War is coming. Can skill compete with overwhelming force? [read more]

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(Argeneau #37)

Being an immortal rogue enforcer is never easy. But when human bones are found buried in a residential garden—and they happen to be discovered by your life mate—things get even more complicated in this latest installment of New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’s wickedly alluring Argeneau vampire series. Crispinus Delacort is an immortal rogue enforcer and a homicide detective. But in his quiet city, he’s more likely to be rounding up truant teens than investigating murders. ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceUrban FantasyVampires

(Convergence #5)

From New York Times bestselling author Craig Alanson comes book five in the Convergence series, melding action-packed urban fantasy with his signature humor. Their leader has been taken by the enemy. Secrets are at risk of being exposed. The enemy offers such a bad deal, it has to be a joke. They must think Kaz is stupid, and he’s not. But sometimes, a bad deal is the best you can hope for. [read more]

FantasyUrban Fantasy

(Bewitched and Bewildered #16)

Caiden Ironwood has been multitasking as a Unit Leader and Elder for so long, that when his father resumes his responsibilities as Elder, Caiden is left feeling restless, with too much time on his hands. Tensions are running high in the city and the amiable peace with Éire Danu has been shattered. Yet, despite his worries, he eagerly awaits the arrival of the mate he has been dreaming of. Over the decades he has cared selflessly for the units and his family, it’s finally his turn to have ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceShapeshiftersVampires

(City of Dragons #3)

Grace and friends return for a new adventure in this third installment of the bestselling City of Dragons series! Daijiang's continued pursuit of Grace has made it clear that she and Nate are crucial to his plan. But as her Hùnxuè powers grow stronger, Grace can't help but feel it's unfair she might be missing out on a normal school life. Other kids get to relax, watch movies with friends, and go on dates, while Grace is risking her life to save the world. Something has felt off about her ... [read more]

FantasyComicsDragonsMiddle GradeGraphic Novels

(Only a Monster #3)

The final book in the lauded Only a Monster trilogy is here—where the unstoppable love and high stakes of Divine Rivals meets the propulsive thrills of This Savage Song in a last-ditch, breathless race against time. Joan has failed to stop Eleanor. Now Eleanor rules over a cruel new timeline where monsters live openly among humans, preying on them and subjugating them. Nick—once a hero to humans, and Joan’s first love—is tormented by the choice he made to save her over the timeline ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceYoung AdultParanormal Romance

(Demon Accords #21)

The final novel of the Demon Accords series: The aliens won't give up and Hell wants its due. Having fought off the Vorsook multiple times, Earth's heroes are looking to end the war in a decisive way, while Hell's demons circle like sharks smelling blood in the water. One world facing off with an ancient interstellar species that has conquered almost five thousand planets and the Fallen Angels of Hell. But the defenders of this world are Chris Gordon, Declan O'Carroll, Tanya Demidova and Stacia Reynolds, the quantum super computer Omega. Who would you bet on? For the fans of the Demon Accords series, here is the end. [read more]

FantasyUrban Fantasy

Dante’s Inferno meets Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul—perhaps at the cost of their own. Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek: The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceHistorical Fiction

(Dark Shores #4)

The thrilling finale to #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle L. Jensen's Dark Shores series, which Sarah J. Maas calls "everything I look for in a fantasy novel." Lydia and Killian escaped their enemy’s grasp, but not without consequences. While they race to destroy the blight, Lydia fights an internal war against the Corrupter’s influence knowing defeat means death for those she loves. Tormented by a battle that can’t be won with blades, Killian must find the queen they risked ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(Moonfell Witches #2)

When the boundary between past and present blurs on the cusp of Beltane, ancient secrets stir within the walls of Moonfell. The three Moonfell witches discover mysterious journals and magical instruments in the long-abandoned India Room, unwittingly activating a supernatural connection to 1792 India—where their ancestor Fitz Westerly's past holds the key to their present danger. Fitz, a powerful witch and supernatural hunter, made his fortune tracking paranormal creatures across colonial India ... [read more]

FantasyMysteryUrban FantasyParanormal FantasyWitches

(Antecedents' Legacy #5)

Having survived what was thought to be a suicide mission, it was time for Zander and his crew to head back to MX Hub. A single fist wiping three behemoths off a planet— and with only two dead pilots— was considered a legendary feat. Before he departed, Abrill did her best to warn Zander that he’d likely be summoned to the Assembly. Zander was indeed summoned, and it was looking like he’d have to leave everyone else behind. It took Lavella interceding to buy enough time for Dreams to ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(Density God #5)

Jiran’s escape from the Numbered did not lead to freedom; it was a one-way ticket to the 4th tier Arena: a place from which no one has ever emerged. Even the vaunted Remalon have failed to conquer its mysteries. Here, survival has only one currency: brutal, relentless adaptation. That suits Jiran just fine. To return to Mayalyn’s side and keep his promise to Olive, he will embrace the Arena's savagery. He will forge his powers into something unseen in all of Madra’s history, becoming a ... [read more]

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