WHAT THE WOLVES KNOW de Cynthia Hand

This propulsive thriller tracks the terrifying night of two girls who find themselves lost in the woods—and hunted by a threat far more dangerous than the wolves that lurk in the forest. A bold new direction from Cynthia Hand, perfect for fans of 49 Miles Alone.

WHAT THE WOLVES KNOW
by Cynthia Hand
HarperCollins Children’s, July 2027

Aspen knows wolves are endangered—she just doesn’t really care. As the daughter of a famous wolf advocate, she is sick of playing second fiddle to a bunch of animals. And it doesn’t help that she can’t tell her mom about how she’s falling for a boy who happens to be the son of an outspoken proponent of trapping the wolves that roam free in Idaho National Forest.

Maya loves wolves. She cannot comprehend why Aspen isn’t more excited to be working with her activist mom—Maya would do anything to prove her commitment to the cause. The two girls are accustomed to keeping a steady distance from one another…until Maya decides to use Aspen’s secrets as leverage in order to drag her along on a mission to target one hunter’s traps. But what was supposed to be an afternoon of quiet civil disobedience quickly turns to something more dire. Because trappers in the Idaho woods don’t take kindly to interference. And when the two girls end up stranded in the forest, they’ll have to use all their wits to survive the night—and escape the hunter set on finding them.

Cynthia Hand is the NYTbestselling author of several books for teens, including the Unearthly trilogy, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The How & The Why, and With You All The Way. She also writes the Jane books with fellow authors Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton: My Lady Jane, My Plain Jane, My Calamity Jane, My Contrary Mary, My Imaginary Mary, and My Salty Mary.

WHERE KINGDOMS WANDER de Brandon Lee

The first in a multi-book series set in a world that exists on the backs of behemoth creatures – beasts so big that entire kingdoms are built upon their fur or scales or shells.

WHERE KINGDOMS WANDER
by Brandon Lee
Del Rey, pubilcation date TBD
(via The Gernert Company)

Kian leads a quiet life with his niece, Oli, when inter-behemoth politics put their behemoth, Tato, in alliance with the much-distrusted Mammont. When Tato begins a new migration route, leading to new attacks by blind, winged demonic monsters called Blights, Mammont ‘protects’ Tato’s citizens and, in one tragic incident, discovers an innate magical ability residing in Oli. Desperate to resist his past and Mammont’s influence, Kian flees with his niece, unable to hide his secrets anymore.

Brandon Lee (aka TurtleMe) is one of the biggest webcomic stars. He will publish a webcomic of WHERE KINGDOMS WANDER simultaneously with the print edition to maximize fervor among his rabid fan base.

TurtleMe’s Western fantasy webcomic series The Beginning After the End has been hugely successful with millions of views and the #1 webcomic on Tapas, a popular webcomic platform.

Brandon Lee is a rising star in the world of fantasy literature, and his work continues to captivate readers around the globe. His works have been released internationally in countries such as the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia, France, Germany, Mexico, and India. When he’s not writing, TurtleMe can be found indulging in his love of books, comics, and games. He also enjoys spending time outdoors, taking walks with his wife, Grace, and their dog, Roy, who often gets into mischief.

RULED BY DRAGONS de Gordon M. Goldstein

International security scholar and Lessons in Disaster author Gordon M. Goldstein takes on the escalating global crisis of AI control in this urgent examination of what happens when increasingly powerful AI systems outpace human oversight—a rallying cry to prevent the outsourcing of war and power to machines.

RULED BY DRAGONS:
AI and the Global Crisis of Control
by Gordon M. Goldstein
Avid Reader/S&S, Publication date TBD
(via Javelin)

Gordon Goldstein, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the contemporary classic, Lessons in Disaster, the definitive account of the lessons of America’s misguided involvement in Vietnam, has set his sights on the contemporary international security crisis caused by the lack of human control over the AI systems increasingly dominating our lives. After consulting with scores of experts in AI alignment and national security, Goldstein sounds the alarm with his new book RULED BY DRAGONS: AI and the Global Crisis of Control, an impassioned rallying cry to action before control slips from our grasp for good and nations as we know them cease to exist and we outsource war to the bots.

Gordon M. Goldstein is a scholar of international affairs who has served as an international security adviser to the United Nations secretary-general and as a Wayland Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, and The Washington Post. He is the author of Lessons in Disaster. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

COLD PLACES de Tom Baragwanath

In this follow-up to the award-winning Lorraine Henry thrillers Paper Cage and Lucky Thing, Tom Baragwanath delivers his trademark in-depth exploration of isolated communities, wild environments, and resourceful cops—and records clerks—under pressure.

COLD PLACES
by Tom Baragwanath
Text Publishing Australia, August 2027

When it’s time for a little rest and relaxation, police records clerk Lorraine Henry heads north to Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf to visit her colleague, constable Dion Warwick—but the island has something else in store.

After the bodies of two women wash ashore bound in rope, Lorraine and Dion must work with spiky veteran detective Mo Roche to uncover a hidden threat lurking in plain sight, even if doing so means confronting decades-long secrets. And for Lorraine, some of those secrets hit a little too close to home, putting her and her family in real danger.

Without her Masterton connections to draw from, Lorraine needs to find new ways to stay ahead of the danger waiting around every corner, navigating hostile locals, watchful neighbours, and an island commune that isn’t quite what it seems.

‘Wonderful, emotional storytelling with a fine protagonist—an Antipodean Miss Marple, but fiercer—makes this too good to miss.’ – Daily Mail UK on Lucky Thing

‘Lorraine Henry is a refreshingly different crime fiction protagonist.’ – Shelley Burr

‘Just the kind of dark, disturbing, gritty, and unusual treat thriller lovers are looking for.’ – Kirkus (starred review) on Paper Cage

Tom Baragwanath is originally from Masterton, New Zealand, and now lives in Paris with his young family. His first novel, Paper Cage, was the 2021 winner of the Michael Gifkins Prize. His second novel, Lucky Thing, is currently shortlisted for Best International Crime Fiction in the 2026 Ned Kelly Awards as well as being longlisted for the 2026 Ngaio Marsh Awards.

HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET WITHOUT REALLY TRYING de Jessica Eise

Dr. Jessica Eise, a behavior and climate researcher, reveals a radical shift: people do want to help. The problem isn’t willpower—it’s that we’ve ignored how our brains and bodies are wired for action.

HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
by Jessica Eise
Urano US, Fall 2027
(via Sterling Lord Literistic)

For over 40 years, climate change has dominated the headlines—and yet, meaningful action remains out of reach. We’re told it’s the system’s fault, that our choices don’t matter, and in the same breath, that none of us are doing enough. No wonder so many—especially the young—feel paralyzed and hopeless. What’s missing isn’t passion: it’s an understanding of how people actually work. In How to Save the Planet Without Really Trying, Dr. Jessica Eise, a behavior and climate researcher, reveals a radical shift: people do want to help. The problem isn’t willpower—it’s that we’ve ignored how our brains and bodies are wired for action.

It turns out human psychology and physiology are tailor-made for this fight. When we tap into our natural instincts, we can guide ourselves to want less meat, consume less, and live more closely in line with our values. The result? Freer, lighter, happier lives—and real progress on the climate crisis. This isn’t wishful thinking. It’s science.

In four powerful sections—Body, Space, People, Tools—Eise lays out an intuitive science of transformation and a practical playbook: simple, repeatable, or “plugand-play” tools scaled by impact and effort. The result is maximum climate impact with maximum pleasure. The future of sustainability has never looked so easy!

Blending the habit building clarity of Atomic Habit with the simplifying joy of Marie Kondo, How to Save the Planet will speak to the same audience as David Wallace-Wells’s The Uninhabitable Earth, Greta Thunberg, and Christina Figueres’s The Future We Choose. It only takes 3.5% of the population to bring about great change.

Dr. Jessica Eise is a social scientist and professor at Indiana University, recognized globally for her pioneering work on how cultural, political, and psychological forces shape responses to climate change. Author of How to Feed the World (Island Press), she is widely cited in and writes for popular media, in addition to her scholarly work. She received her PhD from Purdue and, unusually for an academic, has an MA in journalism from NYU.