In this issue, we review Spear, Nicola Griffith's Arthurian-inspired novella that draws on legend, myth and history; Katherine Locke's YA novel This Rebel Heart, which incorporates surprising elements of fabulism into a breathtaking, affecting work about historic change in 1956 Hungary; and Karthik Delivers--in more ways than one--in this middle-grade novel by Sheela Chari, in which Karthik moves from delivering groceries to lines in a play--along with many more great new books.
In the Writer's Life, poet and cellist Khan Wong describes the influences that brought him to his first foray into science fiction writing, The Circus Infinite.
--Jennifer M. Brown, senior editor, Shelf Awareness