Release Date: April 18 from Harper VoyagerĮ. Hold on to your spacesuits, because this is a bumpy (and joyful) ride.

Promises Stronger than Darkness follows Elza (now a space princess) and Rachael (an artist who is desperately trying to hold her friends together) as they take up the mission Tina left behind, something that requires them to enlist the help of the woman who is the reason Tina’s gone. Now, Tina’s gone, and her friends are still picking up the pieces. The first book in the series, Victories Greater than Death, introduced Tina, the teenage Earthling who is actually the clone of a great general destined to save the universe. Space opera lovers have been eagerly awaiting the recent April release of the third volume in Charlie Jane Anders’s “Unstoppable” trilogy, and it has just arrived. The Unstoppable Trilogy by Charlie Jane Andersįinal Installment: Promises Stronger Than Darkness Estep raises the stakes in Conquer the Kingdom, which hit the shelves in March, but don’t worry-she’s left the door open for another trilogy to follow, starring one of the secondary characters, that certainly won’t disappoint! But as they grow to realize how important they are to each other, their nations continue to head perilously toward all out war. Gemma and Leo are deeply connected, and their similar magic binds them together even more thoroughly. Queen Maeven and, worse, her eldest son Milo, are out to bring Advari to its knees, despite Gemma’s growing relationship with Maeven’s younger son, Leonidas. The new series follows Gemma Ripley, princess and spy, as she navigates the perilous grounds between her nation of Andvari and the enemy nation of Morta. Release Date: March 7 from Harper Voyagerįor fans of Jennifer Estep’s epic fantasy world, which she first introduced with the 2018 launch of her “Crown of Shards” series, one of the most anticipated series enders this year was the finale of the Gargoyle Queen trilogy. The Gargoyle Queen Trilogy by Jennifer Estep This year had a wealth of series endings on the calendar we here at Paste are rounding up a few of our most anticipated (and recently published) finale titles in the fantasy genre arriving in 2023. (And then a book hangover as readers mourn the fact that the series is done and they’ll never get to read it again for the first time.) Readers may root for success (or for just the right tragedy), but as things come to that conclusion, there’s the expectation of a satisfying ending.

On the one hand, everything the characters have been working toward resolves in one fashion or another. It’s always a bittersweet experience when a favorite series concludes.

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