Kids and young adult fantasy picks

Book gift ideas that emphasize modern magic and dark fantasy

recommended science fiction labeled space opera or about space travel

Even an army of allied humans and aliens has misfits. In The Republic such people are sent to serve on the Theodore Roosevelt. Starship : Mutiny is the first in a new series set in Mike Resnick´s Birthright Universe.

In London, magicians are in control, using the power of the demons they bind to themselves to rule. Nathaniel is placed with a middling magician to learn the ways of magic and power, but the lessons move slowly and Nathaniel is impatient.

Crossover, the first book in a new science fiction series written by Australian author Joel Shepherd, follows Cassandra Kresnov, an artificial human.

A strange thing happens as Cosmo hill lay dying. A blue creature feeds off of him, attracted to his pain.

The Books of the Cataclysm series is off to a strong start with The Crooked Letter.

A good book for families to read aloud, especially those who have young dinosaur lovers.

As "true" humans try to keep their hold on the top of the evolutionary chain, they banish or enslave those who are "lost".