The Indie Author Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror New Release List: November 2025
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Last of His Blood by Melissa J. Cave: Available November 1, 2025
Empire of the Stars, Book 3
Subgenre(s): Romance, Adventure, Court Drama
They have survived the war, the devils, and each other. Now they face the long cold of winter…and the clamoring ghosts of a bloody legacy.
It began with a summer of devils.
No. It began with seven years of war, and a valley left in ruins after a century of violence.
Or perhaps even earlier, with the first life Remin took at thirteen years old, because he was determined to live when the Divine Emperor commanded he should die.
But as the ragged survivors of his outlying villages begin to arrive, Remin must reckon with the cost of his own life, even as threats grow against the people he loves. And as the coils of Imperial intrigue tighten, a virulent fever sweeps through Tresingale. Among the first to fall: Remin himself.
It leaves his young wife Ophele to take command of a town under siege, testing her fragile strength against fever, fear, and worse foes that lurk unseen. Family secrets stretch beyond the grave, threatening to detonate everything they have, and a knife from the capital seeks the very heart of Tresingale.
Even for those who survive the winter, their lives will never be the same.
The Rings of Mars by James B. Lynch: Available November 1, 2025
Subgenre(s): Holiday-themed (Christmas)
It’s Christmas Eve in London and Lucky Norwood has that most unenviable of tasks: working on a holiday.
Her employer, Ares Andes, is the largest energy consortium in the solar system, and the computer mouse at her desk isn’t going to click itself.
But her plans, and her life, begin to change when a poor stranger appears in her office and takes her on the adventure of a hundred lifetimes.
Who is the man who calls himself Damon King, and can he possibly get Lucky home in time for Christmas when he first has to make a visit to Mars?
Winds of the World by Kori Valley: Available November 2, 2025
The Echoing and Eclipse, Book 1
Subgenre(s): Philosophical Fantasy
It’s the cycle of all things.
Generations of women have climbed the One Hundred Towers of Serenity to hear the Wind, and generations of women have received its words. When Jira hears nothing, she refuses to be named Windless. Desperate for answers, she forces the Wind to speak. Its reply is a song of what came before and what will come after, the scales that balance light and shadow.
The Heart of Windgari beats at the center of Forever Mountain, and the Heartless who serve it are massing for battle. Jira can hear their heartbeat and follows it with the free tribes united behind her, descending on the island prison of Varmidar, where the struggle for their freedom begins.
For Jira, this is only the beginning of a far greater conflict, one that will bring her people across the Aeran Sea to join the War of Two Brothers.
They would call it the age of madness.
This is the story of those who lived it.
Chalice of Caladriai by N.P. Thompson: Available November 4, 2025
The Arcanium, Book 4
Subgenre(s): Middle-grade Fantasy
A desperate quest.
An elusive cure.
A team on the edge…
With the dark emperor finally vanquished, things should be going well for Ty and his friends. But six months after returning to Ordanna, Ty is still guilt-ridden and struggling to cope with what happened in the Poison Jungle.
When an old friend begs him to come back to Arcania, Ty is reluctant to return to the scene of so much heartbreak. But when he learns there may be a way to save Sasha and restore the still-enchanted crows, he knows he has to try — even after the return triggers a life-threatening magical illness of his own.
As Ty and his friends race to track down an elusive remedy said to reverse any curse, they uncover a decades-long secret from the earliest days of the dark sorcerer’s reign and face a series of dangerous trials that will push them to the limit.
With relationships already tested by the aftermath of the battle, will the hunt for the cure be what finally fixes everything or will it only tear the team apart for good?
Ballad’s End by L. Cyrus Whelchel: Available November 11, 2025
The Faumen War Chronicles, Book 3
Subgenre(s): Romantasy
We must stand united against such unrestrained animosity, otherwise we will assuredly lose everything we cherish.
Following the destruction of his hometown, Kai Travaldi is dragged deeper into the Faumen War’s political turmoil when Fusette summons a meeting of every major leader from across the continent. In addition, his recent nuptials provoke a blistering response from both the church and Parliament.
The war’s uncertainty tests the party’s bonds like never before. The battered Liberators grow desperate as the fighting drags on. Fusette leads an expedition to enlist the Norzen tribe’s stronghold Duskmarsh, uncovering more shadows of the past. The warmongering Razarr finds the threads of his myriad alliances unraveling amid the chaos.
With their enemies threatening to revive a horror of recent history, Kai must master himself to defend everything he loves. Can he bloom into a leader able to unite the tribes and be the shield Livoria needs in its darkest hour? Or is he doomed to at last share his former squad’s fate at the fangs of the ruinous beast, Grimghast?
A Stellar Spy by Maya Darjani: Available November 12, 2025
Children of Gaia, Book 1
Subgenre(s): Espionage
Devoted mother and career woman.
A sleeper agent, poised to act.
Tessa lives a double life. She’s the security counselor to Finn, the leader of the planet.
He’s her ex-husband and father of her children.
She’s still in love with him.
But she has a far worse problem. Tessa is also a deep cover operative for an enemy planet, and turns out, her next mission is to betray him.
After overpowered mages target and attack the seat of government, Finn wants to remove their magic completely—a brutal action Tessa can’t support. So she does the only thing she can do: she contacts her handler.
But every action she takes increases the chance of discovery. If caught, she can’t protect the mages from retaliation or prevent future attacks against Finn and the children. And when her two roles collide, she must choose: fail her family, or forsake her ideals.
Tides of Torment by N. C. Scrimgeour: Available November 12, 2025
Sea of Souls Saga, Book 3
Subgenre(s): Folklore Fantasy
You told me you would haunt me, caraid. You were right.
The capital has fallen. Ghostly wraiths and bloodthirsty selkies roam the coast as the haar spreads its sickness across Silveckan. Every day, another port is consumed by the mist, and without her pelt, Isla Blackwood can do nothing to stop it.
Her only hope is to track down Eimhir, but her old friend has her own demons to battle, and she’s made it clear she doesn’t want to be found.
Instead, Isla must turn to the Sea Kith for an alliance. Their common enemy, the Grand Admiral, draws ever closer, and he won’t rest until the sea and everything in it is in his grasp once more.
Reunited with Darce and the soul bond they share, Isla prepares to sail into one last storm. If she survives it, she might be able to end decades of bloodshed between human and selkie. But if she fails, Silveckan will be lost to the mists forever…
HEROLESS by Antoine Monks: Available November 13, 2025
Subgenre(s): Superheroes
It’s been fifteen years since the supervillains conquered the world, and Ledge Carp—better known as the maniacal Crime Clown—is restless. With his archenemy Fox Man long dead and no one left to challenge him, the world feels dull.
When an alien warlord named Siege returns to Earth with an armada prepared for invasion, Carp must join forces and defend their fragile world with the very villains who despise him.
Former superhero Elizabeth Morrison struggles tantoto find peace. Haunted by doubts about her worth as a hero and the bloody final battle that ended it all, she’s pulled back into her past and into the mystery of what really happened the night the heroes fell.
As their paths draw towards each other, old powers stir, old enemies rise, and the line between hero and villain blurs as the world faces destruction.
HEROLESS is a story of broken champions, ruthless survivors… and the cost of a world with no heroes left.
Killer Quill by Shida Ketzer: Available November 15, 2025
A Colors Eternal Novella
Murdered in cold blood and resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes her world’s legendary assassin.
She can never part with her eponymous quill. It keeps her alive, heals her wounds, and enables her to transform colors into animate objects doing her bidding. In exchange, the quill feeds on her victims’ souls.
When her latest mission sparks the higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life.
ALPHA by K.D. Marchesi: Available November 20, 2025
The Alpha Cycle, Book 1
Subgenre(s): Survival
How many lives will be lost for the sake of a non-existent war?
How many people will be sacrificed in the name of genetic enhancement?
When the lights go out at his father’s investor soiree, Caleb finds himself thrown into a new world of horrific truths. Together with his old friend, Argo, he begins to uncover the sinister underpinnings of Dr. John Murilo’s work.
Caught up in his father’s sick experiment, Caleb will have to learn to cooperate with unlikely allies if he has any chance of surviving.
The Devil in Mia by Jan Miklaszewicz: Available November 20, 2025
Hartmouth Horrors, Book 2
Life is no bowl of cherries for the Smiths. Matt is a selfish prick with a drinking problem, and his long-suffering wife has fallen foul of a most unsavoury guest. As merry hell begins to break loose and it becomes clear that her life is in mortal danger, Matt finds himself dealing with more than one demon.
The question is, will he finally prove man enough to rise to the occasion?
Lost by M. Findley: Available November 26, 2025
Shadow War, Book 4
Subgenre(s): Time Loop, Romance
A secret society in control of a technology that could alter the world’s fate.
A linguist turned assassin, bound to protect knowledge left long ago by visitors from another galaxy.
And a man, caught in the threads of time…
It was better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all, right?
At least that is what ZT tells himself when life gets him down, whether that loss is his beloved Margaret, his translation work for the Order, or even those ambitions he once held as a teenager.
But all that changed when he touched the Transportation stone in God’s Library at the Fortress in Istanbul.
Now, life is a series of missions and war, empty connections, and commitment-less sex, and all ZT wants is to make it home to his friends, Adam and Rachel. But that dream fades with each passing day until a dark, curly brown-haired beauty in a white muscle tank top, black cargo pants, and riding an ‘80s skateboard rolls into his life, calling him “Handsome” and helping him on missions.
Maybe life isn’t as bad as it seems, and perhaps those who are lost can be found, even if that means jumping through time.
The Serpent and the Shattered Sword by N.A. Betts: Available November 26, 2025
The Fates of Aten, Book 3
Subgenre(s): Epic Fantasy
Her breaking is only the beginning.
Alira Verbrandt thought uniting the Fates would give her strength. Instead, it casts her into the frozen wastes of Clerracia, hunted by an enemy long thought forgotten. In the ruins of a desolate city, she discovers a serpent hidden among her closest allies. Watching, waiting, and ready to strike.
Broken and betrayed, Alira awakens on the shores of Evenglacia, a land of fabled antiquity, and dark secrets. Survival demands allegiance, but the sparing of her life binds her to a war she can’t control.
The Shattered Sword has risen, their rebellion burning with a fire of vengeance; and to stop them, Alira must stand with Evenglacia’s army of legend. But in the shadows of its ancient heart lies a truth–the rebels may be the ones who hold the key to defeating her greatest enemy.
Every choice carries a price, and if she chooses wrong there may not be a world left to save.
Darkness Unleashed by Bella Dunn: Available November 27, 2025
Eileerean Saga, Book 2
Subgenre(s): Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy
What would you sacrifice for duty?
The war between the Eileerean sisters left a legacy far worse than the corpses of the fallen soldiers. The peace forged by Daelyn’s grandmother is crumbling.
Callandra was left under the rule of a tyrant, and while Gaelyr and Lyhtana brace for another war, tragedy strikes Vaedora, in an ominous turn of the Wheel of Fate.
To save Atheatis, Daelyn must protect her only child, Elara, even if it means sacrificing her whole Queendom.
Thrust into a fate she was not prepared for, Elara will be forced to watch her world burn.
New alliances will be forged. New enemies will rise.
Elara will learn the darkest secret of the Eileerean House, and yet the greatest mystery of all remains stubbornly out of reach.
Your fate will find you.
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