Gifted of Brennex

A unique, compelling, and hopeful space opera, Dissonant State is sure to delight fans of Ann Leckie, Becky Chambers, and Martha Wells. Kay Wilder despises Ravel Corporation, whose occupation of her home planet left Kay with a useful but debilitating power to hear others' emotions. Unlike her brother Jasper, an activist who fights corporate injustice, Kay has always stayed as far away from the corporate states as possible. Until now. Because Ravel has kidnapped her brother, and the only way Kay can help him is to go undercover working for the enemy. Forced to lie about what Ravel did to her home, it's harder and lonelier than Kay could have imagined, until she finds an unexpected ally: a sentient ship who hates working for Ravel as much as she does, who will risk discovery and destruction to help their first and only friend. But the risks are far greater than Kay's and Ship's safety. To save Jasper, she may have to let another world suffer her home's fate-and betray the cause her brother has risked his life for.

Their families call them the Gifted. They call themselves the Losts. And to everyone outside Brennex, they were ordinary people-until now. Libbi Wilder is the good kid. While her older siblings have traveled the galaxy having adventures, she's stayed home to run the family store. Someone has to, after all. Then a stranger shows up at the store, and people Libbi's age-the Losts-start going missing. Libbi and her best friend Mixin set out to investigate, but before they find answers, Libbi's brother and sister swoop in to save the day without being asked, reigniting old resentments. Libbi knows she'll always be the baby of the family, but if she can solve the disappearances, maybe she can finally win her siblings' respect. Except the truth behind the missing people is worse than she feared. With the long-held secret of their gifts now exposed, Libbi will have to rally the Losts-and harder still, work with her siblings and their partners-to save them all from falling under Ravel Corporation's control in this gripping conclusion to the Gifted of Brennex trilogy.

Star Trek meets Leverage in a space opera that's "refreshingly hopeful and heaps of fun" (author Megan E. O'Keefe). Jasper Wilder is an activist, not a spy, but he'll become one if that's what it takes to stop Ravel Corporation from reviving the research project that devastated his home planet. His plan is simple enough: Break into the secure facility. Steal the data. Find a weakness and sabotage the project. But all that goes out the airlock when he meets Havoc, a passionate but politically naive labor organizer trying to reform Ravel from within. Havoc could help Jasper, but instead, he's fighting for a lost cause. Jasper knows that if he sticks with his own plan, Havoc will likely take the blame-and Ravel doesn't treat activists kindly. With a security operative closing in, and time running out to sabotage the deadly project before it launches, Jasper needs to find a way to team up with Havoc . . . before his mission hurts the person he's coming to care about. Full of adventure and suspense, LGBTQ+ characters, found family, a sentient spaceship with anxiety issues, and hijinks galore, Warped State is sure to delight fans of Ann Leckie, Becky Chambers, and Martha Wells.