Talos Press imprint: 18 books

In this “immersive, intergalactic spy-fi,” two rogue agents go after a top-secret super weapon—“A Cold War thriller with wormholes” (John August, screenwriter of Titan A.E. and Big Fish). The galaxy is mired in a cold war between the Illyrican Empire and the Commonwealth. Thrust between...

A man and his money are parted not by death but by deletion in this “prophetic and chilling” cyber-dystopian thriller (Gordon Dahlquist). In Tokyo, every single action—from blinking to sex—is intellectual property owned by corporations. A BodyBank implant in each citizen records movements...

“Hyper-realistic military action meets otherworldly invaders in this explosive debut that will make you worry there are aliens in your backyard” (Rhett C. Bruno, USA Today–bestselling author). The last thing Ben Shepherd wanted was another war. But sometimes the universe won’t take...

“A gut-punching novel, consistently taut and bleak,” and one of Amazon’s 20 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2016 (Publishers Weekly). Unknown to humanity, dangerous visitors from another world arrive in the cold of winter. Disguised as humans, the Nafikh move in secret, hungry...

“If China Miéville, Neil Gaiman and Hunter S. Thompson had a ménage à trois, Dead Boys would be the lovechild. A cracking book” (Jay Kristoff, New York Times–bestselling author of Darkdawn). A decade dead, Jacob Campbell is a preservationist, providing a kind of taxidermy to keep his...

Desperation drives an impoverished man into a dark realm in this chilling homage to H. P. Lovecraft by the award-winning author of The Horseman’s Grave. In the cold spring of 1936, Arthor Crandle accepts a position in Providence, Rhode Island, working as a live-in secretary for an unnamed...

“Borrowed Souls is do not miss urban fantasy. A fresh, unique world for readers hungry for something awesome” (Lauren Dane, New York Times–bestselling author). Callie Delgado always puts family first, and unfortunately her brother knows it. She’s emptied her savings, lost work, and...

Terror is evolving—as a new, unknown species of carnivorous marine life lays waste to an idyllic New York coastal town.   Marine biologist Katie DiNardo and ichthyologist Nick Tanner know about Mount Misery. For decades, out of this stretch of land on Long Island Sound, has grown the stuff of nightmares,...

The epic science fiction trilogy concludes with a thrilling novel in which the last of humanity must face its most devastating enemy in a final conflict. When Noah was a young orphan, the Xalans destroyed the Earth, driving mankind across the stars. Now, he is a leader of the young enclave...

“A brilliantly brutal debut from an exciting new voice”—the first book in a grimdark epic fantasy trilogy (Michael R. Fletcher, author of Swarm and Steel). The Mireces worship the bloodthirsty Red Gods. Exiled from Rilpor a thousand years ago, and left to suffer a harsh life in the cold...

Science fiction blends with a chilling murder mystery in “a futuristic police procedural that echoes themes by Philip K. Dick and Charles Stross” (Booklist).   It’s 2050, and someone has executed one of Los Angeles’s countless immigrants. Not that anyone seems to care. Even case officer Detective...

A “sucker punch of a novel” about Day Zero—when a singular event wipes out all memories of the past, and humanity faces an unimaginable future (Publishers Weekly). Day Zero. It was the end and the beginning. A singular event that simply erased all human memory. There was no reaction,...

A man avenges his own murder in this award-winning, “dark and genuinely funny novel” of the bittersweet hereafter (Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean). College dropout, aspiring writer, and smalltime marijuana grower, Thumb Rivera is in a bind. Confined to his rural...

A tale of magic, art, romance, and danger in this “lively and enchanting” series set in Edwardian England (Sarah Painter, author of The Language of Spells). Lucy Sinclair’s debut will be a parade of everything opulent London society has to offer. Most importantly, it will be nothing like...