> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://andilgregory.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Q3 2026’s Anticipated Releases for July, August, & September - URL: https://andilgregory.com/adventuring-through-life/2026s-anticipated-releases-for-july-august-amp-september/ - Published: 2026-07-03T18:00:54.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-10T22:08:43.000Z - Author: Andi Gregory - Tags: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, High Fantasy, science fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary, Romance, The Nordic Wars, Worlds Collide Trilogy, Enclave Publishing, Whimsical Publishing, Quill & Flame, Anthologies, RHS Anthology, #Migrated-1787683573322, #sqs, #Import 2026-08-25 14:46, Adventuring Through Life, blog Wow, these next few months have so many amazing books for us! Check out the crazy lineup for July, August, and September (a few are out already!), many sounding like perfect reads as summer comes to a close—and in several genres! Honestly, a few of these I cannot wait to get my hands on. Click on the book cover or title for more information! --- ### **Science Fiction:** [![Worlds Collide by Clint Hall](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/1Worlds-Collide.png)](https://www.enclavepublishing.com/books/worlds-collide/?ref=andilgregory.com) #### Worlds Collide (Worlds Collide Trilogy | Book 1) **Five worlds at war. Only one can survive.** Ten thousand years ago, five cosmic beings—a dragon, a phoenix, a serpent, a lion, and a wolf—set their worlds on an inevitable collision course. Each civilization was given one command: destroy the rival worlds, or crash into them and die. As the planets draw near to each other, the moment of final reckoning is at hand. In a galaxy filled with starfighters and superweapons, magic and manipulation, planet-killing devices and mechanized legions, five heroes must defend their homeworlds against overwhelming odds. But when prophecy and destiny collide, a far greater power begins to stir—one that challenges everything they’ve been told. Oaths will be broken. Chains will be shattered. Champions will rise. The fate of the universe hangs in the balance as these heroes discover whether any world deserves to survive. The War of the Creators has begun. 📜 Science Fiction/Space Opera releasing **July 14, 2026** from Enclave Publishing [![Blightfall by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/1Blightfall.png)](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blightfall-brandon-sanderson/1149611648?ean=9780593707050&ref=andilgregory.com) #### Blightfall (Riftwake | Book 1) After decades of war against alien oppressors, the humans of the Defiant Defense Force are finally free. Yet for Arturo Mendez, leader of Skyward Flight, freedom isn’t what he thought it would be. His first postwar assignment seems simple: The DDF has found evidence of other settlements of humans who were isolated during their long war against the aliens, and Arturo and his flight of pilots are to escort a team of diplomats as they attempt to make contact. It’s an easy mission—get in, guard the diplomats, and get out. But no element of this mission turns out to be simple. Blightfall is inhospitable, surrounded by mysterious debris and covered in giant, invasive forests that have swallowed most of the planet. Upon arrival, Arturo’s team is attacked, and it quickly becomes clear that this human settlement isn’t what it appears to be. Now trapped in an unfamiliar world and unsure who to trust, Arturo and his team must find allies and uncover long-buried secrets if they hope to escape and return home. 📜 YA Science Fiction releasing **September 1, 2026** from Delacorte Press --- ### **Science Fantasy:** [![The Stargazers by Ava Lauren Grayson](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/The-Stargazers.png)](https://quillandflame.com/books/the-stargazers/?ref=andilgregory.com) #### The Stargazers Attending an elite NASA training program, the American Space Academy, in 1999, Julia Mastroff, Ky Nolan, Natalie Díaz, and Milo Fry become the newest members of The Stargazers Project, a top secret program that creates working teenage astronauts. On a test mission, The Stargazers’s space shuttle is sucked into a portal and they crash on a magical planet with a past of its own. Now stranded somewhere in the universe and threatened by fae hunters, unidentified creatures, and secrets beyond their imagination, they must find a way to survive or a way to get back home. But it gets even more complicated when Julia is saved by a Luarian hunter and she discovers she has magical abilities she did not possess before. With love entanglements and betrayals, The Stargazers must survive the creatures hunting them and unravel the mystery of the truth behind The Stargazers Project. Julia can’t and won’t leave Luella until she finds out exactly what her destiny is. 📜 Science Fantasy releasing **September 15, 2026** from Quill & Flame Publishing --- ### **Fantasy:** [![George, the Shield, and the Veiled Lady by Kathryn McConaughy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/1George--the-Shield--and-the-Veiled-Lady.jpg)](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0H5WHX1GN?ref=andilgregory.com) #### George, the Shield, and the Veiled Lady (The Faerie Queen | Book 1) Looking after goats might not be the best preparation for fighting a dragon... When George finds a Faerie road beyond the south pasture, he bids his mother and sisters goodbye and sets off in search of adventure. He soon arrives at Queen Gloriana's Feast of Adventures, where he makes friends with a mysterious squire named Arthur. But after a veiled lady recruits him to help her slay a dragon and the special armor she provides makes him a target for every wicked witch and wizard in Faerieland, can George still save the day? 📜 MG/YA Arthurian Fantasy released **July 1, 2026** [![Ashfall by Dalton Bequette and Emily Bequette](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/2Ashfall.png)](https://quillandflame.com/books/ashfall/?ref=andilgregory.com) #### Ashfall (Flameheart Chronicles | Book 2) **Out of the pages, he came.** **Into the pages, she went.** **But darkness lurks between them.** Aurelia’s heart is divided between her forbidden feelings for Kayce and her obligations to the Flameheart Order. With one piece of an ancient relic secured, Aurelia and Kayce are closer to repairing the realms of human imagination. Though desperate to save her wounded kingdom, another secret threatens Aurelia’s newfound courage—forcing her to question everything. Kayce doesn’t know where he belongs. Even in Norenth, he is the prince without a place. Scouring new worlds for the next piece of the elusive Initiis would give him a semblance of purpose if not for Aurelia’s distance—despite their last embrace burning between them. However, a new agent of darkness arises, and it may cost Kayce everything to face it… including the best friend he has loved for years. Fear is on the hunt, and it’s waiting to devour—for darkness has its own story to tell. 📜 YA Portal Fantasy Romance releasing **July 14, 2026** from Quill & Flame Publishing [![Inn at the Edge of Midnight II: Tomislav's Tales by Jodhan Ford](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/Inn-at-the-Edge-of-Midnight-II-Tomislav-s-Tales.jpg)](https://www.amazon.com/Inn-Edge-Midnight-II-Tomislavs-ebook/dp/B0GZF8R4W9?ref=andilgregory.com) #### Inn at the Edge of Midnight II: Tomislav's Tales When the gods returned, they did not come to save mankind. Atlantis rose in the Sahara bearing promises of clean energy and ancient wisdom, but its gifts shattered the old world. The forgotten gods followed, old powers awakened, and technology crumbled into myth. In the centuries since, new realms have risen from the ruins: Byzantium reclaimed its former glory, Atlantis forged empires, Midgard’s clans gathered again beneath ancient banners, and cities like Neo-Constantinople became crucibles of faith, power, and danger. At the mouth of Midnight Alley stands Barthello’s Inn, still a haven for the lost, the dangerous, and the legendary. Here, satyrs trade songs with minotaurs, elves and dwarves haggle over relics, and hooded churchmen murmur secrets into the ears of rogues. Aboveground, Orthodox, Catholic, Coptic, Jewish, and pagan factions vie for influence beneath gilded domes and stained glass. Below, older things stir in the dark. What begins as a mosaic of separate tales gradually reveals a larger design. As the stories unfold, they converge into two deeper currents moving beneath the city’s surface: the hard-lived exploits of the Ordo Investigorum, relic-hunters and monster-chasers who survive by wit, steel, and reputation, and the grim, iron-bound labors of the Knights of the Broken Chain, who stand watch against darker things best left buried. Part tavern chronicle, part mythic mystery, and part dark adventure, Tomislav’s Tales is a woven novel of hidden designs, dangerous faith, whispered history, and lives that collide in the shadow of gods. Settle in. The hearth still glows, the drinks are flowing, and someone always has one more tale to tell. But in Neo-Constantinople, even a good story can leave scars. 📜 Low/Mythological Fantasy releasing **July 14, 2026** [![The Princess Who Knew the Truth by Kathryn McConaughy](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/0.5The-Princess-Who-Knew-the-Truth.png)](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0H5TMXXFJ?ref=andilgregory.com) #### The Princess Who Knew the Truth (The Faerie Queen | Prequel) Una loves her father dearly, but she wishes he would stop telling her that she's the most beautiful girl in the world. It isn't true--and the untruth hurts. Blessed by Faeries at her christening to always speak and hear the truth, Una expected to use her gifts to help govern her tiny kingdom. But when she rescues a knight from a witch whose stock in trade is deception, and the witch calls down a terrible danger on Una's kingdom, Una must leave everything behind to find a way to save Perion. 📜 MG/YA Arthurian Fantasy releasing **August 1, 2026** [![Winter's Dawn by Morgan L. Busse](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/3Winter-s-Dawn.png)](https://www.enclavepublishing.com/books/winters-dawn/?ref=andilgregory.com) #### Winter's Dawn (The Nordic Wars | Book 3) **Fearless. Defender. Shield Maiden.** Brighid returns to the Nordic forces. But she is not alone. Her newfound companion accompanies her, along with Kaeden, the Eldaran Truthsayer. Together, they approach the battlefield, powered by a unique bond forged since their first encounter. Yet a dark and menacing presence grows within Brighid’s mind. Her connection to death has returned, and this time, there is no oath to numb the terror. Will she be able to fight and protect her people while sensing the reaper of life? Kaeden’s recent conflict with one of the Shadonae has left scars across both his body and soul. Still, he is determined to finish what he has started and free both the Nordic people and the world of this great evil. To do so, he may have to sacrifice everything to reach the one who has bound the Nordic people to this deadly war. Kaeden will need Brighid’s help. But when he reveals the truth behind the dreams they have shared, Brighid must make a choice that could change not only her future but the fate of her people: accept the bond between them or let it fade—and lose him along with it. 📜 Fantasy releasing **August 11, 2026** from Enclave Publishing [![Again Behold the Stars by Jessie Latimer](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/Again-Behold-the-Stars.png)](https://quillandflame.com/books/again-behold-the-stars/?ref=andilgregory.com) #### Again Behold the Stars He’s a book character fated to die. She’s the reader determined to save him. Rigby Rhymes wants one thing out of life: a grand adventure, just like the ones in her favorite books. Preferably one involving secret passageways, magic spells, and dashing, long-haired guys with swords. Unfortunately, she lives in the real world, and no wizards have stopped by to tell her she’s the Chosen One. So when she kicks the bucket before even learning to drive, her dreams of adventure die with her. But then, en route to the afterlife, an eccentric angel offers her a deal: if she agrees to enter the story-world of her favorite novel and change the plot enough to keep the brooding villain, Wick, from dying at the end, she’ll get a second chance at life. But when snoopy Wick discovers he’s a fictional character and tears Rigby’s copy of the book in half, he inadvertently stops time in the story-world and attracts the attention of the interdimensional Vices, a book-burning motorcycle gang of Deadly Sins obsessed with eradicating happy endings. With the unlikely help of Wick (and her goody two-shoes fictional crush, Chance Golden), Rigby must return to the real world, seek a mysterious librarian called the Bookbinder, and repair the book before the Vices destroy the story-world–and Rigby’s last chance at a grand adventure–forever. 📜 Portal Fantasy releasing **August 11, 2026** from Quill & Flame Publishing [![An Alliance of Ash and Jade by AJ Skelly](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/An-Alliance-of-Ash-and-Jade.png)](https://quillandflame.com/books/an-alliance-of-ash-and-jade/?ref=andilgregory.com) #### An Alliance of Ash and Jade Jade is desperate to win her father’s affection and her place among her clan. If she can win the Crown Challenges and appoint her brother the next heir apparent, her place in her father’s heart will be assured. But she can’t do it alone, so she agrees to an alliance with the cruel and devastatingly handsome Sky Prince—whom she has every intention of double crossing. Ash is cursed. No powers. No wings. Without his magic, he cannot win the Crown Challenges to ascend the throne. His only recourse is a bold vow to kill the curse-caster. And wedding her will provide just the opportunity he needs. But just as Ash is ready to end his curse once and for all, an assassin attacks, and Jade saves his life. Now bound to a blood debt, he cannot kill her, nor remove his curse. Caught in the purgatory of betrayal and a fight to the death to win the Challenges, Ash has no choice but to trust the beguiling girl he’s now forced to protect. As they battle to attain the crown, they’ll have to work together to beat the other contestants, and fight their growing, forbidden attraction. All while remembering that their tenuous alliance ends with the Challenges, and that their marriage is a sham. But something wicked hides in the shadows; forgotten secrets that threaten the very existence of the empire. Only by joining forces do Jade and Ash have any hope of overcoming the evil rising in the darkness…but even that might not be enough. 📜 YA Romantasy (Clean) releasing **August 25, 2026** from Quill & Flame Publishing [![Eventide by A. M. Daylin](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/Eventide.jpg)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6WLMB52?ref=andilgregory.com) #### Eventide ***To seal the Rift is to seal his fate.*** The annual human sacrifices are all that is stopping the Astral Spirits from killing mortals without limit. Selected by the Honored Saint, Lesadia Eiderstone will be among the many to appease the Astral Spirits this year. However, when her father offers himself in her stead, he charges her to not simply live on in his honor, but to pursue her neglected call from the Starbreather-a call which leads her into the dangerous wilderness beyond the protections of their kingdom's pact with the malevolent spirits. As someone once raised from the dead, Relic Arlin is the only person who can wield the power to seal the Rift between their world and the realm of the spirits, thus putting an end to their invasion and the sacrifices. However, fulfilling his purpose comes at the cost of his life-an unfair price Relic was more than willing to pay until his unexpected reunion with his childhood friend, Lesadia. Now, in order to save Lesadia's father and stop the sacrifices, Relic must leave behind the person he loves most. 📜 YA Fantasy No-Spice Romance with Christian themes releasing **September 22, 2026** from Mooncrest Publishing --- ### **Romance:** [![The Crafting Con by E.P. Stavs](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/1The-Crafting-Con.png)](https://whimsicalpublishing.ca/shop/preorder-the-crafting-con/?ref=andilgregory.com) #### The Crafting Con (The Geek Life | Book 1) **Ava Aimes** idolizes her nerdtastic father, but when he ditches her mom for his soulmate—a move that turns her mother into the walking dead—she vows to give up the geek life forever. She won’t let anything remind them of what they’ve lost, even if it means saying goodbye to her best friend, Declan. Their memories are tied too closely to her traitor dad. Five years later, that vow begins to chafe as Ava moves toward the end of junior year. Pep club? Check. Potential Greek god prom date? Reluctant check. Gaze fixed firmly away from where her ex-bestie sits on the other side of the room? Not-so-check. The urge to be at his side is strong, but is it worth risking her mom’s newfound happiness for a chance at her own? **Declan Greene** is so over his childhood crush. He barely even registers Ava’s existence tucked in the center of the popular crowd. His sole focus is on the workshop he’s running at the upcoming anime convention. If all goes well, it could lead to a high-profile collab with the area’s leading prop-maker, an opportunity he’ll do anything to secure. But when his crafting partner backs out three weeks before the con, and Ava shows up as his replacement, Declan will either have to accept her help or chance losing the workshop altogether. He needs it to succeed, but will spending time together rekindle the feelings he’s spent years putting to rest? 📜 Contemporary Romance releasing **September 22, 2026** from Whimsical Publishing --- ### **Mystery:** [![The Dark Rider Mystery by Dickson Frankle](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/1The-Dark-Rider-Mystery.png)](https://jerimassi.substack.com/?utm%5Fid=97758%5Fv0%5Fs00%5Fe0%5Ftv4%5Fa1dennhbhpy6bl&fbclid=IwY2xjawSyfudleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvbEh6ZGZxM1c3UlFKazZuc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuGS%5FP2jU6S6u%5F3nr9xvZOj1%5FNUEWkanMpZgk0zOHqHc614ig-N1%5F2tvbian%5Faem%5FSL00fJbUDCscsrG39lP9Yw) #### The Dark Rider Mystery (The Hidden Trail Mysteries | Book 1) 📜 MG Mystery in the style of Hardy Boys releasing **August 1, 2026** \*Please note this is an audio download [![The Legend of Blackstone Hill by Dickson Frankle](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/2The-Legend-of-Blackstone-Hill.png)](https://jerimassi.substack.com/?utm%5Fid=97758%5Fv0%5Fs00%5Fe0%5Ftv4%5Fa1dennhbhpy6bl&fbclid=IwY2xjawSyfudleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvbEh6ZGZxM1c3UlFKazZuc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuGS%5FP2jU6S6u%5F3nr9xvZOj1%5FNUEWkanMpZgk0zOHqHc614ig-N1%5F2tvbian%5Faem%5FSL00fJbUDCscsrG39lP9Yw) #### The Legend of Blackstone Hill (The Hidden Trail Mysteries | Book 2) 📜 MG Mystery in the style of Hardy Boys releasing **August 1, 2026** \*Please note this is an audio download [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/3Unkown.png)](https://jerimassi.substack.com/?utm%5Fid=97758%5Fv0%5Fs00%5Fe0%5Ftv4%5Fa1dennhbhpy6bl&fbclid=IwY2xjawSyfudleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvbEh6ZGZxM1c3UlFKazZuc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuGS%5FP2jU6S6u%5F3nr9xvZOj1%5FNUEWkanMpZgk0zOHqHc614ig-N1%5F2tvbian%5Faem%5FSL00fJbUDCscsrG39lP9Yw) #### The Hidden Trail Mysteries | Book 3 📜 MG Mystery in the style of Hardy Boys releasing **August 1, 2026** \*Please note this is an audio download --- ### **Anthologies & Cross Genre:** [![The Queen Arrayed in Gold and Other Myths and Legends Anthology](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/The-Queen-Arrayed-in-Gold---other-Myths-and-Legends-Anthology.jpg)](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/qalpublishing/fantastical-tales-from-around-the-world?utm%5Fid=97758%5Fv0%5Fs00%5Fe0%5Ftv4%5Fa1demoo4mo0n9f&fbclid=IwY2xjawSygIFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFvbEh6ZGZxM1c3UlFKazZuc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHluspWeeKG%5FjknrLSXeyUHSXYR-O2BjcuOVuakmIfzVn56f8YSebhQKndT1e%5Faem%5FzbfnjNr4iAHXErsv4j0nQA&ref=andilgregory.com) #### The Queen Arrayed in Gold and Other Myths and Legends Anthology 📜 Kickstarter launches **August 1, 2026** \*Follow the campaign to be notified upon launch [![What Hides in the Shadows: An R.H.S. Anthology](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/05/5005b841-a6a9-4902-ad65-ff17b958f53d/content/images/2026/09/What-Hides-in-the-Shadows--Full--2.png)](https://www.amazon.com/What-Hides-Shadows-CJ-Redwine-ebook/dp/B0HDLXPD9X?ref=andilgregory.com) #### What Hides in the Shadows: An R.H.S. Anthology **Some secrets stay hidden because we're afraid to look. Others stay hidden because they're waiting.** In this collection from The Red Herrings Society, you'll find stories that reach into the dark corners we usually walk past. A teenage girl accepts a ride from a killer. A old woman can no longer hold back the ghosts that haunt her home. A property manager disappears, and the only one qualified to search for her is a vampire who doesn't want to get involved. These stories span genres and styles, from literary fiction to thriller, paranormal to fantasy, romance to mystery. But every one of them lives in the same territory: the space just beyond what we can see. The things we bury. The things we ignore. The things that wait quietly until we have no choice but to turn around and face them. Some of these shadows are supernatural. Some are deeply, unsettlingly human. All of them will follow you home. *What Hides in the Shadows* is a multi-genre anthology featuring voices from The Red Herrings Society, a community of writers who believe the best stories are the ones that refuse to let you look away. "Shifting Vapors": Although Virga visits Tropos World Park almost daily, envious of the park rangers' ability to create pathways among the clouds, when she's forced to reveal her accursed talent to save a child, she knows she'll never be welcome at Tropos again. 📜 Anthology releasing **September 2026** --- There are so many amazing books coming up soon! Is there something here you’re excited to read? Or did I miss one you’re super excited about? Let’s chat books in the comments!