Knight of Shadows by Toby Venables

Hunter of Sherwood: Knight of Shadows by Toby Venables is published by Abaddon (£7.99)

“England, 1191. Richard Lionheart has left the realm bankrupt and leaderless in his quest for glory. Only Prince John seems willing to fight back the tide of chaos threatening England – embodied by the traitorous ‘Hood.’ But John has a secret weapon: Guy of Gisburne, outcast, mercenary, and now knight. His first mission: to intercept the jewel-encrusted skull of John the Baptist, sent by the Templars to Philip, King of France. Gisburne’s quest takes him, his world-weary squire Galfrid in tow, from the Tower of London to the hectic Crusader port of Marseilles – and into increasingly bloody encounters with the ‘White Devil’: the fanatical Templar de Mercheval.”

Satan's Reach by Eric Brown

Eric Brown’s Satan’s Reach (Abaddon Books £7.99) is now available:

“Telepath Den Harper did the dirty work for the authoritarian Expansion, reading the minds of criminals, spies and undesirables, for years. Unable to take the strain, he stole a starship and headed into the void, a sector of lawless space known as Satan’s Reach. For five years he worked as a trader among the stars – then discovered that the Expansion had set a bounty hunter on his trail.

But what does the Expansion want with a lowly telepath like Harper? Is there something in the rumours that human space is being invaded by aliens from another realm? Harper finds out the answer to both these questions when he rescues a young woman from certain death – and comes face to face with the terrible aliens known as the Weird.”

Time's Arrows by Jonathan Green

Time’s Arrow by Jonathan Green, part of the Pax Britannia series, is a Ulysses Quicksilver Adventure (Abaddon £ 7.99).

“Paris. City of lights. City of lovers. City of dreams. Yet if one man gets his way, its inhabitants will soon be forced to endure a nightmare such as they have never known.

Hero of the British Empire, Ulysses Quicksilver is determined to stand in his way ... even as he returns from the past to appear on the scene of a horrific murder.

Before he can hope to rescue the French capital from its fate, Ulysses must go on the run and track down the real killer. His intention: to clear his good name, and get back to England in one piece. And quickly, for the love of his life is about to take a most ill-advised trip to the Moon. Can Quicksilver stop the terrorist known only as ‘Le Papillon’?”

The Alleyman by Pat Kelleher

Coming next month from Abaddon: No Man’s World – The Alleyman by Pat Kelleher (£7.99).

“It’s been four months since the Pennine Fusiliers vanished from the Somme and found themselves stranded on an alien world. The Tommies have been surviving on this bizarre planet, populated by lethal foliage and hostile human-like insects, while desperately trying to find a way back to Blighty.

In The Alleyman, while Lieutenant Everson tries to discover the true intentions of their alien prisoner, Lance Corporal Atkins and his Black Hand Gang are on the trail of Jeffries, the diabolist responsible for their predicament. And above it all, Lieutenant Tulliver of the Royal Flying Corps soars free of the confines of alien gravity, where the true scale of the planet’s mystery is revealed. To uncover the truth, however, he must join forces with an unexpected ally.”

School's Out Forever by Scott Andrews

“‘After the world died we all sort of drifted back to school. After all, where else was there for us to go?’ Lee Keegan’s fifteen. If most of the population of the world hadn’t just died choking on their own blood, he might be worrying about acne, body odour and girls. As it is, he and the young Matron of his boarding school, Jane Crowther, have to try and protect their charges from cannibalistic gangs, religious fanatics, a bullying prefect experimenting with crucifixion and even the surviving might of the US army.

Welcome to St. Mark’s School for Boys and girls...”

School’s Out Forever by Scott Andrews is the omnibus volume of  School’s Out, Operation Motherland and Children’s Crusade – part of the Afterblight series published by Abaddon (£10.99).

Ghost Dance by Rebecca Levene

Now available: "Morgan is sent on a new mission for the Hermetic Division, investigating the murder of the world¹s foremost expert on the Elizabethan alchemist, John Dee. The killer is an agent of Mossad with superhuman powers. In America, a powerful medium called Alex is employed by the CIA to investigate a cult called the Croatoans, who seem to be able to possess animals. Alex and Morgan¹s paths cross when Morgan is drawn to the US in pursuit of Dee's greatest treasure and a dangerous young man who plans to use it to achieve immortality!"

The Infernal Game: Ghost Dance by Rebecca Levene (Abaddon Books) continues this series of supernatural thrillers, mixing espionage with diabolism.