I often get a heads-up on reviews, honors and other book-related news items, but not always. And sometimes the unexpected discoveries are extra-fun.

Like today, when I got a BookBub email with a link to “Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022,” and of course I opened it and skimmed it, looking at the familiar names, and then — BOOM! Scorpica was right there with the likes of upcoming books from John Scalzi, Melissa Albert, Mike Chen, Tamsyn Muir, and other SFF luminaries.

Check out the list of 23 awesome reads here!