The Science Fiction & Fantasy book group will continue virtually. Please email PRoss@TorranceCA.gov for the invitation and link.

The Witchstone by Henry Neff
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

Laszlo, an 800-year-old demon with an office beneath Midtown Manhattan, is Hell’s least productive Curse Keeper. Given six days to shape up or be melted down into Primordial Ooze, he pays a visit to 19-year-old Curse Bearer Maggie Drakeford and her family, who show him the mysterious black monolith in the cemetery in the woods. To break the spell which dooms every Drakeford to turning into a monster at the age of 40, Maggie must trust Laszlo to lead her on a series of capers.  As they challenge the very Lords of Hell, will Laszlo find redemption as well?

The Foreigner (Foreigner Trilogy #1)  by C.J. Cherryh
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

This 1994 novel which launched a three-decades-long series numbering twenty-two titles. It has been hundreds of years since humans on a starship lost in space landed on the planet of the alien species atevi, triggering a war which the humans had no chance of winning. Peace was established by the humans trading their advanced technology for a remote island refuge. Now Bren Cameron, the sole human allowed by treaty into atevi society, is marked for an assassin’s bullet. He realizes that for his and his people’s survival, he must forge a bond with this species which has fourteen words for betrayal and not a single word for love.

Tress of the Emerald Sea (A Cosmere Novel)  by Brandon Sanderson 
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

This 1994 novel which launched a three-decades-long series numbering twenty-two titles. It has been hundreds of years since humans on a starship lost in space landed on the planet of the alien species atevi, triggering a war which the humans had no chance of winning. Peace was established by the humans trading their advanced technology for a remote island refuge. Now Bren Cameron, the sole human allowed by treaty into atevi society, is marked for an assassin’s bullet. He realizes that for his and his people’s survival, he must forge a bond with this species which has fourteen words for betrayal and not a single word for love.

The Magic of Recluce (Saga of Recluce #1)  by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.  
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM on Zoom

Lerris, a bored young carpenter’s apprentice, avoids permanent exile from his world of perfect order by embarking on a “dangergeld,” a quest for knowledge, during which he must learn to discern good from evil and realize the full potential of his skills as a mage by engaging in conflicts with the Chaos Wizards, ultimately with the Archenemy of Order.

A list of previously discussed books may be found here.