Locus Award and Crawford Award Finalist Ruthanna Emrys’ THE FIFTH POWER, a science-fiction novel set in 2084 about first contact between aliens and new human collective governments that rise as nation-states are failing, as the aliens seek to rescue humans from a climate changed planet whether they want to leave or not, to Carl Engle-Laird at Tor.com by Cameron McClure.
Carissa Ann Lynch’s MY SISTER IS MISSING, when a young woman returns home so that her sister can share secret that needs to be told in-person, she disappears, leaving her alone with her niece and nephew, and as clues start to unravel it makes her wonder if her sister is not only the victim of a crime, but also the perpetrator, to Charlotte Ledger at Killer Reads, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2019, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
Congratulations to Martha Wells and Nnedi Okorafor for winning these 2018 Hugo Awards! Best Novella: All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing) WSFS Award for Best Young Adult: Book: Akata Warrior, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking)
Audio rights to Agnes Gomillion’s THE RECORD KEEPER, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier, for Paul E. Stevens. Audio rights to Robert McCammon’s CARDINAL BLACK, 7th book in the Matthew Corbett series, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, by Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure.
Spanish rights to New York Times best-selling author Jim Butcher’s GHOST STORY, the thirteenth book in the Dresden Files series and Spanish reprint rights to GRAVE PERIL, the third book in the Dresden Files series, to NOSOLOROL, by Maru de Montserrat at International Editors’ Co. in association with Jennifer Jackson. Czech rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s FOUNDRYSIDE, to Host, by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi, on behalf of Katie Shea Boutillier, for Cameron McClure.
Publishers Weekly: Klinger (The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) offers a veritable buffet of food for thought for crime fiction fans.
Booklist: After finding evidence proving that the GrayCris Corporation engaged in illegal activities, Murderbot heads out to hand the case over to Dr. Mensah, its former owner. But Dr. Mensah has disappeared, and Murderbot must track her down—straight into the heart of enemy territory. Saving its mentor and taking down GrayCris are just the beginning of its challenges—Murderbot also has to figure out who it is, where it fits in society, and just how it is supposed to relate to all these people. The fourth installment of Wells’ […]
Publishers Weekly: Kowal continues her exquisite exploration of race and gender relations in an alternate 1961 that is still shockingly close to our own. The stunning second part of Kowal’s duology picks up 10 years after a meteor strikes Earth (depicted in The Calculating Stars) with series heroine Elma now serving as a pilot to the lunar colony. After she survives being taken hostage by a terrorist organization opposed to space travel, Elma is asked to join the first Mars mission, replacing a close friend and incurring the […]
Tor.com: Wells’ characterisation is pitch-perfect. Murderbot’s voice is darkly—and frequently not-so-darkly—funny, and Murderbot itself is a deeply appealing character. Other characters, as is appropriate for a writer of Wells’ talents, feel like fully formed individuals with lives and goals of their own, despite how little time the reader spends in their company. The pacing is excellent, tension mounting to an explosive conclusion, and like all of Wells’ work, it has atmosphere in spades. And thematically, it’s about what it means to be human, and the nature of responsibility. I […]
The Guardian: What starts as a run-around chase caper soon depends into a compelling treatise on power and its misuse.