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New York Times: “Readers seeking a truly refreshing fantasy milieu should travel to Bulikov, and welcome its conquest.” Read the full New York Times Book Review of City of Stairs here.

Publishers Weekly: Where The Longest Night stood out by demonstrating that consent is sexy, this smashing sequel shows that respectful communication is downright scorching. Opportunities abound for miscommunication and high drama between Michelle Cole, who’s planning to turn an English house into a B and B, and Ray Powell, the battle-fatigued military contractor who shows up at what used to be his grandmother’s home and is startled to meet its new owner. The tension and the stakes are artfully developed, and […]

Jay Stringer’s WAYS TO DIE IN GLASGOW, a dark but farcical Scottish crime novel featuring a reluctant female P.I., her gay brother, a gangland legend writing his memoirs, an ex-con with an anger management problem, and a less-than-perfect police officer, to Emilie Marneur at Thomas & Mercer, by Stacia Decker.

Publishers Weekly: This satisfying feminist tale ­set in an underexplored corner of Lake’s lush, mythical Green universe (Green, etc.) but entirely accessible to new readers­ features an empathetic middle-aged, middle-class protagonist managing the roles of businesswoman, mother and grandmother, fugitive, and unwilling savior with realism and grace. Clothing merchant Sian Kattë is assaulted by the charismatic rogue priest of the Butchered God, an encounter that grants her the unwanted power to heal by touch. Sian and her new abilities are misunderstood by […]

For Simon & Schuster’s new SF imprint, Saga Press, Joe Monti took world English rights, in a six-book deal, to Chuck Wendig’s Miriam Black series. The books follow the titular heroine, who is cursed with the ability to see the death of every person she touches. Through the deal, Saga will release the three backlist titles in the series—Blackbirds, Mockingbird, and The Cormorant (all originally released by Angry Robot)—first as e-books, then as trade paperbacks. The deal also covers three new titles. The books are currently […]

Publishers Weekly: Bedford mixes romance and intrigue in this promising debut, which opens the Psi-Tech space opera series. Like other psi-techs, long-range telepath Cara Carlinni has a brain implant that enhances her powers. It also leaves her indentured to Alphacorp, the company that paid for the implant. On the run with data that links her ruthless former boss and lover, Ari van Blaiden, to a deadly pirate attack on a colony world, Cara convinces navigator Reska “Ben” Benjamin to add her […]

Michael Strother at Simon Pulse has pre-empted world English rights to Violent Ends, a novel with 17 authors, edited by Shaun David Hutchinson, author of the upcoming The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley. The story centers on a 16-year-old school shooter, with each chapter set at a time before the shooting and told by characters who knew him, trying to answer one question: Why? Contributing authors include Kendare Blake, Steve Brezenoff, Delilah Dawson, Trish Doller, Margie Gelbwasser, Christine Johnson, E.M. […]

Audio rights to Robert Sheckley’s short story collection, UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS, to Stefan Rudnicki at Skyboat Media, by Cameron McClure.

Czech rights to Jim Butcher’s White Night and Small Favor, the 9th and 10th novels in the Dresden Files series, to Triton by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson. Czech rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF STAIRS, to Host, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Cameron McClure. Italian rights to Karl Schroeder’s QUEEN OF CANDESCE and PIRATE SUN, Books 1 and 2 of the Virga series, to Zona 42, by […]

RT Book Reviews: This posthumously published collection of Lake’s short stories, spanning decades, was planned and put together by Lake himself. At first I was worried that I’d be unable to disconnect the emotion of Lake’s personal story with the impartiality required of reviewing, but Lake’s fantastic writing and worldbuilding made that worry irrelevant. This collection is well worth the time and investment; even the weakest story stands out. Readers will find themselves justifying the read of one more story before […]