On behalf of Prime Books, audio rights for Yamada Monogatari: Demon Hunter by Richard Parks, Heart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia, the Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker and 12 additional titles to Steve Feldberg at Audible by Jennifer Jackson.
Jon McGoran’s DRIFT, DEADOUT, and DRYLINE, first three books in the Doyle Carrick series, to Steve Feldberg at Audible, in a three-book deal, by Cameron McClure on behalf of Stacia Decker.
Audio rights to Edgar and Shirley Jackson Award winning author Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF BLADES, the sequel to CITY OF STAIRS, to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books, in a two book deal, by Cameron McClure.
Wall Street Journal: Ms. Alkon delivers sound advice on navigating social-networking sites (she calls them “giant parasites targeting your personal information like tapeworms waiting for a move-in special on your large intestine.”), on observing email etiquette and on texting at the dinner table: “If you’re going to invite somebody to dinner and ignore them, at least have the decency to get married first and build up years of bitterness and resentment.”
Publishers Weekly: Bennett (American Elsewhere) ventures into secondary-world fantasy in this action-packed, occasionally numinous, noir-like novel, which combines metaphysical and geopolitical observations. The city of Bulikov, once the sacred seat of a brutal, miracle-fueled empire, now stagnates under the administration of its former colony Saypur, which has become a technology-driven superpower. Exiled operative Ashara Komayd is the privileged great-granddaughter of the last Kaj of Saypur, the man who killed the Divinities, thereby both literally and politically destabilizing an entire continent. While investigating the politically inflammatory murder of a Saypuri professor who was studying Bulikov’s censored history, she finds disquieting evidence that some Divinities—and their legacy—may yet survive. Bennett largely sidesteps questions of colonialism and cultural appropriation in his tightly paced mystery, but supporting characters like Ashara’s indestructible aide, Sigrud, and conflicted ex-lover Vohannes Votrov flesh out the otherwise narrowly focused setting. The open ending promises a sequel.
German rights to Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s CONFLICT OF HONORS, AGENT OF CHANGE and CARPE DIEM, to Atlantis Verlag in a three-book deal, by Kathrin Nehm at Thomas Schueck Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson.
Congratulations to Robert Jackson Bennett on the nomination of American Elsewhere for a 
Congratulations to Nnedi Okorafor on the nomination of Who Fears Death for the