Leslie S. Klinger and Laurie King editing their third anthology of Sherlock Holmes inspired stories, including contributions from Cara Black, Rhys Bowen, Feed Barrel Coleman, Jamie Freveletti, Gregg Hurwitz, and more, to Claiborne Hancock at Pegasus Books, by Donald Maass.
Liz Gorinsky at Tor Books has acquired Mary Robinette Kowal’s THE CALCULATING STARS and THE FATED SKY, an historical science fiction duology in which the devastation of a meteorite hit accelerates the 1950’s space program and building on the universe of her Hugo Award-winning novelette “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” for publication in 2018 via Jennifer Jackson.
Alyssa Raymond and William Kiester at Page Street have bought Lynn Slaughter’s It Should Have Been You, in which a cyberstalked high-school advice columnist takes matters into her own hands to figure out the secrets behind her twin sister’s murder, putting herself in grave danger. Publication is slated for winter 2018; Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency brokered the deal for world rights.
Justina Ireland’s THE NEVER AND THE NOW and a sequel, a futuristic spy duology about cyborgs’ multigenerational battle to be recognized as people, not property, plus a stand-alone science fiction novel, to Miriam Weinberg at Tor, by Amy Boggs.
Rights to a tabletop card game based on the New York Times best-selling Cinder Spires series by Jim Butcher to Fred Hicks at Evil Hat Productions LLC by Jennifer Jackson.
Martha Wells THE MURDERBOT DIARIES: ALL SYSTEMS RED, in which a security droid, that has for its own reasons hacked its Company governor chip, may be the only hope for a small team of scientists that discovers a neighboring mission has been sabotaged, and a sequel, in a two-book deal to Lee Harris at Tor.com by Jennifer Jackson.
British debut author Anna Stephens’ GODBLIND, the first in a grimdark series full of fight scenes and intrigue that pits the followers of the bloodthirsty Red Gods, exiled for a thousand years, against the thriving kingdom of Rilpor, and only one man, a Watcher who can glimpse the future, has a chance of stopping the invasion, to Bradley Englert at Skyhorse by Cameron McClure at Donald Maass on behalf of Harry Illingworth at DHH Literary, in a three book deal, for publication in Spring 2017. (UK rights sold to Harper Voyager at auction, German rights sold to Blanvalet, French rights sold to Bragelonne)
New York Times best-seller Anne Bishop’s untitled novel set in the world of the Others series but featuring new characters, in which they find themselves caught up in a chilling mystery, after a series of vicious murders rock a small community, and a second Others novel, to Anne Sowards at Ace in a six-figure deal by Jennifer Jackson.
Where the Water Falls, a debut thriller by investigative journalist Jeremy Finley. When four-year-old William Chance vanishes from the woods behind his family’s home, there’s only one witness: an older brother who whispers “the lights took him” and never speaks again. As every resource is exhausted, the boy’s grandmother, Lynn, must finally admit to herself that she’s heard the phrase “the lights took him” before. A long-buried secret from her past may be the only key to finding her missing grandchild. A two-book deal to Peter Wolverton at St. Martins Press by Paul Stevens.
U.S. rights to Elizabeth Bear’s Ancestral Night and a sequel, a weird, wide-ranging SF saga in the mold of Iain M. Banks, a duology originally acquired by Gollancz who will publish in the U.K., to Navah Wolfe at Saga Press.