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.
Nov 042016
November 4, 2016
Oct 282016
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.
October 28, 2016
Oct 272016
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)
October 27, 2016
Oct 212016
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.
October 21, 2016
Oct 192016
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.
October 19, 2016
Oct 172016
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.
October 17, 2016
Oct 142016
Cassandra Khaw’s A SONG FOR QUIET, a standalone follow-up to HAMMERS ON BONE in which rambling bluesman Deacon Jones meets trouble on his journey from Georgia to Arkham, and a madman who calls himself John Persons may be the only one who can help, to Carl Engle-Laird at Tor.com for publication in 2017, by Michael Curry.
October 14, 2016
Oct 062016
USA TODAY bestselling author Kaira Rouda’s BEST DAY EVER, narrated by a husband who’s promised his wife that the first day of their romantic vacation will be her “best day ever,” but who might actually have more sinister intentions, to Margo Lipschultz for the new Graydon House imprint, in a two-book deal, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
October 6, 2016
Oct 032016
P.C. Hodgell’s next novel in the Kencyrath series, Three Nights in Tai-tastigon, the sequel to The Gates of Tagmeth (coming from Baen in July 2017) and taking readers back to the fabled city featured in the critically acclaimed Godstalk, to Toni Weisskopf at Baen Books by Jennifer Jackson.
October 3, 2016
Sep 222016
Simon Pulse has acquired, with Liesa Abrams to edit, We Are the Ants author Shaun David Hutchinson’s new YA book, The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza, about a teen who was the first scientifically confirmed “virgin birth.” At 16 she discovers she can heal with a touch; simultaneously, people all over the world start disappearing in beams of light, making her wonder if she is bringing about the Apocalypse. Publication is scheduled for spring 2018; Amy Boggs at Donald Maass Literary Agency brokered the two-book deal for World English rights.
September 22, 2016