Nicky Drayden’s debut novel THE PREY OF GODS, a near future thriller set in South Africa in which a diverse set of characters imbued with supernatural abilites by a street drug called Godsend must band together against a disenfranchised goddess who intends to remake their world and change the fate of humanity forever, along with a second untitled novel, to David Pomerico at HarperCollins Voyager by Jennifer Jackson.
Emily Winslow’s STILL LIFE, her fourth crime novel set in Cambridge England, in which new evidence comes to light on the cold case of Annalise Wood, a teenage girl who went missing 40 years ago, and the three present day women whose lives are thrown together because of it: one who claims to be Annalise’s secret daughter, another who has adopted her imagined suffering, and the psychologist who treats them both and knows more about the case than she can share with the police, plus the author’s three previous crime novels, to Deb Brody at William Morrow, by Cameron McClure.
Molly Tanzer’s QUICKSILVER, sequel to VERMILION, named one of the best SFF books of 2015 by io9 and NPR, in which psychopomp Lou Merriwether returns to San Francisco’s Chinatown where someone or something is slowly draining the population’s souls, and the only person who can help is already dead, to Ross Lockhart at Word Horde, by Cameron McClure.
Susan R. Matthews’ Jurisdiction collection, bringing together the short fiction and novellas from the Philip K. Dick Award nominated series, including a brand new previously unpublished novella, to Tony Daniel at Baen Books by Jennifer Jackson.
Lori Herter’s NO TIME FOR LOVE, TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, ALL OUR TOMORROWS and PRIVATE SCREENINGS, to Kurt Mueller at Speaking Volumes, by Katie Shea Boutillier.
Leslie S. Klinger’s The Annotated Lovecraft, Vol. 2: Beyond the Mythos, to Will Menaker at W.W. Norton, by Donald Maass.
Kate McIntyre’s THE TIMESEER’S GAMBIT, in the sequel to THE DEATHSNIFFER’S ASSISTANT, the Deathsniffer and her assistant take on a serial killer who is unleashing elemental spirits to murder young priests, while also trying to untangle the conspiracy that has declared one man responsible for the worst accident of the century, again to Vicki Keire at Curiosity Quills Press, for publication in Summer 2016, by Caitlin McDonald.
Paul Cornell’s Chalk, about a fourteen-year-old boy forever changed by a horrifying act of schoolyard violence who taps into the ancient magic of the land to enact revenge on his tormenters, to Lee Harris at Tor.com, by Stacia Decker.
Jo Ann Ferguson writing as Jo Ann Brown’s novella featuring characters from her Amish Hearts series, which debuts in January 2016 with AN AMISH HOMECOMING, to Tina James at Harlequin Love Inspired by Jennifer Jackson.
Anne Perry’s next novel in the Thomas Pitt series, the next novel in the Inspector Monk series, and her next Christmas novella, to be published in 2017, to Susanna Porter at Ballantine for North American rights by Donald Maass, on behalf of Meg Davis at Ki Agency.