While running away from home for reasons that are eminently defensible, Emilie’s plans to stow away on the steamship Merry Bell and reach her cousin in the big city go awry, landing her on the wrong ship and at the beginning of a fantastic adventure. Taken under the protection of Lady Marlende, Emilie learns that the crew hopes to use the aether currents and an experimental engine, and with the assistance of Lord Engal, journey to the interior of the planet in search of Marlende’s missing father. Continue reading »
Up-and-coming fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal enchanted fans with her novels Shades of Milk and Honey and Glamour in Glass, which introduced Regency glamourists Jane and David Vincent. In Without a Summer, Jane and Vincent take a break from their international travels. But in a world where magic is real, nothing—even the domestic sphere—is quite what it seems. Continue reading »
New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s THE AERONAUT’S WINDLASS, beginning a new series “The Cinder Spires”, to Anne Sowards at Roc, in a seven-figure deal, in a three-book deal, by Jennifer Jackson.
Cherie Priest’s MAPLECROFT, a reinvention of the infamous legend of Lizzie Borden in which she and her scientist sister continue to investigate the monsters behind their parents’ death and build their defenses, little knowing that soon they and a few companions will be all that stands between humanity and the creatures that may destroy them, to Anne Sowards at Roc, in a two-book deal, by Jennifer Jackson.
Three DMLA clients have been nominated in the 2012 Nebula Awards:
- Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed for Best Novel
- Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal for Best Novel
- “The Stars Do Not Lie” by Jay Lake (Asimov’s 10-11/12) for Best Novella
Congratulations to Saladin, Mary, and Jay!