Czech rights to Robert Jackson Bennett’s CITY OF BLADES, Book 2 of The Divine Cities series, to Host, by Nada Cipranic at Prava I Prevodi, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.
French rights to Jo Walton’s MY REAL CHILDREN and TOOTH AND CLAW, to Denoël, by David Camus at Anna Jarota Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.
Hungarian rights for Anne Bishop’s first four books in the Others series: WRITTEN IN RED, MURDER OF CROWS, VISION IN SILVER, and MARKED IN FLESH to Twister Media by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.
Hungarian rights for Seth Dickinson’s THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT to Gabo Kiado by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.
Romanian rights for Seth Dickinson’s THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT to Grupul Editorial Art SRL by Milena Kaplarevic at Prava I Prevodi in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.
Estonian rights to Robert Sheckley’s eight titles in the Arnold and Gregor series, to Fantaasia, by Alexander Korzhenevski Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.
Japanese rights to Mur Lafferty’s THE SHAMBLING GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY, to Tokyo Sogensha, by Kohei Hattori at The English Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Jennifer Udden.
Audio rights to Mike Shepherd’s KRIS LONGKNIFE: EMISSARY, the 15th book in the series, to Steve Feldberg at Audible by Jennifer Jackson.
Congratulations to Cherie Priest on I Am Princess X being chosen as one of 
ocus: Butcher’s new series, The Cinder Spires, brings a wondrously strange world to life, in which humans live in giant spires, towers of stone that extend for miles, like monolithic city states, protecting humanity from the mist-covered, deadly surface world below. Travel between spires requires airships, and battles between unfriendly spires are common. Captain Grimm of the Predator is a privateer, attacking enemy ships for his home, Spire Albion. The airship battles are in fine maritime style with a few airborne twists as ships maneuver up and down, as well as side to side to bring their guns to bear. Unfortunately, their magic shields are vulnerable, and soon Captain Grimm brings his battered ship into port at Albion, hoping to be able to replace the crystals that power and provide lift for the airships. He makes a deal to get those crystals, but also gets involved with some odd characters, including a etherealist who can see the future and a very intelligent cat named Rowl (several sections are in his point-of-view) and his human. It’s an interesting world, with some terrifying monsters, all together a nicely different sort of steampunk fantasy that promises some interesting developments to come.
