German rights to NYT bestselling author Annika Martin’s DARK MAFIA PRINCE, to Lyx, in a three-book deal, by Kathrin Nehm at Thomas Schlueck Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.
French digital rights to Cherie Priest’s BONESHAKER, DREADNOUGHT, CLEMENTINE, three books from the Clockwork Century series, to Livre de Poche by David Camus at Anna Jarota Agency in association with Jennifer Jackson and Michael Curry.
French rights to Brent Weeks’s THE BLOOD MIRROR, Book 4 in the Lightbringer series, to Bragelonne, by David Camus of Anna Jarota Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.
Complete Chinese renewal rights to Robert McCammon’s BOY’S LIFE, to Nautilus, by Gray Tan at The Grayhawk Agency, in association with Katie Shea Boutillier on behalf of Cameron McClure.
Spanish rights to World Fantasy, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s AKATA WITCH, to Marina M. Mangado at 2709 Books, by Jennifer Hoge at International Editors’ in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.
Italian rights to David Gerrold’s VOYAGE OF THE STAR WOLF, to Mondadori, by Stefania Fietta at Donzelli Fietta Agency in association with Katie Shea Boutillier.
Portuguese rights to New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s MARKED IN FLESH and ETCHED IN BONE, the 4th and 5th books in the Others series, to SAIDA DE EMERGÊNCIA, by Maru De Montserrat at International Editors’ in association with Jennifer Jackson.
Publishers Weekly: Horror author Khaw (Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef) brilliantly combines the self-aware, on-point tone of her gumshoe narrator with the invasive rhythm of the language of pulsing terrors. The drearily everyday is infused with Lovecraftian dread in a marvelously horrifying, tightly built novella that spins a satisfying tale while doing honor to both of its core sources. London PI John Persons, whose “stubbornly human” form disguises his horrifying true nature, reluctantly takes a job for 11-year-old Abel—killing the boy’s abusive stepfather—after hearing Abel’s rationale for choosing him: “You’re a monster too.” Persons’s name is apt: he is desperate to hold on to his humanity and his compassion, and he refuses to give in entirely to his inner urges, which want to “rip tear bite cut” in response to his target’s testosterone-fueled insults. His struggle hooks the reader, cutting deeply without losing the characteristic emotional distance of the noir style. 
Diane Duane’s GAMES WIZARDS PLAY, the 10th book in the long-standing Young Wizards series, to Melanie Donovan at Recorded Books, by Katie Shea Boutillier.