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Audiobook Edition of Ian McDonald’s THE WILDING out in Two Weeks!

Posted on Thursday, May 21st, 2026

A new audiobook edition of Ian McDonald‘s acclaimed THE WILDING is out in two weeks! Due to be published by Tantor Media, on June 2nd, it’s read by Jade Yourell. Here’s the synopsis…

Five kids are on a sleepover in a restored wilderness project in Ireland. With them, three teachers and one Ranger: Lisa. She is twenty-six, longing to leave her job, out of her depth and soon to find herself mired in a nightmare.

Strange things have been happening at Lough Carrow, a vast rewilding project on the site of a former commercial peat-bog. Livestock mutilations. Rumors, myths from the neighboring villages. Strange, unidentifiable tracks. On the trek in to the sleepover site they sight animals that have not yet been introduced to the park—wolves, wolverines, things older. Things thought long extinct.

As they near the center of the wilding a boy realizes he’s forgotten his meds. A teacher volunteers to take him back to the visitor center. Sure, what could go wrong?

That night the camp is attacked. A teacher is dragged away. Lisa’s group is marooned in the wild. It is night, the four remaining kids are terrified, they need to get back to the ARK, but the wilderness seems to be playing with time and distance and something is out there. Something hungry and hunting…

The novel is published in paperback and eBook by Gollancz, and is out now!

Here are just a few of the great reviews THE WILDING has received since it was first published…

‘[A] sharp thriller with a healthy dose of folk horror… With strong characterisation, a deep sense of place and real wit… entertaining and often surprising.’ — Irish Times

‘The latest from one of Britain’s best writers of speculative fiction… Vividly written, this is perfect scary fare for the Halloween season.’ — Guardian

‘McDonald is brilliant at evoking a sense of claustrophobia and, in particular, in exploring what the wild brings out in his characters… beautifully written… melds the urban and rural to take folk horror somewhere unexpected, spooky and, rather paradoxically, new.’ — SFX

‘Undeniably powerful… told with beauty and grace’ — Locus

‘Personal backstories and mythical Irish creatures jostle for attention in the foetid landscape. As a group of ill-prepared teenagers and their guide battle their way through the bog, there’s suspense, gore, death and revelation. While monsters do what monsters do, you’ll be sucked down, held and left spluttering for breath. Brilliant stuff.’ — Daily Mail

‘… an ideal bit of science fiction-infused horror for an autumn night… After a long, teasing set-up, the action suddenly explodes and the last two-thirds of the novel move at speed from one danger to another.’ — Morning Star

Charlaine Harris’s DANCERS IN THE DARK Out in Four Weeks!

Posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026

In four weeks, W. F. Howes are due to publish a new audiobook edition of DANCERS IN THE DARK by Charlaine Harris! Due to be published on June 18th, it’s read by Jaimi Barbakoff. Here’s the synopsis…

Trying to outrun her troubled past and outwit the dangerous ex-boyfriend who nearly killed her, Layla Rue le May has been laying low, quietly rebuilding her life as Rue, and hoping to stay anonymous. When she takes a job as a dancer and is partnered with Sean, a three hundred year old vampire, she soon discovers how hard it will be to conceal her secrets… and her passion.

Sean has learned to spend eternity on the sidelines, never getting too close to anyone. Isolation has been the only way to protect himself from the pain of his past and his often uncontrollable passion. Yet the beautiful and mysterious Rue has captivated him and his fiery attraction to her is unstoppable.

As the intensity of their connection grows stronger, they find themselves enraptured, losing themselves to the dance, and to each other. After Rue’s stalker returns with revenge on his mind, Sean turns into much more than Rue’s immortal dance partner; he becomes her guardian. Rue must find a way to hide in plain sight and to protect her future with Sean from the terrible life she left behind.

From Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author and multiple winner of the Anthony, Sapphire and Romantic Times Awards, comes a compelling story of suspense, romance and unforgettable passion.

Zeno represents Charlaine Harris in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

Jessica Fowler’s WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Out in Two Weeks!

Posted on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? by Jessica Fowler is out in two weeks! While already available as an Amazon First Reads selection, the novel will officially be released more widely on June 1st. Published by Montlake, here’s the synopsis…

After a disastrous one-night stand, a last-minute destination wedding seems like the perfect escape. Until she sees the sleeping arrangements…

Wedding photographer Mira Maxwell thought hooking up with Hudson Hayes—the charming bartender who’s been making her laugh for weeks—was the perfect escape from her imploding career. But when she wakes up in the morning, she discovers he isn’t quite as strings-free as he appeared…

Desperate to get away, Mira accepts a last-minute invitation to shoot a friend’s wedding in the Grand Tetons. But Hudson is one of the guests. And to make it even more awkward? She has to share a room with him…and his girlfriend.

Hudson thought dealing with his clingy ex-girlfriend would be the worst part of his stepbrother’s wedding. But after Mira turns up in his room, even disastrous boat trips, bear spray incidents, and escalating family drama can’t hold a candle to his biggest challenge: proving himself to Mira.

At a wedding where everything’s gone wrong, the question is: can anything go right?

A rollicking romcom of misunderstandings, mishaps and emotional revelations, this debut is perfect for fans of Meghan Quinn, Christina Lauren and Emily Henry.

Zeno represents Jessica Fowler in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.

UK Paperback Edition of Lavie Tidhar’s GOLGOTHA Out in Two Weeks!

Posted on Monday, May 18th, 2026

In two weeks, Apollo/Head of Zeus will publish the new UK paperback edition of GOLGOTHA, the conclusion to Lavie Tidhar‘s acclaimed Maror trilogy. The book will officially arrive on shelves on June 4th. Here’s the synopsis…

Two men, decades apart, are ensnared in the deadly search for a fabled treasure in the conclusion to Lavie Tidhar’s epic and audacious Maror Trilogy.

1882, Jerusalem
The foreigner. A man with no name, twin guns at his hips, a wide-brimmed hat on his head. A European exile in the backwaters of Ottoman Palestine, The foreigner is a bounty hunter in pursuit of a thief.

1948, Haifa
Burton. A man with one name, a detective inspector in the crumpled khaki uniform of the Palestine Police Force’s CID. With just seven days before the British Mandate ends, he must find a murderer and a missing aristocrat, as order collapses around him.

Both men are outsiders in a land that is a palimpsest of ruins and loyalties, legacy of a history written in blood on a landscape that remembers everything. Both men will treat with bandits and mystics, dreamers and killers as they pursue their quarry; both will be ensnared in a lethal search for the fabled treasures of the Second Temple, long-lost amid the rise and fall of peoples, nations and empires. And both will be haunted by their dreams: burning red skies, a mountain of skulls, echoes of a vision from the dawn of humanity.

Before Jerusalem, before Jericho, there has always been Golgotha.

‘A searing portrait of history as both knife and the longing heart it seeks. Tidhar’s best.’ — Junot Díaz

‘The feel and senses of this complicated world come vividly to life, and you can almost smell the hot sand and sun-baked goats. Twists and turns abound, and the body count mounts up – as it continues to do today unfortunately in this contested place. Perhaps the treasure we seek should be the ability to co-exist together even when we are from different peoples, tribes, religions, etc., and this could be seen as one of the key themes of the novel.’ — Historical Novels Society Magazine

The first two novels in the acclaimed, award-winning trilogy — MAROR and ADAMA — are out now, also published by Apollo/Head of Zeus.

J. R. Dawson’s THIS IS NOT MY TIMELINE is Out Now!

Posted on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026

Today, Reactor/Tor Books publishes a new short story by J. R. Dawson: THIS IS NOT MY TIMELINE! Available on Reactor’s website and as an eBook, here’s the synopsis…

A queer couple escapes persecution by buying a home in an almost identical dimension.

Dawson is the author of the widely-acclaimed and award-winning THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, which is out now, published by Tor Books in North America and in the UK.

New Russian Chronicles of Amber Omnibus!

Posted on Friday, May 8th, 2026

The first two novels in Roger Zelazny‘s acclaimed Chronicles of Amber series are available in a new Russian omnibus! Published by fanzon/Эксмо, as Хроники Амбера. Том 1. Девять принцев Амбера. Ружья Авалона, here’s the synopsis…

Два первых романа цикла «Хроники Амбера» — грандиозной саги мастера фэнтези Роджера Желязны.

«Девять принцев Амбера»

Карл Кори приходит в себя в частной клинике и с амнезией после автокатастрофы. Сбежав оттуда, он начинает расследование, по крупицам собирая правду о самом себе. Оказывается, что он — Корвин, один из принцев Амбера, вечного города, тенью которого является наша Земля, как и все остальные миры мультивселенной. Трон пустует, и за него идет отчаянная борьба между наследниками. Вернув свою память в магическом лабиринте, Корвин присоединяется к армии брата Блейза, выступившего против общего врага — Эрика, брата-узурпатора. Смогут ли их войска пройти через множество миров и захватить Амбер?

«Ружья Авалона»

Сбежав из заключения, принц Корвин отправляется в Авалон, Тень, которой он когда-то правил столетия назад. У него есть секрет, он позволит ему завоевать Амбер и свергнуть Эрика. Но проклятие, которое произнес Корвин, принесло свои мрачные плоды. В каждый из миров проникло зло, а демонические легионы маршируют по Черной Дороге, протянувшейся сквозь мультивселенную почти до самых врат Амбера. Куда ведет Черная Дорога и какие силы командуют этими армиями?

Роджер Желязны — классик мировой фантастики и один из ярчайших представителей ее «новой волны», шесть раз удостоившийся премии «Хьюго» и три раза — премии «Небьюла». Он перенес акцент с роботов и звездолетов на внутренний мир человека. Книги Желязны переведены на десятки языков мира и по праву стоят в ряду лучшей интеллектуальной прозы XX столетия.

NINE PRINCES IN AMBER was translated by Ирины Тогоевой; THE GUNS OF AVALON was translated by Юрия Соколова.

The Chronicles of Amber is published in the UK by Gollancz in two omnibus editions, as part of their SF Masterworks Series.

Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself – Shadow worlds, that can be manipulated by those of royal Amberite blood. But the royal family is torn apart by jealousies and suspicion; the disappearance of the Patriarch Oberon has intensified the internal conflict by leaving the throne apparently up for grabs.

In a hospital on the Shadow Earth, a young man is recovering from a freak car accident; amnesia has robbed him of all his memory, even the fact that he is Corwin, Crown Prince of Amber, rightful heir to the throne – and he is in deadly peril…

The five books, Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon and The Courts of Chaos, together make up The Chronicles of Amber, Roger Zelazny’s finest work of fantasy and an undisputed classic of the genre.

Travis Baldree’s BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST Available in Romania!

Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2026

In case you missed it, the Romanian edition of Travis Baldree‘s BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is out now! Published by Alice Books, as PAGINI & PULBERE, it was translated by Iulia Dromereschi. Here’s the synopsis…

Viv este o orcă tânără și însetată de luptă, dar cariera ei alături de celebra companie de mercenari Corbii lui Rackam nu decurge conform planului.

Rănită în timp ce vânează o necromantă puternică, este trimisă împotriva voinței sale să se refacă la malul mării, în adormitul Murk – un orășel aflat atât de departe de acțiune, încât Viv se teme că nu se va mai putea întoarce niciodată la ea.

Ce să facă o aventurieră căreia i-au fost dejucate planurile?

Nimănui nu i-ar fi dat în veci prin minte că orca și-ar putea petrece timpul într-o librărie cu probleme, în compania proprietarei spurcate la gură, dar acesta e exact lucrul de care are nevoie, precum și sămânța unor schimbări pe care nici nu și le poate închipui.

Totuși, aventura nu este chiar atât de departe. Un călător suspect, o gnomă arțăgoasă, o idilă de vară și un număr incredibil de schelete fac ca Murkul să fie mai bogat în evenimente decât s-ar fi așteptat vreodată Viv.

Alice Books also publishes the first in the series, LEGENDE & LATTE — also translated by Iulia Dromereschi.

BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST and Baldree’s other books in the Legends & Lattes world are published by Tor Books in the UK and North America. BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST was a #1 bestseller in the US. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Set in the cosy fantasy world of BookTok sensation Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree’s Bookshops & Bonedust is a heartwarming story about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way.

First loves. Second-hand books. Epic adventures.

Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she’s packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk – so far from the action that she worries she’ll never be able to return to it. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?

Spending her hours at a struggling bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted. Even though it may be exactly what she needs. Still, adventure isn’t far away. A suspicious traveller in grey, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.

Sometimes, right things happen at the wrong time. Sometimes, what we need isn’t what we seek. And sometimes, we find ourselves in the stories we experience together . . .

Katy Nyquist’s A NECROMANCER’S GUIDE TO ARRANGED MARRIAGES is out in One Month(ish)!

Posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

In about a month (June 9th), the third novel in Katy Nyquist‘s acclaimed Scandals of the Gifted series will be released! Published as an audiobook by Podium and in print/eBook by JABberwocky, here’s the synopsis…

As a necromancer, Benoni has plenty of experience with raising the dead, wrangling angry ghosts, and hiding his powers—but he has no experience when it comes to love.

As the youngest child of two deeply dysfunctional parents, Benoni learned how to make himself invisible. This became useful when he developed the reviled and illegal gift of necromancy. Now, he’s haunted by a trio of unruly orcs, who constantly pester him about taking over the world, along with the ghost of his murdered brother, who, incidentally, is scared of other ghosts. And during the ritual that allowed his brother to communicate, Benoni accidentally infects himself with a deadly necromantic rot. His salvation appears in the form of the Dragon Emperor Julong. As a shapeshifting dragon, Julong can eat most of his problems, but he doesn’t know what to do about the army of angry ghosts running amok in his palace. In exchange for a cure for the rot, Julong commands Benoni to uncover who summoned the ghosts. The spiritual plague needs to be kept secret, and Benoni needs authority in the palace—a pretend betrothal covers both.

In Julong’s kingdom, necromancers are revered and same-sex relationships are normalized, so Benoni finds acceptance for the first time in his life. But even a fake engagement contract draws Benoni into political intrigue and assassination attempts. The captivating, powerful, and handsome Julong serves as Benoni’s protector and rock. But as Benoni cajoles the undead to help him, everyone keeps warning Benoni about an imperial curse, and Julong may have more to do with the ghosts than he’s led Benoni to believe.

For a necromancer with only the dead as friends, no one living can be trusted—especially not a sexy dragon shapeshifter with literal ghosts in his closet.

The cover art is by Francell Garrote, and the audiobook is read by Curtis Michael Holland.

The first two novels in the Scandals of the Gifted series are out now, published by Podium in print, eBook, and audio (read by Hollie Jackson): A HOLY MAIDEN’S GUIDE TO GETTING KIDNAPPED and A FARM GIRL’S GUIDE TO RULING AS A BLOODTHIRSTY TYRANT.

Travis Baldree’s KOBOLDE & KUCHENMESSER Out this Summer!

Posted on Monday, April 27th, 2026

On July 16th, DTV is due to publish the German edition of Travis Baldree‘s acclaimed, internationally-best-selling BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES. To be published as KOBOLDE UND KUCHENMESSER, it was translated by Wolfgang Thon. Here’s the synopsis…

Jahrzehntelang hat Fern die Stille und die Stürme im Leben einer Buchhändlerin mal genossen, mal ertragen, aber jetzt, angesichts lähmender Langeweile, ist es Zeit für einen Neuanfang, und zwar in der Stadt Thune. Dort will die Rättin ihre Bücher künftig neben dem Café ihrer lange vermissten Freundin Viv verkaufen. Mit einem köstlichen Kaffee in der Hand schmökert es sich doch am besten! Und vielleicht heilen die Renovierungsarbeiten ganz nebenbei ihre Seelenpein gleich mit. Wenn die Dinge nur so einfach wären! Nach einer sehr langen feucht-fröhlichen Nacht erwacht die Rättin weit weg von zu Hause in Gesellschaft einer legendären Kriegerin, eines chaotischen Trolls mit einer Vorliebe für Tafelsilber und eines mörderischen Katers. Gemeinsam müssen sich die drei (oder manchmal vier) Gefährten gegen einen bösen Kobold zur Wehr setzen … und dabei keinen Tropfen Kaffee verschütten.

The first two novels in the series — LEGENDS & LATTES and BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST — are also available in Germany, published by DTV as MAGIE & MILCHSCHAUM and BÜCHER & BARBAREN.

BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES is published by Tor Books in the UK and North America, as are the other books in the series. Here’s the English-language synposis…

Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Timesbestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern.

Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her!

If only things were so simple . . .

It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint.

A drunken and desperate night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior surviving on inertia, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover.

As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when nothing seems inevitable . . .

New Paperback Edition of Rebecca Brownlie’s ABANDONED IRELAND out in Two Weeks!

Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2026

In two weeks, Merrion Press are due to publish a new paperback edition of the acclaimed ABANDONED IRELAND by Rebecca Brownlie! Here’s the synopsis…

Abandoned Ireland travels the length and breadth of the island of Ireland visiting and documenting our forgotten buildings, highlighting their social importance, and bringing their stories back to life through the medium of photography.

From Big Houses to humble cottages, schools to prisons, churches to dance halls, these buildings may now be abandoned, but they are far from empty. As a photographer, Brownlie’s instincts are remarkable. In the seemingly ruined and mundane she finds diamonds in the rough; her images of the ordinary ephemera of past lives – dusty love letters, rusting spectacles, photographs yellowed and curled with age – paint the pictures of real people and full lives.

Rebecca Brownlie’s photography reverberates with the echoes of our ancestors. Bursting with engaging and often surprising details, each haunting photograph is an invitation to immerse yourself  in history, and an Ireland long gone.

Here are just a few of the great reviews the book has received…

‘The author is interested above all, one senses, in the grain of day-to-day life: in the stories and power retained by detritus and everyday objects – the crucifix on the wall, the dusty piano, assorted books, the bottle of cod liver oil – even amid the desolation of abandonment. And more than anything, Brownlie’s tremendously evocative photographs tell and amplify such stories of materiality, and of buildings poised trembling between life and death.’ – Neil Hegarty, The Irish Times

‘The images are captivating … she has a natural eye for composition, and a talent for picking out features of interest, whether that’s highlighting the breathtaking architectural aspects of a building, or honing in on the sights that tell the stories of the forgotten lives within.’ – Chrissie Russell, The Sunday Independent 

‘ABANDONED IRELAND is packed with beautiful, evocative pictures of neglected buildings which now serve as crumbling time capsules of days past. Here, photographer Rebecca Brownlie explains how a fascination for seeking out haunted houses evolved into an ongoing quest to document decaying dwellings and their often fascinating histories…’ – The Independent

‘Rebecca Brownlie’s beautiful photographic catalogue… provides food for thought in a multitude of ways.’ – Michael Duggan, The Irish Examiner

Merrion has also published ABANDONED IRELAND 2, which is out now.

ICYMI: DEAD LIFT by Clio Evans Unveiled!

Posted on Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

In case you missed it, Bramble has unveiled the North American edition of DEAD LIFT by Clio Evans! Due to be published on January 5th, 2027, it’s ‘Lights Out meets Butcher & Blackbird… a serial killer romcom’, from the acclaimed author of the Whynot series (and many others). Here’s the synopsis…

Murdering a man isn’t hard. Getting rid of the body, though? That’s another story.

Forensic scientist Shelby has a simple plan. Get justice for her sister, kill the men who murdered her, and (hopefully) get away with it. But when a hot himbo with a man bun catches Shelby in the act—her simple plan becomes a lot more complicated.

With her pink hazmat suit and butcher knife, Shelby is the most alluring woman Brad has ever met. He’s in danger, but he’s never felt more alive. He needs to be in her life, even if it means risking his.

Brad offers to be her henchman. Shelby grudgingly decides to spare his life. What could possibly go wrong?

It turns out everything.

Will Shelby finally get the justice she’s sacrificed her future for? Or will falling for her hot himbo henchman ruin it all?

Christian Cameron’s THE CAPTAIN OF VENICE Out in Three Weeks!

Posted on Monday, April 20th, 2026

In three weeks, Orion Books are due to publish THE CAPTAIN OF VENICE by Christian Cameron! The seventh novel in the author’s acclaimed Chivalry series, it’ll arrive on shelves on May 14th in the UK. Here’s the synopsis…

The Chivalry series follows William Gold, who runs away from London to follow the Black Prince, from the killing fields of France, through life as a routier and criminal, and to redemption with the Knights of Saint John, further disillusion and an eventual career as a professional soldier and knight. Rich in the details of life in the High Middle Ages, the series also deals with modern issues about the role of violence in society, rules of conflict and war, and the price that people pay for using violence.

After a hard campaign without pay for the Pope and as a pawn in the games between Venice and Genoa, William Gold had considered retiring from military life. But letters intimating the truce between France and England, and the potential uprising of the state of Florence draw him back into the fray. An offer of captaincy from his old commander, and the chance of reuniting with the beautiful noblewoman he had travelled with on his last campaign, bring him back into action.

Orion also publishes the first six novels in the Chivalry series: THE ILL-MADE KNIGHT, THE LONG SWORD, THE GREEN COUNT, SWORD OF JUSTICE, HAWKWOOD’S SWORD, and THE EMPEROR’S SWORD.

New French Edition of Lavie Tidhar’s CENTRAL STATION Coming Soon!

Posted on Friday, April 17th, 2026

On June 11th, Pocket are due to publish a new, paperback edition of CENTRAL STATION by Lavie Tidhar. The widely-acclaimed, award-winning novel was translated by Julien Bétan. Here’s the synopsis…

Et si le cyberpunk devenait humaniste ? Rendez-vous au carrefour des exils où les destins se croisent… Rendez-vous à la Central Station!

Boris Chong vit sur Mars depuis de nombreuses années. À son retour sur Terre, il atterrit à Central Station, un hub interplanétaire où l’humanité s’est réfugiée pour échapper aux ravages de la pauvreté et de la guerre : un véritable carrefour où se croisent des humains, des augmentés, des robots, des IA, des créatures génétiquement modifiées et même des entités extra-terrestres. Depuis son départ, bien des choses ont changé et c’est l’histoire de plusieurs vies qu’il va découvrir, entre une ancienne amante, un enfant aux dons étranges, un père malade, un cousin amoureux, un cyborg mendiant ou encore une data-vampire dont la présence est interdite sur Terre. De carrefour des planètes, Central Station devient alors le carrefour d’une humanité faite de débrouillardises, de sensibilités et d’amours, où chaque vie à son importance et chaque destin son parcours unique.

Lavie Tidhar nous off re une vision d’un futur et d’une humanité qui portent en eux la mosaïque d’un avenir fascinant, d’un monde en mutation constante où l’espoir est toujours présent.

CENTRAL STATION won the John W. Campbell Award, the Xiyung Award For Best Translated Fiction (China), was on the Locus Recommended Reading List, won the Premio Italia, Best International Novel, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards in Speculative Fiction. In addition, it was on countless best-of-year lists.

The English-language edition is published by Tachyon Publications, with the award-winning cover art by Sarah Anne Langton. Here’s the synopsis…

A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper.

When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris’s ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with a robotnik — a damaged cyborg soldier who might as well be begging for parts. His father is terminally-ill with a multigenerational mind-plague. And a hunted data-vampire has followed Boris to where she is forbidden to return.

Rising above them is Central Station, the interplanetary hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; a powerful virtual arena, and the space colonies where humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and war. Everything is connected by the Others, powerful alien entities who, through the Conversation — a shifting, flowing stream of consciousness — are just the beginning of irrevocable change.

At Central Station, humans and machines continue to adapt, thrive… and even evolve.

ISLE OF THE DEAD Audiobook Out in Four Weeks!

Posted on Tuesday, April 14th, 2026

A new audiobook edition of Roger Zelazny‘s ISLE OF THE DEAD is due to be published by Tantor on May 12th! Here’s the synopsis…

Human Francis Sandow is amused when the alien Pei’ans mistake him for Shimbo of Darktree, God of Thunder, but the Shimbo’s enemy, Belion—a true supreme being—arrives for a showdown.

Read by Eric Jason Martin, who has also narrated the audiobook editions of Zelazny’s TODAY WE CHOOSE FACES and JACK OF SHADOWS.

Tantor Media has published a number of Zelazny’s books in audio.

Simon R. Green’s FOR BETTER OR MURDER Out in Four Weeks!

Posted on Monday, April 6th, 2026

In four weeks, Severn House are due to publish the fourth novel in Simon R. Green‘s ‘hugely entertaining’ (Booklist) Holy Terrors mystery series: FOR BETTER OR MURDER. Perfect for fans of Simon R. Green’s urban fantasy novels, authors like Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett and Ben Aaronovitch, as well as those who enjoy American Horror Story, The X-Files and murder mysteries with a supernatural twist. The novel will hit shelves on May 5th in the UK and North America. Here’s the synopsis…

It’s wedding season with a spooky twist! The Holy Terrors are trying to tie the knot while solving a ghostly murder in the latest witty, creeptastic paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling British fantasy author Simon R. Green.

There are those who say seagulls cry over the sins of mankind. And that if we could only get our act together, they could stop crying…

Holy Terrors dream team – actress Diana Hunt and her partner in crime (solving) young bishop Alistair Kincaid – are getting married! The plan is to hold a small ceremony with just some family and friends at a charming and secluded hotel in Cornwall. But in true Holy Terrors fashion, the Pale Rider hotel carries the legend of a killer ghost rider and his skeleton horse, which sets the perfect tone for a cheerful occasion!

Trying to make the best out of the stormy weekend and seemingly haunted place, spirits fall even lower when one of the guests is found murdered in the hallway. Did the legendary pale rider strike again or is there something more sinister going on – and will Diana and Alistair finally have the chance to say yes?

Severn House has published all of the Holy Terrors novels, to date: HOLY TERRORS, STONE CERTAINTY, and WHICH WITCH?.

Zeno represents Simon R. Green in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.