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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, 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.

Jasmine Wigham’s THE LIBRARY OF BOTANICAL WITCHCRAFT Unveiled!

Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2026

In case you missed it, Headline Accent unveiled the next novel by Jasmine Wigham: THE LIBRARY OF BOTANICAL WITCHCRAFT! Due to be published in the UK on August 27th (eBook and audiobook) and September 24th (paperback), here’s the synopsis…

A plant-loving librarian and a standoffish witch team up to cure a botanical curse in this whimsical and charming fantasy perfect for fans ofEmily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and The Spellshop.

The Evergreen Conservatoire of Botanical Witchcraft is off limits to anyone without magical gifts.

But Thalia Sylvestre has just landed herself a prestigious job as an assistant in Evergreen’s library, granting her rare access to this unique repository of botanical witchlore.

It’s Thalia’s perfect job: to be surrounded by gilded tomes of magic and enchanted plants with minds of their own. Most importantly, it gives her the resources she needs to research, in secret, a cure for the curse that afflicts her twin sister Hebe.

If only the place wasn’t teeming with troublesome witches. Witches like August Hawthorne, a post-graduate student from a distinguished line of magical botanists. August is standoffish and clearly disdainful of Thalia. But his research could be the key to helping Hebe – if Thalia can stop acting so flustered around him for long enough to find out.

As Thalia and August grow closer, time is running out for Hebe. But within Evergreen are secrets yet to be unearthed…

The novel will be simultaneous released as an audiobook — the narrator has not yet been announced, at the time of writing.

Wigham is also the author of the acclaimed Cradle of Secrets series: CRADLE OF SECRETS and CRADLE OF FEAR, published by Podium.

Travis Baldree’s CANAILLES & COUTEAUX Out in Two Weeks!

Posted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

In two weeks (April 15th), Ynnis Éditions is due to publish CANAILLES & COUTEAUX by Travis Baldree! The French edition of BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES, it’s the third novel in the author’s Legends & Lattes series. Here’s the synopsis…

Une elfe taciturne, une gobeline kleptomane et un couteau qui parle… Une nouvelle histoire du Légendes & Lattes est sur le point d’être contée !

Il est temps pour Sal de changer d’air : 20 ans après sa rencontre avec Viv, elle décide de la rejoindre à Tuine pour ouvrir une librairie en face de son légendaire café. Le local est beau, le public est au rendez-vous… Seul hic : Sal s’ennuie comme un rat mort. En pleine crise identitaire, et après quelques verres bien dosés, la libraire va se réveiller bien loin de Tuine, en compagnie d’une mercenaire mythique et d’une gobeline chaotique… C’est le début d’un road trip truculent pour ces alliés improbables, en quête d’une nouvelle vie.

Inclut l’histoire « Gobeline & Gabardine » !

As you can see from the synopsis, this edition also includes the short story GOBLINS & GREATCOATS (first published by Subterranean Press, and available as a free eBook).

The novel was translated by Stéphanie Chaptal.

BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES is already available in the UK (Tor Books), North America (Tor Books), the Netherlands (Z&K), and Czechia (Laser). The German edition is due out in July (DTV).

Here’s the English-language synopsis for BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES…

Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling 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 . . .

Coming Soon: AMSTERDAM BLOCK BY BLOCK!

Posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026

On May 7th, OH/Welbeck is due to publish Cierra Block‘s latest illustrated city guide: AMSTERDAM BLOCK BY BLOCK! Here’s the synopsis…

From its progressive politics and buzzing food scene to its dazzling arts and extreme night life – Amsterdam is one of the most vibrant and popular cities in the world.

Vibrantly illustrated and packed with insider-knowledge on the most notable places to eat, what to see, where to walk and what to do, Amsterdam Block by Block is a guide like no other. Artist Cierra Block unlocks the secrets of the city from canals and coffee shops to Dutch tulips and Dam square – all illustrated with 50 of Cierra Block’s distinctive, stunning maps, making it the perfect gift for seasoned locals and first-time visitors alike.

OH/Welbeck has published all of the Block By Block series in the UK to date: London, New York, Paris, and Barcelona are all out now!

New Paperback edition of Charlaine Harris’s THE LAST WIZARD’S BALL Out Now in the UK!

Posted on Monday, March 30th, 2026

Today, Piatkus publishes a new, UK paperback edition of the final book in Charlaine Harris‘s acclaimed Gunnie Rose series: THE LAST WIZARDS’ BALL! Available wherever books are sold, here’s the synopsis…

The sixth and final instalment in the critically acclaimed Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia must face their fates at the last Wizards’ Ball.

Lizbeth Rose’s sister Felicia attends the Grand Wizards’ Ball, and as one of the most powerful — and beautiful — death wizards in a generation, she is highly sought after as one of the belles of the ball.

However, war and violence are on the rise in Europe as German and Japanese wizards are also courting Felicia… and some are refusing to take no for an answer.

As the façade of genteel wizard society turns deadly, Lizbeth must learn to not only protect her sister, but also navigate the arcane world that is pulling her sister and husband into a dangerous dance with death that could change the world as they know it.

Piatkus has published all five novels in the series, all available now in print and eBook editions: AN EASY DEATH, A LONGER FALL, THE RUSSIAN CAGE, THE SERPENT IN HEAVEN, and ALL THE DEAD SHALL WEEP.

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

LEGENDS & LATTES Graphic Novel Coming Soon!

Posted on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

In case you missed the news, a new, graphic novel adaptation of Travis Baldree‘s internationally-bestselling LEGENDS & LATTES is on its way! Due to be published by Ten Speed Press (North America) and Tor Books (UK) in October, the book was adapted by Samuel Sattin. A deluxe edition (above) will also be available in North America. The graphic novel was beautifully illustrated by Shanti Rittgers and Sarah Webb. Here’s the synopsis…

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword. The battle-weary orc aims to start afresh, opening the city of Thune’s first-ever coffee shop. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success, not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her dreams a reality, she won’t be able to go it alone. After all, the true rewards of an uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether they are drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup―Viv may find something deeper here than she ever imagined…

This full-color graphic novel adaptation brings the high fantasy and low stakes of this beloved story to vibrant life as it’s never been seen before.

Travis’s novels have been published by Tor Books in the UK and North America: LEGENDS & LATTES, BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST (a prequel), and BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES. The upcoming TALES FROM THE TERRITORY is also due to be published by Tor Books in the UK.

ALTERNATE ROUTES by Tim Powers Audiobook Edition Out Now!

Posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2026

We’re happy to report that the UK audiobook edition of ALTERNATE ROUTES by Tim Powers is out now! Published by W. F. Howes, it is read by Bronson Pinchot. The first novel in the author’s Vickery & Castine series, here’s the synopsis…

Something weird is happening to the Los Angeles freeways—phantom cars, lanes from nowhere, and sometimes unmarked offramps that give glimpses of a desolate desert highway—and Sebastian Vickery, disgraced ex-Secret Service agent, is a driver for a covert supernatural-evasion car service. But another government agency is using and perhaps causing the freeway anomalies, and their chief is determined to have Vickery killed because of something he learned years ago at a halted Presidential motorcade.

Reluctantly aided by Ingrid Castine, a member of that agency, and a homeless Mexican boy, and a woman who makes her living costumed as Supergirl on the sidewalk in front of the Chinese Theater, Vickery learns what legendary hell it is that the desert highway leads to—and when Castine deliberately drives into it to save him from capture, he must enter it himself to get her out.

But wait, there’s more! Fans of the series won’t have to wait long to complete the series: W. F. Howes is due to publish the next two novels in the series — FORCED PERSPECTIVES and STOLEN SKIES — on April 30th and May 28th, respectively.

Zeno represents Tim Powers in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Russell Galen at the Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency.