Category: Cover Reveal

Cierra Block’s LONDRES SIN SECRETOS Out Now!

Posted on Wednesday, May 24th, 2023

The Spanish edition of Cierra Block‘s LONDON BLOCK BY BLOCK is out now! Published by Lunwerg Editores as LONDRES SIN SECRETOS, it was translated by Carolina Smith de la Fuente. Here’s the synopsis…

Lo mejor de la capital británica a través de 40 atractivos mapas. 

Descubre dónde darte el gusto de un afternoon tea o de un helado riquísimo, explora Chelsea y Notting Hill como uno de sus vecinos, disfruta de las mejores rutas en bici.

A través de coloridas ilustraciones y preciosos mapas, esta guía presenta los lugares imprescindibles de la capital británica: desde rincones con un pasado tenebroso hasta los paseos más románticos, pasando por bonitas librerías y pintorescos mercados, aquí encontrarás los planes que no te puedes perder en tu próxima escapada a Londres.

«Mi objetivo es que las ilustraciones sean bonitas y útiles, que se puedan usar como guía para pasar un día en Londres o enmarcar y colgar como una obra de arte. En definitiva, quiero crear mapas bonitos que ayuden a la gente a vivir experiencias memorables en una de las mejores ciudades del mundo.» Cierra Block

LONDON BLOCK BY BLOCK is published in the UK and North America by OH!, an imprint of Welbeck Publishing. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

London is a spectacular place to visit, and there are endless things to see and do all year round.

In London, Block by Block, illustrator Cierra Block shares 40 maps showing the best places that London has to offer, whether it’s the food or history, culture, shopping, beautiful buildings or gardens. Each map starts with an idea — it might be, Where are the best pancakes in London? What are the places everyone should visit in Marylebone? Or, Where in London can you lose hours browsing the shelves of a beautiful bookstore? From there, Cierra has curated a list of the best places and has painted a charming accompanying map. From best afternoon tea to most impressive views, haunted places and things to do in summer, there really is something for everyone.

This book will be an inspiration for all, whether it’s your first visit to London, you’re a seasoned vacationer or an all-your-life local. That’s the wonderful thing about London — there’s always more to explore!

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Audiobook Edition Out Now!

Posted on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023

James P. Blaylock‘s latest novel, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is now available in a new audiobook edition! Published by W. F. Howes, and narrated by Laurel Lefkow, here’s the synopsis…

Jerry Larkin discovers an age-old secret buried beneath the foundation of the house that he and his wife Jane, an avid reader of ghost stories, bought six months ago in the idyllic town of Old Orange in southern California.

Jane Larkin, whose MacArthur grant led to the creation of public gardens and a farmers market in the town’s central park, works against time to save what she has built as a 100-year storm moves in off the coast.

Lettie Phibbs, a strange librarian whose Antiquity Center holds the secrets to the hidden history of Old Orange, inserts herself into the Larkin’s lives, growing increasingly eccentric and menacing, as unpredictable as the storm itself.

The print edition of PENNIES FROM HEAVEN is out now, published by PS Publishing in the UK, and JABberwocky in North America and in eBook.

Blaylock is also the author of the acclaimed Langdon St. Ives series, published by Titan Books (novels) and Subterranean Press and JABberwocky (novellas and short stories). The author has also written a substantial number of other stand-alone novels and series — check out his author page for more information.

Ukrainian Edition of ROADMARKS Out Now!

Posted on Monday, May 22nd, 2023

A new, Ukrainian edition of Roger Zelazny‘s ROADMARKS is out now! Published by Богдан/Bohdan, as Дороговкази, it was translated by Denys Dömin (Денис Дьомін). Here’s the synopsis…

Чи можна змінити минуле? Так, якщо знати дорогу. Точніше, Дорогу, єдину і неповторну — крізь час, від динозаврів і стародавніх цивілізацій аж у космічно-футуристичну добу. Обрані з різних століть уміють її долати. Тасують події, маніпулюють історією… або просто буденно собі заробляють на прожиття. Кого тут тільки не стрінеш: і горезвісних диктаторів, і славетних письменників, і безіменних пропащих відлюдників у позачассі. А серед інших їздять Дорогою двоє: батько і син, прямують назустріч долі — зльоту або загибелі. За штурманів же у тих водіїв незвичні, але поетичні, високотехнологічні та норовливі супутниці. Обидва екіпажі долають перешкоди й ворогів, шукаючи відповіді на життєво важливу загадку. Усе вирішиться при останньому повороті на Вавилон — і не обійдеться без драконів, таких любих серцю Джорджа Мартіна, що він аж екранізацію обіцяє.

The Ukrainian cover is by Олега Кіналя (Oleg Kinal).

ROADMARKS is also available in the UK, published as part of Gollancz’s SF Masterworks series. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

The Road can go Anywhere.

The Road can go Anywhen.

Almost.

Red Dorakeen has been on the Road for a very long time. For all of time, in fact. It stretches infinitely into the future and past, with exits that take him wherever, or whenever, he wants to go.

But he can’t find the place he wants to be.

He’s not the only one who can travel the Road, and as people join and leave, they can alter the past, or the future, to suit their whims. Exits close off, become overgrown, and working out what to change back to return to old timelines could take, well . . . forever.

Fortunately, Red has all the time he could ever need.

Roadmarks is a fantastically mind-bending novel from one of SFF’s most influential authors. It weaves together linear and non-linear narratives in a compelling tale full of mystery and magic.

New UK Audiobook Edition of THE PERIPHERAL Out Now!

Posted on Friday, May 19th, 2023

William Gibson‘s THE PERIPHERAL is now available in a new audiobook edition in the UK! Published by W. F. Howes, and narrated by Katie Leung, here’s the synopsis…

In the near future in a broken down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a game set in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, she sees a death that’s unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn’t a game after all — the future she saw is all too real, she’s the only witness to a murder and someone from that unreal tomorrow now wants her dead.

The story of a young woman caught between two worlds, The Peripheral interweaves two futures — pre-apocalypse USA and post-apocalypse London — to tell a story which gets right to heart of the way we live now.

The novel, which is the first in the author’s Jackpot series, is available in print and eBook, published by Penguin in the UK. It has also been adapted into a limited series, by Amazon Studios (check it out on Prime!).

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

‘His writing has been refined over the years, but Gibson still maintains that sparse, edgy style that has been a characteristic of his work from the very beginning… Ultimately, THE PERIPHERAL is a story about people; their hopes, their fears and frustrations. Despite advances in technology, the worlds still consist of the “haves” and “have-nots”,  making Gibson’s protagonists and their companions constant battlers against the system, striving for change, for something better, something they deserve. Gibson remains as unnervingly prophetic as ever, making his futures feel like they’re just around the corner, products of humankind’s inability to act when necessary, transforming a sci-fi whodunit into a work of fiction that feels both ahead of its time and frighteningly relevant to today’s world.’ 9/10*  —  Starburst

‘Seminal cyberpunk author Gibson, who has spent the last several years writing the more-or-less present-day Zero History series of novels, returns to the future with this slow-burning thriller, ambitiously structured on either side of an economic and ecological collapse… All of Gibson’s characters are intensely real, and Flynne is a clever, compelling, stereotype-defying, unhesitating protagonist who makes this novel a standout.’  —  Publishers Weekly

‘In THE PERIPHERAL, William Gibson’s first futuristic novel since 1999’s ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES, we experience the fantastic synthesis of a 20th century writer — the Gibson of NEUROMANCER, eyeball-kicks of flash and noir; and the Gibson of PATTERN RECOGNITION, arch and sly and dry and keen… A perfect fusion of Gibson’s pulp heritage with his fine-tuned design and social sensibilities… From the microscale word choices to the macroscale plot, structure and themes, the book is strange and contemporary in a perfectly futuristic way.’  —  Boing Boing

‘Dramatic, scary, creepy,violent, and finally satisfying… like any really well-designed thrill ride or mystery tour (or sonnet or string quartet), as soon as you get off, you want to get right on for another go-round.’  —  Locus

‘A smart, nuanced twist on time travel… THE PERIPHERAL is a fast-paced murder investigation and political thriller… compelling… the worlds are compelling in their own right as well, despite their desolation. Flynne’s town is dominated by big-box stores, the economy fueled by a combination of service jobs and 3D printing piracy. Netherton’s London is a rehabilitated disaster area, where you’re more likely to see telepresence robots outside than real people. But they’re as full of personality as any crowded city, described in Gibson’s pithy, poetic prose. THE PERIPHERAL also feels more accessible than his last several books.’  —  The Verge

‘While placed firmly in the sci-fi genre of his earlier works, Gibson’s latest retains the social commentary from his more recent novels… This is quintessential Gibson: gonzo yet cool, sharp-edged, sophisticated…’  —  Kirkus

‘William Gibson is one of the smartest writers around… THE PERIPHERAL starts off by throwing the reader into the deep end of a complex story set in a future world rich in highly-advanced technology. Or, actually, two future worlds. Only gradually do the pieces fall into place and you begin to understand what is going on… Gibson is not a difficult writer but he is demanding, and here those demands are well rewarded. THE PERIPHERAL is intellectual entertainment of the first order, a pop SF thriller that will make you think.’  —  Toronto Star

The second novel in the Jackpot series is AGENCY, which is out now in the UK, published by Penguin.

Zeno represents William Gibson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of Nell Pierce at Sterling Lord Literistic.

ICYMI: Roger Zelazny’s LORD OF LIGHT Available in UK eBook for the First Time!

Posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2023

We’re very happy to report that Roger Zelazny‘s classic, Hugo Award-winning LORD OF LIGHT is now available in the UK as an eBook — this is the first UK digital edition of the novel! Published by Gollancz, as part of their SF Masterworks series, here’s the synopsis…

Imagine a distant world where gods walk as men, but wield vast and hidden powers. Here they have made the stage on which they build a subtle pattern of alliance, love, and deadly enmity. Are they truly immortal? Who are these gods who rule the destiny of a teeming world?

Their names include Brahma, Kali, Krishna and also he who was called Buddha, the Lord of Light, but who now prefers to be known simply as Sam. The gradual unfolding of the story — how the colonization of another planet became a re-enactment of Eastern mythology — is one of the great imaginative feats of modern science fiction.

Gollancz has also published Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber series and ROADMARKS, also as part of their SF Masterworks series.

ICYMI: Ben Aaronovitch’s WINTER’S GIFTS is Out in June!

Posted on Monday, May 15th, 2023

In case you missed it at the end of last week, Gollancz has unveiled all the details for the UK edition of Ben Aaronovitch‘s latest Rivers of London novella: WINTER’S GIFTS is the first to star FBI Agent Kimberley Reynolds, and takes the action to the United States. Here’s the synopsis…

THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND…

When retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an ‘X-Ray Sierra India’ incident, the operator doesn’t understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does.

That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds. Leaving Quantico for snowbound Northern Wisconsin, she finds that a tornado has flattened half the town – and there’s no sign of Henderson.

Things soon go from weird to worse, as neighbours report unsettling sightings, key evidence goes missing, and the snow keeps rising – cutting off the town, with no way in or out…

Something terrible is awakening. As the clues lead to the coldest of cold cases – a cursed expedition into the frozen wilderness – Reynolds follows a trail from the start of the American nightmare, to the horror that still lives on today…

The novella is due to be published on June 8th in Hardcover, eBook, and audiobook (narrated by Penelope Rawlins).

To celebrate the release of WINTER’S GIFTS, Ben is also embarking on a UK book tour! Information and tickets can be found as follows…

Two New French eBook Editions: LORD OF LIGHT and DILVISH, THE DAMNED

Posted on Friday, May 12th, 2023

We’re very happy to report that two classic Roger Zelazny novels have been published in France as new eBook editions, both published by Denoël!

LORD OF LIGHT, one of Zelazny’s best-loved stand-alone novels, is available now as SEIGNEURS DE LUMIÈRE. Translated by Luc Carissimo, Mélusine Claudel, and Claude Saunier, here’s the synopsis…

Mondialement connu pour sa saga d’Ambre, Roger Zelazny ne s’est pas contenté de réinventer la mythologie celtique, comme le prouvent brillamment les trois romans au sommaire de ce volume, tous proposés dans des traductions révisées.

Dans Seigneur de lumière (prix Hugo 1968), sans doute son roman le plus ambitieux, Zelazny revisite le panthéon hindou ert replace la quête mystique de Siddhartha sur une planète extraterrestre dirigée par une caste d’immortels.

Dans Royaumes d’ombre et de lumière, il décrit loin dans le futur la lutte d’Osiris et Anubis,la vengeance d’Horus et les visions d’apocalypse d’Isis.

Dans L’Œil de Chat, un de ses romans les plus sous-estimés, il lance un pisteur navajo à la poursuite de la plus dangereuse des créatures intelligentes – Chat – un extraterrestre télépathe capable de changer de forme à volonté.

Winner of the 1968 Hugo Award (also nominated for the Nebula Award), LORD OF LIGHT is available in the UK as part of Gollancz’s SF Masterworks series. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Imagine a distant world where gods walk as men, but wield vast and hidden powers. Here they have made the stage on which they build a subtle pattern of alliance, love, and deadly enmity. Are they truly immortal? Who are these gods who rule the destiny of a teeming world?

Their names include Brahma, Kali, Krishna and also he who was called Buddha, the Lord of Light, but who now prefers to be known simply as Sam. The gradual unfolding of the story – how the colonization of another planet became a re-enactment of Eastern mythology – is one of the great imaginative feats of modern science fiction.

DILVISH, THE DAMNED is published as DILVISH LE DAMNÉ, and was translated by Michelle Charrier. Here’s the synopsis…

Il s’appelle Dilvish de Sélar, mais les vieilles chansons parlent plutôt de lui comme de Dilvish le Libérateur. Vaincu par Jélérak, il a été exilé plusieurs siècles durant aux enfers. Un séjour qu’il a mis à profit pour apprendre les douze Abominables Formules de la magie noire. Chevauchant un sombre cheval d’acier capable de cracher du feu, chaussé de bottes d’elfe qui ne laissent aucune empreinte derrière elles, armé de l’Épée Invisible, Dilvish est de retour. Et la route qui le mène de la résurrection à la vengeance lui fera traverser un monde magique où derrière chaque rencontre se cache un danger mortel ou un faux-semblant.

Dans ce volume est publiée pour la première fois en France l’intégralité des aventures de Dilvish le Damné, soit onze nouvelles et un roman. Au carrefour de la sword & sorcery classique et de l’hommage à H. P. Lovecraft, Dilvish le Damné fait partie des fantasies les plus assumées de Roger Zelazny.

First published in 1982, here’s the English-language synopsis for DILVISH, THE DAMNED…

Dilvish, the Damned is a collection of fantasy stories first published in 1982. Its contents were originally published as a series of separate short stories in various fantasy magazines.

The protagonist, Dilvish, was sent to Hell by the dark sorcerer Jelerak when he interrupted one of Jelerak’s rituals. The stories recount his adventures after he escapes Hell two hundred years later, with a handful of awesome, but impractical destructive spells and a sapient Steed named Black, and sets out for revenge on Jelerak.

Travis Baldree’s LEGENDS & LATTES Out Now in France!

Posted on Wednesday, May 10th, 2023

The French edition of LEGENDS & LATTES, Travis Baldree‘s acclaimed, best-selling debut novel is out now! Published by Ynnis Editions, as LÉGENDES & LATTES, and translated by Stéphanie Chaptal, here’s the synopsis…

Une tasse de fantasy, des tranches de vie savoureuses et un zeste de romance !

Viv, une orc mercenaire au passé sanglant, décide de changer de vie. À l’aide d’une légendaire pierre censée lui apporter la bonne fortune, elle se lance dans une entreprise audacieuse  : la création d’un café. Un pari risqué, car dans la ville de Tuine, les elfes, lutins et autres ratelins ignorent tout de ce breuvage peu ragoûtant. Et lorsque les hommes de main du Madrigal, la mafia locale, viennent s’en mêler, et que l’un de ses anciens compagnons d’armes rôde alentour, Viv sait d’expérience que son aventure ne se déroulera pas sans embûches…

Aux côtés d’une succube très perspicace, d’un hobgobelin mutique et de divers alliés improbables, Viv devra réussir à se tailler une place dans un monde qui lui est inconnu, tout en protégeant coûte que coûte ce qui compte le plus pour elle.

LEGENDS & LATTES is published by Tor Books in the UK and North America; the novel is also available in Hungary, Spain, Germany, and Poland (with more translations on the way!). Here’s the English-language synopsis…

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. 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 plans a reality, she won’t be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.

Baldree’s next novel is BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST, a prequel novel in the series — it is due to be published by Tor Books in the UK and North America, in November 2023.

Here are just a few of the great reviews LEGENDS & LATTES has received so far…

‘This is a story about following your dreams, even when they take you away from who you thought you had to be. It’s sweet, beautiful and, most of all, kind. I hugely recommend this book.’ — Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway

‘The most fun I’ve ever had in a coffee shop.’ — Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London

‘A gentle little cozy set against an epic fantasy backdrop… This charming outing will please anyone who’s ever wished to spend time in a fantasy world without all the quests and battles.’ — Publishers Weekly

‘This slice-of-life cozy fantasy novel has everything you’ve been searching for.’ — Buzzfeed

‘An orc retires from adventuring to start a fantasy city’s very first coffee shop. This setup combined with the positive messages of defying societal stereotypes, letting go of violence to build peace, and trusting in your friends feels like a premise from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld… LEGENDS & LATTES is a novel, and shop, that will delight anyone who enjoys coffee-shop alternate universes, slow-burn romances, and the vindication of friendship.’ — Booklist, starred review

‘A stunningly-well done story at every level’ — Fantasy Faction

‘If you like fantasy but you’re tired of reading about wars and general intensity, this is the book for you… Cozy fantasy at its best.’ — Literary Hub

‘LEGENDS & LATTES isn’t just a cosy, slice-of-life fantasy, it is a hug after a long day, it’s that first bite of chocolate you’ve been desperately craving or that first sip of coffee, it’s pyjamas and blankets and everything else which brings comfort and warmth. This is a tale so simple yet so wholesome and adorable, it has made me see just how versatile the fantasy genre can be… Believe the hype… this book deserves all the praise… Baldree delivers a tale to soothe the soul, a tale which had me smiling and crying with happiness from beginning to end.’ — Fantasy Hive

Ian McDonald’s TIME WAS Available in Japan

Posted on Tuesday, May 9th, 2023

Ian McDonald‘s BSFA Award-winning novella TIME WAS is available in Japan! Published by 早川書房/Hayakawa as 時ありて, here’s the synopsis…

時を超えて彷徨う二人の男の物語。英国ＳＦ協会賞受賞作 戦記ノンフィクションを専門に扱う古書ディーラーが、即売会で手にした一冊の詩集『時ありて』。彼は詩集に挟まれた手紙に書かれた事実を追ううちに、第二次大戦の戦火を生きた二人の男をめぐる迷宮を彷徨うことになる。英国SF界のレジェンドによる傑作時間SF

TIME WAS is published in North America and in the UK by Tor.com. In addition to winning the 2019 BSFA Award for Short Fiction, that year it was also a finalist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and Philip K. Dick Award; it also placed 6th for the Locus Award for Best Novella. The novella is also available in France, published by Le Bélial’.

Here’s the English-language synopsis…

A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed by it.

In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers. Brought together by a secret project designed to hide British targets from German radar, the two founded a love that could not be revealed. When the project went wrong, Tom and Ben vanished into nothingness, presumed dead. Their bodies were never found.

Now the two are lost in time, hunting each other across decades, leaving clues in books of poetry and trying to make their desperate timelines overlap.

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

‘[E]ntrances readers with this multigenerational novella of two time-crossed lovers who can only meet for brief moments separated by several years… beautiful writing… Fans of science fiction who enjoy a dash of history and legend will savor this tender story.’ — Publishers Weekly

‘With echoes of H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine and replete with the inimitable scent of used bookstores, TIME WAS weaves an exquisite spell of love, war and quantum physics that is timeless in its appeal. A scientific romance in the most evocative sense of the word.’ — Nina Allan

‘[A] character-based story about the impact of a pair of time travelers on those who discover their existence. A full-length novel might have been consumed with the temporal mechanics and incidents in the lives of time-lost lovers; by eliding those details, this shorter work is, paradoxically, able to slow down and luxuriate in the story’s elegiac themes… an impressively challenging book for its length, both in McDonald’s use of language, and in its timey-wimey overlapping narratives. A story from the point of view of poets and book lovers would fall flat if the novel’s language weren’t a match for the inner monologues you’d expect from people whose interior lives are so full of words. McDonald succeeds in doing several seemingly incompatible things at once, and doing them well. TIME WAS is a time travel story that’s also, and primarily, a love story. Science fiction is typically plot-driven, occasionally to the exclusion of other elements, but this one luxuriates in characters and language. It’s a work that looks to the past, but speaks to the future of science fiction.’ — B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

‘Throughout his career, Ian McDonald has demon­strated a remarkable versatility of style and language. His recent fiction has ranged from the YA sense-of-wonder exuberance of his parallel-world Everness series to the efficient social melodrama narration of the Luna novels, but he’s always been equally capable of great lyricism, and his new novella, TIME WAS, is a persuasive and gorgeous example of it. Essentially a timeslip romance in which the romance is evoked not by dramatic clinches but by a heightened sensuality, an acute awareness of nature, and a haunting sense of imminent loss, it nevertheless introduces enough chatter about quan­tum indeterminacy to work as SF. In a fascinating way, the two “time-crossed lovers,” Ben and Tom, come to represent the dual aesthetic of any good SF romance: Ben is a physicist working on a complex new experiment with his “Uncertainty Squad,” while Tom is a poet and part-time amateur actor who, when we meet him, is working for the Signal Corps. Early on, Ben confesses that he doesn’t have the soul of a poet, and Tom admits he doesn’t “have the soul of a scientist,” but, as McDonald well knows, you need both to tell a story like this… one of the most purely beautiful pieces of writing McDonald has given us in years.’ — Gary K. Wolfe (Locus)

‘This slender, poignant queer romance incorporates time travel and hints of hard science into a story as devastatingly sad—which isn’t to say bleak—as anything you’ll read this year.’ — B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog (Best SFF Books of the Year So Far, 2018, Honourable Mention)

‘TIME WAS… a peculiar story of time, mystery, books, love, and war, compact as a parable, layered like a complex metaphor… and in some ways, strikingly unsettling… very well put together, and gorgeously written.’ — Tor.com

Ian’s latest novel is HOPELAND, out now in the UK (Gollancz) and North America (Tor Books).

New Russian Edition of Roger Zelazny’s PRINCE OF CHAOS Out Now!

Posted on Monday, May 8th, 2023

A new Russian edition of Roger Zelazny‘s PRINCE OF CHAOS, the tenth and final Chronicles of Amber novel, is out now! Published by Эксмо as Принц Хаоса, here’s the synopsis…

«Принц Хаоса» — десятый роман «Пятикнижия Мерлина» и «Хроник Амбера». Этой книгой Роджер Желязны завершил свою знаменитую фантастическую эпопею.

Главный герой романа — Мерлин, сын Корвина Амберского и Дары из Владений Хаоса, — понимает, что его появление на свет было не случайностью, а результатом тщательно продуманного плана, осуществление которого должно привести Мерлина на трон Хаоса…

Роджер Желязны — создатель культовых «Хроник Амбера» и «Князя Света», многократный лауреат жанровых премий и лидер «Новой волны» в научной фантастике.

Эксмо has now published all ten of the Chronicles of Amber (Хроники Амбера) novels in this new series line.

First published in 1991, here’s the English-language synopsis of PRINCE OF CHAOS…

Treacheries, trickeries, assassination attempts and bloody family intrigues have finally manoeuvred Merlin, aka Merle Corey, into the Courts of Chaos — where he is third in line to occupy the throne, thanks to a series of conventionally fatal “accidents” engineered by his mother Dara and uncle Mandor.

But Merlin’s journey to the ultimate rule will not be easy. For dark enchantments still await him. There is murderous discord between Amber and Chaos to be silenced. And a captive royal father, long believed dead, must first be freed from a villain’s magic before a beleaguered Prince can deem his triumph complete.

Peter A. Flannery’s BATTLE MAGE Out Now in Italy!

Posted on Friday, April 28th, 2023

Peter A. Flannery‘s acclaimed fantasy novel BATTLE MAGE is out now in Italy! Published by Armenia as BATTLE MAGE: L’ERIEDITÀ DI FALCO, here’s the synopsis…

Il mondo sta cadendo sotto l’ombra ardente dei Posseduti e solo il potere di un Mago da battaglia può salvarlo. Ma l’antico legame con la razza dei draghi sta venendo meno. Di quelli che rispondono alla convocazione, troppi sono Draghi Neri e i Draghi Neri sono i nemici dell’umanità. I Draghi Neri sono pazzi…

Falco, l’unica persona che potrà salvare il mondo dalla catastrofe, è un debole in un mondo di guerrieri, ma peggio ancora è figlio di un pazzo. Spinto dal dolore per avere inconsapevolmente permesso a un’orda di demoni di distruggere il suo villaggio, Falco prende una decisione che lo porterà sull’orlo della disperazione.

Nel disperato tentativo di fare ammenda, il ragazzo decide di seguire i suoi amici all’Accademia della Guerra, una scuola di addestramento d’élite dedicata all’eccellenza marziale. Ma mentre i suoi amici fanno progressi, Falco lotta per superare i suoi dubbi e la sua insicurezza. Anche la Regina nutre seri dubbi su di lui…

Ma mentre la Regina cerca di unire i regni contro i Posseduti, Falco lotta per superare le sue paure.
Riuscirà a sbloccare il potere intrappolato in lui o soccomberà alla follia e all’omicidio come suo padre?

The novel is also available in France, Germany, Poland (where it was nominated for a Best Novel award), and Czechia.

Here’s the English-language synopsis…

The world is falling to the burning shadow of the Possessed and only the power of a battle mage can save it. But the ancient bond with dragonkind is failing. Of those that answer a summoning too many are black. Black dragons are the enemy of humankind. Black dragons are mad.

Falco Dante is a weakling in a world of warriors, but worse than this, he is the son of a madman. Driven by grief, Falco makes a decision that will drive him to the brink of despair. As he tries to come to terms with his actions Falco follows his friends to the Academy of War, an elite training school dedicated to martial excellence. But while his friends make progress he struggles to overcome his doubts and insecurity. Even Queen Catherine of Wrath has her doubts about Falco’s training.

While the Queen tries to unite the Kingdoms against the Possessed, Falco struggles to overcome his fears. Will he unlock the power trapped inside of him or will he succumb to madness and murder like his father?

Zeno represents Peter A. Flannery in translation.

ICYMI: UK Edition of BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST Out in November!

Posted on Wednesday, April 19th, 2023

In case you missed the news, we wanted to just wanted to share that Travis Baldree‘s highly-anticipated new novel, BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is due to be published in the UK by Tor Books, on November 9th! The cover is above, and here’s the synopsis…

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.

Set twenty years before the events of Legends & Lattes, Bookshops & Bonedust is a standalone cosy fantasy by BookTok sensation Travis Baldree about the power of good bookshops, great friends and the unexpected choices along the way.

Fans of the best-selling, critically-acclaimed LEGENDS & LATTES are sure to love this prequel. The book will also be published in North America, by Tor Books, on November 7th.

LEGENDS & LATTES is out now, published by Tor Books in the UK and North America.

Here are just a few of the great reviews Travis’s work has received so far…

‘What I love about Travis Baldree is that set against an epic world of adventure, he writes about the small victories that make life worthwhile. BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST does this and it is glorious’ — Ben Aaronovitch

‘Well, damn, he’s done it again. BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST is hilarious, heartwarming, and wholesome as heck. If you loved the first you’ll almost certainly love this perfectly executed prequel even more, as the stakes are higher and the scones are hotter still!’ — Nicholas Eames

‘This is a story about following your dreams, even when they take you away from who you thought you had to be. It’s sweet, beautiful and, most of all, kind. I hugely recommend this book.’ — Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway

‘A gentle little cozy set against an epic fantasy backdrop… This charming outing will please anyone who’s ever wished to spend time in a fantasy world without all the quests and battles.’ — Publishers Weekly

‘This slice-of-life cozy fantasy novel has everything you’ve been searching for.’ — Buzzfeed

‘A stunningly-well done story at every level’ — Fantasy Faction

‘If you like fantasy but you’re tired of reading about wars and general intensity, this is the book for you… Cozy fantasy at its best.’ — Literary Hub

‘I loved LEGENDS & LATTES and I have literally nothing bad to say about it… a warm hug on a cold day. Written with care and attention, Baldree’s delicate touch and vibrant characters make this story shine… Books have their own kind of magic. LEGENDS & LATTES was positively enchanting.’ — Bookworm Blues

‘LEGENDS & LATTES isn’t just a cosy, slice-of-life fantasy, it is a hug after a long day, it’s that first bite of chocolate you’ve been desperately craving or that first sip of coffee, it’s pyjamas and blankets and everything else which brings comfort and warmth. This is a tale so simple yet so wholesome and adorable, it has made me see just how versatile the fantasy genre can be… Believe the hype… this book deserves all the praise… Baldree delivers a tale to soothe the soul, a tale which had me smiling and crying with happiness from beginning to end.’ — Fantasy Hive

‘Baldree’s book is beautiful and uplifting, a soothing tonic in our troubled times. Escape into its pages and you won’t ever want to leave.’ — T. L. Huchu, author of The Library of the Dead

Lavie Tidhar’s HEBREWPUNK Available Again!

Posted on Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Lavie Tidhar‘s collection of Jewish fantasy, HEBREWPUNK is available once again! Published by JABberwocky, here’s the synopsis…

In HebrewPunk, World Fantasy Award winning author Lavie Tidhar had reinvented pulp fantasy fiction in Jewish terms, creating a hidden world where fantasy, horror and history intertwine.

Featuring the Rabbi, the Rat and the Tzaddik, their stories take us on a journey from an expedition to an alternate world in Kenya in 1904 to the drug-soaked streets of 1920s London and to Transylvania in the Second World War.

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

‘Imagine Hard-Boiled Kabbalah… If you like your otherworld fun noir, have I got a book for you!’ – Kage Baker, author of In the Garden of Iden

‘Wondrous, adventurous, and thought-provoking.’ – Ellen Datlow, co-editor of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

‘Tidhar writes a sort of intensified supernatural action-surrealism that fair rattles along and is full of surprises—not only plot twists and thrills but a level of conceptual surprise, a reinvigoration of some of the more tired conventions of the fantasy-horror genre… not to be missed.’ – Adam Roberts, author of The Thing Itself

Lavie is the author of a great number of critically acclaimed, award-winning and award-nominated novels, novellas, and short stories. His latest novels are MAROR (Head of Zeus) and NEOM (Tachyon Publications) — both out now.

Check Out the Covers for RIVERS OF LONDON: HERE BE DRAGONS #1!

Posted on Monday, April 17th, 2023

Last week, Titan Comics unveiled the three covers for HERE BE DRAGONS #1! The beginning of the 11th story arc in the Rivers of London comic series, it is written by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, and James Swallow.

Issue #1 will arrive in stores on July 12th. Here’s the synopsis…

A dangerous monster is at large above the streets of London. And it’s name is… Wyvern!

After a Met Police helicopter on night patrol is attacked by an unidentified aerial phenomena, the Met’s only sanctioned wizard, Peter Grant, and his mentor, Thomas Nightingale, are called to investigate.

Peter and Nightingale find themselves drawn into a battle between two groups of hunters – one human, and one fae – as they uncover a legacy of events that extend back to the 1960s. To save the skies of the city, Peter must face the enraged beast – but can he end things peacefully… or will he be forced to destroy the last wyvern?

Series artwork is by José María Beroy, who also did Cover A (above). Covers B and C (below) are by David M. Buisan and Vv Glass, respectively.

The comic series is part of the overall Rivers of London canon, so if you prefer to follow stories in chronological order, here’s a handy graphic Titan Comics has created to help you out…

Bulgarian Edition of Roger Zelazny’s ROADMARKS Out Now!

Posted on Friday, April 14th, 2023

The Bulgarian edition of Roger Zelazny‘s ROADMARKS is out now! Published by Бард as Хронобандити, here’s the synopsis…

ПЪТЯТ може да води навсякъде. ПЪТЯТ може да води до всеки момент. Почти!

Ред Доракийн отдавна кръстосва Пътя, построен от драконите на Бел’куинит. Път, който се простира безкрай от миналото към далечното бъдеще, с изходи, които водят навсякъде и до всякога.

Но Ред все не може да намери мястото, където иска да бъде.

И не е единственият, който пътува по Пътя, а хората, които идват и си отиват, могат да променят миналото или бъдещето както им хрумне. Изходите се затварят, обрастват и да измислиш какво да промениш, за да се върнеш в някой предишен момент, отнема, ами… цяла вечност.

За щастие, Ред разполага с цялото време на света.

ХРОНОБАНДИТИ е главозамайващ фантастичен роман от един от най-значимите автори в жанра. Той заплита линейни и нелинейни сюжети в един завладяващ разказ, пълен с мистерия и магия!

ROADMARKS is available in the UK as part of the SF Masterworks series, published by Gollancz. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

The Road can go Anywhere.
The Road can go Anywhen.
Almost.

Red Dorakeen has been on the Road for a very long time. For all of time, in fact. It stretches infinitely into the future and past, with exits that take him wherever, or whenever, he wants to go.

But he can’t find the place he wants to be.

He’s not the only one who can travel the Road, and as people join and leave, they can alter the past, or the future, to suit their whims. Exits close off, become overgrown, and working out what to change back to return to old timelines could take, well . . . forever.

Fortunately, Red has all the time he could ever need.

Roadmarks is a fantastically mind-bending novel from one of SFF’s most influential authors. It weaves together linear and non-linear narratives in a compelling tale full of mystery and magic.