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Eyes Open: Peter Grant Invades Germany’s U-Bahn!

Posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

We are very grateful to Elisa for sharing with us photos of these posters for Ben Aaronovitch‘s two latest books in Germany! Up in various subway stations, we think that’s rather excellent, and wanted to share them here, too.

The two books features are EIN WEISSER SCHWAN IN TABERNACLE STREET (FALSE VALUE, the eighth Peter Grant novel); and DIE FLÜSSE VON LONDON – SCHWARZER MOND ÜBER SOHO, an omnibus edition including the first two novels (RIVERS OF LONDON and MOON OVER SOHO).

Both books are published in Germany by DTV, who have published all of Ben’s books set in this world. The omnibus is out now. Here’s the synopsis for EIN WEISSER SCHWAN IN TABERNACLE STREET, which is due out in Germany on October 23rd…

Peter Grant ist suspendiert…

Peter Grant, unser Londoner Lieblings-Bobby und Zauberlehrling, steht vor völlig neuen privaten Herausforderungen. Welche ihn zu gleichen Teilen mit Panik und Begeisterung erfüllen. Beruflich bekommt er es mit der Serious Cybernetics Corporation zu tun, dem neuesten Projekt des Internet-Genies Terrence Skinner. Und prompt holt die Magie ihn wieder ein. Denn in den Tiefen der SCC ist ein Geheimnis verborgen: eine geheime magische Technologie, die bis weit ins 19. Jahrhundert zurückreicht, dem Zeitalter von Ada Lovelace und Charles Babbage. Und die brandgefährlich ist für die gesamte Welt.

The series is published in the UK by Gollancz; in North America by Del Rey (1-3), DAW Books (4-) and Subterranean Press (novellas). The series has also been published widely in translation. Here’s the English-language synopsis for FALSE VALUE…

Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm.

Leaving his old police life behind, he takes a job with Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner’s new London start up: the Serious Cybernetics Corporation.

Drawn into the orbit of Old Street’s famous ‘silicon roundabout’, Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be a doddle.

But magic is not finished with the Met’s first trainee wizard in fifty years…

Because a secret is hiding somewhere in the building. A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just as magical as it technological – and twice as dangerous.

Finally, here’s the poster graphic…

Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber Omnibus Editions Available Now in Ukraine!

Posted on Friday, September 4th, 2020

Fans of classic fantasy in Ukraine rejoice: Roger Zelazny‘s classic Chronicles of Amber is available now in two omnibus editions! Published by Богдан as Хроніки Амбера: П’ятикнижжя Корвіна (Том 1) and Хроніки Амбера: П’ятикнижжя Мерліна (Том 2), the volumes collect all ten novels in the series. Read on for more details.

Volume one (pictured above) collects the first five novels…

Дев’ять принців Амбера — NINE PRINCES IN AMBER — translated by Анатолій Саган
Рушниці Авалону — THE GUNS OF AVALON — translated by Анатолій Саган
Знак Єдинорога — SIGN OF THE UNICORN — translated by Анатолій Пітик & Катерина Грицайчук
Рука Оберона — THE HAND OF OBERON — translated by Анатолій Пітик & Катерина Грицайчук
Двори Хаосу — THE COURTS OF CHAOS — translated by Анатолій Пітик & Катерина Грицайчук

Here’s the synopsis…

Амбер і Хаос — єдині справжні світи в усьому Всесвіті. Їхнє протистояння — це одвічна боротьба між силами Порядку і Хаосу. Пройшовши ініціацію Лабіринтом чи Лоґрусом, члени королівської сім’ї Амбера та Дворів Хаосу можуть вільно мандрувати Тінями — відображеннями головних світів, а також маніпулювати реальністю. У приватній лікарні Тіні Земля чоловік на ім’я Карл Корі одужує після автокатастрофи. Утративши пам’ять, він і не здогадується, що насправді є одним із дев’яти принців Амбера — Корвіном. Чоловік тікає з лікарні. Йому вдається знайти свою сестру, а потім і брата, відшукати дивну колоду карт Таро, на яких зображений і він сам, а потім пройти Лабіринтом… Згадавши, хто він насправді, Корвін прагне здобути корону Амбера. Та він ще не знає, що проти королівства збираються злі сили…

Volume two includes the following five novels…

Козирі Долі — TRUMPS OF DOOM — translated by Анатолій Пітик & Катерина Грицайчук
Кров Амбера — BLOOD OF AMBER — translated by Галина Михайловська
Знак Хаосу — SIGN OF CHAOS — translated by Галина Михайловська
Лицар Тіней — KNIGHT OF SHADOW — translated by Галина Михайловська
Принц Хаосу — PRINCE OF CHAOS — translated by Галина Михайловська

Here’s the synopsis…

Здавалось би, після закінчення війни між двома головними світами — Амбером і Хаосом — у всьому Всесвіті запанував спокій. Трон Амбера очолює новий король, який понад усе прагне зберегти злагоду та мир. Однак… У Тіні Земля юнак Мерлін, син Корвіна Амберського і Дари з Дворів Хаосу, намагається жити нормальним земним життям, життям без підступів, війн, вендет… І це йому добре вдається, якщо не зважати на те, що трапляється з ним кожного 30 квітня. Саме цього дня упродовж восьми років хтось (чи щось?) намагається його вбити. Пожежа, витік газу, автокатастрофа, стрілянина… А цьогорічний убивця виявився схожою на собаку почварою, що загризла його колишню дівчину Джулію та ледь не вбила і його. Хтось повинен стояти за всім цим, але хто?

Zelazny’s classic series has been published widely in translation around the globe. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Amber is the one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself – shadow worlds, which 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 for grabs; and amnesia has robbed Corwin, Crown Prince of Amber his memory — even the fact that he is rightful heir to the throne.

The Chronicles of Amber is Zelazny’s finest fantasy, a grand imaginative vision of alternate worlds, magic, swordplay, and murderous rivalries.

Zeno represents Roger Zelazny in Translation and in the UK, on behalf of the Zelazny Estate.

Next Month, Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel’s CRY FOX arrives in Germany!

Posted on Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

Next month (September 22nd), Panini is due to publish the German translation of CRY FOX, the fifth Rivers of London comic collection! Written by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel, the comics are set in the same universe as Ben’s internationally bestselling novels and novellas. The German edition was translated by . Here’s the synopsis…

Die russische Mafia will Rache für ihren „Verrat“ an der (Nacht) Hexe Varvara üben. Dazu heuern sie zahlreiche Schurken der magischen Londoner Unterwelt an. Die ehemalige sowjetische Zauberin steht jedoch unter dem Schutz von Londons ganz eigenem Zauberer-Polizisten Peter Grant … Detective Peter Grant! Um die Aufmerksamkeit von Peter und seinen Kollegen in eine andere Richtung zu lenken, wird die Tochter eines prominenten russischen Oligarchen von Unbekannten entführt …

The English-language edition of the collection is published by Titan Comics, who have published all eight collections to date (covers below). Here’s the English-language synopsis for CRY FOX…

The bookstore smash-hit returns for a brand-new story, picking up the threads from the most recent bestselling Rivers of London novel, The Hanging Tree!

Vengeful Russian mobsters are looking to hire members of London’s own more-then-natural underworld to bring bloody retribution down on the witch Varvara. However, the ex-Soviet sorcerer is under the protective wing of London’s own wizarding cop, Peter Grant (now a proper detective and everything), and to get the attention of Grant and his colleagues, the daughter of a prominent Russian oligarch is kidnapped by parties unknown but possibly fox-like.

What makes it worse is that Peter is going to have to leave his beloved London and gasp go out into the countryside! And when there’s trees and fields and wildlife involved, things never end well…

The Rivers of London/Peter Grant novels and novellas are published in Germany by DTV; in the UK by Gollancz; in North America by Del Rey, DAW Books, and Subterranean Press; and also widely in translation. The latest novel is FALSE VALUE. The latest novel, THE OCTOBER MAN, features a new protagonist and is the first book set in Germany.

Ian McDonald’s 月球家族 Series out Next Month in China!

Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

Next month, 理想国/Imaginist is due to published Ian McDonald‘s acclaimed Luna series in China! The simplified Chinese editions will be available in a three-volume set, and includes 新月 (NEW MOON), 狼月 (WOLF MOON), and 月出 (MOON RISING). The cover for book one is above, and books two and three below.

We don’t have the Chinese synopsis just yet, but here’s the English-language synopsis for the first novel…

The scions of a falling house must navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family’s status in the Moon’s vicious political atmosphere.

The Moon wants to kill you.

Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations-the Five Dragons-in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.

As the leader of the Moon’s newest “dragon,” Adriana has wrested control of the Moon’s Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family’s new status. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation-Corta Helio-confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana’s five children must defend their mother’s empire from her many enemies… and each other.

The series is published by Gollancz in the UK, Tor Books in North America, and in an ever-growing number of translated editions. In fact, we would also like to take this opportunity to mark a milestone for NEW MOON: the Chinese edition is the fifteenth edition! Here are all the covers to date…

The Chinese editions of the second and third novels are each their tenth editions. Here are WOLF MOON‘s covers…

… and MOON RISING‘s covers…

Finally, in case you need more convincing to give the Luna series a try, here are just a few of the many great reviews the series has received so far…

‘Smart, funny, passionate and at times quite dark, McDonald brings the touch we’ve seen in RIVER OF GODS and DERVISH HOUSE to an entirely new culture as it evolves in a distant hostile place where business or family rules all… it’s terrific. My only complaint: it leaves you wanting the second book right now!’ — Jonathan Strahan on NEW MOON

‘McDonald… begins his superb near-future series… scintillating, violent, and decadent world. McDonald creates a complex and fascinating civilization featuring believable technology, and the characters are fully developed, with individually gripping stories. Watch for this brilliantly constructed family saga on next year’s award ballots.’ — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on NEW MOON

‘Mafia-style mining families clash in a compelling fantasy that offers up all the pleasures of a cut-throat soap opera in space…That McDonald is able to spin a compelling story from this unforgiving set-up is testament to his skill as a writer… One thing Luna does exceptionally well is to puncture Old Heinlein’s assumption that a frontier society based on the primacy of the family and a disregard of conventional laws would end up like idealised smalltown America. Luna argues that any realistic future colonisation of the moon will be much more The Sopranos than The Waltons. LUNA is as gripping as it is colourful, and as colourful as it is nasty.’ — Guardian on NEW MOON

‘No one writes like Ian McDonald, and no one’s Moon is nearly so beautiful and terrible… Ian McDonald’s never written a bad novel, but this is a great Ian McDonald novel… McDonald has ten details for every detail proffered by other sf writers. Not gratuitous details, either: gracious ones. The fashion sense of William Gibson, the design sense of Bruce Sterling, the eye for family drama of Connie Willis, the poesie of Bradbury, and the dirty sex of Kathe Koja and Samuel Delany… McDonald’s moon is omnisexual, kinky, violent, passionate, beautiful, awful, vibrant and crushing. As the family saga of the Cortas unravels, we meet a self-sexual ninja lawyer, a werewolf who loses his mind in the Full Earth, a family tyrant whose ruthlessness is matched only by his crepulance, and a panoply of great passions and low desires. LUNA: NEW MOON is the first book of a two-book cycle. Now I’m all a-quiver for the next one.‘ — BoingBoing

‘A Howling Good Read… No one builds a world like Ian McDonald does. Piece by piece and brick by brick. Spare, simple, elegant when he needs to be…, deep and meaty when he wants to be…, he does his work like an artisan pulling a sculpture from stone. There are no wasted moves, nothing that isn’t vital because, in the end, everything is vital. Everything matters… it is fascinating, all of it. Because McDonald has made a world that is ruthless in its consistency and living, breathing reality, and then made characters who are not just living in it, but wholly and fully of it… McDonald’s corporate war is a gorgeous thing, fought with every tool available… McDonald is able to wrap the biggest events in constellations of the smallest so that a cocktail party here, a discussion of ’80s retro fashion (all mall-hair and WHAM! T-shirts), a love story and a day at work for a guy who cleans solar panels all build and coalesce to form the background radiation of life in this unstable future. Every moment with his characters makes them precious, real and alive.’ — NPR on WOLF MOON

‘Luna: New Moon was a “magnificent bastard of a book,” as I put it in my review. Part two, it’s my pleasure to tell you, is just as awesome, and just as masterfully nasty.’ — Tor.com on WOLF MOON

‘NEW MOON was one of the most interesting sci-fi novels of 2015, with smart ideas on humanity and economies matched by street smarts, political brawls and murder in the streets. LUNA: WOLF MOON turns that up to eleven – it’s a fascinating story, which is also a tense, enthralling read.’ — Sci-Fi & Fantasy Review

‘McDonald concludes his Luna space opera trilogy in triumphant style… The political intrigue never feels too abstract or removed from 21st-century Earth. Readers will appreciate the care McDonald takes with both worldbuilding and characterization, and will enjoy little touches such as giving an assassin the job title of Corporate Conflict Resolution Officer… fans of the prior books will find this wrap-up rewarding.’ — Publishers Weekly on MOON RISING

‘McDonald’s richly imagined Lunar culture and interplanetary poleconomy make for a superb backdrop for literally dozens of richly realized human dramas, and it’s hard to say which is more fascinating. McDonald’s wildly imaginative worldbuilding (present since his debut novel, the utterly wonderful standout OUT ON BLUE SIX) and his ability to spin out intrigues are both in full flight in this final volume.’ — Boing Boing on MOON RISING

‘… cinematic set-pieces… so much fun to read… these entertaining, and intelligent novels, capped off by the very satisfying Luna: MOON RISING, have been about establishing a society, a community, a family that looks to the future, that lives and prospers in an environment that must always be treated with respect.’ — Locus (Ian Mond)

Peter A. Flannery’s BATTLE MAGE out in Czechia!

Posted on Monday, August 24th, 2020

In case you missed it, Peter A. Flannery‘s acclaimed fantasy novel, BATTLE MAGE, is out in Czechia! Published by Triton as BITEVNÍ MÁG, here’s the synopsis…

Svět podléhá spalujícímu stínu Posedlých a pouze moc bitevního mága ho může zachránit. Ale prastaré pouto mezi mágy a draky selhává. Příliš mnoho draků je černých.

Černí draci jsou nepřáteli lidstva.

Černí draci jsou šílení.

Falco Danté je churavý kluk ve světě válečníků, a co hůř, je synem vraha. Hnán touhou porozumět svému otci se odhodlá k činu, který ho dožene na pokraj beznaděje. Najde způsob, jak spasit svou duši před věčnými plameny pekla?

BATTLE MAGE has also been published in France (Albin Michel), Germany (Heyne), and Poland (Fabryka Słów) — in these markets, it is available as two volumes.

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.

New Rivers of London Omnibus Edition out in Germany!

Posted on Friday, August 21st, 2020

The first two novels in Ben Aaronovitch‘s internationally-bestselling Peter Grant/Rivers of London series are published in Germany today in a new omnibus edition! Published by DTV, the two novels are: DIE FLÜSSE VON LONDON and SCHWARZER MOND ÜBER SOHO. Here’s the new edition’s synopsis, which is a great place for new readers to start…

Der Doppelband für Neueinsteiger

Die Anfänge der unglaublichen Laufbahn des Peter Grant, seines Zeichens Police Constable in London − mit einer ausgeprägten Begabung fürs Magische. Ein Umstand, der seinen Vorgesetzten nicht entgeht. Und schon nimmt Peters Karriere eine gänzlich unerwartete Wendung: Er wird Zauberlehrling, der erste in England seit fünfzig Jahren! Das große Abenteuer beginnt.

DTV has published all of Ben’s novels and novellas in Germany, in print and audiobook. The eight novel, FALSE VALUE, is due to be published in Germany as EIN WEISSER SCHWAN IN TABERNACLE STREET, on October 23rd.

The series is published in the UK by Gollancz: RIVERS OF LONDON, MOON OVER SOHO, WHISPERS UNDERGROUND, BROKEN HOMES, FOXGLOVE SUMMER, LIES SLEEPING, FALSE VALUE.

Here’s the English-language synopsis for book one (in case you’ve somehow managed to miss this series)…

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit – we do paperwork so real coppers don’t have to – and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluble, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England.

Now I’m a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden… and there’s something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair.

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it’s falling to me to bring order out of chaos – or die trying.

Roger Zelazny’s EYE OF CAT out now in Italy!

Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2020

Roger Zelazny‘s EYE OF CAT is now available in Italy! Published by Urania as OCCHIO DI GATTO, here’s the synopsis…

Flessuoso, indipendente, dai “sentimenti alieni” e in grado di leggere la mente.

Chiunque abbia un micio in casa si troverà d’accordo con questa definizione, eppure quello del titolo di questo inedito di Roger Zelazny non è un felino qualsiasi: “Gatto” è il nomignolo di un inquietante alieno mutaforma dalle abilità telepatiche, il cui aspetto ricorda vagamente quello di un felino con un occhio solo.

Con l’aiuto di questa strana creatura, Billy Cavallo Nero Cantante, protagonista del romanzo, affronterà la difficile sfida messagli davanti dal governo mondiale: proteggere un diplomatico Strageano dagli estremisti religiosi della sua stessa specie.

Billy Cantante, anche detto “Segugio Stellare”, ultimo guerriero Navajo, aveva catturato Gatto cinquant’anni prima, rinchiudendolo nell’Istituto, una sorta di zoo galattico.

Gatto accetta di aiutare il suo vecchio nemico, ma a un patto… alla fine della missione il cacciatore si farà preda, restituendo all’alieno la sua dignità di predatore.

In questo inedito di uno dei grandi maestri della fantascienza, le leggende dei nativi americani si mescolano senza soluzione di continuità alla politica galattica, dando al romanzo un tocco onirico, in un incalzante confronto fra preda e cacciatore, uomo e bestia, vecchio e nuovo mondo, mito e tecnologia.

First published in 1982, here’s the English-language synopsis for EYE OF CAT…

A retired hunter of alien zoo specimens, William Blackhorse Singer, the last Navajo on a future Earth, has come to what he sees as the end of his life. The World Government calls upon him for aid in protecting an alien diplomat from a powerful and hostile member of his own species. Knowing both the importance of the task and his inability to handle it on his own, Singer goes to confront his greatest conquest with a strange bargain. A shape-shifting alien, the last of his species, sits in a special cage at an institute dedicated to the study of extraterrestrial beings. Most frequently he projects the aspect of a one-eyed catlike creature, but he can appear as almost anything.

One of Singer’s secrets, and his greatest guilt, is his suspicion that the creature is intelligent. He confronts him and offers his own life for Cat’s cooperation in saving the alien. Cat accepts, and later, their mission fulfilled, demands a refinement on the original bargain. Rather than a simple death he wants a return bout — a chase with Singer as the hunted rather than the hunter.

The gods, powers and monsters of Navajo legend provide the backdrop for the working out of Singer’s fate — for the chase is as much for his soul as for his body. As he uses matter transmitters to flit from Paris to London to the Middle East to the American Southwest, he must search back into his own early life as well as the root beliefs of his vanished people and come to terms with a world that has adopted him, made use of his skills, and left him feeling that he has no place to call his own.

Zeno represents Roger Zelazny in Translation and in the UK, on behalf of the Zelazny Estate.

Return of the Dragon: Peter A. Flannery’s BATTLE MAGE Part 2 Available in Germany!

Posted on Thursday, August 13th, 2020

The second part of Peter A. Flannery‘s acclaimed BATTLE MAGE is out now in Germany! Published by Heyne as RÜCKKEHR DES DRACHEN, and translated by Bernhard Stäber, here’s the synopsis…

Noch immer tobt in den Sieben Königreichen von Grimm ein schrecklicher Krieg zwischen den Menschen und der übermächtigen Armee der Besessenen. Um das Blatt zugunsten der Menschen zu wenden, wagt der junge Kampfmagier Falco Dante ein ebenso kühnes wie verzweifeltes Unterfangen: Er will einen schwarzen Drachen beschwören und auf ihm in die alles entscheidende Schlacht gegen die Besessenen ziehen. Doch schwarze Drachen sind wahnsinnig, das weiß Falco besser als jeder andere, schließlich wurde sein eigener Vater von einem getötet. Dann stößt Falco auf ein Geheimnis, das tief in der Vergangenheit der Sieben Königreiche von Grimm verborgen liegt und das die schwarzen Drachen in einem völlig anderen Licht erscheinen lässt…

The first part of BATTLE MAGE is also published by Heyne, as KAMPF DER MAGIER.

The novel has also been published in France (Albin Michel) and Poland (Fabryka Słów).

Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Zeno represents Peter A. Flannery in Translation.

Flannery’s BATTLE MAGE sallies forth in Poland!

Posted on Saturday, August 8th, 2020

Peter A. Flannery‘s BATTLE MAGE, the acclaimed fantasy novel, is now available in Poland! Available in two parts, MAG BITEWNY is published by Fabryka Słów. Here’s the synopsis for part one…

Nie ma uczucia silniejszego od smoczego smutku. Może tylko smocza wściekłość.

Armia nieumarłych pod wodzą demona zalewa królestwo Furii. Kolejne armie obrońców uginają się przed nieujarzmioną potęgą wroga. Ludzie zamieniają się w Opętanych i ruszają mordować własne rodziny. Świat pogrąża się w mroku, rozpaczy i dzikim przerażeniu.

Jedyną nadzieją na przetrwanie jest walka u boku maga bojowego i jego smoka. Tych jednak jest zbyt mało. Od czasu Wielkiego Opętania tylko nieliczni mają odwagę przywoływać smoki. Niektóre z nich, szalone i nieobliczalne, stanowią śmiertelne zagrożenie dla ludzi. Potrzeba wyjątkowego człowieka, by okiełznać ich moc…

Falko Dante – słabeusz w świecie wojowników, umierający na tajemniczą chorobę syn szaleńca i zdrajcy. Nie tak wyglądają bohaterowie tej wojny. A jednak to na jego barki spadnie ciężar odpowiedzialności i jemu przypadnie do odegrania rola, która zaważy na losach tysięcy ludzi.

The novel is also available in France (Albin Michel), Germany (Heyne), and Czechia (Triton) — we will spotlight the latter two on the site over the next couple of weeks.

Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Zeno represents Peter A. Flannery in Translation.

Ben Aaronovitch’s VERANO VENENOSO out now in Spain!

Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2020

Spanish fans of Ben Aaronovitch‘s Peter Grant/Rivers of London series rejoice: FOXGLOVE SUMMER is now available, published as VERANO VENENOSO by Oz Editorial! Translated by Marina Rodil, here’s the synopsis…

La vida en el campo no es tan idílica como parece…

El agente de policía y aprendiz de mago Peter Grant decide tomarse un descanso del trabajo en la ajetreada ciudad de Londres para ayudar en la investigación de la desaparición de dos niñas en Rushpool, un pueblecito cerca de Gales donde se siente como un pez fuera del agua. Aunque en un primer momento parece que no se trata de un caso relacionado con la magia, pronto Peter descubrirá que los campos y bosques idílicos de la campiña inglesa esconden una historia muy oscura y que los seres de los cuentos de hadas no solo habitan en los cuentos infantiles…

Oz Editorial has also published the first four books in the series: RÍOS DE LONDRES (RIVERS OF LONDON), LA LUNA SOBRE EL SOHO (MOON OVER SOHO), SUSURROS SUBTERRÁNEOS (WHISPERS UNDERGROUND), and FAMILIAS FATALES (BROKEN HOMES).

FOXGLOVE SUMMER and Ben’s other books set in this world are published in the UK by Gollancz. The books are published in North America by Del Rey (1-3), DAW Books (4-) and Subterranean Press (novellas). The series has also been published widely in translation.

Here’s the English-language synopsis for FOXGLOVE SUMMER…

In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London – to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London you can’t take the London out of the copper.

Travelling west with Beverley Brook, Peter soon finds himself caught up in a deep mystery and having to tackle local cops and local gods. And what’s more all the shops are closed by 4pm…

Below are all of the covers (to date) for FOXGLOVE SUMMER: UK (Gollancz), US (DAW Books), Germany (DTV), France (J’ai Lu), and Czechia (Argo).

Here are just a few of the great reviews FOXGLOVE SUMMER has received so far…

‘When it comes to the genre of urban fantasy, connoisseurs tend to rate Ben Aaronovitch’s RIVERS OF LONDON and its sequels quite highly. The adventures of Metropolitan policeman and apprentice wizard Peter Grant have thus far all been based around the city of London (it is, after all, where he works), and the author has drawn from the capital’s rich geography and occult history to create a profound and engaging world filled with the grit and stench of the city, though at the same time celebrating its warmth and wealth of choice. The very setup of the books is both urban and fantastic… The main story functions as an interesting thriller, and the additional commentary on the way the UK handles major incidents like the disappearance of children is both thought-provoking and carefully handled… FOXGLOVE SUMMER is evocative, mysterious, engaging, and, mostly, enormous amounts of fun. Fans of the Peter Grant series will not be disappointed, and those new to the books should start with Rivers in London, safe in the knowledge that the sequels are just as good.’ — Starburst

‘Ben Aaronovitch is in top form in this fifth Peter Grant novel, as his beloved police constable ventures into the wilds of the English countryside. As ever, the realistic police procedural details ground the plot, but the wonderful and unexpected fantasy world that lurks just below the surface of reality makes this tale the rousing success that it is. The tension is high from the opening of this unpredictable story, but the gravity of Grant’s newest case doesn’t keep his snarky humor or his wry insight from shining through, making this a book that new readers and fans alike will relish.’ — RT Book Reviews (January 2015 Top Pick)

‘[Aaronovitch’s] ability to construct a fast, tense, readable police procedural (with magic) is inarguable. The combination—and frequently, the clash—of modern policing methods with magic and folklore remains a compelling juxtaposition, one that’s funny more often than not… Peter’s voice remains compelling. It’s one of the most appealing things about this series. In removing him from his usual stomping grounds to the countryside, Aaronovitch takes the opportunity to cast a minor side-eye at the white uniformity and unthinking assumptions of part of Britain: as a mixed-race lad from London, Peter sticks out in Leominster… It’s amusing. It’s diverting. It’s fun…’ — Tor.com

‘There are only a few urban fantasy series I would drop everything for, and this is one of them. So when FOXGLOVE SUMMER arrived on my doorstep, I did exactly that – every other book that was on my plate got put on hold while I set forth to devour this one. Move over, “The Boy Who Lived”, for when it comes to my favorite British wizard, his name is Peter Grant… Out of all the books so far, I feel this one reads the most like a police procedural and also has the strongest self-contained and cohesive mystery plot yet. A lot of urban fantasies sell themselves as mysteries, but this one actually feels like a mystery, with subtle clues dropped along the course of the investigation that the attentive reader might pick up and use later on to put together the pieces… Peter’s most hilarious lines are often laced with strong undertones of sarcasm and self-deprecation, and delivered with the kind of subtlety that contrasts greatly with the in-your-face type of snark that I’m so used to in my mostly American UF heroes and heroines. Oh, but how Peter Grant makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. Reading these books in public is a risk, because I never know when something Aaronovitch writes will make me guffaw out loud, drawing stares from strangers around me who all then think I’ve gone nuts… this book is a great example of how a series and its main character can grow while still retaining everything that makes the previous novels so great. An extraordinary fun ride that’s not to be missed.’ — Bibliosanctum (5* Review)

David Drake and Karl Edward Wagner’s KILLER out now in Germany!

Posted on Friday, July 24th, 2020

David Drake and Karl Edward Wagner‘s classic horror novel, KILLER is out today in Germany! Published by Festa Verlag, here’s the synopsis…

Rom vor etwa 2000 Jahren: Ein Außerirdischer soll gegen Gladiatoren kämpfen.

Lycron hatte Tiger in Indien, Löwen in den Hügeln von Mazedonien und Elefanten am Fuße des Atlasgebirges gefangen… Er war der größte aller Jäger, die den gierigen Schlund des Kolosseums mit Bestien fütterten.
Woher sollte Lycron wissen, dass die Kreatur, die er diesmal jagte, nicht von der Erde stammte? Dass sie das einzige überlebende Wesen eines abgestürzten Raumschiffs war?

Während er der Spur zerfetzter Leichen folgt, erkennt Lycron zwei Dinge: Dieses verdammte Vieh ist genauso intelligent wie er. Und überleben wird dieses Duell nur einer von ihnen.

Killer ist ein großartiger Mix aus SF, Horror und Fantasy. Mit Actionszenen voller Blut und Wucht.

Originally published by Tor Books in 1985, here’s the English-language synopsis…

On the nightmare planet Zuyle evolved a race of predators so deadly they could overrun worlds. Only two of them almost destroyed the planet Doronin. The enigmatic rulers of the galaxy ordered Doronin annihilated to stop the spread of the creatures — not knowing that one had been lost by smugglers on Earth!

Zeno represents David Drake in Translation, on behalf of Kay McCauley at Aurous, Inc.

A Lonesome October Night in Italy…

Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

Roger Zelazny‘s acclaimed A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER is available in Italy! Published by Edizioni Hypnos as NOTTE D’OTTOBRE, here’s the synopsis…

Quale misterioso evento vedrà il sorgere della luna piena durante la notte di Halloween nella Londra di fine Ottocento? Per le silenziose vie di Soho immerse in una fitta nebbia si aggira Snuff, fedele compagno di Jack, alla ricerca degli ingredienti per un oscuro rito che coinvolgerà il suo misterioso padrone. Ma Snuff e Jack non saranno i soli protagonisti del Gioco, altri “giocatori” si stanno preparando, da Jill la strega al Buon Dottore, da Rastov, il monaco folle, sino al selvaggio Talbot e al lugubre Conte, che non sopporta la luce del giorno, tutti accompagnati dai loro fedeli compagni, la gatta Graymalk, Bubo il ratto, il sibilante Quicklime, Nightwind il gufo e Needle il pipistrello. Strani e mistici fili uniscono i protagonisti, umani e non, di questo romanzo lovecraftiano, in un viaggio attraverso i giorni e le notti di un solitario ottobre. Il Gioco che determinerà ancora una volta il destino del mondo è ormai cominciato…

A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER, first published in 199, is published in the UK by Farrago, and in an ever-growing number of translated editions. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

All is not what it seems.

In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack prowls the midnight streets with his faithful watchdog Snuff – gathering together the grisly ingredients they will need for an upcoming ancient and unearthly rite. For soon after the death of the moon, black magic will summon the Elder Gods back into the world. And all manner of Players, both human and undead, are preparing to participate.

Some have come to open the gates. Some have come to slam them shut. And now the dread night approaches – so let the Game begin.

Here are just a few of the reviews the novel has received…

‘One of Zelazny’s most delightful books: Jack the Ripper’s dog Snuff narrates a mad game of teams to cause or prevent armageddon.’ — Neil Gaiman

‘The last great novel by one of the giants of the genre.’ — George R.R. Martin

‘A madcap blend of horror tropes and fantasy… There aren’t many authors who would set out to write a novel in which the Wolfman and Jack the Ripper were the two heroes… And I’m not sure anyone else could have made it work.’ — Science Fiction Chronicle

‘Sparkling, witty, delightful. Zelazny’s best for ages, perhaps his best ever.’ — Kirkus

‘A cheerful, witty, well-crafted fantasy… Its deft, understated good humor and spare, poetic prose reaffirm Zelazny as one of fantasy’s most skilled practitioners.’ — Publishers Weekly

Zeno represents Roger Zelazny in Translation, on behalf of the Zelazny Estate.

Coming Soon: Ben Aaronovitch’s EIN WEISSER SCHWAN IN TABERNACLE STREET!

Posted on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020

In late October, DTV is due to published EIN WEISSER SCHWAN IN TABERNACLE STREET, the German edition of Ben Aaronovitch‘s FALSE VALUE! The eighth novel in the author’s internationally bestselling Peter Grant/Rivers of London series, here’s the synopsis…

Peter Grant, unser Londoner Lieblings-Bobby und Zauberlehrling, steht vor völlig neuen privaten Herausforderungen. Welche ihn zu gleichen Teilen mit Panik und Begeisterung erfüllen. Beruflich bekommt er es mit der Serious Cybernetics Company zu tun, dem neuesten Projekt des Internet-Genies Terrence Skinner. Und prompt holt die Magie ihn wieder ein. Denn in den Tiefen der SCC ist ein Geheimnis verborgen: eine geheime magische Technologie, die bis weit ins 19. Jahrhundert zurückreicht, dem Zeitalter von Ada Lovelace und Charles Babbage. Und die brandgefährlich ist für die gesamte Welt.

DTV has published all of Ben’s Peter Grant novels and novellas in Germany to date. FALSE VALUE is published in the UK by Gollancz, and DAW Books in North America. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm.

Leaving his old police life behind, he takes a job with Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner’s new London start up: the Serious Cybernetics Corporation.

But magic is not finished with the Met’s first trainee wizard in fifty years…

Ben’s latest novella set in the same world, THE OCTOBER MAN, is also set in Germany and features a new protagonist: Tobias Winter. It is published by Gollancz in the UK, Subterranean Press in North America, and DTV in Germany.

Audio Spotlight: Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber in Russia

Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2020

Today, we wanted to draw your attention to the Russian audiobook editions of Roger Zelazny‘s classic, beloved Chronicles of Amber series. Published by Студия озвучания «Глагол», all ten of the novels are out now!

NINE PRINCES IN AMBER — Девять принцев Амбера
THE GUNS OF AVALON — Ружья Авалона
SIGN OF THE UNICORN — Знак Единорога
THE HAND OF OBERON — Рука Оберона
THE COURTS OF CHAOS — Владения Хаоса
TRUMPS OF DOOM — Карты Судьбы
BLOOD OF AMBER — Кровь Амбера
SIGN OF CHAOS — Знак Хаоса
KNIGHT OF SHADOW — Рыцарь Теней
PRINCE OF CHAOS — Принц Хаоса

Here’s the synopsis for the first book…

Первый законный сын Оберона Корвин вспоминает свое прошлое с помощью карт таро. С братом Рэндомом он отправляется в вечный город Амбер через Арденский лес. В лабиринте подводного города Рембы открывает правду: все миры — отражения Амбера, а он, Корвин, должен унаследовать престол внезапно исчезнувшего отца. Но за трон Янтарного королевства предстоит побороться…

The Russian print and eBook editions of the novels are published by Эксмо.

First published in English between 1970-91, here’s the English-language synopsis for NINE PRINCES IN AMBER…

Awakening in an Earth hospital unable to remember who he is or where he came from, Corwin is amazed to learn that he is one of the sons of Oberon, King of Amber, and is the rightful successor to the crown in a parallel world.

Amber, the one real world, wherein all others, including our own Earth, are but Shadows. Amber burns in Corwin’s blood. Exiled on Shadow Earth for centuries, the prince is about to return to Amber to make a mad and desperate rush upon the throne. From Arden to the blood-slippery Stairway into the Sea, the air is electrified with the powers of Eric, Random, Bleys, Caine, and all the princes of Amber whom Corwin must overcome. Yet, his savage path is blocked and guarded by eerie structures beyond imagining; impossible realities forged by demonic assassins and staggering horrors to challenge the might of Corwin’s superhuman fury.

Zeno represents Roger Zelazny in Translation, on behalf of the Zelazny Estate.

Lavie Tidhar’s UNHOLY LAND Coming Soon to France!

Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2020

Lavie Tidhar‘s acclaimed novel UNHOLY LAND is due out in France next year! To be published by Editions Mu as AUCUNE TERRE N’EST PROMISE, we wanted to take this opportunity to share the stunning cover. (We’ll update you when we have a more-certain release date and synopsis.)

The novel is out now in the UK and North America, published by Tachyon Publications. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Lior Tirosh is a semi-successful author of pulp fiction, an inadvertent time traveler, and an ongoing source of disappointment to his father.

Tirosh has returned to his homeland in East Africa. But Palestina — a Jewish state founded in the early 20th century — has grown dangerous. The government is building a vast border wall to keep out African refugees. Unrest in Ararat City is growing. And Tirosh’s childhood friend, trying to deliver a warning, has turned up dead in his hotel room. A state security officer has identified Tirosh as a suspect in a string of murders, and a rogue agent is stalking Tirosh through transdimensional rifts — possible futures that can only be prevented by avoiding the mistakes of the past.

Here are just some of the accolades the novel has received…

An NPR Best Book of 2018
A Library Journal Best Book of 2018
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
A Guardian Best Book of 2018
A Barnes & Noble Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2018
A Crime Time Book Best Book of 2018
Locus Recommended Reading List
2018 SCKA Award nominations
2018 British Science Fiction Award finalist, Best Artwork: Sarah Anne Langton

And some of the aforementioned critical-acclaim…

‘… will leave readers’ heads spinning with this disorienting and gripping alternate history… Readers of all kinds, and particularly fans of detective stories and puzzles, will enjoy grappling with the numerous questions raised by this stellar work.’ — Publishers Weekly (PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 15, 2018)

‘Lavie Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own — places that look and smell and feel real, if just a bit hauntingly alien. UNHOLY LAND develops slowly. It begins with banal strangeness (this Palestinia, so like and unlike modern-day Israel) and leans gently into it… This is a story that gets weirder the deeper you get into it; that cultivates strangeness like something precious. It has three narrators: Investigator Bloom, Tirosh and a woman, Nur, who works as a field agent for the Border Agency. There are echoes of Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union in it, wild strains of P.K. Dick and Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber. But UNHOLY LAND is its own thing. Something that no one but Tidhar could’ve written. Gorgeous in its alienness, comfortingly gray in its banality, and disquieting throughout.’ — NPR

‘UNHOLY LAND starts out hard-boiled and comes at you sideways with the speculative elements. Tidhar has blended alternative history with murder in hotel rooms, missing women, an honest-to-god Fedora and mysterious borders in a tale that evokes Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Cassablanca and Mieville’s The Cty & the City. Political and pulpy, with distinct metafictional elements, Tidhar adroitly pulls off this fantastical tale of an occupied territory.’ — Tade Thompson

‘… adventurous readers will appreciate this well-written and ambitious book. It should find a place at any library that offers high-quality literary fiction.’ — Booklist

‘Tidhar has turned a suspenseful adventure tale into a complex meditation on the possible paths of modern Jewish history.’ — Chicago Tribune

‘We are in that kind of novel, the kind that doubles back and dodges sideways. Keeping up provides its own kind of pleasure… the various points of view meet up, and the result is an altogether dizzying and masterful use of narrative voice. The clashing narrative perspectives produce something like parallax—looking out of one eye, and then the other, and then both focused together on a third point. Which is the operative metaphor of UNHOLY LAND: one of partition and perspective, the same thing seen over and over and over again through different eyes… UNHOLY LAND plays in the strange, uncomfortable DMZ between the national founding myth and the uninterrogated childhood, between the person who leaves the homeland and the one who returns.’ — Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

‘By extending Tidhar’s exploration of multiple and metafictional realities in even more sophisticated and assured ways than his earlier novels, UNHOLY LAND is quite an irritated oyster.’ — Locus (Gary K. Wolfe)