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Ben AaronovitchJames P. BlaylockSteven BrustAlgis BudrysMichael CobleyAliette De BodardMaggie FureyAmanda HemingwayAndrew HodgesCharlie HumanMatthew HughesJames LovegroveAnne LyleIan R. MacLeodJames MaxeyIan McDonaldJustina RobsonJim ShieldsMelinda SnodgrassE. J. SwiftDavid TallermanLavie TidharIan TregillisSimon UnsworthFreda Warrington

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The information in this catalogue is accurate as of March 2014.

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Ben AaronovitchRIVERS OF LONDON

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Publisher: Gollancz(UK), Del Rey (UK - #1-3) DAW Books (#4-6)

Genre: Crime, PoliceProcedural, UrbanFantasy

Material: Finishedcopies & productionPDF

Rights: Zeno / Orion

Previous ForeignRights Sold: China,Czech, France,Germany, Hungary,Italy, Japan, Korea,Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Taiwan

TThhee ffiirrsstt iinn tthhee bbeessttsseelllliinngg PPeetteerr GGrraanntt SSeerriieess

My name is Peter Grant and until January, I was just aprobationary constable in that mighty army for justice

known to all right-thinking people as the MetropolitanPolice Service (as the Filth to everybody else). My onlyconcerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the CaseProgression Unit – we do paperwork so real coppers don’thave to – and finding a way to climb into the panties of theoutrageously perky WPC Leslie May. en one night, inpursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witnessstatement from someone who was dead but disturbinglyvoluable, and that brought me to the attention of InspectorNightingale, the last wizard in England.

Now I’m a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the firstapprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhatmore complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating atruce between the warring god and goddess of the ames,and digging up graves in Covent Garden ... And there’ssomething festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious,vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twiststhem into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama ofviolence and despair.

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

Ben Aaronovitch was born and raised in London and all hiswork has reflected his abiding fascination and love for whathe modestly likes to refer to as the ‘Capital of the World’.He is the author of the critically-acclaimed, bestselling PPeetteerrGGrraanntt//RRiivveerrss ooff LLoonnddoonn urban fantasy series. He hasalso written for Dr Who (Remembrance of the Daleks).


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‘Sweet relief for readers allergic to cliché’ – LLooccuuss

‘It is smart, funny and filled with oddness’ – TTeerrrryy BBrrooookkss

‘Fresh and original and a wonderful read. I loved it’– CChhaarrllaaiinnee HHaarrrriiss

‘It’s witty... not cliché ... smart ... e main character has a greatvoice ... e language is great ...’ – PPaattrriicckk RRootthhffuussss

‘A hilarious, keenly imagined caper.’ – DDiiaannaa GGaabbaallddoonn

‘Filled with detail and imagination, the quality of thisachievement stands out’ – PPeetteerr FF.. HHaammiillttoonn

‘Thoroughly entertaining … An engaging (if occasionally vi-olent) mix of magic and police procedural, this is a great kick-off to a very promising series, as well as the most satisfyingfantasy thriller to hit bookshelves in quite some time’ – SSFFXX

‘Fast-paced paranormal police procedural ... it’s witty, fun, andfull of vivid characters, and the plot twists will keep even seasonedmystery fans guessing’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

‘Rivers of London is a classic British police procedural blendedwith a unique twist of urban fantasy in so far as it replaces theexpected testosterone with intelligence and the angst with wit… Deep down, amidst the murder and the mayhem, the anarchyand the supernatural, Aaronovitch has written a love letter tothe wonder of London, reminding us of the magic that livesthere, all the while warning us to keep an eye out for its nastyside’ – FFaannttaassyy FFaaccttiioonn

‘e quality of the prose is incredible and there is a very light,dry humour running throughout with makes the novel a joy toread, it’s delightfully clever and leaves the reader in a “feel good”mood, even in the darker moments of the story’

– SSFF BBooookk RReevviieewwss


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London, summer of 1883: illuminated ghosts haunt thestreets, and the fear of vivisection, murder, and grave

robbery terrifies the countryside.

e first Victorian adventure novel in twenty years from theauthor acknowledged to have invented the genre. A fast-paced, blockbuster tale of adventurous derring-do andnefarious villains.

James is currently writing the next novel in the Langdon St.Ives series, BBEENNEEAATTHH LLOONNDDOONN

‘At once droll and horrific, these highly mannered tales areclassic examples of this popular subgenre’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

‘St. Ives has to be one of the most fleshed out Victorian charactersever written, and I’m sincerely hoping that Blaylock isn’tfinished with this scientist adventurer.’ – WWiirreedd..ccoomm

‘From start to finish a truly immaculate story... an amazing,gripping and brilliant read’ – FFaannttaassyy BBooookk RReevviieeww

UK / US Publisher:Titan. Audible (Audio)

Genre: Victoriana, Alter-nate History, Adventure

Material: Finished copies

Rights: Zeno

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James P. BlaylockBACKLIST

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ee DDiiggggiinngg LLeevviiaatthhaann:: Southern California – sunny days,blue skies, neighbours on flying bicycles ... Ghostly submarines... Mermen off the Catalina coast ... And a vast undergroundsea, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Inland Empire,where Chinese junks ply an illicit trade, and enormouscreatures from ages past still survive. It is a place of wonder ...and dark conspiracies. A place rife with adventure – if oneknows where to look for it.

ZZeeuuggllooddoonn:: A skeletal hand clutching an iron key lies hiddenwithin a mermaid’s wooden sarcophagus; a hand-drawn mapis stolen from beneath the floorboards of an old museum; aneccentric sleeping inventor dreams of a locked passage to thecentre of the hollow earth. And by dreaming of the passage,he brings it into being ...

These feature a mysterious airship sought by many, includingthe Royal Society, a fraudulent evangelist, a fiendish

vivisectionist, an evil millionaire, and an assorted group led bythe scientist and explorer Professor Langdon St. Ives. Can St.Ives keep the homunculus out of the claws of the villainousIgnacio Narbondo?

Within the magical gears of Lord Kelvin’s incredible machinelies the secret of time. Dr. Narbondo would murder to possessit and scientist and explorer Langdon St. Ives would doanything to harness it. For the doctor, it means mastery of theworld; and for the professor it means saving his beloved wifefrom death. A daring race against time begins ...

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SELECTED AVAILABLE BACKLIST TITLES

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Steven Brust & Skyler White

THE INCREMENTALISTS

The Incrementalists – a secret society of two hundredpeople with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty

thousand years. ey cheat death, share lives and memories,and communicate with one another across nations, races,and time. They have an epic history, an almost magicalmemory, and a very modest mission: to make the worldbetter, just a little bit at a time. eir ongoing argumentabout how to do this is older than most of their individualmemories.

Phil, whose personality has stayed stable through moreincarnations than anyone else’s, has loved Celeste – andargued with her – for most of the last four hundred years.But now Celeste, recently dead, embittered, and very unstable,has changed the rules – not incrementally, and not for thebetter. Now the heart of the group must gather in Las Vegasto save the Incrementalists, and maybe the world.

‘Delightful, exciting, and sometimes brilliant, Steven Brust isthe latest in a line of great Hungarian writers, which (I have nodoubt) includes Alexandre Dumas, C. S. Forester, Mark Twain,and the author of the juciest bits of the Old Testament.’

– NNeeiill GGaaiimmaann

‘Secret societies, immortality, murder mysteries and Las Vegasall in one book? Shut up and take my money.’ – JJoohhnn SSccaallzzii

Steven Brust worked as a musician and a programmer beforeJJHHEERREEGG (1983), the first VVllaadd TTaallttooss novel, became a hit.Several more TTaallttooss novels have since followed, interspersedwith other work, including a series set thousands of yearsbefore the Taltos novels. While writing, Brust continues towork as a musician. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

US Publisher: Tor Books

Genre: Conspiracies,Secret Societies, Immor-tality, Action, Adventure

Material: ProductionPDF

Rights: Zeno (trans.) inassociation with Aurous,Inc.


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Steven Brust

VLAD TALTOS Series

US Publisher: Tor Books

Genre: Fantasy,Assassins, Magic,Thieves, Adventure



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TThhee VVllaadd TTaallttooss series follows the antics and adventures ofthe titular, wise-cracking assassin and his dragon-like

companion. Vladimir Taltos is a short-lived, short-staturedEasterner (what we would call a human) in a world mostlypopulated by the long-lived, extremely tall Dragaerans. Heis also an assassin and petty crimelord. His lifestyle and careerrequire some difficult moral choices.

Now spanning 13 books (of a projected 19), the series followsTaltos from his rookie assassin days, as he climbs the criminalcareer ladder, and his selfless feats of (sometimes rash) heroism.He finds himself caught in the middle of a great manyconflicts – not to mention an apocalyptic battle between twosorcerous armies.

‘Watch Steven Brust. He's good. He moves fast. He surprisesyou. Watching him untangle the diverse threads of intrigue,honor, character and mayhem from amid the gears of a worldas intricately constructed as a Swiss watch is a rare pleasure.’

– RRooggeerr ZZeellaazznnyy

Steven Brust worked as a musician and a programmer beforeJJHHEERREEGG (1983), the first VVllaadd TTaallttooss novel, became a hit.Several more TTaallttooss novels have since followed, interspersedwith other work, including a series set thousands of yearsbefore the Taltos novels. While writing, Brust continues towork as a musician. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Algis Budrys (Estate)

SELECTED AVAILABLE BACKLIST TITLES

Classy, classic SF from multiple Hugo & Nebula nominee Algis Budrys –one of the true unsung masters of the craft. UK/BC eBook rights for thebacklist just sold to Gollancz, who have also just published RRoogguuee MMoooonn intheir SSFF MMaasstteerrwwoorrkkss series. CCoonnttaacctt uuss ffoorr aa ffuullll lliisstt ooff aavvaaiillaabbllee ttiittlleess.


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It was named Bringer of Battles, three hundred worldsorbiting a single artificial star; three hundred battlefieldswhere different species vie for mastery and triumph. ewhole theatre of war is a cage where conflict is a game, brutal,savage and sudden. In this arena, all must bend the knee tothe Lords of Permutation (and the ancient sentient weaponswith which they have merged) or suffer indescribable agonies.

Trapped in this draconian crucible of death, Brannan Pyke,captain and smuggler, must find a way to fight his way tofreedom.

Because in the Bringer of Battles the game of war is playedto the death – and beyond.

UK / US Publisher:Orbit, Audible (audio)

Genre: Science Fiction

Material: Pending

Rights: Zeno

Previous Rights Sold:France, Germany,Poland

Michael CobleyANCESTRAL MACHINES


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Michael CobleyHUMANITY’S FIRE Series

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‘A complex, finely detailed thriller-cum-space opera ... well-realised extraterrestrials, scheming artificial intelligences, set-piece space battles and bizarre technology from the dawn of thegalaxy. e first book of the trilogy is also a convincing portrayalof political machinations and the plight of individuals caught upin events beyond their comprehension’ – GGuuaarrddiiaann

‘Well-constructed space opera with a sense of vast scope, populatedwith an array of beautifully differentiated intelligences bothorganic and artificial ... this is a thick and satisfying 10-coursemeal of starchy pageantry, meaty characters, bitter losses, andsweet romance’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

‘Cobley writes energetic space opera, rarely dallying with sentimentand mostly assaulting the reader with exotic locations and suddenskirmishes ... joyous moments of invention’ – SSFFXX

‘e story is huge, complex and moves between its varied castwith assured purpose... a tightly plotted, action packed epic thatleaves you wanting more’ – SScciiFFii NNooww

‘Fast and exciting... an excellent middle book in the trilogy,expanding on SSEEEEDDSS OOFF EEAARRTTHH and setting everything inplace for a thrilling conclusion’ – WWaatteerrssttoonnee’’ss BBooookk QQuuaatteerrllyy

Michael Cobley was born in Leicester, England, but for mostof his life has lived in or near Glasgow, Scotland. Afterselling a number of short stories, Michael’s first trilogy,SShhaaddoowwkkiinnggss, was a precursor to ‘grimdark’ fantasy. TheHHuummaanniittyy’’ss FFiirree series has been selling impressively on bothsides of the Atlantic.


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It is the beginning of the 21st Century, and Paris is a city ofwitches and alchemists; of warlocks and Fallen angels; wherethe colonies still feed an irrepressible appetite for noveltyand distractions. e Great Magicians’ War has come andgone, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. e GrandMagasins are haunted ruins; Notre-Dame is a burnt-outshell, and the Seine has turned black with ashes and rubbleand the remnants of the spells that tore the city apart.

ere is not much magic left, and what little there is residesin the Fallen. ey are magic; made of raw, unadulteratedpower that they can pass on with nothing more than a breathor a touch.

Madeleine was once a powerful witch; but she now works asan alchemist for the House of Silverspires, transferring magicfrom Fallen to humans. She bottles elixirs that distil thebreath of the Fallen into devastating weapons; and grindsthe bones of dead Fallen into ‘angel dust’, a drug that grantsmagical powers to those who inhale it.

But Silverspires has become a dangerous place to dwell.ere is something unwelcome in the House; somethingdark and powerful, something that has killed and will killagain...

Aliette de Bodard is one of the hottest rising stars in theworld of SF and Fantasy. Her debut trilogy, OObbssiiddiiaann &&BBlloooodd, was published by Angry Robot to much acclaim. Shelives in Paris.

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Material: Proposal andsample chapters

Rights: Zeno

Aliette De BodardHOUSE OF SHATTERED WINGS

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Aliette De Bodard

OBSIDIAN & BLOOD Series

UK/US Publisher:Angry Robot

Genre: Aztec-FlavouredFantasy

Material: Finishedcopies

Rights: Zeno

Foreign Rights Sold:France

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‘I’m a big fan of de Bodard’s short work, and this is a great concept.’– JJoohhnn SSccaallzzii,, WWhhaatteevveerr

‘A wonderfully tense and evocative story ... de Bodard’s writing ispolished and striking... paints a mosaic that is in turns beautiful,grimy, breathtaking, and morbid’ – JJoosshh VVooggtt,, EExxaammiinneerr..ccoomm

‘An Aztec priest of the dead tries to solve a murder mystery, andfinds that politics may be even more powerful than magic. A vividportrayal of an interesting culture in a truly fresh fantasy novel.’

– KKeevviinn JJ.. AAnnddeerrssoonn


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Maggie Furey

CHRONICLES OF THE XANDIM Series

UK Publisher: Gollancz

Genre: Fantasy

Material: Finishedcopies Book One, manuscript Book Two

Rights: Gollancz(trans.), Zeno (US)

Foreign Rights Sold:Holland

Previous ForeignRights Sold: Germany,France, Holland, Italy,Spain, Sweden

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Returning to the lands of Aurian, and set in the distantpast of the Magefolk. This was the time when the

Artefacts of Power were created, and lives were torn apart bythe Mage Wars. In those days, the Magefolk were comprisedof four disparate races: the human Wizards, masters of earthmagic; the winged Skyfolk, who controlled the magic of air;the Leviathan, who ruled the powers of the watery realms;and the great Dragonfolk, whose province was the magic offire. But while the four races of the Magefolk strove and viedamongst themselves to master the powers of magic bothgood and evil, a new race was emerging, who would come toplay a vital part in these phenomenal events.

As the story opens, the Xandim are little more than simplebeasts. Enslaved by the fey and powerful Phaerie, masters ofthe Old Magic, they have been trapped in their horse formsfor so long that they have forgotten they once held a humanshape. Only one of the tribe knows better: the Windeye, theshaman of the Xandim. is is the story of his epic quest tofree his people.

Maggie Furey established herself as a name to watch when,back in 1994, she was the inaugural winner of the WHSmithsFresh Talent Award. She has since gone on to be a majorbestseller in the UK and the US, and is now one of the UK’sformost female fantasy writers. Her previous titles includethe AArrttiiffaaccttss ooff PPoowweerr sequence – AAuurriiaann, HHaarrpp ooff WWiinnddss, eeSSwwoorrdd ooff FFllaammee and DDhhiiaammaarrrraa – and the SShhaaddoowwlleeaagguuee series– HHeeaarrtt ooff MMyyrriiaall, ee SSppiirriitt ooff tthhee SSttoonnee and ee EEyyee ooffEEtteerrnniittyy.


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Amanda Hemingway (as Jan Siegel)

UK/US Publisher:Solaris

Genre:YA Fantasy

Material: Edited MS /production PDF

Rights: Zeno

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Wearied by endless aeons of immortality, the Dark Lordin his Dark Tower plans to lapse into limbo until the

end of Time. But he still has to choose a successor to takeover his evil empire: someone to wear the Horned Crown,wield the Sceptre of Fire, and sit behind the gleaming Deskin the Circular Office overseeing the downfall of humanity.

e ancient spirits who might have followed him are allweakened or jaded; he must find a mortal heir (or heiress),who will sit on his throne and assume his immortal powers.A group of would-be apprentices, young, enthusiastic, andmalleable, are trapped in a space/time prism. They existin various dimensions of magic and the past, undergoinghideous trials to turn them to the dark side. ose who sur-vive – if any – will emerge to compete for the ultimateprize…

Meanwhile, the few who learn of his plan are trying todefeat him – including an incompetent teen witch, anunderage lawyer and an aspiring chef. With the help of a fatcat and a set of talking dentures, they must find an absenteewizard and rescue the wannabe Satans – before it is too late.

‘A somewhat tongue-in-cheek tale spanning time and space ... afascinating, ambitious beginning’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

‘With a hint of the sinister and a smidgen of silliness, it’s suchbloody good fun that it’s a pleasure most piquant to welcome herback to the business of witty literature’ – SSppeeccuullaattiivvee SSccoottssmmaann

THE DEVIL’S APPRENTICE

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Andrew Hodges

ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA

UK Publisher: Vintage

US Publisher: Princeton UniversityPress

Material: ProductionPDF / finished copies

Rights: Zeno

Foreign Rights Sold:Germany, France, Italy,Poland, Finland, China,Japan, Israel, Greece

Movie Rights: BlackBear Pictures (now inproduction)

Since 1972 Andrew Hodges has been working on the theoryof twistors, the new approach to the problems of fundamentalphysics pioneered by the mathematician Roger Penrose.His interest in the mysterious figure of Alan Turing developedpartly from his mathematical background, but also from hisparticipation in the gay liberation movement of the 1970s.In 1977 he decided only a full-length biography of Turingcould do justice to the issues involved, and this, his first full-length book, appeared in 1983.

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Andrew Hodges’s biography of Alan Turing, the brilliantCambridge mathematician who masterminded the

cracking of the German Enigma code. He was the the fatherof the modern computer.

‘e paperback buy of the season.’ – SSuunnddaayy TTiimmeess

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Andrew Hodges

Movie Adaptation of ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA

� Produced by Black Bear Pictures

� Directed by Morten Tyldum

� After a ‘fierce bidding war’, US Rights distributionrights bought by the Weinstein Co. for a record $7million,‘the highest price paid ever for U.S. rights on a movie at theEuropean Film Market’ (Deadline Hollywood)

� Weinstein Co. interest often linked with Oscar Buzz(their other projects include: e King’s Speech, eArtist, Silver Linings Playbook, Philomena)

� Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kiera Knightley andMark Strong

Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing – Image Copyright: Black Bear Pictures


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Charlie Human

APOCALYPSE NOW NOW and KILL BAXTER

Publisher: Century(UK), Random Struik(South Africa), TitanBooks (USA)

Genre: Sharp modernfantasy with a SouthAfrican Twist

Material: Edited MS

Rights: Zeno

Foreign Rights Sold:Czech, Italy, Japan,Turkey

‘It’s mad and dark and irreverent andwonderfully twisted in all the right ways.’

– LLaauurreenn BBeeuukkeess, author of ee SShhiinniinngg GGiirrllss

II lloovvee tthhee ssmmeellll ooff ppaarraalllleell ddiimmeennssiioonnss iinn tthhee mmoorrnniinngg......

Baxter Zevcenko’s life is pretty sweet. As the 16-year-oldkingpin of the Spider, his smut-peddling schoolyard

syndicate, he’s making a name for himself as an up-and-coming entrepreneur. Profits are on the rise, the other gangs arestaying out of his business, and he’s going out with Esme, thegirl of his dreams.

But when Esme gets kidnapped, and all the clues point towardsstrange forces at work, things start to get seriously weird. eonly man drunk enough to help is a bearded, booze-soaked,supernatural bounty hunter who goes by the name of Jackson‘Jackie’ Ronin.

Plunged into the increasingly bizarre landscape of Cape Town’ssupernatural underworld, Baxter and Ronin team up to saveEsme. On a journey that takes them through the realms ofimpossibility, they must face every conceivable nightmare toget her back, including the odd brush with the Apocalypse.

‘With a wild imagination and savage glee, Charlie Human throwsus a school-yard battle zone that’s part teenage wasteland, partLovecraft fever dream. Rock and Roll High School meets theapocalypse.’

– RRiicchhaarrdd KKaaddrreeyy, author of the SSaannddmmaann SSlliimm series

Charlie Human is a denizen of South Africa’s speculativefiction scene. He has an MA in Creative Writing from theUniversity of Cape Town. His short story, ee IImmmmaaccuullaatteePPaarrttiiccllee, appeared in PPaannddeemmoonniiuumm:: SSttoorriieess ooff tthhee AAppooccaallyyppssee,and LLaanndd ooff tthhee BBlliinndd was printed in the UK version of ZZooooCCiittyy by Lauren Beukes.


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‘A towering talent’ – RRoobbeerrtt JJ.. SSaawwyyeerr

Ahilariously demonic romp through Hell and Back.When mild-mannered actuary Chesney Artstruther

accidentally summons a demon and refuses to sell his soul,Hell goes on strike. But, with no demons to tempt mankind,the world slows down. No temptation means no ambition,and no drive – the world’s manufacturing and agriculturesuffers, and something must be done! Chesney agrees to help,but in return he wants to be a superhero with a demonicsidekick.

‘This is a funny and surprisingly endearing book with someinteresting discussions about the role of sin and our reactions to it.’

– ee GGuuaarrddiiaann

‘Hughes continues to carve out a unique place for himself in thefantasy-mystery realm. A droll narrative voice, dry humor andan alternate universe that’s accessible without explicit expositionmake this a winner.’ – PPuubblliisshheerr’’ss WWeeeekkllyy

‘Matthew Hughes has accomplished something unique: he haswritten a novel, without illustrations, that conveys the tone andfeel of comics published during their Golden Age.’

– RReedd RRooookk RReevviieeww

Born in Liverpool, Matthew Hughes moved with his familyto Canada when he was just five years old and in his ownwords, ‘I’ve made my living as a writer all of my adult life, firstas a journalist, then as a staff speechwriter to the CanadianMinisters of Justice and Environment, and – from 1979 untila few years back – as a freelance corporate and political speech-writer in British Columbia. I am a former director of theFederation of British Columbia Writers and I used to belong toMensa Canada, but these days I’m conserving my energies towrite fiction.’

UK / US Publisher:Angry Robot

Genre: Comic UrbanFantasy

Material: Finishedcopies / production PDF

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Matthew Hughes

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PANTHEON Series

James Lovegrove

‘Fantastic action sequences throughout ... In particular the final battle forValhalla was very well done and had an almost cinematic quality to it … Iwish the book were longer’ – EEllooqquueenntt PPaaggee

‘The action is just unbelievably good … the monster hunts and later thedirect fights with the Gods are the highlights of the book, while the humorand the jibes balance the tension well’ – FFaannttaassyy BBooookk CCrriittiicc

‘What starts as a routine revenge cum police-procedural drama … soonescalates into a full-blown thriller … Higher on action and violence thanLovegrove’s previous books, the novel still manages to portray convincingly thepsychology of its two antiheroes and paint a vivid picture of Aztec lore’

– GGuuaarrddiiaann


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James Lovegrove

PANTHEON Series

ANew York Times bestselling series of standalone military-SF adventures, set in worlds dominated by the ancient

divine pantheons. Action-packed and expertly researched.

Each book in the series takes one of the ancient divinepantheons and reimagines them in a science fiction

context, using the old myths and the relationships betweenthe gods as a springboard for a thriller plot. e series looksat the sometimes fractious relationships between deities andthe people who worship them, and the sometimes antagonisticrelationships among the deities themselves. Each pantheon isa dysfunctional family.

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James Lovegrove is the author of nearly 40 acclaimed novelsand books for children. Most recently James has producedthe Pantheon series, a set of standalone military-SF adventurescombining high-tech weaponry and ancient gods.

‘e kind of complex, action-orientated SF Dan Brown wouldwrite if Dan Brown could write’ – ee GGuuaarrddiiaann

‘Pick up James Lovegrove’s latest novel and you can rest assuredthat you’re safe in the hands of a master craftsman’ – SSFFXX

‘e action is just unbelievably good … the monster hunts andlater the direct fights with the Gods are the highlights of the book,while the humor and the jibes balance the tension well’

– FFaannttaassyy BBooookk CCrriittiicc

‘A mind-blowing, adrenaline pumping read … Lovegrove’smanaged to enthrall me yet again with his marvelous world-building, fantastic action writing and a well-paced out read’

– FFoouunnddiinngg FFiieellddss

UK/US Publisher:Solaris

Genre:Military Sci-Fi

Material:Manuscripts

Rights: Zeno (trans.)


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When Tudor explorers returned from the New World,they brought back a name out of half-forgotten

Viking legend: skraylings. Red-sailed ships followed in theexplorers’ wake, bringing Native American goods – and askrayling ambassador – to London. But what do theseseemingly magical beings really want in Elizabeth I’s capital?

Mal Catlyn, a down-at-heel swordsman, is seconded to theambassador’s bodyguard, but assassination attempts are theleast of his problems. What he learns about the skraylingsand their unholy powers could cost England her new ally –and Mal Catlyn his soul.

‘With an effective mix of espionage, backstage drama, and mystery,Lyle provides compelling drama in an intriguing setting’

– PPuubblliisshheerr’’ss WWeeeekkllyy

‘Anne Lyle creates an alternate Elizabethan England done right.With a twisting plot, endearing characters, fast-paced action,and truly unique and alien “fey”, Lyle steps up and gives noticeto the genre. A great first installment in a promising new series’

– DDoouuggllaass HHuulliicckk,, author of AAmmoonngg iieevveess


Genre: Fantasy


Rights: Zeno

Anne lives in Cambridge, a city full of medieval and Tudorbuildings, where cattle graze on the common land much asthey did in Shakespeare’s London. She prides herself on beingable to ride a horse (badly), sew a sampler and cut a quill penbut hasn’t the least idea how to drive one of those new-fangled automobile thingies.

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RED SNOW

Ian R. MacLeod

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Akiller heads west across the plains in the aftermath of theAmerican Civil War, searching for an explanation for whathe’s become. Once a man of science, ‘vampire’ isn’t a wordhe uses, yet he subdues whatever’s inside him with lethaldoses of morphine. Summoned to a Kansas railhead to visitthe dying woman he once thought he loved, he has no choicebut to go. ere, he’s drawn ever deeper into a deadly dance.It goes back to the strange old man he encountered andkilled, but was somehow infected by, as the Civil War’s lastbattle ended. Now, it seems the trail leads from Kansas andinto his dreams of another existence, along the new railroadstowards the cities of the east with their teeming life and newwealth. As the killer heads east with his old life in wreckage,and now encumbered by an orphan Indian girl infected byhis blood, he realises that he must become as bad, and asstrong, as the thing he has to destroy.

RReedd SSnnooww brings new depth and history to some age-oldmyths. It resonates with the struggle between science andthe supernatural, and between good and bad. Combiningthe romance of Anne Rice with the vivid realism of CormacMcCarthy, it is a novel of universal questions. It encompassestriumph of the human spirit wrapped inside a dark andgripping tale.

A lengthy excerpt of RReedd SSnnooww was be published as a novellaby PS Publishing, entitled ee RRééppaarraatteeuurr ooff SSttrraassbboouurrgg.

Genre: Cross Genre:Crime/SF/Fantasy/Alternate History

Material: Proposal andsample chapters

Rights: Zeno

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Ian R. MacLeodSELECTED AVAILABLE BACKLIST TITLES

Ian R. MacLeod’s work has previously sold in the Czech Republic, Spain,France, Germany and Japan. CCoonnttaacctt uuss ffoorr aa ffuullll lliisstt ooff aavvaaiillaabbllee ttiittlleess..


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James Maxey is the author of BBiitttteerrwwoooodd, DDrraaggoonnffoorrggee andDDrraaggoonnsseeeedd. After graduating from the Odyssey FantasyWriters’ Workshop and Orson Scott Card’s Writer’s BootCamp, James broke into the publishing world in 2002 when hewon a Phobos Award for his short story, Empire of Dreamsand Miracles. Phobos Books later published James’ debut novel,the cult-classic superhero tale NNoobbooddyy GGeettss tthhee GGiirrll. Hisshort stories have since appeared in Asimov’s and numerousanthologies. James Maxey lives in Chapel Hill, NC.

UK / US Publisher:Solaris

Genre: Fantasy – withbig, mean dragons!


Rights: Zeno

Previous ForeignRights Sold: France,Germany

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Greatshadow is the primal dragon of fire, an elementalevil whose malign intellegence spies upon mankind

through every candle flame, waiting to devour any carelessvictim he can claim. e Church of the Book has assembleda team of twelve battle-hardened adventurers to slay thedragon once and for all. But tensions run high between theleaders of the team who view the mission as a holy duty andthe super-powered mercanaries who add power to theirranks, who view the mission primarily as a chance to claimGreatshadow’s vast treasure trove. If the warriors fail to slaythe beast, will they doom mankind to death by fire?

James Maxey fuses Tolkien with the X-Men in this fastand furious, fun-filled fantasy.

‘All the elements I wanted, solid fight sequences, heroes of epicproportions and of course a plotline that doesn’t let up from thestart to the end’ – FFaallccaattaa TTiimmeess BBlloogg

‘Greatshadow is a clever, funny, goofy read’ – PPoorrnnookkiittsscchh

‘e most fun book I’ve read in months. It plays with archetypes,it’s intense with just a bit of silly, and there’s a nice romantic arc.In short: Lots of win’ – RRaannttiinngg DDrraaggoonn

James Maxey

DRAGON APOCALYPSE Series


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There is not one you. ere are many yous. ere is notone world. ere are many worlds. Ours is one among

billions of parallel earths.

When Everett Singh’s scientist father is kidnapped from thestreets of London, he leaves young Everett a mysterious appon his computer. Suddenly, this teenager becomes theowner of the most valuable object in the multiverse – theInfundibulum – the map of all the parallel earths, and thereare dark forces who will stop at nothing to get it ...

Publisher: Pyr (US),Jo Fletcher Books (UK)

Genre: YA ScienceFiction


Foreign Rights Sold:France, Russia,Hungary, Bulgaria

Rights: Zeno

Ian McDonaldEVERNESS


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Ian McDonald is an award winning Science Fiction author. His novels includeBBrraassyyll (2007), RRiivveerr ooff GGooddss (2004), AArreess EExxpprreessss (2001), KKiirriinnyyaa (1998), andDDeessoollaattiioonn RRooaadd (1988). He has been extensively published all over the world.

Ian McDonald

EVERNESS (cont.)

‘Planesrunner is chock-full of awesome. e kind of guns-blazing fantasy that makes mewish I could pop through to the next reality over, join the Airish, and take to the skies’

– PPaaoolloo BBaacciiggaalluuppii

‘Ian McDonald is one of the greats of science fiction, and his young adult debut is everythingyou could hope for: romantic, action-packed, wildly imaginative, and full of heart’

– CCoorryy DDooccttoorrooww

‘is is vintage McDonald, with beautifully drawn settings, complex characters and deftplotting’ – GGuuaarrddiiaann

‘Boy, this book was fun ... Planesrunner is one of those novels that grabs hold of you fromthe very beginning and then just never lets go until the very end’ – TToorr..ccoomm

‘McDonald writes with scientific and literary sophistication, as well as a wicked sense ofhumor. Add nonstop action, eccentric characters, and expert universe building, and thisfirst volume of the Everness series is a winner’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

‘Smart, clever and abundantly original, with suspense that grabs your eyeballs, this is realscience fiction for all ages. More! More!’ – KKiirrkkuuss

‘A pacy book filled with tropes McDonald takes from across the genre and makes his own,whether it is AI or nanotech, unpeopled Earths or post-apocalyptic worlds ... I can’t waitto see what happens next’ – SSttrraannggee HHoorriizzoonnss

‘Few authors out there are world-crafters on a par with McDonald. He builds tactileecosystems out of words, vivid and viscous enough to touch’ – LLiitteerraarryy BBeellffaasstt

‘Non-stop action, the cool mishmash of genres and ideas, the interesting and subtly doneinterpersonal dynamics ... this series has a lot of really awesome things going for it. Itis fast-paced and exciting and has a diverse protagonist and is very original and has peoplesolving problems with science and plenty of airship chases and things exploding andparallel universe jumping’ – FFyyrreeflflyy’’ss BBooookkss

‘A perfectly balanced tale of science and adventure ... an incredible read, and I recommendit to anyone who likes science fiction. I think the world building and amazing executionwill impress many readers’ – SSppeeccuullaattiinngg oonn SSppeeccFFiicc


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Justina RobsonTHE GLORIOUS ANGELS

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Tralane Huntingore is a rare breed; last in a line of magiadepts with a unique skill in slicing up archaeotechnology;

the lost miracles of forgotten ages. Her life is a peacefulscholastic idyll at the heart of a matriarchal imperium untila trespass on ancient alien land begins a war. An arms racebegins in which her skills and her family become keyweapons. Paired up with an alien peacekeeper and working ina warzone, Tralane is about to make some discoveries thatwill turn the known world upside down.

UK Publisher: Gollancz

Genre: SF/Fantasy, farfuture second worldplanetary romance withretrocybernetics andgenetic engineering!

Material: Editedmanuscript

Rights: Zeno

Previous ForeignRights Sold: France,Germany, Italy, Czech,Netherlands

‘Thought-provoking. Fans of the sweeping, politically andpsychologically aware space opera of Iain M. Banks and KenMacLeod will be intrigued by Robson’s setting and the new slantshe takes on universal questions’

– PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy on NNaattuurraall HHiissttoorryy

‘is isn’t SF for SF readers. is is SF for a generation raised onanime, manga, and MMORPGs’

– AAiinn’’tt IItt CCooooll NNeewwss on QQuuaannttuumm GGrraavviittyy

‘This fast-paced techno-fantasy will delight fans of manga-influenced action and violence’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

‘e work of a smart and sexy novelist having smart and sexyfun’ – LLooccuuss

Justina Robson was born in Leeds in 1968. An incrediblyexciting talent in the world of Science Fiction, she has beennominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Arthur C.Clarke Award, the BSFA Award and John W. CampbellAward.


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UK Publisher: Tor UK

US Publisher: Spectra,Pyr

Audio Rights: Audible

Material: Edited manuscripts / finishedcopies


Foreign Rights Sold:Germany, Spain,Audible

‘A novelist of real vision’ – ZZaaddiiee SSmmiitthh

‘Cerebral and absorbing ... Robson’s prose is lean and dynamic,and the speculative concepts are cutting edge and ultra cool. Astartlingly innovative take on the tried-and-true theme of artificialintelligence’ – KKiirrkkuuss on SSiillvveerr SSccrreeeenn

‘ought-provoking SF’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

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Jim Shields

BABY STRANGE

Publisher:PS Publishing

Genre: SupernaturalCrime Thriller


Rights: Zeno

Jim Shields is a multiple award winning and multi BAFTAnominated director/writer. BBaabbyy SSttrraannggee is his first novel.He lives in Glasgow.

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e Con Man: ‘Reverend’ Joe McGill claims he’s a healer,but he’s chosen the wrong man to con.

e Psychotic Gangster: Arthur Bewlay has cancer eatingaway at his face. He’s in no mood to be messed around –either by fake miracle workers or his dead brother Tommy –and he’ll stop at nothing in his desperate desire to live.

e Eccentric Recluse: Maryam Clemenceau is just whatboth McGill and Bewlay need – a real miracle worker witha bona fide gift. But it comes at a considerable cost.

e Architect: e sinister link between Maryam’s Gothicapartment block, and Bewlay’s boarded-up, abandonedVictorian pub – buildings that are contaminated with fearand the echoes of an old and ominous power.

BBaabbyy SSttrraannggee opens with Joe beaten and bound in the backof a car, on his way to an appointment with a cement pitunder a Glasgow flyover ... this is not to be the lowest pointof his day.

PS Publishing are publishing a Limited Edition of BBaabbyySSttrraarrnnggee in April 2014.


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Melinda Snodgrass

Imperials Series - THE HIGH GROUND

Publishers: TitanBooks (UK, US)

Genre: Science Fiction,Space Opera, Action,Adventure

Material: Detailed proposal, samplechapters (unedited)

Rights: Zeno (trans.) onbehalf of Kay McCauleyat Aurous Inc.

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high-born daughter of the Emperor. eir destinies becomeentwined when, coming of age, they reluctantly enter the elitemilitary space academy, e High Ground, bowing to theirparents’ expectations.

Thus begins a saga spanning thirty years, telling of theiradventures, trials and tribulations. We will trace their livesthrough military service, court-martials, and civil war. estory will culminate in a confrontation with an alien speciescapable of eradicating all life in the galaxy.

Along the way, alliances, love affairs and bitter enmities will beforged. An ancient alien manipulation of human developmentwill be discovered. And however high our protagonists mayrise, or however low they may fall, it is the people they meet inthat first year at the academy that will forever leave their markon the lives of our heroes.

eir actions will have a profound impact on the politics ofthis universe, and the very survival of the human race ...

Melinda Snodgrass has had many varied careers – studyingopera at the Conservatory of Vienna, working as a practicingattorney, writing novels, and working in Hollywood on SSttaarrTTrreekk:: ee NNeexxtt GGeenneerraattiioonn, and numerous other shows. Sheco-edits the WWiilldd CCaarrdd series with George R. R. Martin, andshe is currently penning the script for a WWiilldd CCaarrddss movie forUniversal Pictures. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


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Melinda SnodgrassTHE EDGE Series

Publishers: Tor Books(US), Titan Books (UK)

Genre: ContemporaryFantasy


Rights: Zeno (trans.) onbehalf of Kay McCauleyat Aurous Inc.

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Richard Oort is a cop. He’s also the last Paladin: a reluctanthero, fated to defend the world against demonic forces

that threaten to plunge us into another Dark Age.

Richard is on patrol one night when he leaps to the defenseof a terrified young woman fleeing something impossible:beings that can only be described as monsters. Beings thatcan only have been created by magic. But in saving thebeautiful Rhianna, he gets drawn into the machinations ofa mysterious billionaire who just might be Prometheus andLucifer. And who claims to be waging a millennia-old war onthe side of reason and light, defending humanity from othersof his kind – who want nothing more than to see us destroyourselves with superstition, religion, darkness and fear.

But when Richard discovers he’s a Paladin – product of agenetic fluke that enables him to wield Lucifer’s sword – hebecomes a central figure in the battle between Light andDarkness. But is he strong enough to bear the burden?

‘If H. P. Lovecraft and H. L. Mencken had ever collaborated,they might have come up with something like e Edge of Reason.is one will delight thinkers – and outrage true believers – ofall stripes’ – GGeeoorrggee RR.. RR.. MMaarrttiinn

‘Snodgrass strongly and convincingly highlights the danger ofunreason’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

'Snodgrass has a thick, meaty writing style that will satisfy thehungriest reader ... Events in this novel will challenge thebeliefs and thought systems of many and leave readers questioningthemselves – but in a highly satisfying manner’

– RRTT BBooookk RReevviieewwss


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Nobody leaves Osiris. Adelaide Rechnov – wealthy socialiteand granddaughter of the Architect, she spends her time

in pointless luxury, rebelling against her family in a seriesof jaded social extravagances and scandals until her twinbrother disappears in mysterious circumstances.

Vikram Bai – lives in the Western Quarter, home to the poordescendants of storm refugees and effectively quarantined fromthe wealthy elite. His people live with cold and starvation, butthe coming brutal winter promises civil unrest, and a re-turn to the riots of previous years.

As tensions rise in the city, can Adelaide and Vikram bridgethe divide at the heart of Osiris before conspiracies bringthem to the edge of disaster?

‘A glittering first novel: a kind of flooded Gormenghast treatedwith the alienated polish of DeLillo’s Cosmopolis. e result isa gripping novel, readable, beautiful, politically engaged andwholly accomplished. Swift is a ridiculously talented writer’

– AAddaamm RRoobbeerrttss

‘A fantastic blend of world-building, excellent storytelling andcomplex characters … An engrossing story from start to finish’

– SSFF SSiiggnnaall

‘Swift’s first novel, with its brilliant near-future vision of anecologically and socially devastated world and characters whoresonate with life and passion, marks her as an author to watch’

– LLiibbrraarryy JJoouurrnnaall

THE OSIRIS PROJECT

E. J. Swift

Publisher: Night ShadeBooks (US), Del Rey(UK)


Rights: Zeno

E.J. Swift spent 18 months living and working in Paris beforereturning to London to complete the MA in Creative Writingprogramme at Royal Holloway. OOssiirriiss is her first novel.


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EASIE DAMASCO Trilogy

David Tallerman


Genre: Fantasy


Foreign Rights Sold:Germany

Rights: Zeno

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Meet Easie Damasco, rogue, thieving swine and totalcharmer.

He’s a sneak thief and a con man. Yet even the wicked can’trest when a vicious warlord and the force of enslaved giantshe commands invade their homeland. Even then, Damascomight escape in one piece –– if only he’d stop at stealing a giantand keep his light fingers away from the warlord's treasure.

Now Damasco is fleeing for his life, with only his wits anda monosyllabic, pacifist giant on his side, an army on hisheels, and the local resistance movement making dangerousdemands on his time. Damasco wants nothing more than tokeep his pockets lined and his skin intact, and he’ll do anythingand betray anyone to make sure those things happen. Butwith the fact of an entire land and two peoples falling on hisshoulders, can even he avoid playing the hero forever?

David Tallerman was born and raised in the northeast ofEngland. Increasingly, his writing has tended to push andmerge genres, and to incorporate influences from his othergreat loves, comic books and cinema –– two fields David hasoften discussed in non-fiction and plans to develop in hiswork over the coming months.

‘Breathless pace… Damasco resembles a landlocked version ofJack Sparrow… e atypical backdrop, self-aware style anddownplaying of magics bring to mind the contemporary fantasiesof Scott Lynch and Joe Abercrombie.’ –– SSFFXX MMaaggaazziinnee


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Lavie TidharA MAN LIES DREAMING

UK Publisher:Hodder

Genre: Literary, Alternate History


Rights: Zeno (trans.),Hodder (US)

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Deep in the heart of history’s most infamous concentrationcamp a man lies dreaming. His name is Shomer, and

before the war he was the author of lurid pulp fiction.

Now, to escape the brutal reality of life in Auschwitz, Shomerspends his nights imagining another world – a world wherethe Nazis never rose to power, Britain is gripped in a freezingwinter of political unrest, and an exiled detective must go insearch of a killer and a missing girl down the mean streets ofLondon. He is a man both tarnished and afraid... a mannamed Wolf.

An extraordinary story of revenge and redemption, AA MMaannLLiieess DDrreeaammiinngg is the unforgettable testament to the power ofimagination.

‘e most interestingly adventurous writer of [201�] ... [takes]decided risks with the question of how freely SF methods canappropriate sensitive historical material ... Tidhar plots like amad paintballer, sometimes missing the mark but always makinga splash’ –– LLooccuuss RReeccoommmmeennddeedd RReeaaddiinngg LLiisstt 22001133

Born on a kibbutz in Israel, Lavie Tidhar’s unusual childhoodhas inspired a life devoted to books and travelling. He has livedin South Africa, Laos and Vanuatu, but currently resides inLondon. Lavie is the 2012 World Fantasy Award-winningauthor of OOssaammaa. His work has also won him British Fantasy,Kitschies and BSFA awards. His other award nominationsinclude the Campbell Award, the Sturgeon Award, theSidewise Award, Israel’s Geffen Award, and others.


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THE VIOLENT CENTURY

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UK Publisher:Hodder

US Publisher:PS Publishing

Genre: Literary ScienceFiction



Foreign Rights Sold:Japan, Poland

They’d never meant to be heroes. For seventy years theyguarded the British Empire. Oblivion and Fogg,

inseparable friends, bound together by a shared fate. Untilone night in Berlin, in the aftermath of World War II, anda secret that tore them apart. But there must always be anaccount ... Recalled to the Retirement Bureau from which noone can retire, Fogg and Oblivion must face up to a pastof terrible war and unacknowledged heroism –– a life of dustycorridors and secret rooms, of furtive meetings and blood-stained fields –– to answer one last, impossible question: Whatmakes a hero?

‘A brilliantly etched phantasmagoric reconfiguring of that mostsizzling of eras – the twilight 20th ... is book has it all: timetravel, political intrigue, hellacious history ... You’ve got super-heroes in the guise of regular humans, you've got World War II... e Violent Century is a torrid tour de force!’

– JJaammeess EEllllrrooyy

‘[A] high stakes tale of friendship and what it ultimately meansto truly be a hero... Tidhar has created a book that oozes excellencein both characterisation and storytelling.’ – HHuuffiffinnggttoonn PPoosstt

‘Tidhar synthesises the geeky and the political in a vision ofworld events that breaks new superhero ground ... the world-building is so profoundly smart... Using fantasy to reassertthe awful reality of the 20th century is a smart piece of defa-miliarisation.’ – ee GGuuaarrddiiaann

‘Powerful... quite simply a stunning masterpiece’– ee IInnddeeppeennddeenntt

‘A masterful example of alternate universe science fiction andcan only add to its author’s rapidly growing reputation’

– LLooss AAnnggeelleess RReevviieeww ooff BBooookkss


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Lavie TidharOSAMA

WWiinnnneerr ooff tthhee WWoorrlldd FFaannttaassyy AAwwaarrdd 22001122 UK Publisher:PS Publishing, Audible(World English Audio),Solaris (UK & USPaperback)

Genre: Literary Fantasy


Foreign Rights Sold:France, Germany,Hungary, Italy, Poland,Spain

Rights: Zeno

‘Not a writer to mess around with half measures … brings to mindPhilip K. Dick’s seminal science fiction novel e Man in the HighCastle’ – ee GGuuaarrddiiaann

‘Osama is written with both an obvious affection for genre fictionand a sense of wild-eyed disbelief at the insanity of a world wherepeople fly planes into skyscrapers. 4.�/�*’ – SSFFXX

‘Bears comparison with the best of Philip K. Dick’s paranoid, alter-nate-history fantasies. It’s beautifully written and undeniably pow-erful.’ – ee FFiinnaanncciiaall TTiimmeess

‘Offers perhaps the weirdest fictional take yet on Osama Bin Ladenin this offbeat and enigmatic thriller’ – PPuubblliisshheerrss WWeeeekkllyy

‘He is a political writer, an iconoclast and sometimes a provocateur ...Osama is a remarkable and ambitious work’ – CChhiinnaa MMiieevviillllee

‘Fascinating and hypnotic … the writing is beautiful’– JJeeffff VVaannddeerrMMeeeerr

‘Osama is exceptional. Compelling, confrontational, and surprisinglymoving, it is one of the best novels yet on terror in our times.’

– WWoorrlldd LLiitteerraattuurree TTooddaayy


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THE BOOKMAN HISTORIES

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‘The Bookman is a delight, crammed with gorgeous perioddetail, seat-of-the-pants adventure and fabulous set-pieces’

– GGuuaarrddiiaann

‘e juicy backstory is unfolded by Tidhar, making it a key partof what makes the narrative so compelling … skilful, clever andhighly enjoyable. 4/�*’ – SSFFXX MMaaggaazziinnee

‘is is a steampunk gem. e settings are marvellously detailed,giving you the feeling that there is a London in which Lizardsreign and whales swim up the ames to sing lullabies to thecity dwellers … Bring on a sequel, Tidhar! I’m craving to knowwhat happens after the ending!’ – SSFFFF WWoorrlldd

‘Simply the best book I’ve read in a long time ... If you’re wor-ried that Steampunk has turned into a mere fashion aesthetic,then you’d better read this one. It’s a stunningly imaginativeremix of history, technology, literature, and Victorian adventurethat’s impossible to put down ... immensely smart and readable’

– JJaammeess PP.. BBllaayylloocckk

UK / US Publisher:Angry Robot,Audible (World EnglishAudio)

Genre: Victorian Adventure



Foreign Rights Sold: Germany, Israel, Japan


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Ian Tregillis lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he worksas a physicist at Los Alamos Laboratory. He is the author ofthe critically-acclaimed MMiillkkwweeeedd alternative history series,and SSoommeetthhiinngg MMoorree aann NNiigghhtt. He is a member of theWWiilldd CCaarrddss writing collective.

Ian Tregillis

THE ALCHEMY WARS Series

US/UK Publisher: Orbit

Genre: Fantasy, Alternative History

Material: Edited MS


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Over 200 years have passed since William of Orangeconquered Europe with armies of Clakkers: tireless,

clockwork servitors endowed with great strength and boundlessstamina, yet bereft of Free Will.

In 1926, the Dutch Empire rules the world on the backs ofthousands of mechanical slaves unswervingly loyal to theBrasswork rone. But change is coming. For there are thosewho seek to destroy the clockwork hegemony – from withinand without.

Fugitive French Catholics espouse universal rights for allthinking beings. Clakkers whisper tales of the fabledlocksmiths of Montreal, and of the legendary network ofsecret canals that smuggle fugitive Clakkers from NewAmsterdam across the border to New France, where they canlive free. A legendary French spymistress weaves an audaciousplot to unravel the darkest secrets of the Clockmakers’ Guild.A secret papist acquires a top-secret piece of Clakker tech;an unwitting Clakker, roped into these machinations. Eventsthat will forever change the world have been set in motion.

A tale of predestination and free will, magic and engineering,cold logic and blind faith, love and loss, spycraft and spectacle.But more than anything else, this is a story about the tickingof the human heart – whether it be flesh or metal.


Ian Tregillis

SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT

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Somebody has murdered the angel Gabriel. Worse, theJericho Trumpet has gone missing, putting Heaven on

the brink of a truly cosmic crisis.

But the twisty plot that unfolds from the murder investigationleads to something much bigger: a con job one billion yearsin the making. Because this is no mere murder. A small bandof angels has decided to break out of heaven, but they needa human patsy to make their plan work.

Much of the story is told from the point of view of Bayliss,a cynical fallen angel who has modelled himself on PhilipMarlowe. e yarn he spins follows the progression of aMarlowe novel — the mysterious dame who needs his help,getting grilled by the bulls, finding a stiff, getting slipped amickey.

Angels and gunsels, dames with eyes like fire, and a grandmaguffin, SSoommeetthhiinngg MMoorree aann NNiigghhtt is a murder mysteryfor the cosmos.

‘A doozy ... Superlatives seem superfluous. Instead ... wow. Just– wow.’ – KKiirrkkuuss

‘Tregillis’ amazing new fantasy thriller is a tour de force: a realnail-biting page-turner. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, hiscerebral, inventive narrative is a mix of classic gumshoe andquantum physics/theology ... Tregillis solidifies his place as abrilliant voice in the genre’ – RRTT BBooookk RReevviieewwss

‘[Has an] offbeat eloquence’ – LLooccuuss

‘Glorious to behold ... [Tregillis] doesn’t just command theEnglish language, he bends it to his will. He shapes sentencesand concepts that have never before been seen ... poetic andevocative’ –– TToorr..ccoomm

US Publisher: Tor

Genre: SupernaturalThriller



Foreign Rights Sold:Italy


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Ian Tregillis

MILKWEED TRIPTYCH

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It’s 1939. e Nazis have supermen, the British have demons,and one perfectly normal man gets caught in between.

British Secret Agent Raybould Marsh, is haunted by somethingstrange he saw on a mission during the Spanish Civil War: aGerman woman with wires going into her head who lookedat him as if she knew him.

When the Nazis start running missions with people whohave unnatural abilities, Marsh is the man to face them. Herallies the secret warlocks of Britain to hold the impendinginvasion at bay. But magic exacts a price. Eventually, thesacrifice necessary to defeat the enemy will be more terriblethan defeat.

‘A major talent ... I can’t wait to see more’– GGeeoorrggee RR.. RR.. MMaarrttiinn

‘Mad English warlocks battling twisted Nazi psychics? Yes please,thank you. Tregillis’s debut has a white-knuckle plot, beautifuldescriptions, and complex characters – an unstoppable Vickers ofa novel’ – CCoorryy DDooccttoorrooww

US Publisher: Tor

UK Publisher: Orbit

Genre: AlternativeHistory / Fantasy



Foreign Rights Sold:Spain, Poland, Latvia,France


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THE DEVIL’S DETECTIVE

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UK Publisher: Del ReyUK

US Publisher:Doubleday

Genre: Dark Fantasy,Horror, Heaven & Hell,Thriller, Crime



The hunt for a serial-killer. e Wire meets Clive Barkerin this tense thriller set in Hell.

An unidentified, brutalised body. A cowed and fearfulpopulace. A society on the edge of collapse. No support fromthe authorities. Internecine political intrigue. More defiledbodies. Lies, rumours and false trails. An investigation underthese conditions would be a tough proposition at the best oftimes. But when it takes place in Hell...

How do you investigate murder in a place where death,torture, and slavery are commonplace? When your mainsuspect-pool is a legion of demons? With no memory of hispast, and no idea why this case matters to him so much, Fooldetermines to solve the mystery. His search will lead him toa man whose roots reach deep into every circle of Hell. Hewill visit the darkest places where the oldest demons live,where they jealously guard their privacy, and where thingsexist that have no name.

Welcome to Hell, where skinless demons patrol the lakes,gardens of flame burn things into existence, and the waves ofLimbo wash against the outer walls, the souls of the Damnedfloating on their surface, waiting to be collected.

Hell is evolving, and Fool is caught in the middle...

Simon Unsworth is a British supernatural author, born inManchester in 1972. His most recent collection is the criticallyacclaimed QQuuiieett HHoouusseess, which was long-listed for the EdgeHill Short Story Collection prize. His short story “eChurch on the Island” was nominated for the 2008 WorldFantasy Award. His work has been published in a number ofanthologies including Dark Horse’s Lovecraft Unbound, PSPublishing’s Postscripts and Gray Friar Press’ Where the HeartIs. Simon is currently writing the sequel to TThhee DDeevviill’’ssDDeetteeccttiivvee.


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Freda Warrington

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Set in the lush, decadent modern world of the 1920s,gory yet romantic, ruthless and deeply atmospheric, theBBlloooodd WWiinnee books are like nothing you’ve read before.

No zombies. No werewolves. Just vampires who are grown-up, passionate, and not afraid to be vampires...

1918. A First World War battlefield becomes the cosmicbattleground for two vampires, as Karl von Wultendorfstruggles to free himself from his domineering maker, Kristian.

1923. Charlotte Neville meets her father’s handsome newresearch assistant Karl – it is the beginning of a deadly ob-session that sunders her from her sisters, her father and evenher dearest friend.

‘robs with lush romanticism’ – ee TTiimmeess

‘A really, really splendid read ... Freda Warrington is like a crossbetween Anne Rice and Kim Newman – she has the sweep ofone, the cleverness of the other’ – SSttaarrbbuurrsstt

‘Sexy, brooding and epic in scope, once you have encounteredWarrington's undead, others will pale by comparison.’

– BBrriittiisshh FFaannttaassyy SSoocciieettyy

BLOOD WINE Series

UK/US Publisher: Titan

Genre: Dark Fantasy,Horror, Vampires

Material: Editedmanuscripts

Rights: Zeno

Freda Warrington is a long standing and successful fantasywriter. Her debut, AA BBllaacckkbbiirrdd iinn SSiillvveerr was published in1986. She has since written both fantasy and horror,including her most recent work, ee JJeewweellfifirree TTrriillooggyy, and ahistorical fantasy based on the life of Richard III, ee CCoouurrttooff tthhee MMiiddnniigghhtt KKiinngg. EEllffllaanndd was her first novel publishedin the United States.


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AETHERIAL TALES Series

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Aspellbinding contemporary fantasy: a haunting, powerfultale of two worlds and the people caught between.

EEllflflaanndd: An intimate, sensual novel of people – both humanand Aetherial – caught between duty and desire.

MMiiddssuummmmeerr NNiigghhtt: A sensuous, suspenseful modern fantasyof love and betrayal. e forces of magic and the power oflove contend for the soul of one man, in this magical romanticstory of loss and redemption.

GGrraaiill ooff tthhee SSuummmmeerr SSttaarrss: A haunting, powerful tale of twoworlds and those caught between, Freda Warrington weavesan exciting story of suspense, adventure and danger thatfulfills the promise of the Aetherial Tales as only she can.

‘Magic that’s full of awe and wonder. It reminds you why welove this kind of story in the first place ... Each book is a stand-alone volume and an absolute delight’ – CChhaarrlleess ddee LLiinntt

US Publisher: Tor

Genre: ContemporaryFantasy


Rights: Zeno

Foreign Rights Sold:Germany


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