Tag: announcement

Posted on by

Solaris Nova snaps up Scottish-inspired romantasy The Two Hungers of Prince Fierre

We are delighted to announce our first #solarisnova title for next year, The Two Hungers of Prince Fierre by Darcy Ash will be releasing January 2025!

World All Languages rights to Amy Borsuk.

Feast your eyes on the glorious art of the main characters Fierre and Aiven by @flaroh below and read on to learn more…

Darcy Ash’s THE TWO HUNGERS OF PRINCE FIERRE is a queer Scottish-inspired romantasy, combining happily-ever-after romance with a story of disordered eating and healing. Perfect for fans of Freya Marske’s THE LAST BINDING and Foz Meadows’ A STRANGE AND STUBBORN ENDURANCE.

“Prince Fierre has three big problems. He’s suffering from a mystery illness. He’s surrounded by lords who expect personal favours. And worst of all, he’s in love with his best friend, Aiven, a former farm boy and studious enforcer of rules.

With his father gravely ill, the Prince-Regent Fierre must brace himself for the responsibilities of ruling a kingdom, and navigate the politics of the noblemen who want his favours, or him. And his first act is to appoint Aiven as his Star of the Sky, right-hand to the prince. Can Fierre heal himself, deal with the noblemen snapping about his ankles, and keep his best friend at his side without losing him?”

Darcy Ash is the author of The Two Hungers of Prince Fierre. She often writes about queer relationships, illness, and characters from low-income backgrounds. She can regularly be found dreaming about travel.

Acquiring editor, Amy Borsuk: “I’m so excited to be working with Darcy Ash on this heartfelt fantasy romance. Fierre’s journey is beautiful, the passion is intense, and Aiven is the sweethearted friend everyone needs. I’m thrilled that Solaris Nova readers will get to start off their 2025 with this one!”

Author, Darcy Ash “I’m so happy to be sharing this story of romance, illness and healing with readers, and inviting them on Fierre and Aiven’s journey. My thanks to Solaris for taking this book on and loving it enough to share it with the world!”

Posted on by

Solaris to publish horror western Red Rabbit for the UK

Against a red desert background, the cover for RED RABBIT by Alex Grecian

Solaris is delighted to announce the acquisition of Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian for the UK.


A rip-roaring horror romp for fans of Stephen Graham Jones and The Magnificent Seven, Red Rabbit follows an unlikely group racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen stagecoach in pursuit of a witch named Sadie Grace. As their posse grows, so too does the danger, but this hodgepodge crew are determined to get the bounty on Sadie’s head—or die trying.


UK/BC Rights (excluding Canada) were acquired by Chiara Mestieri from Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein, in association with The Gernert Company


Red Rabbit will be released in September 2024. Cover design by Sam Gretton.


Author Alex Grecian on the acquisition:


“I’m both proud and incredibly delighted to join Solaris in bringing Red Rabbit to a new readership.”


Acquiring Editor Chiara Mestieri:


“I am so thrilled to be bringing Red Rabbit to the UK! Alex blends the horror and Western genres so cleverly, and I couldn’t tear myself away from the cracking pace and epic scope of its narrative, its quick-witted characters, and the delightfully folky horrors they encounter along the journey. I can’t wait for new readers to saddle up for the ride.”

Alex Grecian is the New York Times bestselling author of The Yard and its sequels The Black Country, The Devil’s Workshop, The Harvest Man, and Lost and Gone Forever, as well as the contemporary thriller The Saint of Wolves and Butchers, and the ebook The Blue Girl. He has also written multiple award-winning graphic novels, including Proof and Rasputin.


For press enquiries please contact Jess Gofton, PR & Marketing Manager: jess.gofton@rebellion.co.uk.

Posted on by

Solaris acquires Vajra Chandrasekera’s award-winning fantasy novel The Saint of Bright Doors for the UK

Against a black background with white stars and the white Solaris logo in the top right corner, two blue circles. In the larger circle, white text "Acquisition Announcement. Vajra Chandrasekera. THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS. June 2024." In the smaller circle, an author photo of R. T. Ester.

Solaris is delighted to announce the acquisition of Vajra Chandrasekera’s The Saint of Bright Doors and Rakesfall in a two-book deal for the UK.

The winner of the Crawford Award and a finalist for the Nebula Award, The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel that is revelatory and resonant.

Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy.

He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen.

Everything in Luriat is more than it seems. Group therapy is recruitment for a revolutionary cadre. Junk email hints at the arrival of a god. Every door is laden with potential, and once closed may never open again. The city is scattered with Bright Doors, looming portals through which a cold wind blows. In this unknowable metropolis, Fetter will discover what kind of man he is, and his discovery will rewrite the world.

UK/BC, excluding Canada, English Language Rights were acquired by Amanda Rutter from Chris Scheina at Tordotcom.

The Saint of Bright Doors will be released on 6th June 2024. Preorder here.

Author Vajra Chandrasekera on the acquisition:

“I’ve long been a fan of the wonderful work that Solaris publishes, and I’m utterly delighted that they will be bringing my books to readers in the UK.”

Acquiring Editor Amanda Rutter:

“I am so thrilled to be publishing Vajra’s work for a UK audience – his books are vital and challenging, and I adored every word when I read them both. New readers can expect stunning prose, vivid characters, and utter originality, and I can’t wait to see what people think!”

Vajra Chandrasekera is from Colombo, Sri Lanka and is online at vajra.me. His debut novel The Saint of Bright Doors was a New York Times Notable Book of 2023, and his short fiction, anthologized in The Apex Book of World SF, The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, and The Best Science Fiction of the Year among others, has been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. His second novel Rakesfall is out in 2024.

For press enquiries please contact Natalie Sorrell Charlesworth, Digital Marketing and Social Media Executive: natalie.charlesworth@rebellion.co.uk.

Posted on by

Solaris to publish O. O. Sangoyomi’s Masquerade for the UK

A black starred background, blue-purple circles. Acquisition Announcement, O. O. Sangoyomi, MASQUERADE, Summer 2024. The White Solaris Logo is in the top right corner.

Solaris is excited to announce the acquisition of Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi, and a second novel, for the UK.

Set in an alternate version of 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a luscious literary speculative tale of power and freedom inspired by the myth of Persephone.

Òdòdó’s hometown of Timbuktu has been conquered by the the warrior king of Yorùbáland. Already shunned as social pariahs, living conditions for Òdòdó and the other women in her blacksmith guild grow even worse under Yorùbá rule.

Then Òdòdó is abducted. She is whisked across the Sahara to the capital city of Ṣàngótẹ̀, where she is shocked to discover that her kidnapper is none other than the vagrant who had visited her guild just days prior. But now that he is swathed in riches rather than rags, Òdòdó realizes he is not a vagrant at all; he is the warrior king, and he has chosen her to be his wife.

In a sudden change of fortune, Òdòdó soars to the very heights of society. But after a lifetime of subjugation, the power that saturates this world of battle and political savvy becomes too enticing to resist. And as tensions with rival states reveal elaborate schemes and enemies hidden in plain sight, she must re-forge the shaky loyalties of the court to her favor, or risk losing everything—including her life.

UK/BC, excluding Canada, English Language Rights were acquired by David Moore from Chris Scheina at Forge Books.

Masquerade will be released on 4th July 2024.

Author O.O. Sangoyomi on the acquisition:

“I am delighted that my debut novel has found a home at Solaris. I cannot wait to introduce my Medieval West African retelling to the United Kingdom.”

Acquiring Editor David Moore:

“I’m delighted to be bringing this wonderful book to the British market. Masquerade is a visceral, powerful, gorgeously written book that will introduce readers to a world they know too little about.”

O.O. Sangoyomi (she/her) is a Nigerian American author with a penchant for African mythology and history. During a childhood of constantly moving around within the U.S., she found an anchored home in the fictional worlds of books. Sangoyomi is a graduate of Princeton University, where she studied English and African American Studies. Masquerade is her debut novel.

For press enquiries please contact Jess Gofton, PR & Marketing Manager: jess.gofton@rebellion.co.uk.

Posted on by

Announcing The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett!

Solaris is delighted to announce the acquisition of The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett, a dual timeline tale of English Civil War soldiers and a group of researchers who discover all is not as it seems when they venture into Moresby Wood…

World English Rights were acquired by Michael Rowley from Anne Perry at Ki Agency Ltd.

The Dark Between the Trees will be released on 11 October 2022 in the US and 13 October 2022 in the UK.

We’re thrilled to share the stunning cover with you today, designed by Dominic Forbes:

1643: A small group of Parliamentarian soldiers are ambushed in an isolated part of Northern England. Their only hope for survival is to flee into the nearby Moresby Wood… unwise though that may seem. For Moresby Wood is known to be an unnatural place, the realm of witchcraft and shadows, where the devil is said to go walking by moonlight…

Seventeen men enter the wood. Only two are ever seen again, and the stories they tell of what happened make no sense. Stories of shifting landscapes, of trees that appear and disappear at will… and of something else. Something dark. Something hungry.

Today, five women are headed into Moresby Wood to discover, once and for all, what happened to that unfortunate group of soldiers. They’re led by Dr Alice Christopher, an historian who has devoted her entire academic career to uncovering the secrets of Moresby Wood. Armed with metal detectors, GPS units, mobile phones and the most recent map of the area (which is nearly 50 years old), Dr Christopher’s group enters the wood ready for anything.

Or so they think.

Author Fiona Barnett on the book:

“This story is a mashup of so many of my favourite things: campfire stories, ordinary foot-soldiers in one of the most exciting parts of British history, the things that come slithering out of the darkest part of the woods, and competent women yelling at each other. I’m thrilled that the folks at Rebellion have come with me into the mists of this particular deep forest, and I can’t wait to see The Dark Between the Trees out in the world!”

Acquiring Editor Michael Rowley:

“I love The Dark Between the Trees. It’s a wonderful blend of atmosphere, suspense and pace. The team are all very excited about it, and we’re thrilled to be publishing it.”

Fiona Barnett lives in Edinburgh, but grew up by the New Forest with stories of Roundheads and Cavaliers, and ancient secrets in the heart of the woods. She has podcasted on the British Civil Wars, and her short fiction has appeared in Haunted Voices: An Anthology of Scottish Gothic Storytelling.

For press enquiries please contact Jess Gofton, PR & Marketing Manager: jess.gofton@rebellion.co.uk.

Posted on by

Free eBook of the month – July

Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets

We’re pleased to share that July’s free eBook is Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets edited David Thomas Moore.

Bringing together both celebrated and new talent in SF and Fantasy to create a spectrum of Holmes stories, this collection will confound everything you ever thought you knew about the world’s greatest detective.

Featuring fourteen original stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Emma Newman, Gini Koch, Guy Adams, Ian Edginton, James Lovegrove, Glen Mehn, Jamie Wyman, JE Cohen, Jenni Hill, Joan de la Haye, Kaaron Warren, Kasey Lansdale and Kelly Hale.

Sign-up to our newsletter and get a free eBook every month straight to your inbox.

Not subscribed? Get your free copy today by signing up for the Rebellion Publishing newsletter.

Once subscribed you will receive this month’s free eBook in your welcome email, and be enrolled to receive our future newsletters full of bookish news, exclusive offers, reading recommendations, and a free eBook every month.

Posted on by

A Broken Darkness cover reveal and blurb

We are excited to share the incredible cover for A Broken Darkness by Premee Mohamed, exclusively revealed by our friends over at Tor.com.

Read the blurb for the much-anticipated sequel to Beneath the Rising below.

Cover art by James Jones.

It’s been a year and a half since the Anomaly, when They tried to force Their way into the world from the shapeless void.⁠
Nick Prasad is piecing his life together, and has joined the secretive Ssarati Society to help monitor threats to humanity—including his former friend Johnny.⁠
Right on cue, the unveiling of Johnny’s latest experiment sees more portals opened to Them, leaving her protesting her innocence even as the two of them are thrown together to fight the darkness once more…⁠

A Broken Darkness is out March 2021!⁠

Posted on by

Skyward Inn cover reveal and exclusive excerpt

We are delighted to share the beautiful cover art for Skyward Inn, our upcoming title from Arthur C. Clarke Award nominated author Aliya Whiteley, which was revealed on SciFiNow.

Read an excerpt over on SciFiNow.

Cover art by Dominic Forbes.

A thoughtful, literary novel about conflict, identity and community, from one of the most exciting voices in speculative fiction.

This is a place where we can be alone, together.

The Western Protectorate does not welcome visitors.

When humans first went through the ‘Kissing Gate’ to the planet Qita, the protectorate turned its back on modern civilization to live in rural isolation.

Now the war on Qita is over, for veteran Jem and her Qitan partner Isley, it’s a peaceful place to escape ugly memories.

But their peace is disturbed when a visitor comes to Skyward Inn, bringing reminders of an unnerving past and triggering an uncertain future.

Skyward Inn is out from Solaris in hardback and eBook 18 March 2021, and in audio from Penguin Random House Audio.

Posted on by

The Relentless Moon UK cover reveal and excerpt

We are delighted to share the stunning cover art for the UK edition of The Relentless Moon, from Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal, which was revealed on SciFiNow.

Read a short excerpt with our friends at SciFiNow.

 

Mary Robinette Kowal continues her Hugo and Nebula award-winning Lady Astronaut series, following The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, with The Relentless Moon.

The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the Meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC’s goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before it becomes uninhabitable is being threatened. 

Elma York is on her way to Mars, but the Moon colony is still being established. Her friend and fellow Lady Astronaut Nicole Wargin is thrilled to be one of those pioneer settlers, using her considerable flight and political skills to keep the program on track. But she is less happy that her husband, the Governor of Kansas, is considering a run for President.

The Relentless Moon is out from Solaris for UK/BC readers in eBook 20 July and paperback 26 November – pre-order now.

Posted on by

Pre-order the eBook of The House of Styx by Derek Künsken

The House of Styx by Derek Künsken, available in eBook 20 August 2020.

Pre-order the eBook of The House of Styx by Derek Künsken direct with us at Rebellion and receive The Science Behind the Quantum Magician for free; an article by Derek Künsken revealing the scientific thinking behind the Quantum Evolution books.

This article will be included exclusively in The House of Styx eBooks that are pre-ordered through rebellionstore.com.

Pre-order the eBook today

The House of Styx is the first in a groundbreaking, action-packed and exciting new science fiction series from the best-selling author of The Quantum Magician, Derek Künsken.

Life can exist anywhere. And anywhere there is life, there is home.
In the swirling clouds of Venus, the families of la colonie live on floating plant-like trawlers, salvaging what they can in the fierce acid rain and crackling storms. Outside is dangerous, but humankind’s hold on the planet is fragile and they spend most of their days simply surviving.
But Venus carries its own secrets, too. In the depths, there is a wind that shouldn’t exist.
And the House of Styx wants to harness it.

Pre-order the hardback (out April 2021)