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SOLARIS ACQUIRES ‘THE CHIMERA CODE’, A THRILLING DEBUT FROM SHORT STORY WRITER WAYNE SANTOS!

Solaris, the multiple award-winning publisher of cutting-edge science fiction and fantasy, is thrilled to announce that it has acquired world rights to The Chimera Code by Wayne Santos, to be released in July 2020.

 

The deal was negotiated by Jennie Goloboy of the Donald Maass Agency and acquired by Editor Kate Coe in her first acquisition for Rebellion. The Chimera Code is scheduled for release in July 2020.

Acquiring editor, Kate Coe had this to say about the book:

“Wayne’s brilliant novel is a thrilling read, and mixes technomancy with fast-paced action and thoughtful asides on the nature of the digital world versus reality. I’m very excited for this to be my first commission for Solaris, and look forward to working with Wayne.”

Discussing the acquisition, the author commented:

“Chimera has been a long time in coming. If you ever got into a schoolyard discussion of ‘who would win in a fight between a cyborg and a wizard,’ this book attempts to answer that with various permutations. I’m very grateful to my agent, Jennie Goloboy on taking a chance on this, and to Kate Coe and Solaris for choosing Chimera.”

Solaris Books are excited to welcome Wayne Santos to their growing list of talented writers who are bringing fresh perspectives to genre fiction. 

The Chimera Code is scheduled for release in both trade paperback and ebook in July 2020. Read on for more about the book and make sure to follow us for more updates about this title. 

THE CHIMERA CODE
by Wayne Santos

Everything’s for hire – even magic.

 If you need something done, Cloke’s one of the best; a mercenary with some unusual talents and an attitude to match. But when she’s hired by a virtual construct to destroy the other copies of himself, and the down payment is a new magical skill, she knows this job is going to be a league harder than anything she’s ever done.

 Assisted by the ghost of her best friend, a virtual reality superstar, a magic sword, a combat cyborg, a genius console jockey and the backing of the largest corporation in the world, Cloke’s got to find and destroy a resource that her enemies will go to any lengths to protect…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Over the years, Wayne Santos has written copy for advertising agencies, scripts for television, and articles for magazines. He’s lived in Canada, Thailand and Singapore, traveling to many countries around South East Asia. His first love has always been science fiction and fantasy, and while he regularly engaged with it in novels, comics, anime and video games, it wasn’t until 1996, with his first short story in the Canadian speculative fiction magazine On Spec that he aimed towards becoming a novelist.

 He now lives in Canada, in Hamilton, ON with his wife. When he’s not writing, he is likely to be found reading, playing video games, watching anime, or trying to calm his cat down. He is currently represented by Jennie Goloboy at Donald Maass Literary.

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THE KAFKA STORY YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED! JON STEINHAGEN’S THE HANGING ARTIST IS NOT TO BE MISSED!

Abaddon Books is thrilled to reveal the cover for The Hanging Artist, one of the most brilliant novels we’ll be publishing this year! Jon Steinhagen’s The Hanging Artist is a groundbreaking surrealist modern fantasy, perfect for detective nuts, Franz Kafka enthusiasts and lovers of quirky, irreverent comedy.

Coming from a fresh new voice, The Hanging Artist asks: What if Kafka did not succumb to tuberculosis at the age of forty? What if he found himself attended by the giant insect he once imagined in his own story The Metamorphosis? And what if he was the only one that could solve the strange, inexplicable murders taking place in Vienna?

With the kind of flair that only a playwright could wield, Steinhagen’s absurdist take on Kafka’s new lease of life is funny, masterful, utterly engrossing and not to be missed! 

Read on for more about the book and click the links below to Pre-order your copy! 

THE HANGING ARTIST
Jon Steinhagen

“Trust me,” the insect repeated. Franz did not.

What if Franz Kafka did not succumb to tuberculosis at the age of forty? What if he awoke the day after his supposed death to find himself attended by the giant insect he once imagined in his own story The Metamorphosis?

And what if he were recruited to investigate the bizarre circumstances surrounding a rash of mysterious hangings plaguing 1924 Vienna? Hangings that are possibly connected to an equally mysterious performer who commits suicide every night at the music hall (but cannot be connected to any crimes)?

The Hanging Artist leads the newly rehabilitated Franz Kafka on an absurdist round of discoveries, the solution of which is more fantastical than anything he imagined. 

The Hanging Artist is available to Pre-order now!
Pre-order: Amazon|Barnes & Noble|Kobo

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ANNOUNCING DEREK KUNSKEN’S THE QUANTUM GARDEN!

Good afternoon, book folks! We’ve got the best Monday news! If you loved Derek Künsken’s incredible, imaginative and highly-ambitious novel, The Quantum Magician, then this news is just for you! 

The Quantum Garden, the hotly anticipated sequel to Derek Künsken’s award-nominated debut (the critically-acclaimed, best-selling The Quantum Magician) is set to be released this October, and we cannot wait to have it in our hands. 

The Quantum Garden follows Belisarius, the genetically modified con-man we all have come to love on yet another mission — and this time, it’s personal. 

Out from Solaris in October 2019, Künsken’s The Quantum Garden will have you completely enthralled yet again. 

Read on for more about the The Quantum Garden and get ready for the chase…

THE QUANTUM GARDEN
Derek Künsken

THE ULTIMATE CHASE…

Days ago, Belisarius pulled off the most audacious con job in history. He’s rich, he’s back with the love of his life, and best of all, he has the Time Gates, arguably the most valuable things in existence. Nothing could spoil this…

…except the utter destruction of his people and the world they live on. To save them, he has to make a new deal with the boss he just double-crossed, to travel back in time and work his quantum magic once again, tracking down the source of the wormholes. 

If he can avoid detection, dodge paradox and stay ahead of the eerie, relentless Scarecrow, he might just get back to his own time alive. 

About the Author:

Derek Künsken’s short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and multiple times in Asimov’s Science Fiction. His stories have been adapted into audio podcasts, reprinted in various Year’s Best anthologies, and translated into multiple languages. They have also been short-listed for various awards, and won the Asimov’s Readers Award in 2013. The Canadian-based author’s work has been translated into French and Mandarin. 

PRAISE FOR THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN:

·     “With its audacious con job, scintillating future technology, and meditations on the nature of fractured humanity, The Quantum Magician is a pleasure to read.”
Yoon Ha Lee

·     “Technology changes us—even our bodies—in fundamental ways, and Kunsken handles this wonderfully.”
Cixin Liu

·     “It’s a boldly ambitious debut, and Kunsken proves more than able to realise his vision.” SFX Magazine

·     “I read the novel rapidly and with pleasure.”
Adam Roberts, Locus Magazine

“I thoroughly enjoyed Kunsken’s take on our collective future in space. I’m looking forward to more of his full-length works.”
Benoit Chartier, The Ottawa Review Of Books  

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A WARM WELCOME TO BOBBY McGILL!

As of today we’re delighted to introduce you to our brand new Social Media Manager, Bobby McGill, who will be manning our various social media platforms from now on!

Bobby has spent the last three years plying his social media trade on Rebellion’s wide array of video games, but is delighted to put at least a small part of his Publishing degree to use on Rebellion’s many books and graphic novels.

When not sleeping, he is usually getting stuck in to various graphic novels and books – currently reading the Jules Verne collection – and is always happy to take recommendations! He can be found on Twitter @eaglemcgill, or, failing that, in the cheese aisle of your local supermarket. 

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TANGLE’S GAME: STEWART HOTSTON’S UNMISSABLE BLOCKCHAIN THRILLER!

Abaddon Books, Rebellion Publishing’s cutting-edge imprint for smart and subversive fiction, is thrilled to announce that it will be publishing Tangle’s Game by Stewart Hotston! 

Tangle’s Game, a tense, political tech-thriller that explores themes of freedom, social media, democracy and how ordinary people can change the world through small decisions, is out from Abaddon in May and will be available to Pre-order shortly.  

Read on for more about the book and check out the cover below! 

TANGLE’S GAME
Stewart Hotston

Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. 

Yesterday, Amanda Back’s life was flawless: the perfect social credit score, the perfect job, the perfect home. 

Today, Amanda is a target, an enemy of the system holding information dangerous enough to disrupt the world’s all-consuming tech– a fugitive on the run. 

But in a world where an-unhackable blockchain links everyone and everything, there is nowhere to run…

About The Author: 

Stewart Hotston lives in Reading, UK. He loves pretty much all fiction. Stewart spends his days working in high finance and, in a completely unrelated subject, he read for a PhD in Theoretical Physics, taking great interest in philosophy, theology and economics (some of those even involving additional academic qualifications). He has previously been published across more than a dozen different publishers of short stories and his first two novels were published by Alternative Realities. When Stewart is not writing or working he’s also a world ranked swordsman in both Rapier and Sidesword – for his troubles, he’s a senior instructor at The School of the Sword.

Should you be interested in an early ARC of Tangle’s Game, please get in touch with our PR and Marketing coordinator Remy Njambi: Remy.njambi@rebellion.co.uk. 

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SOLARIS SIGNS DEBUT AUTHOR ANDREW SKINNER’S STEEL FRAME!

Solaris, the multiple award-winning publisher of cutting edge science fiction and fantasy, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Steel Frame; a powerful and dramatic debut novel from South African writer Andrew Skinner. 

The deal was negotiated by Jamie Cowen of the Ampersand agency and acquired by Commissioning Editor David Thomas Moore. 

Discussing the acquisition, the author had this to say: 

“I’m really stoked to be working on Steel Frame with Solaris. I set out wanting to write something soulful, for all its hard edges, and I think they’re a great fit. Expect clashing war-machines, endless skies and ancient secrets—and small moments of warmth hidden in between.” 

Commissioning Editor, David T. Moore had this to add: 

“You want a big, bright, loud action SF book about giant robots kicking the snot out of each other? Steel Frame’s got that. But there’s more to it as well; Rook’s recovery from the betrayal and loss that left her there, and the way she and the Juno bring each back from the brink, is one of the most thoughtful and considered things you’ll read this year.” 

Solaris Books are excited to welcome Andrew Skinner to their growing list of talented writers who are bringing fresh perspectives to genre fiction. 

Solaris has world rights to the title which will publish in both trade paperback and ebook in summer, 2019. Read on for more about the book and make sure to follow us for updates about this title! 

STEEL FRAME
by Andrew Skinner 

FLY HARD.

Rook is a jockey, a soldier whose life’s purpose is to fly ‘shells,’ huge robots that fight for the outer regions of settled space. When her shell is destroyed and her squad is killed, Rook is imprisoned, left stranded, scarred and broken. Hollow and helpless without her steel frame, she’s ready to call it quits. 

When her cohort of prisoners are sold into indenture to NorCol, a vast frontier corporation, Rook’s given another shell—a near-decrepit Juno, as broken as she is and decades older—and sent to a rusting bucket of a ship on the end of the known space to patrol something called “The Eye,” a strange, unnerving permanent storm in space. 

But they’re not alone. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Andrew Skinner grew up in South Africa’s coal-mining heartland, amidst orange dust and giant machinery. He now works as an archaeologist and anthropologist, interested in folklore, rain-making arts, and resistance; but the machines aren’t done with him yet. Steel Frame is his first novel. You can follow him on Twitter @apocrobot. 

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THE SECRET STORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST ICONIC MONSTER!

Abaddon Books, Rebellion Publishing’s cutting-edge imprint for smart and subversive fiction, is thrilled to announce that it will be publishing Dracula: Rise of the Beast, an exciting new anthology of stories exploring the secret history of the world’s most iconic monster. 

Five new and established authors with roots in Central and Eastern Europe reveal a side to Vlad III Dracula, Voivode of Wallachai that many do not know. Including stories from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Bogi Takacs, Caren Gussoff Sumption, Emil Minchev, and Milena Benini. 

Contributing authors had this to say about the anthology: 

“I’m delighted to have the chance to write about one of gothic fiction’s most enduring characters.”
Adrian Tchaikovsky.

“It’s great to finally see a bunch of Dracula stories from people who did not grow up with the idea of Vampire as a horrifying stranger, but rather as a creature that pops up in the neighbourhood.”
Milena Benini.

“The character of Count Dracula is a legendary icon not only in the horror genre, but in literature in general and it a pleasure, an honour and a privilege to be a part of his hallowed legacy.”
Emil Minchev.

Editor, David Thomas Moore commented: 

“Putting this account together has been an extraordinary journey, working with some remarkable talents. I hope you enjoy it (it is, in all respects, completely true).” 

Dracula: Rise of the Beast is out from Abaddon Books in March and is available to pre-order now. Read on for more about the book and click the links below to order your copy. 

Dracula: Rise of the Beast
Ed. David Thomas Moore

GENESIS OF A MONSTER…

It is well known that the cruel, ambitious monster of Bram Stoker’s most famous novel was once Vlad III Dracula, Voivode of Wallachia — the Impaler to his enemies. A warlike leader in a warlike time: brilliant, charismatic, pious, and ferociously devoted to his country. 

But what came of him? What drove him to become a creature of darkness — an un-dead — and what use did he make of this power, through the centuries before his downfall?

Five new and established authors with roots in Central and Eastern Europe reveal a side to the literary world’s greatest monster never seen before. 

Dracula: Rise of The Beast is available for pre-order now!
Pre-order: Amazon|Barnes & Noble|Google|Kobo|RebellionStore

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SOLARIS ACQUIRES ‘BUYING TIME’, A GLORIOUS NEW NOVEL FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR E.M BROWN!

Solaris, the multiple award-winning publisher of cutting edge science fiction and fantasy, is pleased to announce the acquistion of an incredible, thrilling new novel from veteran author E.M. Brown. 

Mutliple award-winning author Eric Brown heads in a bold new direction with this time-travel thriller and we couldn’t be more excited to add this to the growing list of excellent science fiction currently gracing the Solaris bookshelf. 

Discussing this latest news, editor-in-chief of Solaris Books, Jon Oliver stated: 

“Naturally, I’ve always known that Eric Brown is an extraordinary writer, and I’m proud to have published so many of his novels. But while Brown is brilliant at portraying complex science-fiction settings and penning compelling adventure stories, he is also an author capable of portraying the complexity of what it is to be human. Buying Time is a bold new venture for Brown, and one that will show just why he is so highly regarded in his field.”

Buying Time will be published by Solaris in May 2018. 

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Buying Time
by E.M. Brown

“No man is rich enough to buy back his past” — Oscar Wilde.

In January 2017, something very strange happens to screen-writer Ed Richie. He wakes up one morening to find that he has been shunted back in time nine months and is now inhabiting the body of his younger self…

Worse is to come: the following day he jumps three years, to 2013, with all his memories of his intervening years intact. What is happening to him? Is he going mad? And where will his involuntary time-travel end? 

Meanwhile, in 2030, journalist Ella Croft is investigating the life of screen-writer and celebrated novelist Ed Richie, who mysteriously vanished in 2025. She interviews friends, acquintances, and old lovers — and what she discovers will change not only Ed Richie’s life, but her own…

Buying Time is a time-travel novel like no other. No man is rich enough to buy back his past — unless that man is Ed Richie…

About the author

Eric Brown began writing when he was fifteen years and sold his first short story to Interzone in 1986. He has won the British Science Fiction Award twice for his short stories, and his novel Helix Wars was shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick award. He has published sixty books, and his latest include the crime novel Murder Take Three, and the short stor collection Microcosms, with Tony Ballantyne. He has also written a dozen books for children and over a hundred and forty short stories. He writes a regular science fiction review column for the Guardian newspaper and lives in Cockburnspath, Scotland. His website can be found at www.ericbrown.co.uk. 

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ABADDON BOOKS TO PUBLISH DEATH OF A CLONE, A HARD SCI-FI TITLE WITH A TWIST!

Abaddon Books, Rebellion Publishing’s cutting-edge imprint for smart and subversive fiction, is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Death of a Clone by Alex Thomson, a hard science fiction and mystery crossover title that deals in the unexpected, set to be released in 2018. 

Alex Thomson, represented by Red Sofa Literary Afency, is an exciting new voice in science fiction and Abaddon is pleased to bring his particular brand of genius to readers everywhere. 

Abaddon Editor-in-Chief, David Thomas Moore, had this to say: 

“‘Miss Marple meets action sci-fi’ isn’t an obvious fit, but Thomson’s taut, claustrophic thriller pulls it off. This is a clever, original story that fans of cozy mystery and hard SF alike will delight in. I’m very excited to be putting it out there.”

Thomson commented: 

“After many months of scribbling down ideas and plot twists into a dog-eared notebook on my daily commute to London, I found a story which I was excited about, and the chapters started to flow. I am now thrilled to see these scrawls being transformed into a book, by a publisher which has always championed new authors and exciting genres. Abaddon is a perfect fit for Death of a Clone, and I am honoured to be joining their stable of authors.” 

Death of a Clone will publish into the UK, US, and Canada in both trade paperback and eBook in 2018. Read on for more about the book and make sure to follow us for more updates about this title! 

DEATH OF A CLONE:

The Overseers may call it Hell, but for Leila and the other clones, the mining base on asteroid Mizushima-00109 is the only home they’ve every known. But then, Leila’s sister Lily is murdered, and the Overseers seem less interested in solving the crime than in making their mining quota and returning to Earth. 

Leila decides to find the murderer, just like the heroes in her old detective novels would. But Hell is a place of terrible secrets, and a love of cozy mysteries may not be enough to keep Leila from ending up like her sister.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Alex Thomson worked in publishing for twelve years, and had recently changed careers to take up teaching. He wrote Death of a Clone on the train during his daily commute to London, scribbling away in biro in a notebook, surrounded by sweaty commuters. He has two small and lively boys, which explains why trying to write at home is not always a realistic option. His short fiction has been published in the Nocturne anthologies. When not writing, he can be found whiling away the hours in board game cafes or playing the bongos. 

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Abaddon announcement and kazoo-based fun at Nine Worlds

Are you heading to Nine Worlds this weekend? Because we are going to be out in force, bringing the sort of Friday night that dreams* are made of.

First and foremost, we shall be making An Announcement. The best place to hear said Announcement is to attent the talk entitled Be Weird, ????, Get Deals – Improve your life with dystopian Twitter birthday fiction, to be held in room Royal B from 8:30pm.

Immediately following said talk, from 9:15pm, we’ll be colonising Royal B and gathering together some of our authors, a bit of booze and as much chat as we can muster for a Rebellion Publishing bash of potentially epic proportions.

Join us, pick our brains about all things Abaddon, and talk the toot until the morning comes. It’ll be a blast.

Don’t forget to check out the full con schedule over at the official Nine Worlds website, and we shall see you there…

*You know, the ones where you’re falling and you can’t breath and you’re wearing a carrot fancy dress costume and OH GOD MAKE IT STOP.