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Solaris to publish thrilling time-slip space opera by Ren Hutchings

Solaris is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings, a time-slip space opera likened to ‘Firefly’ meets ‘The Vorkosigan Saga’, for publication May 2022.

Under Fortunate Stars is author Ren Hutchings’s debut novel and follows a science vessel that rescues a small transport in distress, only to find that aboard are some of the legendary heroes who ended an interstellar war 150 years before. But this crew seem to have led different lives than in the historical record…

World English Rights were acquired by David Thomas Moore from Bridget Smith at JABberwocky Literary Agency.

Author Ren Hutchings had this to say about the release:

“I’ve always been drawn to time travel stories and the endless doors they open. In my writing, I love exploring what happens when ordinary, unprepared people are confronted with extraordinary circumstances and universe-altering choices. I’m also fascinated by the way the popular imagination of a distant historical event can take on a mythical quality. This book is a love letter to so many things that pulled me into genre fiction, and I’m thrilled to be working with David Thomas Moore and Rebellion to bring it to readers!”

Acquiring Editor David Thomas Moore:

“The Millennium Falcon just crashed into the Enterprise in the middle of a time storm, and the Doctor’s nowhere to be found. Under Fortunate Stars is a huge, fun story of hope, redemption and – of course – time travel, and I’m delighted to be getting it out into the world.”

Here’s the blurb:

Stranded in the Dark

In the final throes of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s junk freighter breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue – until they encounter a science vessel that claims to be from 152 years in the future.

Engineer Uma Ozakka has always been fascinated with the past, especially the desperate peace mission that ended the war with the Felen and ushered in a new age of collaboration – a mission Keeven’s first mate Leesongronski is supposed to be leading right now.

If Ozakka is right, more than the fates of two ships hangs in the balance…

Ren Hutchings is an SFF writer and postgraduate Publishing student. She has spent most of the past few years working in game dev while plotting twisty space novels. Ren has previously worked as a creative producer and managed communications for a non-profit arts council. She graduated with a BA in History before completing a year of grad school in archaeology, indulging her lifelong passion for nerding out about the past just as much as the future. Ren loves weird mysteries, pop science, elaborate book playlists, and pondering about alternate universes. Find out more at renhutchings.com or follow Ren on Twitter @voidcricket.

For press enquiries please contact Hanna Waigh, PR & Marketing Manager: hanna.waigh@rebellion.co.uk.

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Solaris to publish Harmon’s powerful debut, Flames of Mira

We are so excited to be publishing Flames of Mira by Clay Harmon in spring 2022!

Former bookseller Clay Harmon’s Flames of Mira sees a man gain enormous power through chemistry-based elemental magic, but is bound to a ruling magnate by a spell that will kill him if he disobeys any command. When the magnate’s daughter seizes control of the spell with dark ambitions, he must find a way to break free or be forced to wreak carnage on her behalf.

World English Rights were acquired by Michael Rowley from Joshua Bilmes at JABberwocky Literary Agency.

It’ll be a bit of a wait until you can get your hands on a copy, but until then here is the blurb:

On a world whose bitter cold surface can’t be survived, everyone lives underground and wealth is determined by proximity not to light but to heat, giant ice stalactites plummet into lava pools, and all travel is through a network of subterranean passages.

Magical power comes from days-long life-threatening trials which enable the binding of rock and metals in the human body to those in the world around us. Many people aren’t bound to a mineral at all, and rarely more than one.

Ig was put through his trials by the Great Ones themselves. His bindings are virtually unlimited, the trials to attain those bindings so arduous he was lucky to survive.  He’s now blessed with great power, but cursed with a flesh binding that ties him until death to Magnate Sorrelo, and death is the price of disobedience.

Clay Harmon has spent most of his life in California’s Central Valley, growing up outside of Yosemite, then moving to Fresno, where he worked at a B&N while studying Business Administration & Marketing. He now works in marketing for a software development firm. In his off-time, he lifts weights, loses at video games, and terrorizes his cats. He currently lives in Saratoga Springs, Utah, with his wife. Follow Clay on Twitter @ClayHarmonII.

For press enquiries please contact Hanna Waigh, PR & Marketing Manager: hanna.waigh@rebellion.co.uk.

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Solaris to publish stunning debut by award-winning author Tom Beckerlegge

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We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of The Carnival of Ash – a lyrical literary fantasy about a city of poets and librarians, to be released in hardback January 2022.

Winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize (as Tom Becker), The Carnival of Ash is Becklerlegge’s first book for adults which set to delight fans of both historical fiction and fantasy.

World English Rights were acquired by Michael Rowley from Sam Copeland at Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd Literary Agency.

Author Tom Beckerlegge on the release:

“The Carnival of Ash is a ten-year labour of love, frustration and outright stubbornness—I never dared hope that it would find its way into print, and I couldn’t be happier that it has found the perfect home at Rebellion. I can’t wait to share its world with readers.”

Acquiring Editor Michael Rowley on the book:

“I’m thrilled and excited to be publishing The Carnival of Ash. With it, Tom has created a truly wondrous act of worldbuilding, storytelling and imagination.”

Blurb:

Cadenza is the City of Words, a city run by poets, its skyline dominated by the steepled towers of its libraries, its heart beating to the stamp and thrum of the printing presses in the Printing Quarter.

Carlo Mazzoni, a young wordsmith arrives at the city gates intent on making his name as the bells ring out with the news of the death of the city’s poet-leader. Instead, he finds himself embroiled with the intrigues of a city in turmoil, the looming prospect of war with their rival Venice ever-present. A war that threatens not only to destroy Cadenza but remove it from history altogether…

Tom Beckerlegge grew up in the northwest of England in a house filled with books. He decided that he wanted to be a writer at the age of four, and is yet to have a better idea. Writing as Tom Becker, he won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize with his debut novel; The Carnival of Ash is his first adult book. He currently lives in Enfield with his wife and young son. Follow him on Twitter @Tbeckerlegge.

For press enquiries please contact Hanna Waigh, PR & Marketing Manager: hanna.waigh@rebellion.co.uk.