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Revealing the cover for The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan!

We’re so excited to reveal the gorgeous cover for The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan!

A stunning literary sci-fi mosaic novel set in a futuristic Bangalore, The Ten Percent Thief celebrates how the smallest seeds can start the biggest revolutions.

Out in hardback, eBook and audiobook in March 2023!

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Nothing has happened. Not yet, anyway. This is how all things begin.

Welcome to Apex City, formerly Bangalore, where everything is decided by the mathematically perfect Bell Curve.

With the right image, values and opinions, you can ascend to the glittering heights of the Twenty Percent – the Virtual elite – and have the world at your feet. Otherwise you risk falling to the precarious Ten Percent, and deportation to the ranks of the Analogs, with no access to electricity, running water or even humanity.

The system has no flaws. Until the elusive “Ten Percent Thief” steals a single jacaranda seed from the Virtual city and plants a revolution in the barren soil of the Analog world.

Previously published in South Asia only as Analog/Virtual, The Ten Percent Thief is a striking debut by a ferocious new talent.

‘A masterful work of science fiction, complex and engaging.’ – S.B. Divya, Nebula Award finalist and author of Runtime

‘This is fiction playing for the highest stakes – and winning.’ – Chandrahas Choudhury, author of Clouds

‘A high velocity anthem sung through the shape of things to come.’ – Yudhanjaya Wijeratne, Nebula Award finalist and author of The Inhuman Race

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Solaris to publish near-future time travel novel by R. A. Sinn

Solaris is thrilled to announce the acquisition of A Second Chance for Yesterday by R. A. Sinn, a near-future science fiction novel for fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife and This is How You Lose the Time War, for publication in August 2023.

Nev Bourne works for tech company Qbito whose brain implants can rewind time by five seconds. When the new upgrade she’s been finalising moves her back in time each day, towards her miserable youth and inevitable end, her only hope for help is Airin, a nonbinary hacker from her past.

World All Languages Rights were acquired by Jim Killen from Jennie Goloboy at the Donald Maas Agency.

Author R. A. Sinn on the acquisition:

“We feel like we’ve found a true home at Rebellion, which is a champion of the intelligent, diverse, creative stories that most inspire us.”

Acquiring Editor Jim Killen:

“A Second Chance for Yesterday is a novel that feels very personal. This is a time travel novel that is both musings about quantum entanglement and a story of a woman’s journey of self-discovery and reflection on her life. It’s intriguing, heartfelt and bittersweet. And when I reached the end my first thought was that I wanted more.”

R. A. Sinn is the pseudonym for sister-and-brother writing team Rachel Hope Cleves and Aram Sinnreich. Rachel is a historian and Aram is a futurist. Despite their past disagreements about who’s trespassing onto whose side of the back seat, Rachel and Aram have always enjoyed making up stories together, and playing inside of the worlds they’ve built.

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

For rights enquiries please contact Reitha Pattison, Rights Manager: reitha.pattison@rebellion.co.uk

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Here’s what the Rebellion team recommend this Pride…

Apparently, it’s June – yes, we’re also shocked by how fast 2022 is flying past us. Luckily, June is Pride Month!

Pride Month pays homage to the 1969 Stonewall Riot, which paved the way for LGBTQ+ folk everywhere, and celebrates the queer community across the world. As a publisher, we’ve always been looking for new ways to elevate queer voices and we’re lucky enough to have an LGBTQ+ story for every reader*.

(*Psst! Don’t forget to treat yourself to the fantastic novels in our Celebrating LGBTQIA+ SFF eBook sale!)

Here’s what the Rebellion team recommend this Pride…

Amy | Editor

I just finished The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow and absolutely loved everything about it – the folksy writing style, the bonds of three sisters each with their unique magical strength, the historical setting in mythical early 20th century New York, and the love story between the eldest sister, Bella, and Cleo, the Black journalist revolutionary. I loved that their relationship was messy, often challenged by racial, class and gender politics of the period, and that it was essential to the plot. They’re all such wonderful, vivid characters and I loved being so taken in by the entire world.

Jess | PR and Marketing Manager – Fiction and Non Fiction

I’m a history nerd and a sucker for fantasy tales set in the past, so She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan was destined to be a favourite of mine. It’s juicy and political and so unapologetically queer, bringing a version of 14th century China to life that’s brimming with revenge and characters who are truly morally grey. I adored its exploration of gender and power, and now I want to watch every C-drama I can find.

Casey | Senior Digital Marketing & Social Media Executive

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri raises the bar for what epic queer fantasy should be. Tasha Suri has created a beautiful, ferocious world alongside an intimate study of the characters who will burn it all down. It is an intricate, feminist, political novel with a large cast of characters, Sapphic representation and really interesting world-building inspired by the history and epics of India. Easily the best fantasy of 2021 for me!

Gemma | Junior Graphic Designer

I’m currently reading Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin, a modern fantasy about siblings Rossa and Mae who visit their great aunt witch Rita and her apprentice Bevan for the summer, unknowing that Bevan has been seduced by a demon in the walls of the house. It’s a wonderful surreal mix of haunted house horror and fluffy romance. I feel the characters’ emotions, longings and their pain, and know I will struggle to find another book that will have the same effect on me again. It is truly magical, please read it!

Charlotte | Copywriter

As a queer woman, I know better than most that we’re often relegated to minor roles within fantasy and sci-fi stories, so this new wave of queer MCs is very welcome! I’m a sucker for love stories of any kind, so Someone in Time ed. by Jonathan Strahan is my current favourite read. From tear-jerking goodbyes to the search for love in the space-time continuum, Someone in Time has managed to rewrite time-travel tropes through a more diverse lens. *chef’s kiss*

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Solaris acquires queer science fantasy debut by Meredith Mooring

Solaris is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Redsight by Meredith Mooring, a queer science fantasy debut of priestesses, pirates and power with a blind heroine, for publication in Spring 2024.

Redsight follows a blind priestess who powers warships for the galactic military by manipulating spacetime. When the captain of her ship is murdered by a pirate with a dark past, she must choose between a painful life of service or a chance at freedom with the galaxy’s most wanted criminal.

World All Languages Rights were acquired by Amy Borsuk from Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary.

Author Meredith Mooring on the acquisition:

“I’m excited to share a story from my perspective as a blind writer. Fiction by authors with disabilities isn’t common in the science fiction and fantasy genre, and I hope this book will introduce readers to new concepts and experiences.”

Acquiring Editor Amy Borsuk:

“Space pirates, queer love, a powerful mythos, a blind witch protagonist – REDSIGHT is a richly packed world with compelling characters. I’m so excited to be working with Meredith to bring this unique story to sci-fi and fantasy fans alike.”

Meredith Mooring is an employment discrimination attorney from North Carolina and a graduate of The Seeing Eye guide dog school. In her spare time she serves on the board of directors for a non-profit that pairs guide dogs with blind children.

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

For rights enquiries please contact Reitha Pattison, Rights Manager: reitha.pattison@rebellion.co.uk

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OUT NOW: The House of Styx by Derek Künsken (paperback)!

We’re delighted to be wishing a very happy book birthday to the paperback edition of The House of Styx by Derek Künsken!

Set 250 years before The Quantum Magician, The House of Styx combines science fiction with family saga in a stunning novel of discovery and survival.

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Life can exist anywhere. And anywhere there is life, there is home.

In the swirling clouds of Venus, George-Étienne and his children are one of a few families of la colonie living on floating plant-like trawlers, salvaging what they can in the fierce acid rain and crackling storms. Outside is deadly for the unprepared or unwary, but the planet’s atmosphere is far from the only threat a family can face.

For the surface of Venus carries its own secrets, too. In the depths, there is a wind that shouldn’t exist. For George-Étienne and the House of Styx, harnessing it may be worth risking all.

“This electrifying planetary adventure features a hardscrabble family that earnestly addresses issues of addiction, gender, sexuality, and disability while surviving storms of all sorts in the hostile clouds of Venus. Highly recommended.” – Library Journal (Starred Review)

“A stunning new sci-fi family drama that admirably shoulders the burden of two heavy genres and distills them into an exhilarating and heart-breaking journey of discovery.” – SciFiNow

“Künsken’s vivid worldbuilding is a knockout… This is a must-read.” – Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

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OUT NOW: The Void Ascendant by Premee Mohamed!

We’re thrilled to be wishing the third book in Premee Mohamed’s fantastic Beneath the Rising trilogy, The Void Ascendant, a very happy book birthday!

All the Birds in the Sky meets Lovecraft Country in the epic conclusion to this fresh cosmic horror trilogy of gods, monsters and science experiments gone terribly, terribly wrong…

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SURVIVAL HAS CONSEQUENCES

Seven years ago, the last survivor of Earth crashed through uncountable dimensions to a strange new world. Nick Prasad found shelter, and a living, as a prophet for the ruling family—servants of the Ancient Ones who destroyed his home.

Now, he’s been offered a chance to rid the multiverse of the Ancient Ones, past and present and forever, although he’ll have to betray his new masters to do it.

The first step is jailbreaking a god—and that’s the easy part…

“A mind-bending and thoroughly satisfying conclusion to a truly singular series.” — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Every reveal is gasp-out-loud astonishing.” — Charlie Jane Anders on Beneath the Rising

“A perfect balance of thriller, horror and humour.” — Adrian Tchaikovsky on Beneath the Rising

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Solaris to publish queer space western by Grace Curtis

Solaris is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Frontier by Grace Curtis, a queer space western for fans of Firefly and The Mandalorian, for publication in Spring 2023.

Three hundred years after most of the human race fled the Ravaged Earth, Captain Kei Marshal is a crewmember on the first ship to attempt a return to the homeworld. When the ship crashes and Kei’s escape pod lands hundreds of miles away from the rest of the wreckage, she must go on a long and dangerous journey through an inhospitable landscape to find her way back to the woman she loves.

North America English Language Rights were acquired by Jim Killen from Zoë Plant at The Bent Agency.

Author Grace Curtis on the acquisition:

“I could not be more stoked about the US release of Frontier. Not only is the cover gorgeous, but I get to work with an actual bona-fide legend in the form of Jim Killen. Plus, my space western is gonna be on sale in the actual west. How cool is that?”

Acquiring Editor Jim Killen:

“Grace Curtis‘s Frontier is a book I loved from the first page. The character, her journey and her story are everything I want in a book. It’s such an incredibly strong and compelling debut novel I’m excited to have it on Rebellion’s list.”

Outside of novels, Grace Curtis mostly makes her living from video games. She’s written for magazines like Eurogamer and Edge, and has a wonderful day job at an indie game publisher called Future Friends. When not writing she can usually be found up a hill somewhere, climbing or hiking or lolling idly in the grass. She lives in Bristol, UK.

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

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Solaris to publish Yoon Ha Lee’s debut YA trilogy, Lancers, for the UK

Solaris is delighted to announce the acquisition of Yoon Ha Lee’s debut YA trilogy, Lancers, with book one planned for late 2023.

Space opera Lancers follows trainee Imperial lancer pilot, Hwa Young. When she uncovers a terrible secret the Empire has been hiding from its citizens, she’s forced to return to her rebel roots to save her world.

UK/BC English Rights were acquired by David Moore from Anna Carmichael at Abner Stein.

Author Yoon Ha Lee on the acquisition:

“I’m extremely excited to be working with Rebellion again, and happy that the books have found a home here!”

Acquiring Editor David Moore:

“Delighted to welcome Lee home again! Lancers is a thrilling story and one I’m excited to bring to our readers.”

Yoon Ha Lee’s novel Ninefox Gambit came out from Solaris in 2016 and quickly garnered massive critical acclaim and was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo and Nebula Awards. It won the Best First Novel Award in the Locus Awards and the Reddit Fantasy Award. His story collection Conservation of Shadows was released by Prime Books in 2013. He lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat, and has not yet been eaten by gators.

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

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Solaris to publish cyberpunk mosaic novel by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

Solaris is delighted to announce the acquisition of The Ten-Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, a sci-fi novel of corporate greed and resistance with an Indian twist, for publication in Spring 2023.

In a future where the world’s nations have collapsed and Bangalore has been rebranded as Apex City, the elite Virtuals and downtrodden Analogs live on either side of an electric shield that strikes through the city’s centre. Technology is the key to power, so when Analog thief Nāyaka steals a genetically-modified jacaranda bud, and plants it on the Analog side of the city, the tree that blossoms becomes a clarion call for rebellion.

World All Languages Rights, excluding Asia, and French and Italian languages, were acquired by David Moore from Cameron McClure at the Donald Maas Literary Agency.

Author Lavanya Lakshminarayan on the acquisition:

“This is a “pinch me, I must be dreaming” moment! I’ve always admired Rebellion Publishing’s list, and I’m thrilled to have found a place on it, in the company of so many wonderful writers whose work I love and cherish.

The Ten-Percent Thief is my debut novel, and it’s a mosaic woven through the streets of India in the near future. It’s part-satirical, part-hopeful, all cyberpunk and revolution, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it.

I’m super grateful to David Moore and Cameron McClure for giving my words a home, and for letting my imaginings thrive unfettered. They’ve travelled with me on journeys into the unknown, and transformed my dreams into the pages of The Ten-Percent Thief. I can’t wait for you to step into this future we’ve built, and I’m excited about the many worlds we’re shaping beyond!”

Acquiring Editor David Moore:

“The Ten Percent Thief is a book for our time, cyberpunk revisited for the 2020s. It’s a scathing satire on social media, on the gig economy, on the inequalities of our society and the lies it tells to preserve them. And it’s fun, too, and often funny. I’m hugely looking forward to working with Lavanya on this.”

Lavanya Lakshminarayan lives between Bangalore and Hyderabad, and grew up in the former. She spent ten years as a game designer, building worlds and crafting narratives for massive successes like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. She’s travelled across the world, but loves coming home to her two dogs and the legion of stray cats she cares for. She can be found on Instagram at @lavanya.ln and Twitter at @lavanya_ln.

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

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OUT NOW: Mickey7 by Edward Ashton!

We’re beyond excited to be wishing Mickey7 by Edward Ashton a very happy UK publication day!

This unputdownable sci-fi thriller is a must-read for fans of The Martian and, with the news that it’s being adapted by Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho, now’s the perfect time to grab your copy and read it before it hits the big screen.

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Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.

Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous—even suicidal— the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. Mickey signed on to escape from both bad debts and boredom on Midgard.

After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal…and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.

When he goes missing and is presumed dead at the hands of deadly indigenous creatures, Mickey8 reports for duty, and their troubles really begin.

‘Excellent’ — The FT

‘Leaves the audience gasping’ — The Times