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OUT NOW: We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson

We’re wishing the happiest of book birthdays to We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson!

A beautifully melancholic literary sci-fi for fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Zoe Gilbert, We Are All Ghosts in the Forest unravels in a world set in the aftermath of the internet’s collapse—a world haunted by its ghosts and a rampant digital disease, where a woman and the wordless boy with her name in his pocket search for the truth, and a possible cure.

When the internet collapsed, it took the world with it, leaving its digital ghosts behind – and they are hungry. Former photojournalist Katerina fled the overrun cities to the relative safety of her grandmother’s village on the edge of a forest, where she lives a solitary life of herbal medicine and beekeeping.

When a wordless boy finds her in the marketplace with nothing but her name in his pocket, her curiosity won’t allow her to turn him away. But haunting his arrival are rumours of harvest failure and a rampant digital disease stirring up the ghosts, and the mood in the village starts to sour.

Accused of witchcraft, Katerina and Stefan escape into the forest, searching for his missing father and the truth behind the disease. If there is a cure, Katerina alone might find it, but first she must find the courage to trust others – because the ghosts that follow her aren’t just digital.

“Haunting and atmospheric, with a really excellent ghost cat.” —Naomi Kritzer, Hugo Award-winning author of “The Year Without Sunshine”

“Eerie and original.” SFX

“A poignant and lyrical portrayal of intimate frailties and quiet strength.” —Nicholas Binge, author of Ascension

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OUT NOW: Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan

We’re wishing Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan a very happy book birthday!

This sophomore novel from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author of The Ten Percent Thief explores colonialism, classism, and the future of food in a sci-fi tale following one woman’s determination to win the greatest cooking competition in the galaxy. It’s out now in North America, but don’t worry UK fans – it’ll be on bookshelves near you this Thursday!

Looking for your one shot to rise to the “top of the pots” in the cutthroat world of interstellar cuisine? Look no further—you might have what it takes to be an Interstellar MegaChef!

Stepping off a long-haul star freighter from Earth, Saras Kaveri has one bag of clothes, her little flying robot Kili… and an invitation to compete in the galaxy’s most watched, most prestigious cooking show. Interstellar MegaChef is the showcase of the planet Primus’s austere, carefully synthesised cuisine. Until now, no-one from Earth—where they’re so incredibly primitive they still cook with fire—has ever graced its flowmetal cookstations before, or smiled awkwardly for its buzzing drone-cams.

Corporate prodigy Serenity Ko, inventor of the smash-hit sim SoundSpace, has just got messily drunk at a floating bar, narrowly escaped an angry mob and been put on two weeks’ mandatory leave to rest and get her work-life balance back. Perfect time to start a new project! And she’s got just the idea: a sim for food. Now she just needs someone to teach her how to cook.

A chance meeting in the back of a flying cab has Saras and Serenity Ko working together on a new technology that could change the future of food—and both their lives—forever…

“A lot of fun.” New Scientist

“An engaging story that dives into themes about the appreciation of food, colonization, and xenophobia and features two morally gray queer women attempting to find their footing with each other.” Library Journal, starred review

“Absolutely bursting with flavor and thrumming with possibility – this is science fiction at its best.” —Tashan Mehta, author of Mad Sisters of Esi

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Revealing the cover of Another Fine Mess by Lindy Ryan

Happy Halloween! We’re delighted to share the UK cover of Another Fine Mess by Lindy Ryan, designed by our very own Sam Gretton.

This sequel to Bless Your Heart will be released in Summer 2025. Haven’t read it yet? Grab it in our HallowEEK! eBook sale, and beware spoilers in the blurb below…

For over a hundred years, the Evans women have kept the undead in their strange southeast Texas town from rising. But sometimes the dead rise too quick – and that’s what left Lenore Evans, and her granddaughter Luna, burying Luna’s mother, Grace, and Lenore’s mother, Ducey. Now the only two women left in the Evans family, Luna and Lenore are left rudderless in the wake of the most Godawful Mess to date.

But when the full moon finds another victim, it’s clear their trouble is far from over. Now Lenore, Luna, and the new sheriff ― their biggest ally ― must dig deep down into family lore to uncover what threatens everything they love most. The body count ticks up, the most unexpected dead will rise – and force Lenore and Luna to face the possibility that the undead aren’t the only monsters preying on their small town.

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Solaris to publish psychological horror Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist

Solaris is delighted to announce the acquisition of Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist.

In this debut novel from the British Fantasy Award-winning author of The Queen of the High Fields, Tamsin escapes from Edinburgh to the Scottish countryside in desperate need of a fresh start and a new life away from the city. But when the cottage she thought she’d bought turns out to be a semi-detached house in the middle of nowhere – unnerving neighbour she never sees included – the place she hoped would be a sanctuary becomes a snare as she loses her grip on reality.

World English Language Rights were acquired by Amanda Raybould from Dorian Maffei at Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency. Film/TV Rights have also been acquired by Kim Yau at Echo Lake Entertainment.

Home Sick will be released in Summer 2026.

Author Rhiannon Grist on the acquisition:

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be bringing out my debut novel with Solaris. I have been impressed by Solaris’ transparency, dedication and strong sense of fairness for their authors. I’m looking forward to working with the brilliant Amanda on my folklore-infused, psychological horror Home Sick. Get hungry, weirdos. It’s time to eat.”

Acquiring Editor Amanda Raybould:

“The moment I started Home Sick, I knew this was the type of book that I would be staying up all night to read – the crawling horror of Tamsin’s move to a new house got under my skin and refused to let go. I’ve long been a fan of Rhiannon’s writing, which I think rises to new heights in Home Sick, and I’m delighted to partner with her on this incredibly special – and terrifying – novel.”

Rhiannon A Grist is an award-winning writer of weird, dark and speculative fiction. Her Welsh folk horror, The Queen of the High Fields, won Best Novella at the 2023 British Fantasy Awards. She lives in Edinburgh with her partner and far too many plants. Do not startle her; she bites. Approach slowly, with open palms, like you would a deer in the woods. Find out more at www.rhiannongrist.wordpress.com For press enquiries please contact Jess Gofton, PR & Marketing Manager: jess.gofton@rebellion.co.uk.

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Solaris to publish dark fantasy Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho for the UK

Solaris is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho for the UK.

A jaded warrior, conscripted by a kingdom battling their imperialist masters, accidentally rescues a child whose existence can easily turn the tide of a war. To survive, they must navigate the games kingdoms play, where their captors look to reclaim a memory of an empire, but the cities they reconquer don’t want their version of liberation.

For fans of The Unbroken and The Jasmine Throne, Cry, Voidbringer will be released in autumn 2025.

UK/BC English Language Rights were acquired by Amanda Raybould from Jennifer Azantian at Azantian Literary Agency. Rights also to Michael LaBorn at Bindery Books (NA).

Author Elaine Ho on the acquisition:

“I’m thrilled to be working with the fantastic Amanda Raybould and the rest of the team at Solaris! It’s a huge honour to be part of the list among authors I admire, and I can’t wait to share Cry, Voidbringer with the world!”

Acquiring Editor Amanda Raybould:

“I was immediately enthralled by the world that Elaine presented in Cry, Voidbringer – her writing is exquisite and visceral – but the true heart of the novel is the friendship formed between two people who believe they have no choice at all, but who still fight for their freedom. I can’t wait for you all to share in the story of Hammer and Viri.”

Elaine Ho is an Asian-American illustrator and author. She bounces between the US and Singapore, belonging to both and neither. Her work primarily explores themes of identity and home, whilst being drawn to the broken and the beautiful. She originally received a degree in Psychology before pivoting into art full-time. Find her work at artofelaineho.com

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

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OUT NOW: The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee

We’re wishing The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee a very happy book birthday!

Méka returns home from exile for an ancient, necessary rite in the first in The Crowns of Ishia novella trilogy, a fantasy western of colonialism and indigeneity from the critically acclaimed author of Warchild.

Méka must capture a king dragon, or die trying.

War between the island states of Kattaka and Mazemoor has left no one unscathed. Méka’s nomadic people, the Ba’Suon, were driven from their homeland by the Kattakans. Those who remained were forced to live under the Kattakan yoke, to serve their greed for gold alongside the dragons with whom the Ba’Suon share an empathic connection.

A decade later and under a fragile truce, Méka returns home from her exile for an ancient, necessary rite: gathering a king dragon of the Crown Mountains to maintain balance in the wild country. But Méka’s act of compassion toward an imprisoned dragon and Lilley, a Kattakan veteran of the war, soon draws the ire of the imperialistic authorities. They order the unwelcome addition of an enigmatic Ba’Suon traitor named Raka to accompany Méka and Lilley to the mountains.

The journey is filled with dangers both within and without. As conflict threatens to reignite, the survival of the Ba’Suon people, their dragons, and the land itself will depend on the decisions – defiant or compliant – that Méka and her companions choose to make. But not even Méka, kin to the great dragons of the North, can anticipate the depth of the consequences to her world.

“A stunning accomplishment.” —Aurealis

“For die-hard fans of dragon-riding books, this is sure to satisfy.” —Publishers Weekly

“This thoughtful, anti-colonial take on dragons—or, rather, suon—and the consequences of greed kept me turning the pages from fierce start to fiery conclusion.” —Kamilah Cole, bestselling author of So Let Them Burn

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Solaris to publish cosmic space opera The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon

Solaris is delighted to announce the acquisition of The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon.

In a long settled galaxy, a race known as the Sovereigns possess the means to visit parallel realities, appearing inside the body of someone, or something, else. The Well, where horrors are flung, runs through the realities like a fissure, and the king-turned-sorcerer who’s been trapped there for more years than he can say trudges the wastelands for a way out. When news breaks of a priceless map of the realities, a kaleidoscopic cast of alien characters race each other across reality to the Well—and quite possibly to their own deaths.

A cosmic adventure that reads like a fable from another galaxy, The Immeasurable Heaven will be released in July 2025.

World All Language Rights were acquired by David Thomas Moore from Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock Ltd.

Author Caspar Geon on the acquisition:

“I’m so happy that The Immeasurable Heaven has found such a good home with Solaris, and looking forward to sharing my strange tale of another galaxy next year.”

Acquiring Editor David Thomas Moore:

“I seriously can’t wait to share The Immeasurable Heaven with you all. Vast and cosmic, smart and witty, pacy and fun, human (ironically given there are no humans in it) and personal. One of the most original science fiction books you’ll read.”

Caspar Geon has lived many lives in many different dimensions, and published books in all of them. THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN is his first book set in the infinite parallel realities of the Phaslairs.

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

For rights enquiries please contact Sam Birkett, Rights Manager: sam.birkett@rebellion.co.uk.

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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!”

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OUT NOW: Sinophagia ed. by Xueting C. Ni

We’re delighted to be wishing Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror edited and translated by Xueting C. Ni a very happy book birthday!

Sister to Ni’s British Fantasy Award-winning Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction, Sinophagia brings 14 short stories from contemporary Chinese horror writers to English-speaking audiences for the very first time. Whether your tastes lie in the supernatural or the much closer to home, this groundbreaking anthology has a horror story for every reader. Not one to miss as the spookiest time of the year approaches!

An anthology of unsettling tales from contemporary China, translated into English for the very first time.

Fourteen dazzling horror stories delve deep into the psyche of modern China in this new anthology curated by acclaimed writer and essayist Xueting C. Ni, editor and translator of the British Fantasy Award-winning Sinopticon.

From the menacing vision of a red umbrella, to the ominous atmosphere of the Laughing Mountain; from the waking dream of virtual working to the sinister games of the locked room… this is a fascinating insight into the spine-chilling voices working within China today – a long way from the traditional expectations of hopping vampires and hanging ghosts.

This ground-breaking collection features both well-known names and bold upcoming writers, including: Hong Niangzi, Fan Zhou, Chu Xidao, She Cong Ge, Chuan Ge, Goodnight, Xiaoqing, Zhou Dedong, Nanpai Sanshu, Yimei Tangguo, Chi Hui, Zhou Haohui, Su Min, Cai Jun, and Gu Shi.

“A pleasure and a torment.” —Locus

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OUT NOW: Gorse by Sam K. Horton

We’re wishing Gorse by Sam K. Horton a very happy book birthday!

The Bear and the Nightingale meets Poldark in this dark historical fantasy debut, where folklore battles faith on the Cornish moor as changeling Nancy Bligh tries to keep the balance between the mortal world and the world of the fey.

Cornwall, 1786.

For years, the villagers of Mirecoombe have turned to their Keeper, the old and battle-scarred Lord Pelagius Hunt, mediator between the worlds of men and fey, for help. But this is a time of change. Belief in the old ways, in the piskies and spriggans, has dimmed, kindled instead in the Reverend Cleaver’s fiery pulpit. His church stands proud above the mire; God’s name is whispered, hushed, loved. And now, death stalks Mirecoombe on the moor. There are corpses in the heather. There is blood in the gorse.

Nancy Bligh is determined to do what Pel will not: maintain the balance between the fey and the human world, be the Keeper that he refuses to be. Blessed with natural sight, friend to spriggans, piskies and human locals of Mirecoombe, Nancy has power that Pel never had and never lets her use. But as Mirecoombe falls into darkness, perhaps her time has come.

A poignant and lyrical examination of faith, love and grief, Gorse asks what do we choose to believe, and how does that shape who we are?

“Every word is wonderful and full of wonder… Highly recommended.” The Historical Novels Review

“Recommended on every level.” —The Folklore Podcast

“A mire of enchantment you’ll gladly sink into.” —Kit Whitfield, author of In the Heart of Hidden Things