Sep 29

An Aside | Solaris signs Kearney for two more books

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The Ten Thousand by Paul KearneyJames at Speculative Horizons, picked out some news revealing that Paul Kearney, author of The Ten Thousand, has signed with Solaris Books for two more books set in the same world as The Ten Thousand.

Jonathan Oliver, the commissioning editor for Solaris Books since it was acquired by Rebellion has confirmed a two book deal with Paul Kearney. The novels, entitled Corvus and Kings of Morning, are due for delivery in 2010 and early 2011 respectively and are set in the same universe as Paul’s successful The Ten Thousand, previously published by Solaris.

Paul’s agent, John Jarrold, was quoted as saying “The immediacy of Paul’s prose and characterisation always puts me in mind of David Gemmell, who I was lucky enough to publish in the mid-1990s…With The Ten Thousand he has created a world ripe for re-visiting. Can’t wait to read these books! And I’m very pleased to have concluded my first deal with Jon Oliver and the ‘new’ Solaris.”

I wasn’t the biggest fan of The Ten Thousand, but my experience with it made me curious to see more work from Kearney. It’s good to know he’s found a home again with Solaris Books.

Sep 29

Cover Art | The Office of Shadow by Matthew Sturges

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Nicked from the Pyr Blog:

The Office of Shadows by Matthew Sturges

Here’s the cover for my next novel, The Office of Shadow, the sequel to Midwinter. It continues the story of the struggle between the Seelie Kingdom of Queen Titania and the Empire of Mab. It’s a story of high adventure and espionage in Faerie; if Midwinter was “The Dirty Dozen with elves,” then this is “The Sandbaggers with Elves.” That fellow on the cover is Silverdun, Mauritane’s stalwart companion from Midwinter, and the young lady with him is Sela, a new character with an extremely weird and troubled past.

I’m not sure about that title, but more nice art from Chris McGrath is always a good thing. I supposes I could do without the incredibly sultry look from that one fellow, though. It’s also nice to see Pyr keeping the style consistent with Sturges first book, Midwinter.

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