Posts Tagged ‘fantasy’

Cover Launch: A FEATHER SO BLACK (US) by Lyra Selene

Take your first look at the Orbit U.S. cover of A Feather so Black (US) by Lyra Selene! You can pick up a copy in Winter 2024. Scroll down to learn more about the first book in this new trilogy.

A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene

Cover Design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the story of a defiant changeling, her cursed sister, and the dangerous fae lord she must defeat to save her family.

In a kingdom where magic has been lost, Fia is a rare changeling, left behind by the wicked Fair Folk when they stole the High Queen’s daughter and retreated behind the locked gates of Tír na nÓg.

Most despise Fia’s fae blood. But the queen raises her as a daughter and trains her to be a spy. Meanwhile, the real princess Eala is bound to Tír na nÓg, cursed to become a swan by day and only returning to her true form at night.

When a hidden gate to the realm is discovered, Fia is tasked by the queen to retrieve the princess and break her curse. But she doesn’t go alone: with her is prince Rogan, Fia’s dearest childhood friend—and Eala’s betrothed.

As they journey through the forests of the Folk, where magic winds through the roots of the trees and beauty can be a deadly illusion, Fia’s mission is complicated by her feelings for the prince… and her unexpected attraction to the dark-hearted fae lord holding Eala captive. Irian might be more monster than man, but he seems to understand Fia in a way no one ever has.

Soon, Fia begins to question the truth of her mission. But time is running out to break her sister’s curse. And unraveling the secrets of the past might destroy everything she has come to love.

Cover Launch: THAT TIME I GOT DRUNK AND SAVED A DEMON by Kimberly Lemming

Orbit is thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired the hilarious and sexy Mead Mishaps series from author Kimberly Lemming! Originally self-published, these fantasy romance novels full of handsome demons, dragons, and shapeshifters, irreverent heroines, capital-“S”-spice, and laugh out loud humor are perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Katee Robert.

And now, take a look at the new cover for the first book in the series, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (US)! You can pick up a copy in January 2024. Scroll down to learn more about That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (US) and the rest of the Mead Mishaps series.

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

Cover Design by Alexia Mazis; Cover Illustration by Mike Pape

Spice trader Cinnamon’s quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell—perfect for fans of  Legends & Lattes and The Dragon’s Bride.

All she wanted to do was live her life in peace—maybe get a cat, expand the family spice farm. Really, anything that didn’t involve going on an adventure where an orc might rip her face off. But they say the Goddess has favorite, and if so, Cin is clearly not one of them… 

After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all Fallon wants to do is kill an evil witch enslaving his people. And, who can blame him? But he’s dragging Cinnamon along for the ride. On the bright side, at least he keeps burning off his shirt.

 

The Mead Mishaps series consists of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (US), That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf (US), and That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human (US), and all three sweet, steamy tales are now available for purchase as e-books, with the paperback editions soon to come in Winter 2024.

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming

Meanwhile, say hi to Kimberly on TikTok and find out more on her website!

Jo Fletcher Books publishing director Anne Perry bought world rights, with North American rights going to Orbit US executive editor Brit Hvide.

Cover Launch: The Corax Trilogy by K.J. Parker

Take your first look at the covers for The Corax Trilogy by K.J. Parker! This series includes Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (US | UK), Saevus Corax Captures the Castle (US | UK), and Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (US) | (UK). You can pick up the entire series in Fall 2023.

Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead by K.J. ParkerSaevus Corax Captures the Castle by K.J. Parker

Saevus Corax Get Away with Murder by K.J. Parker

Cover Design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

Cover Launch: HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD (AND DIE TRYING) by Django Wexler

Orbit is excited to announce that we’ve acquired not one, but two, new series from beloved author Django Wexler! We will first be publishing a brilliant, and hilarious fantasy time-loop duology that is All You Need is Kill meets Kill the Farm Boy, where a young woman stuck in a time loop tires of defending humanity from the Dark Lord and decides to become the Dark Lord herself.

Next up, we have a space opera trilogy that reimagines The Count of Monte Cristo, in which the scions of three once-great houses plot to overthrow the Emperor and regain intergalactic power, perfect for fans of Arkady Martine and Max Gladstone’s Empress of Forever.

How to Become the Dark Lord (and Die Trying) the first book in the fantasy duology, will be published in Winter 2024. And, we already have a brilliant cover for it!

How to Become the Dark Lord (and Die Trying) by Django Wexler

Cover Design by Stephanie A. Hess

Find out more about Django on Twitter @DjangoWexler and at his website. In the meantime, check out the Burningblade & Silvereye trilogy, now complete!

Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler Blood of the Chosen by Django Wexler Emperor of Ruin by Django Wexler

Orbit US executive editor Brit Hvide acquired North American rights from Seth Fishman at The Gernert Company.

Cover Launch: THE CITY OF STARDUST by Georgia Summers

Take your first look at the cover of The City of Stardust (US) by Georgia Summers! You can pick up this standalone fantasy novel in January 2024.

The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

Cover Illustration by Micaela Alcaino

A young woman descends into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods and monsters bent on revenge to break her family’s curse in this spellbinding contemporary fantasy debut.

For centuries, generations of Everlys have seen their brightest and best disappear, taken as punishment for a crime no one remembers, for a purpose no one understands. Their tormentor, a woman named Penelope, never ages, never grows sick—and never forgives a debt.

Violet Everly was just a child when her mother Marianne vanished on a stormy night, determined to break the curse. And when Penelope cannot find her, she issues an ultimatum: Violet has ten years to find Marianne, or she will take her place. Violet is the last of the Everly line, the last to suffer from the curse. Unless she can break it first.

To do so, she must descend into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods and monsters bent on revenge. She must also contend with Penelope’s quiet assistant, Aleksander, who she knows cannot be trusted—and yet whose knowledge of a world beyond her own is too valuable to avoid.

Tied to a very literal deadline, Violet will travel the edges of the world to find Marianne and the key to the city of stardust, where the Everly story began.

Cover Launch: GRIEVAR’S BLOOD by Alexander Darwin

Take your first look at the cover of Grievar’s Blood (US | UK) by Alexander Darwin! You can pick up the sequel to The Combat Codes (US | UK) in December 2023.

Grievar's Blood by Alexander Darwin

Cover Design by Lauren Panepinto; Cover Illustration by Peter Bollinger

The second book in an action-packed science fiction trilogy set on a far future world where the fate of nations is determined by battle-hardened warriors who are trained to compete in brutal single combat.

In a world where single combat determines the fate of nations, the Grievar fight in the Circles so that the rest can remain at peace. But given the stakes, things are never so simple. The Daimyo govern from the shadows and plot to gain an edge by unnaturally enhancing their Grievar Knights.

Cego and his team enter year two at the world’s most prestigious combat school, the Lyceum. Though he’d like to focus on his martial studies, Cego feels the pull of his mysterious past and two missing brothers.

Solara Halberd, daughter of the fighting legend, embarks on her own quest to bury the past. She must utilize every lesson her father taught her to explore unknown lands where evil lurks in the shadows.

For more from Alexander Darwin, check out:

The Combat Codes
The Combat Codes (US | UK)

Cover Launch: WARRIOR OF THE WIND by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Take your first look at the cover of Warrior of the Wind (US | UK) by Suyi Davies Okungbowa! You can pick up the sequel to Son of the Storm (US | UK) this November.

Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Cover Design by Lauren Panepinto; Cover Illustration by Dan dos Santos

The empire has been reshaped. There is no peace in the season of the Red Emperor.

Traumatized by their escape from Bassa, Lilong and Danso have found safety in a vagabond colony on the edge of the emperor’s control. But time is running out on their refuge. A new bounty makes every person a threat, and whispers of magic have roused those eager for their own power.

Lilong is determined to return the Diwi—the ibor heirloom—to her people. It’s the only way to keep it safe from Esheme’s insatiable desire. The journey home will be long, filled with twists and treachery, unexpected allies and fabled enemies.

But surviving the journey is the least of their problems.

Something ancient and uncontrollable awakens. Trouble heads for Bassa, and the continent of Oon will need more than ibor to fix what’s coming.

For more from Suyi Davies Okungbowa, check out:

The Nameless Republic
Son of the Storm (US | UK)

Cover Launch: THE HEXOLOGISTS by Josiah Bancroft

In case you missed it, take your first look at the cover of The Hexologists (US | UK) by Josiah Bancroft! You can pick up this start to a new series in September 2023. We want to thank FanFiAddict and The Fantasy Inn for sharing this cover with their readers.

The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft

Cover Design and Illustration by Ian Leino

The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josiah Bancroft where magical mysteries abound and only one team can solve them: The Hexologists. “Bancroft is a magician.” —Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe

The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled ghost. Well-acquainted with the weird, they never shy away from a challenging case.

But when they are approached by the royal secretary and told the king pleads to be baked into a cake—going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven—the Wilbies soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that could very well see the nation turned on its head. Their effort to expose a royal secret buried under forty years of lies brings them nose to nose with a violent anti-royalist gang, avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw their power from a hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon who only occasionally eats people.

Armed with a love toughened by adversity and a stick of chalk that can conjure light from the darkness, hope from the hopeless, Iz and Warren Wilby are ready for whatever springs from the alleys, graves, and shadows next.

For more from Josiah Bancroft, check out:

The Books of Babel
Senlin Ascends (US | UK)
Arm of the Sphinx (US | UK)
​The Hod King (US | UK)

The Fall of Babel (US | UK)

Cover Launch: THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS by Melissa Caruso

Take your first look at the cover of The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso! You can pick up this start to a new series in Winter 2024.

The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso

Cover Design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

A whip-smart adventure fantasy packed with rival guilds, reality-bending magic, and sapphic pining, The Last Hour Between Worlds is the brilliant launch of a new series from David Gemmell Award-nominated author, Melissa Caruso.

Kembral Thorne is spending a few hours away from her newborn, and she’s determined to enjoy herself at this party no matter what. But when the guests start dropping dead, Kem has no choice but to get to work. She is a Hound, after all, and she can’t help picking up the scent of trouble.

She’s not the only one. Her professional and personal nemesis, notorious burglar Rika Nonesuch, is on the prowl. They quickly identify what’s causing the mayhem: a mysterious grandfather clock that sends them down an Echo every time it chimes. In each strange new layer of reality, time resets and a sinister figure appears to perform a blood-soaked ritual.

As Kem and Rika fall into increasingly macabre versions of their city, they’ll need to rely on their wits—and each other—to unravel the secret of the clock and save their home.

For more from Melissa Caruso, check out:

Swords and Fire
The Tethered Mage (US | UK)
The Defiant Heir (US | UK)
​The Unbound Empire (US | UK)

Rooks and Ruin
The Obsidian Tower (US | UK)
The Quicksilver Court (US | UK)
The Ivory Tomb (US | UK)

Cover Launch: THE HEMLOCK QUEEN by Hannah Whitten

Long live the Sainted King. Long reign the Poison Queen. Take your first look at the cover of The Hemlock Queen (US | UK) by Hannah Whitten! You can pick up this sequel to The Foxglove King in Winter 2024.

The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

Cover Design by Lisa Marie Pompilio; Cover Illustration by Mike Heath

In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten’s lush, romantic epic fantasy series, a young woman who can raise the dead must navigate the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King’s royal court.

The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore—a necromancer and former smuggler—to his right hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the sainted court and help the people of Dellaire. But not everyone is happy with the changes. The nobles are sowing dissent, the Kyrithean Empire is beating down their door, and Lore’s old allies are pulling away. Even Prince Bastian’s changed. No longer the hopeful, rakish, charismatic man Lore knows and loves, instead he’s reckless, domineering and cold.

And something’s been whispering in her ear. A voice, dark and haunting, that’s telling her there’s more to the story than she knows and more to her power than she can even imagine. A truth buried deep that could change everything.

With Bastian’s coronation fast approaching and enemies whispering on all sides, Lore must figure out how to protect herself, her prince, and her country before they all come crumbling down and whatever dark power has been creeping through the catacombs is unleashed.

The Nightshade Crown
The Foxglove King (US | UK)
The Hemlock Queen (US | UK)