Some Of Next Year's Orbit Releases...

In January of next year, Orbit have two of my favourite SF books coming out ... and the covers that have been decided on are both very cool:




Debatable Space by Philip Palmer is a wonderful space opera that I just loved. I was also lucky enough to do an interview with Phil, which was great fun, and he was very forthcoming. A joy to interview.

Orbit are launching this one in the UK and the US in Jan, so it's definitely one to look out for!








Halting State by Charles Stross is another brilliant book from an author with a prolific -- and multiple Hugo award-winning -- output. I greatly enjoyed The Atrocity Archives and it's sequel The Jennifer Morgue. Halting State is an unrelated book, but just as good: Review here!

This one is already published in the US, but will be in the UK in January 17th.



And this, stolen from the Orbit blog:

We are delighted to confirm Orbit UK’s acquisition of Marie Brennan’s Midnight Never Come and sequel – two dark and fantastical stories of the faerie court, the first book being set in Elizabethan England.

Midnight Never Come is a lyrical and sinister tale of intrigue and betrayal, seamlessly weaving historical detail with the fantastic. And don’t miss Marie’s massively impressive academic credentials either – a B.A. in anthropology, folklore & mythology from Harvard University, with current projects including a Ph.D. in anthropology and folklore. Whew! As you’d expect with author who bears comparison with authors such as Neil Gaiman, in-house feedback has been just great. ‘Had me hooked from the start’, ‘clever and convincing’ and ‘wonderfully atmospheric’ are just some of the comments received, and I’m looking forward to when it’s unleashed for review.

To give you a taster of the plot, I can reveal the following details . . . In hidden catacombs beneath London, a second Queen holds court: Invidiana, ruler of faerie England, and a dark mirror to the glory above. In the thirty years since Elizabeth ascended her throne, fae and mortal politics have become inextricably entwined, in secret alliances and ruthless betrayals whose existence is suspected only by a few.

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