Category: New Titles
- The Orbit Team - September 13th, 2011
It’s publication time (UK | ANZ) for Blood Rights — the first book in Kristen Painter’s eagerly-awaited, explosive, down-right fabulous new urban fantasy series. The books are set in a version of our world, but one twisted so it’s not quite as we know it. And US readers only have to wait a short time longer, as Blood Rights is released next month in the US. You can also get a free extract of the book here. Book one will be closely followed by the next two books Flesh and Blood (US | UK | ANZ) and Bad Blood (US | UK | ANZ). All three covers are fabulously striking too and check out all of them below:
We’ve had amazing advance coverage of these fast-paced adventures and just look at what these experts have to say about the rising star that is Kristen Painter!
Passion and murder, vampires and courtesans — original and un-put-downable. Do yourself a favor and read this one”
Patricia Briggs
“Dark and rich with layer after delicious layer. This spellbinding series will have you begging for more”
Gena Showalter
“A world full of rich potential. Excellent!”
P.C. Cast
“Kristen Painter brings a sultry new voice to the vampire genre, one that beckons with quiet passion and intrigue”
L.A. Banks
“Gripping, gritty, and imaginative. If you love dangerous males, kick-ass females, and unexpected twists, this is the series for you!”
Larissa Ione
by The Orbit Team • 2 Comments • Posted in: Fiction, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US, Reviews
- The Orbit Team - September 7th, 2011
The Business of Death (ANZ | UK | US) is out this month and a fun-packed, fast-paced basket of grim it is too! Trent Jamieson’s fantastic Death Works trilogy is a lively, urban fantasy read featuring a hard-pressed hero whose job is to ease the passing of spirits from one world to the other. But as Steven de Selby’s life goes rapidly to hell in a handcart, he finds there’s more rather more at stake than the job description indicated:
Steven de Selby has a hangover. Bright lights, loud noise, and exercise are the last thing he wants. But that’s what he gets when someone starts shooting at him. Steven is no stranger to Death – Mr. D’s his boss after all – but it’s still a shock when a dead girl saves him from sharing her fate. It’s a bigger shock when he finds his friends, family and colleagues have also been targeted. His job is to guide the restless dead to the underworld, but he didn’t expect to find his loved ones among his ‘clients’.
With Mr. D missing and no one in charge, the living are being hunted, the dead start rising and the whole city is headed for a regional apocalypse. Steven must shake his hangover, not fall for the dead girl, and find out just what’s going on – or there’ll be hell to pay.”
The Business of Death is a three-book omnibus (you can get a sample chapter here) so no need to wait for next instalments. And terrific quotes for this series include the following:
Jamieson writes a fast-paced story studded with action-movie beats”
Financial Times
”An intriguing evolution of the undead genre”
The Telegraph
“Refreshingly original and enjoyable”
TheBookBag.co.uk
“There is a lot to like … Combine this with the corporate version of Death, the subtle blend of humour and dry wit and you get a well-thought-out rewarding story. I heartily recommend.”
SFBook.com
by The Orbit Team • 1 Comment • Posted in: Extracts, Fiction, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US, Reviews
- The Orbit Team - September 6th, 2011
The wonderful drama that is Kate Elliott’s Cold Fire (US | UK | ANZ) is at last out and ready for reading! This follows up last month’s mass market paperback publication of Cold Magic (US | UK | ANZ) and moves on that story with high tension and style. You can get a free extract here and here’s a bit more on this wonderful, stirring tale of two girls finding their path in a world of magic, deceit and complex politics:
Cat and her cousin Bee are key players in a drama of dragons and politics. Warring factions want to use or destroy their growing powers, and they’re closing in. The Cold Mages are conspiring to take them prisoner and the warlord Camjiata thinks it’s their destiny to help him conquer Europa – whether they want to or not. And the man Cat was forced to marry is back, as arrogant and annoyingly handsome as ever. Worse still, as Hallows Night approaches, powers hidden deep within the spirit world are rising. Cat must seek allies against these threats, for if she makes the wrong choices, she’ll lose everything.
Only one thing is certain. When Hallows’ Night comes the Wild Hunt will ride – and it feeds on mortal blood.”
Also, if you’re still here (not dashing around already trying to get hold of the book …) here are a few of the great things that have been said already:
Elliott skillfully blends intrigue and romance in this lively series about strong women caught among powerful and deadly forces’
Publishers Weekly
‘Something pretty unique. Add to this the author’s usual authoritative writing voice, a cracking love story and wrap it all up in politics, machinations alongside double dealing and the result is a very tired but sated reader after a marathon night time session … the result is something that makes this for me Kate’s best series to date. Great stuff’
Gareth Wilson, Faltaca Times
by The Orbit Team • 1 Comment • Posted in: Extracts, Fiction, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US, Reviews
- Anna Gregson - September 2nd, 2011
Released 01/09/2011
This week Terry Brooks’ The Measure of the Magic (UK /ANZ) is released. It’s the striking conclusion to his Legends of Shannara duology, which began with Bearers of the Black Staff (UK / ANZ) and explores the pre-history of Terry’s beloved Shannara world. You can read a sample chapter here.
To mark the occasion, we’d like to draw your attention to a special auction that is happening for a very good cause.
Stuart Finnie, who lives in Scotland and is undoubtedly one of Terry Brooks’ biggest ever fans, has been collecting Terry Brooks books and memorabilia of all kinds since age 11. From manuscripts, proof copies and first editions, to a spectacular sword and stunning maps, the collection is extremely extensive and wide-ranging, with almost all of the items included signed by Terry or the artists involved. The estimated value of Stuart’s entire collection, which he calls his “whole life”, is £30,000.
And Stuart has now decided to auction this whole collection off, with proceeds going to the cancer charity Macmillan. Having suffered from cancer himself, Stuart now wants to give back to the people who have helped him. We and Terry think this is a fantastically generous idea and wish Stuart all the best with the auction. You can read more about it in this article from the Evening Times.
Anyone who is interested in buying the collection or would like further information please contact April Andrews at Macmillan on 0141 952 0085 or e-mail westofscotland@macmillan.org.uk
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- Anna Gregson - August 17th, 2011
Released this month in the UK, Australia and NZ are Tempest Rising (UK│ANZ) and Tracking the Tempest (UK│ANZ) - with a spangly new cover style. They’re books one and two in Nicole Peeler‘s sexy storm of a series, the Jane True novels. Books three and four, Tempest’s Legacy (UK│ANZ) and Eye of the Tempest (UK│ANZ), will follow hot on their heels this September and October respectively. So not long to wait to get your urban-fantasy-grabbing mitts on them!
Two weeks ago we ran a Twitter competition for UK readers to vote for their favourite of the above four covers. The result was Tempest Rising - good news as it’s the perfect place to dive into the world of supernatural halfling Jane True. You’ll see her coming to grips with her new-found powers over water (not to mention coming to grips with the rather dashing members of the supernatural community she meets for the first time…). The winner of the competition was Julie Fallon - congrats! Copies of the first four books will be winging (or more appropriately: swimming?) their way to you soon.
by Anna Gregson • Post a Comment • Posted in: Contests, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK
- James Long - August 12th, 2011
We’re delighted to confirm that Kelley Armstrong’s latest novel, SPELL BOUND (UK | ANZ), will be at #9 on the Sunday Times hardback fiction bestseller list this weekend!
Everyone at Orbit extends their congratulations to Kelley for this much-deserved success.
SPELL BOUND is the penultimate title in Kelley’s hugely popular Women of the Otherworld series. The final book will be called 13 and is due to be released in summer 2012.
Kelley recently spoke more about the series here.
by James Long • Post a Comment • Posted in: New Titles, News, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Uncategorized
- James Long - August 10th, 2011
Glenda Larke’s enthralling Stormlord trilogy began with THE LAST STORMLORD (UK | US) which introduced us to a desert world where water is sacred, and survival is entirely dependent on the one remaining Stormlord’s ability to summon the rains. Yet with the magic failing and the Stormlord’s students mysteriously disappearing, it seems that the desert is not the only threat to the citizens of the Quartern . . .
The tale continued in STORMLORD RISING (UK | US) which revealed a dangerous new power that could transform the world. Now, in STORMLORD’S EXILE (UK | US), the final reckoning has arrived: battlelines will be drawn, sacrifices will be made . . . but will the rains return?
Check out an excerpt of STORMLORD’S EXILE here.
Praise for STORMLORD’S EXILE:
Fast-paced read, full of action-adventure and danger. . . (The) characters, especially Shale and Terelle, shine brighter than the sun” – ROMANTIC TIMES
“Families are divided, heroes are made, and the fate of the world is decided in the exciting conclusion . . . Themes of family and identity dominate a story line that is both intimate and world-spanning . . . exciting action and well-developed characters” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
And praise for the first two books in the Stormlord trilogy:
The major plot points are war, rebellion, death and strategy . . . Well-written and satisfying” – SFX
“Those looking for a “sense-of-wonder” fix need look no further” – STARBURST
“I spent almost a week inside the first volume of Glenda Larke’s new Stormlord series and I really feel like I’ve visited an arid and frightening and wholly convincing land . . . and I’ve loved very minute of it” – Paul Magrs
“Smooth, consistent storytelling that takes place in a beautifully realistic world. Larke’s on to a winner with the first of what promises to be an exciting new trilogy” – TOTAL SCIFI ONLINE
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- Anna Gregson - August 5th, 2011
Every August the city of Edinburgh is put in the spotlight due to the festival of comedy, music and theatre that’s held there. But lurking beneath this surface of joviality and hedonism, there is a much darker, more disturbing side to this city that most festival-goers don’t see. It’s a sinister and murky history littered with murder, grave robbing, executions and witchery . . . and it happens to be a wickedly exhilarating backdrop for an exceptional book we have out this month.
From Brian Ruckley, author of the critically acclaimed Godless World trilogy, comes The Edinburgh Dead (UK | US | ANZ), a darkly thrilling tale of murder, body-snatching and black magic. And it’s woven throughout with real-life characters and happenings from the shocking, all-too real history of the city.
The book is set in a period when medical scientists were experimenting the gruesome practice of dissection for the first time. In the operating theatres of Edinburgh, corpses were being sliced apart in front of the eyes of horrified and entranced spectators. The bodies used were supposedly obtained by honourable means. But those who know their Scottish history know that a certain pair called William Burke and William Hare were looking to make a tidy profit off these recent advancements in anatomical science. They realised how much a corpse could fetch on the black market at the time. However, they weren’t quite prepared to wait for their victims to die of natural causes before selling on their bodies . . .
When Brian turned his eternally eloquent hand to this dark episode from history, and elaborated the facts with a gripping fantastical twist, I was amazed at the results. Drenched in atmosphere, heart-stoppingly suspenseful and thoroughly transfixing - I urge you to read this excerpt to see just what’s in store for you.
The Edinburgh Dead (UK | US | ANZ) is out now worldwide. Read on for the blurb… Read the rest of this entry »
by Anna Gregson • 6 Comments • Posted in: Extracts, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US
- Devi Pillai - August 2nd, 2011
Jane True is back in Rockbill — and the fun is just about to start! EYE OF THE TEMPEST is now available everywhere in the US.
Nothing says “home” like being attacked by humans with very large guns, as Jane and Anyan discover when they arrive in Rockabill. These are professionals, brought into kill, and they bring Anyan down before either Jane or the barghest can react. Seeing Anyan fall awakens a terrible power within Jane, and she nearly destroys herself taking out their attackers.
Jane wakes, weeks later, to discover that she’s not the only thing that’s been stirring. Something underneath Rockabill is coming to life: something ancient, something powerful, and something that just might destroy the world.
Jane and her friends must act, striking out on a quest that only Jane can finish. For whatever lurks beneath the Old Sow must be stopped…and Jane’s just the halfling for the job.
Nicole Peeler is the author of the fabulous Jane True series! If you’re in Denver this Thursday the 4th, you can meet her at the Madwine Bar and Novo Coffee or at Romcon 2011. (List of appearances are here.)
by Devi Pillai • Post a Comment • Posted in: New Titles, Orbit US
- The Orbit Team - August 1st, 2011
Two years ago, in the fall of 2009, I received a submission for the book that would eventually become Germline. At the time, it was more a series of linked novellas than a novel, but immediately I knew there was something there. The writing was incredibly raw, utterly riveting, and simply exciting. This was military science fiction– there were super soldiers, futuristic weaponry, powered armor– but not like I’d ever seen it before. The emotional depth to the characters was incredible and their experiences were genuinely harrowing. That first read through reminded me more of accounts from actual soldiers and journalists embedded in the field than the standard action-movie fare. This was The Hurt Locker, and Jarhead, and Restrepo… just with super soldiers, flachette rifles, and powered armor.
Now, Germline is finally here in its finished form. The first of three novels, each telling the story of this future war through the eyes of a different combatant: a journalist on the front lines, a genetically engineered soldier, and a man tasked with hunting down escaped genetics.
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by The Orbit Team • 1 Comment • Posted in: New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US, Reviews, Uncategorized
