- The Orbit Team - April 20th, 2018
We’re happy to announce that five Orbit titles are nominated for the 2018 Gemmell Awards!
Vote for your favorites now.
Voting closes June 1st. The winners will be announced July 14th. Congratulations to all the nominees.
Legend Award (Best Fantasy Novel of 2017)
THE FALL OF DRAGONS by Miles Cameron [US | ANZ]
Morningstar Award (Best Fantasy Debut of 2017)
KINGS OF THE WYLD by Nicholas Eames [US | UK | ANZ]
THE TETHERED MAGE by Melissa Caruso [US | UK | ANZ]
AGE OF ASSASSINS by RJ Barker [US | UK | ANZ]
THE COURT OF BROKEN KNIVES by Anna Smith Spark [US]
Ravenheart Award (Best Fantasy Book Cover Art of 2017)
KINGS OF THE WYLD by Nicholas Eames [US | UK | ANZ]
THE FALL OF DRAGONS by Miles Cameron [US | ANZ]
by The Orbit Team • Categories: Awards, News, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags: AGE OF ASSASSINS, Anna Smith Spark, award nominations, fantasy, Gemmell Awards, Kings of the Wyld, Melissa Caruso, Miles Cameron, Nicholas Eames, RJ Barker, The Court of Broken Knives, The Fall of Dragons, The Tethered Mage
- The Orbit Team - April 16th, 2018
As revealed last week by SciFiNow, here’s the stunning cover for Tade Thompson’s ROSEWATER (design by Charlotte Stroomer)!
Winner of the inaugural Nommo Award for Best Novel – Africa’s first award for speculative fiction
John W. Campbell Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel
Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and the helpless – people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumoured healing powers.
Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. He has seen inside the biodome, and doesn’t care to again – but when something begins killing off others like himself, Kaaro must defy his masters to search for an answer, facing his dark history and coming to a realisation about a horrifying future.
We publish ROSEWATER in September.
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by The Orbit Team • Categories: Covers, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags:
- Will Hinton - April 13th, 2018
We couldn’t be more excited to reveal the cover of THE RAVEN TOWER. A triumph of the imagination and the first fantasy novel by Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.
Listen. A god is speaking.
My voice echoes through the stone of your master’s castle.
This castle where he finds his uncle on his father’s throne.
You want to help him. You cannot.
You are the only one who can hear me.
You will change the world.
Cover design by Lauren Panepinto
Image by Arcangel Images
by Will Hinton • Categories: Art, Covers, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags: Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Mercy, Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie, Ann Leckie fantasy, Provenance, The Raven Tower
- Sarah Guan - April 11th, 2018
EMPIRE OF SAND is Tasha Suri’s captivating, Mughal India-inspired debut fantasy about a young woman whose magic might uphold—or destroy—an empire. Perfect for fans of City of Brass, Red Queen, and The Wrath & the Dawn, EMPIRE OF SAND will transport you to a land of dark myths and bloody magic, where the fate of the world hangs on one woman’s choices.
Can’t wait until it’s published in November 2018? As announced on Book Riot, here’s an early preview of the gorgeous cover, designed by Lauren Panepinto, to whet your appetite!
A nobleman’s daughter with magic in her blood. An empire built on the dreams of enslaved gods.
The Amrithi are outcasts; nomads descended of desert spirits, they are coveted and persecuted throughout the Empire for the power in their blood. Mehr is the illegitimate daughter of an imperial governor and an exiled Amrithi mother she can barely remember, but whose face and magic she has inherited.
When Mehr’s power comes to the attention of the Emperor’s most feared mystics, she must use every ounce of will, subtlety, and power she possesses to resist their cruel agenda — and should she fail, the gods themselves may awaken seeking vengeance…
by Sarah Guan • Categories: Art, Covers, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags: fantasy, Tasha Suri, The Empire of Sand
- Nivia Evans - April 9th, 2018
Captivating and boldly imaginative, with a tale of sisterhood at its heart, Rena Rossner’s debut fantasy THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD (US | UK | ANZ) invites you to enter a world filled with magic, folklore, and the dangers of the woods. It’s perfect for fans of The Bear and the Nightingale and Uprooted and is out in September 2018.
We’re delighted to reveal the cover with art by Rebecca Yanovskaya and designed by Lauren Panepinto.
Every family has a secret. Behind every secret, there is a story.
Raised in a remote village surrounded by vast forests on the border of Moldova and Ukraine, sisters Liba and Laya live a peaceful, sheltered life.
But when a troupe of mysterious men arrives, Laya falls under their spell—despite their mother’s warning to be wary of strangers. And this is not the only danger lurking in the woods….
As dark forces close in on their small village, Liba and Laya discover a family secret passed down through generations. Faced with a magical heritage they never knew existed, the sisters realize the old fairy tales are true…and could save them all.
Rena Rossner lives in Israel where she works as a literary agent. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University’s Writing Seminars program and McGill University where she studied history. All eight of her great-grandparents immigrated to America to escape the pogroms from towns like Dubossary, Kupel, Riga and Bender. It is their story, together with her love of Jewish mythology and fantasy that inspired her to write The Sisters of the Winter Wood.
Early praise for The Sisters of the Winter Wood:
“Mixes fairy tale, poetry, history, and heart to create an enchanting and mesmerizing tale of sisterly love. I adored this book!” — Sarah Beth Durst, award-winning author of The Queens of Renthia series
“A graceful, poetic, deeply moving novel. Its characters are fantastical and yet essentially human, bound by ambition and desire, fear and prejudice, but above all, love in all its forms. Simply gorgeous book in every sense.”– Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches
“This dark fairy tale about sisterly love and Jewish strength and courage, set against the backdrop of a deep and deadly winter forest, will haunt me for a long time. A powerful, emotional debut.” — Julie C. Dao, author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
“Rossner weaves an elegant tapestry of the love between sisters, the value of faith and family, and knowing one’s true friends in times of peril.” — J. Kathleen Cheney, author of The Golden City
by Nivia Evans • Categories: Art, Covers, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags: fairytale, fantasy, Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood
- Will Hinton - April 3rd, 2018
We are very excited to reveal the cover for TIAMAT’S WRATH (coming out in December 2018), the eighth novel in James S.A. Corey’s New York Times bestselling Expanse series – the third season of the television series premiers April 11th on Syfy in the US and Space in Canada.
For more work by Daniel Dociu, visit his website.
Design by Kirk Benshoff and Lauren Panepinto
by Will Hinton • Categories: Art, Covers, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags: James S.A. Corey, the Expanse, The Expanse series, Tiamat's Wrath
- James Long - April 3rd, 2018
Powerful magic.
Epic adventure.
A desperate battle to defeat an ancient evil.
We’re thrilled to unveil the cover for THE EMPIRE OF ASHES [UK/ANZ] – the fiery conclusion to Anthony Ryan’s Draconis Memoria series – with art by Jeff Read and design by our very own Nico Taylor.
We publish in July, so there’s still time for you to dive into this stunning series of exploration and warfare, explosive magic, spies and assassins – and an ancient power which seeks to reduce the world to ashes. The adventure begins with THE WAKING FIRE [UK/ANZ] and continues with THE LEGION OF FLAME [UK/ANZ]. THE EMPIRE OF ASHES will publish in hardback, trade format, audio and ebook on 5th July.
Here’s what people have been saying about Draconis Memoria:
‘Fabulous . . . Sure to be another fantasy classic’ Huffington Post UK
‘The world Ryan has created for his new dragon adventure is a joy to visualise’ SciFiNow
‘A fascinating world packed with dragons, pirates, political machinations and an interesting magic system to boot’ Fantasy Faction
‘A marvellous piece of imagination with plenty of twists, a refreshingly different setting, and excellent world-building’ Mark Lawrence
‘Memorable characters and great action’ Django Wexler
‘Excellent epic fantasy’ BookBag
Find Anthony Ryan online at his website or on Twitter.
by James Long • Categories: Art, Contents, Covers, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK • Tags:
- The Orbit Team - April 2nd, 2018
We are thrilled that four Orbit titles are finalists for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel!
Best Novel
- The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi (Tor)
- New York 2140, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) [US | UK | ANZ]
- Provenance, by Ann Leckie (Orbit) [US | UK | ANZ]
- Raven Stratagem, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
- Six Wakes, by Mur Lafferty (Orbit) [US]
- The Stone Sky, by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit) [US | UK | ANZ]
See all the nominations here.
N.K. Jemisin has previously won two Hugo Awards for Best Novel, for THE FIFTH SEASON and THE OBELISK GATE. THE STONE SKY, this year’s finalist, completes her acclaimed Broken Earth Trilogy.
Ann Leckie previously won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for her debut, ANCILLARY JUSTICE, which also won the Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards for Best Novel.
This marks Kim Stanley Robinson’s sixth nomination for this award, and Mur Lafferty’s first.
The Hugo Awards will be presented at Worldcon 76 in San Jose, CA, on August 19th. Congratulations to Kim Stanley Robinson, Ann Leckie, Mur Lafferty, N.K. Jemisin, and all the other Hugo Award nominees!
by The Orbit Team • Categories: Awards, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags: Ann Leckie, Hugo Awards, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mur Lafferty, N. K. Jemisin, New York: 2140, Provenance, Six Wakes, The Stone Sky
- The Orbit Team - March 29th, 2018
Elite marines.
Deep-space exploration.
Competing galactic empires.
Welcome to the Eternity War.
Last year we published THE ETERNITY WAR: PARIAH [UK/US/ANZ], the explosive opening to Jamie Sawyer’s new space opera series. Now this action-packed adventure of conspiracy, traitors and the desperate battle for humanity’s future continues in THE ETERNITY WAR: EXODUS.
We don’t publish until November, so there’s plenty of time for you to dive into THE ETERNITY WAR: PARIAH and discover why Jamie has already made a name for himself as an exciting new talent in British SF (we suspect it might have something to do with his thrilling action scenes, mind-blowing imagination and the relentless pace of his storytelling).
Here’s what other authors have been saying about Jamie:
‘Gripping, gritty and unsentimental – Sawyer shows us how perilous future war can be’ – Michael Cobley
‘A gripping read that moves at warp speed’ – Jack Campbell
‘Alien biomechs . . . starships sporting particle beam weapons, railguns the size of skyscrapers . . . This, dear readers, is the good stuff’ – Neal Asher
‘Hyper-speed entertainment from a new master of science fiction’ – William C. Dietz
‘A highly promising science fiction debut – a fun, gripping adventure story, with a mystery at its core that kept me turning the pages’ – Gary Gibson
Visit Jamie Sawyer’s website www.jamiesawyer.com or follow Jamie on Twitter @JSawyerAuthor
by The Orbit Team • Categories: Art, Covers, New Titles, Orbit Australia, Orbit UK, Orbit US • Tags:
- Bradley Englert - March 19th, 2018
The post-apocalypse may be dangerous, filled with bloodthirsty bounty hunters, and generally a lawless mess, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. THE WASTELANDERS combines K. S. Merbeth’s wildly over-the-top novels Bite and Raid into one big badass omnibus edition.
This grab-you-by-the-throat cover was designed by Lisa Marie Pompilio and will be on shelves October 16, 2018.
Welcome to the Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic world where lawlessness reigns, and around every bend is another pack of bloodthirsty raiders.
This omnibus edition contains K. S. Merbeth’s two novels Bite and Raid.
Bite
Hungry, thirsty, alone, and out of options, a young girl joins up with outlaws who have big reputations and bigger guns. But as they set out on their journey, she discovers that her new gang may not be the heroes she was hoping for.
Raid
A bounty hunter wakes up bound and gagged in the passenger seat of her own car, and sitting next to her is the most revered and reviled raider king in the eastern wastes. Unable to let him out of her sight, they cross the wasteworld, but a tyrant worse than they could imagine is vying to claim the land as his own.
How do you survive in a world gone mad?
by Bradley Englert • Categories: Art, Covers • Tags: Bite, K.S. Merbeth, Raid, The Wastelanders
