Orion Publishing Group Rights Guide 2012

T H E O R I O N P U B L I S H I N G G R O U PR I G H T S G U I D E 2 0 1 2

CONTENTSHIGHLIGHTS 5 5The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz page 14 5Battlefield 3 by Andy McNab page 21 5The Truth by Michael Palin page 24 5Brazil by Michael Palin page 88 5The Lennon Letters by John Lennon page 95 5Fiction 7RACHEL BILLINGTON 8Maria and the Admiral 8CHRISTIAN CAMERON 9The Tyrant Series (2008-2013) 9The Long War Series (2010-2015) 9God of War 9KENNETH CAMERON 10Winter at Death’s Hotel 10R.J.ELLORY 11Bad Signs 11ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY 12True Soldier Gentleman: Book I 12Beat the Drums Slowly: Book II 12Send Me Safely Back Again: Book III 12JUNE HAMPSON 13A Mother’s Journey 13ANTHONY HOROWITZ 14The House of Silk 14GRAHAM HURLEY 15Western Approaches 15C.C. HUMPHREYS 16 A Place Called Armageddon 16J.W. IRONMONGER 17The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder 17MAUREEN LEE 18 After the War is Over 18CHARLOTTE LINK 19The Other Child 19MICHAEL MARSHALL 20The Followers 20ANDY MCNAB (WITH PETER GRIMSDALE) 21Battlefield 3: The Russian 21STEVE MOSBY 22Dark Room 22WILLIAM NAPIER 23The Blood Red Sea 23MICHAEL PALIN 24The Truth 24NICKY PELLEGRINO 25 The Villa Girls 25BRENDA REID 26Heavenly’s Child 26RUTH SABERTON 27Amber Scott is Starting Over 27DAN SMITH 28The Child Thief 28PAUL TORDAY 29The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall 29KATHERINE WEBB 30A Half-Forgotten Song 30TOM WINSHIP 31Taken 31Science Fiction & Fantasy 33BEN AARONOVITCH 34Rivers of London 34Whispers under Ground 34Moon over Soho 34JOE ABERCROMBIE 35JAMES BARCLAY 36Elves: Rise of the TaiGethen 36STEPHEN BAXTER 37Northland Series (2010-2012) 37KIT BERRY 38Magus of Stonewylde 38Moondance of Stonewylde 38Solstice at Stonewylde 38Shadows at Stonewylde 38MILES CAMERON 39Traitor’s Son Cycle Book I 39ELSPETH COOPER 40Trinity Moon 40The Wild Hunt Book II 40STEPHEN DEAS 41The Memory of Flames trilogy 41The Black Mausoleum 41The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice trilogy 41JAINE FENN 42

Bringer of Light 42MARY GENTLE 43Black Opera 43TONY GONZALES 44Eve: Templar One 44M. JOHN HARRISON 45Pearlant 45GRAHAM JOYCE 46Some Kind of Fairy Tale 46M. D. LACHLAN 47Lord of Slaughter 47TOM LLOYD 48The Dusk Watchman 48SCOTT LYNCH 49The Republic of Thieves 49PAUL MCAULEY 50In the Mouth of the Whale 50IAN MCDONALD 51The Dervish House 51SUZANNE MCLEOD 52The Shifting Price of Prey 52JOHN MEANEY 53Transmission 53RICHARD MORGAN 54The Cold Commands 54CHLOE NEILL 55The Dark Elite (2010-2012) 55SARAH PINBOROUGH 56The Chosen Seed 56HANNU RAJANIEMI 57The Quantum Thief 57The Fractal Prince 57ROBERT RANKIN 58The Mechanical Messiah and Other Modern Marvels of the Modern Age 58ROBERT V.S. REDICK 59The Night of the Swarm 59ALASTAIR REYNOLDS 60Blue Remembered Earth 60ADAM ROBERTS 61Jack Glass 61ROBERT SCOTT 62Asbury Park 62SARAH SILVERWOOD 63The Traitor’s Gate 63GAVIN SMITH 64War in Heaven 64CHRIS WOODING 65The Iron Jackal 65Non-Fiction 67JAMES EVANS 68Merchant Adventurers 68LEONIE FRIEDA 69The Deadly Sisterhood: Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance 69ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY 70Augustus 70GEORGE GOODWIN 71Fatal Rivalry 71LISA HILTON 72The Horror of Love 72Elizabeth 72ROBERT HUTCHINSON 73The Spanish Armada 73CHRIS LIGHTBOWN 74The Assassination of the President 74IAN MACKERSEY 75No Empty Chairs 75GAVIN MENZIES 76STEVEN MITHEN 77Thirst 77NEIL OLIVER 78A History of Ancient Britain 78ROBERT TWIGGER 79Red Nile 79STEPHEN BAXTER 80The Science of Avatar 80CHARLIE BROOKER 81Everybody’s Got One 81DAVID BLAKELEY 82Pathfinder 82TIM BOUQUET 83617 83RITA CARTER 84Mapping Personality 84JUDITH HOLDER 85Mum in a Million 85IRON MAIDEN 86On Board Flight 666 86GARRY MULHOLLAND 87Stranded at the Drive-In: 100 Best Teen Movies 87MICHAEL PALIN 88Palin’s Brazil 88FRANK POPE 8972 Hours 89

TIM SPECTOR 90Identically Different 90MICK WALL 91AC/DC 91JONATHAN WILSON 92The Outsider 92JOHN BAXTER 93The Inner Man: The Life of J. G. Ballard 93TOPPER HEADON 94Topper Headon 94JOHN LENNON, HUNTER DAVIES 95The Lennon Letters 95THOMAS PAKENHAM 96The Company of Trees 96ROB YOUNG (EDITOR) 97Scott Walker 97STAR BOOKS 98The Kardashians: Me & You 98Willow Smith: Whip it! 98Jason Derulo 98Rihanna Annual 2012 99Justin Bieber Annual 2012 99ISABELLA BEETON & GERARD BAKER 100Mrs Beeton How to Cook 100CHANTAL COADY & LAURENT COUCHAUX 101Mastering the Art of Chocolate 101SI KING & DAVE MYERS 102Perfect Pies 102The Hairy Bikers’ Bake-ation 102CHERRY MENLOVE 103The Thoroughly Modern Homemaker 103JUSTINE PATTISON 104How to Freeze a Cupcake 104BLANCHE VAUGHAN 105One Pot 105JAMES WONG 106Incredible Edibles 106BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS 107FICTION 107NON-FICTION 109

THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUPRIGHTS GUIDE 2012

CONTENTS

Fiction 7

Science Fiction & Fantasy 31

Non-Fiction 53

History & Current Affairs 54

General Non-Fiction 69

Biography and Memoir 81

Star Books 87

Cookery & Home 89

Backlist Highlights 95

Orion Rights Department Contact Details

GENERAL ENQUIRIES

Tel: + 44(0)20 7240 3444Fax: +44(0)20 7836 4266

[email protected]

US RIGHTS

Susan Howe – Group Rights and Digital DirectorDirect line: +44(0)20 7520 [email protected]

Richard King – Rights and Digital AssistantDirect line: +44(0)20 7520 [email protected]

Jessica Purdue – Rights ManagerDirect line: + 44(0)20 7520 4405

[email protected]

TRANSLATION RIGHTS

Arabic, French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish language rightsKrystyna Kujawinska – Foreign Rights Director

Direct line: + 44(0)20 7520 [email protected]

Eastern European and Portuguese language rightsJessica Purdue – Rights ManagerDirect line: + 44(0)20 7520 4405

[email protected]

Dutch, Estonian, Far Eastern, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian and Turkish language rights

Hannah Whitaker (on maternity leave until May 2012) – Senior Rights ManagerDirect line + 44(0)20 7520 4319

[email protected]

Pippa Wright (maternity cover for Hannah Whitaker until May 2012)Direct line: + 44(0)20 7520 [email protected]

HIGHLIGHTS

An exciting new project from Anthony Horowitz page 15

Terra by Mitch Benn page 33

Chinese Whispers by Ben Chu page 54

Seven Elements by John Browne page 72

The Inheritor’s Powder by Sandra Hempel page 74

Amy by Garry Mulholland page 84

Fiction

Fiction8RACHEL BILLINGTON

Rachel Billington writes upmarket female fiction with warmth, substance and memorable characters. The reviews she

receives are second to none. ‘A challenging and exciting novel... a grown-up story seasoned with politics, religion and the terrors of breakdown.’ The Sunday Times. She has been president of PEN and is co-editor of Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners.

Maria and the Admiral

A richly detailed historical novel perfect for readers of Philippa Gregory and Joanne Harris.

June 1822. Valparaiso, Chile. British Admiral, Thomas Cochrane, has led the Chilean fleet to victory and as the news of the country’s independence spreads, a British woman, Maria Graham, watches from her house near Valparaiso Bay. Based on true events, this is the story of the ten months between their first meeting in Valparaiso and their parting in Rio de Janeiro – a story of two exceptional people who meet in extraordinary circumstances. Using research based on letters and journals held in public archives, Billington has written a deliciously rich and compelling story.

Also by Rachel Billington: A Woman’s Life (2002); The Space Between (2003);One Summer (2006); Lies and Loyalties (2008); The Missing Boy (2010)

Orion | May 2012 | 320pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Lies and Loyalties (2008) Publishers: Polish: Instytut Wydawniczy PAX

Fiction9CHRISTIAN CAMERON

Christian Cameron is one of Orion’s most accomplished and prolific writers of historical fiction. As a seasoned re-enactor,

he totally immerses himself in the world he writes about in order to recreate the historical setting of his novels accurately and completely.

www.hippeis.com

The Ill-Made Knight

The first action-packed tale in the new Chivalry Series, set during the Hundred Years’ War

William Gold comes into the world as his family slides down the social ladder. Whilst his head is filled with tales of chivalry, he is branded a thief and must make do with being squire to his childhood friend Sir Robert. Sir Robert is a knight determined to make a name for himself as a man at arms in France. While William himself slowly acquires the skills of knightly combat, he remains an outsider, until the Battle of Poitiers, when Sir Robert is cut down by the greatest knight of the age, Sir Geoffry de Charny, and William, his lowly squire, avenges him. But with his knight dead, no honour accrues to William for this feat of arms, and he is forced to become a mercenary. Scavenging a mis-matched set of armour from the knightly corpses, he joins one of the mercenary companies now set to pillage a defenceless France, and so begins a bloody career that sees William joining forces with the infamous Sir John Hawkwood and immersing himself in a treacherous clandestine war among the Italian city states. But paradoxically it is there, among the spies, assassins and hired killers serving their ruthless masters, that William finally discovers the true meaning of chivalry, and his destiny as a knight.

Also by Christian Cameron:Tyrant series (2008-2013); The Long War series (2010-2015); God of War (2012)

Orion | May 2013 | 400pp | Ms due September 2012

Rights: World

Option Publishers: Greek: Malliaris | Italian: Newton Compton | Russian: AST |

Portuguese (Brazil): Record | Spanish: Algaida/Ediciones B | Turkish: Artemis

Fiction10The Tyrant Series (2008-2013)

Tyrant (2008); Tyrant: Storm of Arrows (2009); Tyrant: Funeral Game (2010); Tyrant: King of the Bosporus (2011); Tyrant: Destroyer of Cities (2013); Tyrant: Force of Kings (2014)A truly epic historical series set in the world of Alexander the Great, in which each novel is a drama-drenched instalment of love and war, betrayal and revenge.

Tyrant: Destroyer of Cities

The fifth volume in the scintillating Tyrant series brings the epic siege of Rhodes in 306BC to spectacular life.

Orion | January 2013 | 400 pp | Rights: World | Ms due May 2012

Option Publishers: Czech: BB Art | Greek: Malliaris | Italian: Newton Compton |

Polish: Vesper | Russian: AST | Portuguese (Brazil): Record | Spanish: Ediciones B |

Turkish: Artemis

The Long War Series (2010-2015)

Killer of Men (2010); Marathon (2011); Wine Dark Sea (2012); Artemesium (2013); Platea (2014); Empire (2015)This is the story of Arimnestos’ journey through a world poised on the brink of an epic confrontation, as the emerging civilization of the Greeks starts to flex its muscles against the established empire of the Persians.

Wine Dark Sea

The third instalment in the epic story of Arimnestos, tracing the conflict between the Greeks and the Persians.

Orion | September 2012 | 400 pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Option Publishers: Spanish: Algaida

Fiction11GREGOIRE DELACOURT

Born in Valenciennes in 1960, Grégoire Delacourt works in advertising. L’Ecrivain de la famille, his first novel, won several

awards, including the Prix Marcel Pagnol and the Prix Rive Gauche.

My List of Desires

Jocelyne is 47 and runs her own dressmaking shop. She’s a bit overweight, her husband is very ordinary and her best friends are the twins who run the hairdresser next door. Jocelyn has reached the point where she is examining her life and measuring it against what her teenage self had imagined.

Then the twins persuade Jocelyn to enter the Euromillion lottery and she wins 18 million euros. She could do anything with the money, change her life completely, but what does she really want? She doesn’t tell anyone about the win... not just yet... Without cashing the cheque she begins to write down her ‘list of desires’ - a new coat, a bathmat, a visit to her daughter in England. She goes in to the Chanel shop in Paris, thinking she could buy anything she wants but will a new bag really make her any happier than the sandwich her husband prepared for her that morning. Meanwhile, her dressmaking blog is taking off, helping Jocelyne to help other women.

But then the question is taken out of her hands when someone close to Jocelyne acts with devastating consequences...

Orion ¦ June 2013 | 240pp | Ms due June 2013

Rights: US

Translation: JC Lattes

Fiction12R.J.ELLORY

R.J. Ellory is the author of nine acclaimed thrillers, including the bestselling A Quiet Belief in Angels. In its French

translation, Seul le Silence, the book won the Nouvel Observateur Crime Fiction Prize in 2008 and the Livre de Poche Award 2010. His novels are now being translated into twenty-two languages and his reviews are second to none. ‘An awesome achievement – a thriller of such power, scope and accomplishment that fanfares should herald its arrival.’ Guardian

www.rjellory.com

THREE DAYS IN CHICAGOLAND:

1. The Sister

2. The Cop

3. The Killer

An exciting digital endeavour: an original e-book serialization of a trilogy of novellas.

The Sister is the first of a trilogy of original ebook short stories set in Chicago between 1956 and 1960, all of which are inter-related but are also complete stories in their own right. Each novella tells the story of the same murder from a different character’s point of view. The first is from the point of view of the murder victim’s sister; the second from the detective in charge of the case; and the third from the POV of the man accused of the murder. The testimonies of each character will at last reveal the dreadful truth behind the brutal murder of a young girl in Chicago in 1956.

Published over a period of six weeks the ebooks will each feature an excerpt from RJ Ellory’s next full-length novel, A Dark and Broken Heart.

Orion | March/April 2012 | 15,000 words each

Rights: World

Fiction13


Rights: Translation

US rights: A.M Heath

Option Publishers: US: Overlook | Chinese Complex: Business Weekly | Chinese

Simple: Tianjin HuaWen TinXia Books | French: Sonatine | German: Goldmann |

Italian: Neri Pozza | Japanese: Shueisha | Korean: Woongjin Think Big | Lithuanian:

Jotema |Norwegian: Vega | Polish: Dolnoslaskie | Spanish: RBA | Thai: WeLearn |

Turkish: Inkila

A DARK AND BROKEN HEART

How long can a man escape judgement? A dark and atmospheric thriller from the award-winning author of A Quiet Belief in Angels.

It should have all been so easy for Vincent Madigan. Take four hundred grand from the thieves who stole it in the first place and who could they turn to for help?

Madigan is charming, resourceful, and knows how to look after himself. The only problem is that he’s up to his neck in debt to

Sandià - the drug king of East Harlem. This one heist will free Madigan from Sandià’s control and give him the chance he needs to get his life back on track. But things go wrong when Madigan is forced to kill his co-conspirators and a child is shot in the crossfire. Now both Sandià and the collected might of the NYPD are hunting him down, and the one cop assigned to lead the case is the very last person he could have expected. Employing every deception and ruse he can think of, Madigan must stay one step ahead in a battle of wits that will test him to his limits. Can he evade justice for his crimes, or will his own conscience be his final undoing?

Fiction14ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY

Adrian Goldsworthy is a critically acclaimed, bestselling historian who has turned his hand to fiction. He is a born storyteller

whose historian’s eye for detail has enabled him to produce an outstanding series – Jane Austen-meets-Bernard Cornwell – set during the Napoleonic Wars. This six-book series will culminate with the Battle of Waterloo, with publication in 2015 (the two-hundredth anniversary).

True Soldier Gentleman: Book I

In this start to the series, we are introduced to the core characters – a group of British recruits, which includes Hamish Williams, a gentleman volunteer, and Mr Wickham, fresh from his dastardly exploits in Pride and Prejudice – who are given their first taste of battle. Goldsworthy’s great skill is to depict action-packed battle scenes alongside fascinating pictures of society and life in the Regency period.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | January 2011 | 336pp

Rights: World

Publishers: Portuguese (Portugal): A Esfera Dos

Livros | Spanish: La Esfera de los Libros

Beat the Drums Slowly: Book II

Ensign Hamish Williams and his comrades are plunged into one of the most brutal near-disasters in British military history. The retreat to Corunna under the might of Napoleon is nail-bitingly suspenseful stuff. Goldsworthy evokes the chaos with his usual rich command of detail, to give a real sense of drama.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | August 2011 | 336pp

Rights: World

Send Me Safely Back Again: Book III

The third novel in the series sees new challenges for the men of the 106th Foot Regiment, as the British army attempts to recover from the disaster of Corunna and establish a foothold in the Peninsula. Featuring the battles of Medellin and Talavera, the 106th will have their mettle severely tested on the battlefield.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | August 2012 | 400pp | MS available

Rights: World

Fiction15ANTHONY HOROWITZ

Anthony Horowitz is perhaps the busiest writer in England. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books and the best-

selling The House of Silk, he is also the writer and creator of BAFTA-winning detective series ‘Foyle’s War’, and more recently event drama ‘Collision’. Among his other television work he has written episodes for ‘Poirot’, ‘Murder in Mind’, ‘Midsomer Murders’ and ‘Murder Most Horrid’.

The exciting new project from the best-selling author of The House of Silk.

The House of Silk was an international publishing sensation in 2011. Written with the backing of the Conan Doyle Estate, Anthony Horowitz achieved the difficult task of producing a first-rate mystery for a modern readership while remaining true to the spirit of the Conan Doyle originals. The spectacular reviews confirmed this, and the novel went on to sell well over 160,000 copies, with rights sold in twenty-eight languages.

We are delighted that Anthony will be working on another project for Orion. We can’t release any of the details just yet, but watch this space… It is certain to be one of the publishing events of 2013!

‘Horowitz has captured Holmes Heaven’ The Times

‘For fans of the original tales, the game is afoot once more!’ The Bookseller

‘Bravo, then, Mr Horowitz. Let us hope that the famous dispatch box contains many more cases for him to unearth’ The Financial Times

‘A fresh take on the Sherlock Holmes tales, swirling with all the suspense of the originals’ The Sunday Times

‘It seems improbable, if not impossible, but it’s true! Holmes is back at his best’ The Independent On Sunday

‘Fans of Sherlock Holmes rejoice, for the game is afoot again’ 5-stars Time Out

Orion | November 2011 | 320pp ¦ Rights: World

The House of Silk (2011) Publishers: US: Little Brown | Arabic: Hachette-Phoenix

| Bulgarian: Pro Book | Chinese Complex: Crown | Chinese Simple: Hachette-

Phoenix | Croatian: Profil | Czech: Argo | Danish: Donovan | Dutch: Prometheus

| Estonian: Varrak | French: Hachette Livre | German: Suhrkamp | Greek: Anubis

| Hungarian: Animus | Indonesian: Noura Books | Italian: Mondadori | Japanese:

Kodokawa | Korean: Minumsa | Latvian: Zvaigzne | Norwegian: Juritzen | Polish:

Rebis | Portuguese (Brazil): Jorge Zahar Editor | Russian: Slovo | Serbian: CET/

Portalibris | Spanish: Suma de Letras | Thai: Nanmeebooks | Turkish: Ithaki |

Vietnamese: Vietnam Women Publishing House

Fiction16C.C. HUMPHREYS

C.C. Humphreys was born in Toronto and grew up in Los Angeles and London. He is the author of six best-selling

historical novels, including A Place Called Armageddon and Vlad: The Last Confession, based on the astonishing historical story of Dracula. It sold just short of 60,000 copies and was brilliantly reviewed: ‘A fast-paced, intriguing and beautifully-constructed thriller.’ Daily Express

The Fighting Man

1599. The future of England rests on one man’s shoulders when politics and passion collide and a volatile power threesome – Robert Cecil, the Earl of Essex and Queen Elizabeth I – threatens to implode.

Down on his luck and recovering from a month of excess, Will Shakespeare’s friend and fight-scene choreographer John Lawley is determined to restore his reputation and win back the heart of the woman he loves. However, the fates – and his own weaknesses – are against him, and when his past comrade the Earl of Essex, a man he’s been desperately hiding from in the taverns of London, finally catches up with him, Lawley is faced with the prospect of returning to his side to fight in the seemingly hopeless war in Ireland.

But when the feud between Essex and his bitter rival for the queen’s affection, Robert Cecil, reaches breaking point, Lawley can no longer skirt the action. As he becomes embroiled in a foolhardy scheme to oust Elizabeth I from the throne, Lawley must make a choice between duty and desire – a choice that could change the very course of history…

Also by C.C. Humphreys: The French Executioner (2002); Blood Ties (2003); Jack Absolute (2004); Blooding of Jack Absolute (2005); Absolute Honour (2006); Vlad (2009); A Place Called Armageddon (2011)

Orion ¦ July 2014 | 352pp | MS due December 2013

Rights: World

A Place Called Armageddon (2011) Publishers: US: Sourcebooks | Greek: Modern

Times | Serbian: Laguna | Turkish: Inkilap Publishing

Fiction17GRAHAM HURLEY

Graham Hurley’s superb twelve volume series of Portsmouth-based crime novels featuring DI Joe Faraday established him

as a premier league writer of crime fiction. ‘There is no doubt that this series of police procedural novels is one of the best since the genre was invented half a century ago.’ Literary Review. And now, French television (France 2) has turned the novels into a series set in Le Havre, starring Jean-Marc Barr as Joe Faraday.

www.grahamhurley.com

Western Approaches

A brand new series from ‘one of the country’s leading crime writers’. Front Row, Radio 4

Detective Superintendent Jimmy Suttle has finally tired of the relentless struggle against the rising tide of urban crime in Portsmouth. He is transferred to the West Country and looks forward to a saner existence with his wife and two-year-old daughter. How wrong could he be? Soon he is investigating the murder of a long-distance rower in the county town of Exeter. As the job takes over, his wife becomes increasingly unhappy about the move, as she tries to juggle family life with her own new job, isolated in a picturesque but lonely cottage. As his marriage frays, and his investigation becomes mired, Jimmy Suttle realises that his rural idyll is an illusion and a detective’s career in the country is just as harsh and gritty as in the city.

Also by Graham Hurley: The Joe Faraday Series (2000-2012)

Orion | December 2012 | 352 pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

The Joe Faraday Series (2000-2012) Publishers: Czech: B B Art | French: Les

Éditions du Masque | Hungarian: Pecsi Direkt | Portuguese (Portugal): Bertrand

Fiction18J.W. IRONMONGER

Here are a few things you didn’t know about Dr. John Ironmonger: he is a one-time world expert on leeches, author

of The Good Zoo Guide, climbed Kilimanjaro when he was just twelve years old and is in the Guinness Book of Records for the fastest reading of Shakespeare. An interesting name for an interesting man. The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder is his first novel.

The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder

Welcome to the weird and wonderful, and never dull brain of Maximilian Ponder.

‘Maximilian Ponder is lying face up, dead, on the dining room table in his own front room. This is something you really should know, right from the start. Max would also have wanted you to know that this is an Henri II style, French, walnut extending dining table, standing on solid turned legs with fretwork décor to the middle, also with ebony and sandalwood inlay, designed by the French furniture maker Nicolas Rastin and probably dating from around 1900…’

Could you record and catalogue every single memory in your brain? Is it possible to sit at a desk with pen and paper and to write down the details of everything you remember from childhood to present day? It may sound impossible, but Maximilian Ponder is determined to give it a try, and on his twenty-first birthday he shuts himself away from the polluting influences of the world to do just that. Thirty years later, his room is lined with leather-bound volumes of his handwritten memories, and his body lies headless on a dining table. What drove him to this bizarre obsession? What events led to his peculiar death? Where is his brain? These questions will be left to Max’s childhood friend, Adam, to explain to the police, but will anyone believe his strange and intriguing tale?

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | March 2012 | 304pp

Rights: World

Fiction19MAUREEN LEE

Maureen Lee is the queen of saga writing. Women of all ages are inescapably drawn to her wonderful, unputdownable

novels. Each one is packed full of drama, sorrow, friendship and romance. Her books are now selling in excess of 100,000 copies in paperback and her last two novels appeared on the Sunday Times’ bestseller lists.

www.maureenlee.co.uk

After the War is Over

Another heart-warming drama set after the Second World War in Liverpool and London.

Liverpool, 1945. Three women, strong friends, return home from the war trying to fit back into their old lives after they have been demobbed. They were thrown together by the war and shared all sorts of good and bad times. Now their old lives seem dull in comparison, but not for long…

Bestseller Maureen Lee returns to Bootle in this dramatic tale set between Liverpool and London in the post-war years.

Also by Maureen Lee: Queen of the Mersey (2004); The September Girls (2005); The Old House on the Corner (2005); Kitty and her Sisters (2006); The Leaving of Liverpool (2007); Mother of Pearl (2008); Nothing Lasts Forever (2009); Martha’s Journey (2010); Au Revoir Liverpool (2011)


Rights: World

Option Publishers: Polish: Swiat Ksiazki | Russian: Family Leisure Club | Serbia:

Kuca Dobrih Knjiga | Spanish: Maeva

Fiction20MICHAEL MARSHALL

Michael Marshall read Philosophy and Social and Political Science at King’s College, Cambridge, before having his first

books published in 1994. His critically-acclaimed novels have won a string of awards on both sides of the Atlantic and his breakout blockbuster, The Straw Men, was a Sunday Times bestseller. It went on to become an international sensation. His recent novel, The Intruders, is currently in series development with the BBC and his second novel, Spares, has been optioned for film by Dreamworks, and has been translated into seventeen languages.

www.michaelmarshallsmith.com

The Forgotten

A brand-new, page-turning thriller from the international bestselling author of The Straw Men.

It should have been the greatest day of David’s life: a trip to New York to visit his new publisher. After years of struggle it looks as though the gods of fate are going to lift him from schoolteacher to writer. But on the way back to Penn station, a chance encounter changes that. He bumps into a stranger who covertly follows him, and then, just before he boards the train home, passes by him close enough to whisper: “Remember me”. The stranger follows him back to where he lives, and it isn’t long before David realises that this man wants something from him – something very personal, that he may have no choice but to surrender. Meanwhile, back in New York, ex-lawyer John Henderson does his girlfriend Kristina a favour and agrees to talk to Catherine Warren, an acquaintance of hers, who believes she’s being stalked by an ex-lover. But soon John realizes that Catherine’s problem is more complex than anyone realized…

There are people out there in the shadows, watching, wanting to be with you. They are the followers. And they’re about to turn.

Orion | March 2013 | 320 pp | Ms available July 2012

Rights: World

Fiction21STEVE MOSBY

Steve Mosby is the author of six previous thrillers including The 50/50 Killer, which won him critical acclaim and massive

translation deals across Europe. It hit the bestseller charts in France and film rights to it have now been optioned to Epiphène Productions. This year Still Bleeding was longlisted for the Theakston Novel of the Year award and Black Flowers has been optioned for television by ITV Studios.

www.theleftroom.co.uk

Dark Room

A new novel by one of the most intriguing and chilling voices in modern crime fiction. ‘Thrilling, compulsive and difficult to put down.’ Guardian

DI Andrew Hicks thinks he knows all about murder. He even gives it its own architecture – the bedroom, the boardroom, the bar or the basement – depending on the motivations of the killer. So when thirty-two year old Vicki Gibson is found bludgeoned to death, Hicks suspects a ‘bedroom’ murder and attention focuses on her possessive ex-husband. But when a second body is found, similarly beaten and too close to the first murder for coincidence, Hicks is forced to think again: the second victim is a homeless man with no links to Vicki. When more murders take place in quick succession, Hicks realises he is dealing with a type of killer he has never faced before, one who fits nowhere within his architecture. Hicks must search for patterns and reasons where none appears to exist. Then the letters begin to arrive...

As the death toll rises, the threat gets closer to home for Hicks. To survive, Hicks must face not only a killer obsessed with randomness and chaos, but also the secret in his own past. If he is to stop the killings, he must confront the truth about himself and the fact that some murders take place in much darker rooms than he ever imagined..

Also by Steve Mosby: The Third Person (2003); The Cutting Crew (2004); The 50/50 Killer (2007); Cry for Help (2008); Still Bleeding (2009); Black Flowers (2010)

Orion | July 2012 | 304pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Option Publishers: Dutch: Bruna | French: Sonatine | German: Droemer | Portuguese

(Portugal): Europa-America

Fiction22WILLIAM NAPIER

William Napier’s first historical trilogy for Orion, about Attila the Hun, has been a huge critical and commercial success.

More than 100,000 copies have been sold in the UK and it is now being published in fifteen countries. ‘If you think you don’t like historical fiction, you haven’t read William Napier.’ The Times

Clash of Empires: The Red Sea

An exciting new historical blockbuster from the author of Attila: The Scourge of God. The Mediterranean, 1571. For hundreds of years the Ottoman Empire has ruled the seas. But the seas are only a gateway to the lands they covet beyond. The armies of the Turk are picking off colonies and small islands, and if the Mediterranean falls, then finally perhaps the balance of power between crescent and cross will tip…

It has been a momentous summer – the fall of Nicosia, Cyprus besieged and men flayed alive, their bodies displayed as trophies on opposing galleys. Now, as the sun rises on one October day, history will be written in blood.

Five hours will shape history. Countries all over western Europe have sent ships and men. Caught up in it are Hodge and Ingoldsby – two young British soldiers who have survived the siege of Malta and are already living on borrowed time. Now, it seems the debt must be repaid…

Also by William Napier: Attila: The Scourge of God (2005); Attila: The Gathering of the Storm (2007); Attila: The Judgement (2008); Clash of Empires: The Great Siege ( 2011)


Rights: World

Option Publishers: German: Rowohlt | Greek: Psichogios | Hungarian: Gold Book

| Indonesian: Gagasmedia | Korean: Gimm-Young | Portuguese (Brazil): Record |

Russian: AST | Serbian: Laguna | Spanish: La Esfera de los Libros | Turkish: Remzi

Kitabevi

Fiction23MICHAEL PALIN

Michael Palin, who established his reputation with Monty Python’s Flying Circus, is Britain’s best loved comedian,

actor and television personality. He is also a gifted writer whose bestselling travel books sell upwards of half a million copies. His recently published diaries have also been major bestsellers: ‘Palin’s style is so fluid, and his sincerity so palpable, that it is often easy to underestimate just how talented he is as a comedian, a broadcaster and a writer.’ Sunday Express

The Truth

A superbly wry and witty novel from the globetrotting superstar and bestselling writer.

Keith Mabbut, a failing author, is offered the opportunity of a lifetime – to write the biography of Hamish Melville, an elusive, highly influential humanitarian. Keith’s research will take him to Orissa, the jungle, and the furthest reaches of India. But sinister forces are at work, and Keith will be forced to question the very meaning of ‘truth’…

Also by Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Pole to Pole (1992);Hemingway’s Chair (Methuen, 1995); Full Circle (1997); Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure(1999); Sahara (2002); Himalaya (2004); Michael Palin Diaries 1969–1979 (2006); Palin’s New Europe (2007); Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (2009)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | July 2012 | 272 pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Publishers: US: St. Martin’s Press

Option Publishers: Dutch: AmboAnthos

Fiction24NICKY PELLEGRINO

Nicky Pellegrino is of Italian origin and lives in New Zealand where she works on a leading women’s magazine. Her debut

novel Delicious received wonderful reviews: ‘Full-bodied as a rich Italian red, it is a page-turner combining the missed chances of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin with the foodie pleasures of Chocolat. A warming read for a winter’s night.’ Eve magazine

When in Rome

A city of love, food, music and passion: this is a novel for anyone who fell in love with La Dolce Vita.

Rome in the 1950s, there’s nowhere quite like it. The narrow stone streets, the fountains and piazzas full of life in the heat of the day, the cafes and bars full of music and desire by night...

This is where Serafina calls home. When her mother goes out to work, Serafina and her sisters go singing in the nearest piazza, busking for spare change and cinema tickets. The girls long to meet their matinee idols and Serafina daydreams of Mario Lanza and his spellbinding voice. But the sisters will grow up quickly and for Serafina, a choice opens between the world she knows and the life she dreams of.

A captivating tale of love and music, food and passion, let Nicky Pellegrino take you on a journey to a city of beauty and heartbreak, at one of the most glamorous points in its magical history.

Orion | August 2012 | 352pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Delicious (2005) Publishers: Bulgarian: Bard | Dutch: De Kern | German: Lübbe |

Greek: Harlenic Hellas | Lithuanian: Gimtasis | Portuguese (Portugal): Asa | Slovak:

Ikar a.s. | Spanish: Random House Mondadori

Summer at the Villa Rosa (2007) Publishers: Dutch: De Kern | German: Lübbe |

Greek: Harlenic Hellas | Hebrew: Aryeh Nir | Portuguese (Portugal): Asa

The Italian Wedding (2009) Publishers: Dutch: De Kern | Greek: Harlenic Hellas |

Norwegian: Cappelen Damm | Polish: Prószynski Media | Portuguese (Brazil):

Editora Prumo | Portuguese (Portugal): Asa | Russian: Inostranka | Turkish: Dogan

Kitap

Recipe for Life (2010) Publishers: Dutch: De Kern | Polish: Prószynski | Portuguese

(Portugal): Asa | Serbian: Paladin

The Villa Girls (2011) Publishers: Dutch: De Kern | Polish: Prószynski | Portuguese

(Portugal): Asa

Fiction25BRENDA REID

Brenda Reid worked at the BBC as a script editor before going on to produce numerous plays, films and series. Her debut

novel, The House of Dust and Dreams, revealed her as a wonderful new voice in historical fiction. Evocative, engaging and utterly engrossing, this was a novel to savour, in the vein of Victoria Hislop and Julia Gregson.

Heavenly’s Child

Another glorious sun-drenched Cretan love story fom the author of The House of Dust and Dreams.

It is the late 1960s and after her strict English boarding school, Angel is delighted to be back on Crete, the island she loves. She and her friend Chrissi are planning to wile away the long summer days as they’ve always done before, hanging out together, playing pranks on their unsuspecting neighbours and generally running wild on the mountainside.

But when tragedy strikes at the heart of Angel’s family, she and Chrissi resolve to run away together. For two girls on the brink of womanhood, the turmoil that is Greece at that time makes it a dangerous place to be. As Angel falls in love, tragedy strikes a second time...

Following the success of The House of Dust and Dreams, Brenda Reid draws us back to Crete in this delightful coming of age story.

Also by Brenda Reid: The House of Dust and Dreams (2010)


Rights: World

Publishers: Serbia: Laguna

Option Publishers: Bulgarian: Kragozor | Dutch: Arena | Greek: Dioptra |

Norwegian: Concord | Polish: Swiat Ksiazki | Portuguese (Brazil): Larousse |

Serbian: Laguna

Fiction26RUTH SABERTON

Ruth Saberton is a fresh new voice in young women’s fiction. She brilliantly creates warm, funny and down-to-earth female

protagonists with whom readers can relate. Her debut novel for Orion in April 2010, Katy Carter Wants a Hero, got fantastic coverage and glowing reviews: ‘A really readable novel...made me laugh out loud. I’d give it a solid line of stars – it’s a hoot.’ Richard Madeley (of Richard and Judy TV bookclub fame). ‘Fresh, fast-paced and funny – what a debut.’ (5 stars) Company

www.ruthsaberton.co.uk

Amber Scott is Starting Over

The brilliantly entertaining new novel from the author of Katy Carter Wants a Hero.

Amber Scott loves her city life. She has a terrific job working on a glossy magazine. And even though her fiancé, Ed, doesn’t take her job seriously (as a solicitor, he doesn’t have much time for women’s magazines!), it is Amber’s dream job. So Ed’s news that he has taken a job in the West Country turns Amber’s world upside down. Their new life does not get off to the best start. The huge house Ed was so keen on is, well, huge - what is Amber going to do with four acres? Does M&S sell Aga ready-meals? And when the local hunt crosses her land, it’s more than Amber can stand. So how is it that, before long, Amber is friends with the eccentric Lady of the Manor, making love potions, and answering the door naked to strangers...?

Also by Ruth Saberton: Katy Carter Wants a Hero (2010); Ellie Andrews Has Second Thoughts (2011)

Orion | April 2012 | 320pp

Rights: World

Option Publishers: German: Goldmann | Russian: AST

Fiction27DAN SMITH

Dan Smith is a fresh new voice in thriller writing. His intelligent writing combines human interest with fascinating

locations. Dan Smith’s debut for Orion in February 2010, which picked up three award nominations, was: ‘An atmospheric and intriguing debut...haunting stuff from a new writer to watch.’ Mail on Sunday

The Child Thief

A powerful new thriller from a quality new voice.

December 1930, Western Ukraine. Luka is a veteran of the First World War and the Russian Civil War. His small village has, so far, managed to remain hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality and labour camp deportations. But everything changes the day the stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing the bodies of two children. In a fervour, the villagers lynch the stranger, despite Luka’s protests. When calm is restored, the mob leader, Dimitri, discovers his daughter has vanished. Luka is the only man with the skills to find who could have stolen a child in these frozen white wastelands. Together with his sons and Dimitri, Luka sets out in pursuit across lands ravaged by war and gripped by treachery. Soon they realise that the man they are tracking is no ordinary criminal, but a skilful hunter with the kidnapped child as the bait in his violent game. It will take all of Luka’s strength to battle the harshest of conditions, and all of his wit to stay a step ahead of the Soviet authorities. And though his toughest enemy is the man he tracks, his strongest bond is a whispered promise to his family back at home.

Also by Dan Smith: Dry Season (2010); Dark Horizons (2011)


Rights: World

Publishers: US: Pegasus

Fiction28PAUL TORDAY

Paul Torday read English at Pembroke College, Oxford, after which followed a thirty-year career in engineering and

industry. He finally scaled back his business responsibilities to fulfil a long-harboured ambition – to write. He burst onto the literary scene in 2006 with his first novel, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, an immediate bestseller that has been sold to twenty-five countries. A film of the book starring Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas and Emily Blunt has just been released.

The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall

The bestselling author returns with a tale of riches to rags…

Ed Hartlepool has been living in exile for five years, but as a settlement on his inheritance looms, he must return to his ancestral seat, Hartlepool Hall. Ed’s fatherhas left him, along with the house, a £7 million tax bill, two massive overdrafts, an 80-year-old butler, and a vast estate creaking at the seams. Not only that, but a strange woman has made herself very much at home. Can Ed save his inheritance? And is Lady Alice really who she claims to be?

Also by Paul Torday: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2006); The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce (2007); The Girl on the Landing (2009); The Hopeless Life of Charlie Summers (2010); More Than You Can Say (2011), The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall (2012)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | January 2013 | 320pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

Option Publishers: Bulgarian: Colibri | Chinese (Complex): Owl | Czech: Kniha

Zlin | French: Lattès | Italian: Elliot | Japanese: Hakusui Sha | Slovenian: Modrijan

Fiction29KATHERINE WEBB

Katherine Webb is a brilliant new voice in women’s fiction. She writes high quality commercial prose and her books are

perfect for fans of Rosamunde Pilcher and Kate Morton. Her debut for Orion, The Legacy, was a highly lauded Channel 4 TV Bookclub pick. Sales of it are now over 140,000 copies and rights have been snapped up in twenty-one territories.

A Half-Forgotten Song

From the bestselling author of The Legacy, a powerful tale that explores the dark heart of love.

Artist and gallery-owner Zach Gilchrist’s life is coming apart. His ex-wife has taken their young daughter and moved to America, and all he has left is his love of Charles Aubrey’s work and a fascination with his life, which was cut short by World War Two. In an attempt to get to the bottom of a decades-old mystery surrounding the artist, he visits Blacknowle in Dorset where the artist lived eighty years before. There he meets an old woman whom he recognises from Aubrey’s work as the beautiful ‘Mitzy’. Gradually, as he wins her trust, the true story of the turbulent years before the war emerges, and tragic events, buried for many years, are uncovered.

Also by Katherine Webb: The Legacy (2010); The Unseen (2011)


Rights: World

The Legacy (2010) Publishers: US: Harper Collins | Catalan: Rosa del Vents |

Chinese (Complex): Spring International Publishers | Chinese (Simple): Chinese

Citic Press | Czech: Euromedia | Danish: Lindhardt og Ringhof | Dutch: De Kern |

French: Belfond | German: Diana | Greek: Oceanida | Hungarian: General

Press | Italian: Mondadori | Norwegian: Gyldendal | Polish: Insignis | Portuguese:

(Brazil): Record | Portuguese: (Portugal): Asa | Romanian: Editura Allfa | Russian:

Ripol | Slovak: Ikar | Spanish: Lumen | Turkish: Pegasus

The Unseen (2011) Publishers: US: Harper Collins | French: Belfond | German:

Diana | Norwegian: Gyldendal | Portuguese: (Brazil): Record | Portuguese:

(Portugal): Asa | Turkish: Pegasus

A Half-Forgotten Song (2012) Publishers: French: Belfond | German: Diana |

Spanish: Lumen

Fiction30TOM WINSHIP

As a barrister, Tom Winship spent fifteen years working for the Crown Prosecution Service. He was involved in numerous

murder cases and provided advice to the police in several long-term undercover operations. He now writes full-time. The Opposite of Mercy has already received praise from Val McDermid: ‘Intense, gripping, scary, exactly what a thriller is supposed to be.’

The Vanishing

A pulse-pounding new thriller from the author of the critically acclaimed Karen Sharpe series.

1992: Lauren Cawley disappears days before her second birthday, triggering a massive police hunt. But she is never found, leaving her parents bereft and James Lomax, the lead investigator who searched tirelessly for her, broken. Twenty years on, Lomax’s son, Tom, a private investigator, receives a mysterious call from Sara Eaton, heir to a massive fortune. Moments before the death of Sara’s mother, Sara heard her whisper something. What Sara heard was Lomax’s name. Tom is flown out to Sara’s private yacht to attend the reading of her mother’s will. When an explosion rips through the boat, Tom has forty-eight hours to get Sara back to London. As they struggle to evade a series of terrifying attempts on her life, the clues inexorably lead back to the case that destroyed Tom’s father. He alone can unlock the terrible secret that Sara’s mother hid from her - leading to a brutal confrontation and a revelation as shocking as it is poignant.

Also by Tom Winship (writing as John Connor): Karen Sharpe series: Phoenix (2003), The Playroom (2005), A Child’s Game (2006), Falling (2007), Unsafe (2009); The Opposite of Mercy (2010)

Orion | November 2012 | 320pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

Karen Sharpe series (2003-2009) Publishers: US: Bloody Brits Press | Chinese:

Qunzhong | Czech: Olympia | Dutch: Karakter | French: Lattès | German:

Goldmann | Polish: PWRSA and KDC Pl.| Swedish: Forum | Turkish: Derin Kitap

Science Fiction & Fantasy


32

MARK ALDER

Mark Alder is a pseudonym for M.D. Lachlan, author of the acclaimed Wolfsangel series.

SON OF THE MORNING

The start of an original new fantasy: The Hundred Years’ War played out by angels and demons.

It is 1337 and Edward III is powerless and bankrupt. He cannot hope to defend his lands in France, which are subject to a vicious scorched earth policy pursued by the French King. Hal Romsey is a sixteen year old boy; he is a visionary and a disciple of the Devil. He has one of the keys to Hell, and knows how to use it. Hell is willing to ally with England, and thus begins a story that will shake the thrones of medieval Europe and see angels and demons fighting for the future of England and France.

Gollancz | April 2013 | 400pp | Ms due August 2012

Rights: World

Option Publishers: Bulgarian: Bard | Chinese Complex: Popular Press |

Chinese Simple: Tianjin HuaWenTinXia | French: Pygmalion | German: Heyne |

Indonesian: Penerbit Kantera | Polish: Proszynski

New Voices


33MITCH BENN

Mitch Benn is a much admired comedian and musician. He is a regular contributor to Radio 4’s The Now Show. Terra is his

first novel.

TERRA

An exciting SF debut from a master of British comedy.

No-one trusts humanity. No-one can quite understand why we are intent on destroying the only place we have to live in the Universe. Though there is one alien out there who think Rrth is worth looking at. Not humanity, obviously, we’re appalling, but there are some truly wonderful places on Rrth and some wonderful creatures living in them. But on one trip to Rrth our alien biologist causes a horrendous road accident. In the wreckage of their car our alien discovers a baby girl. She needs rescuing . . . And now eleven years later a girl called Terra is about to go to school for the first time. It’s a very alien experience . . .

Terra is a charming and hilarious satirical fable. A story about how odd and alien we are. And a story about how ‘human’ odd aliens are. It tells the story of a girl who grows up in a very different world, who gains a unique perspective on our world and a unique perspective on her new home. A girl who can teach us, and them, a lot. A girl living in an extraordinary world that is spiraling into a terrible war.

Gollancz | July 2013 | 432pp | Ms due April 2012

Rights: World

New Voices


34MILES CAMERON

Gollancz is thrilled to welcome Miles Cameron (a successfully established writer of historical fiction) to its ranks this

year. His fantasy debut, The Traitor’s Son, in which French and German rights were snapped up at the London Book Fair last year, promises to be a huge success.

The Red Knight: Traitor’s Son Cycle Book I

First in an epic fantasy trilogy by a stunning debut fantasy novelist.

The Red Knight is the story of a mercenary knight and his men in a world full of trials, battles and danger. Accepting a commission to protect a small community against the savage creatures besieging them, the knight is quick to realise he and his men need help. The King is the only one who can provide it. But why should the King answer the call, when he has his own battles to fight? And why is the wayward knight so reluctant to request his aid in the first place? Dark, violent, and brilliantly observed and written, this will be an ideal series for fans of Joe Abercrombie, George R.R. Martin and A-list epic fantasy fiction.

Gollancz | September 2012 | 608pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

Rights sold: US Orbit | French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne

New Voices


35ADAM DALTON

Gollancz is delighted to add the exciting new voice of Adam Dalton to its programme. Prior to being published by

Gollancz, Adam self-published his first fantasy trilogy – the ‘Necromancer’ trilogy – to great acclaim and success.

http://metaphysicalfantasy.wordpress.com

Empire of the Saviours

The start of a brand new fantasy trilogy, with a new world, a new mythology, and a new hero...

In the Empire of the Saviours, the People are forced to live in fortified towns. Their walls are guarded by an army of Heroes, whose task is to keep marauding pagans out as much as it is to keep the People inside. Several times a year, living Saints visit the towns to exact the Saviours’ tithe from all those coming of age - a tithe often paid in blood.

When a young boy, Jillan, unleashes pagan magicks in an accident, his whole town turns against him. He goes on the run. Jillan is initially hunted by just the soldiers of the Saint of his region, but others soon begin to hear of his increasing power and seek to use him for their own ends. Some want Jillan to join the fight against the Empire, others wish to steal his power for themselves and others still want Jillan to lead them to the Geas, the source of all life and power in the world. There are few Jillan can trust. With his parents threatened, his life in tatters, his beliefs shaken to the core, Jillan must decide which side he is on, and whether to fight or run . . .

Gollancz | May 2013 | 452pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Rights sold: German: Blanvalet

New Voices


36

Gollancz | July, August, September 2013| 320 pp | Ms due September 2012

Rights: World

Option publishers: US: Berkley | French: Pygmalion | German: Heyne | Polish:

Dwojka bez sternika

NATHAN HAWKE

Nathan Hawke is a pseudonym for British fantasy author Stephen Deas.

www.stephendeas.com

Gallow: The Crimson Shield

Gallow: Cold Redemption

Gallow: The Last Bastion

Fantasy needs a new hero. Meet Gallow: trouble for anyone who crosses him.

“I have been Truesword to my friends, Griefbringer to my enemies. To most of you I am just another Northlander here to take your women and drink your mead, but to those who know me, my name is Gallow. I fought for my king for seven long years. I have served lords and held my shield beside common men. I have fled in defeat and I have tasted victory and I will tell you which is sweeter. Despise me then, for I have slain more of your kin than I can count, though I remember every single face.”

A protagonist with a big sword, a troubled past and big sense of justice. The whole of this exciting new trilogy will be published over three months and will be perfect for fans of David Gemmell.

New Voices


37PETER HIGGINS

Gollancz welcomes a powerful new voice to SF. Peter Higgins read English at Oxford and was Junior Research Fellow at

Wolfson College before joining the Civil Service. He began writing fantasy and SF stories in 2006 and his work has appeared in Fantasy: Best of the Year 2007 and Best New Fantasy 2. Wolfhound Century is his first novel.

Wolfhound Century

A gripping SF thriller in a brilliantly realised alternate Russia.

A thousand miles east of Mirgorod, the great capital city of the Vlast, deep in the ancient forest, lies the most recent fallen angel, its vast stone form half-buried and fused into the rock by the violence of impact. As its dark energy leeches into the crash site, so a circle of death expands around it, slowly - inexorably - killing everything it touches. Alone in the wilderness, it reaches out with its mind. The endless forest and its antique folklore are of no concern to Inspector Vissarion Lom, summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown terrorism with an iron fist. Lom was chosen because he is an outsider, not involved in the struggle for power within the party. And because of the sliver of angel stone implanted in his head at the children’s home. His investigations reveal secrets so ancient that only the forest remembers and catapults Lom into a perilous, life-threatening conspiracy.

Gollancz | March 2013 | 368 pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Rights sold: US: Orbit | Finnish: Gummerus | French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne

New Voices


38MICHAEL WARD

Michael Ward has been writing and gaming for as long as he can remember. For him DestinyQuest is a fusion of those

two passions. He also works as a freelance writer of educational materials for teachers and children.

The Legion of Shadow: DestinyQuest Book I

Fighting Fantasy meets World of Warcraft in a new type of adventure novel.

You have no memory of your past.

With only a sword and a backpack to your name, you must discover your destiny in an unfamiliar world full of monsters and magic.

As you guide your hero through this epic adventure, you will be choosing the dangers that they face, the monsters that they fight and the treasures that they find. Every decision that you make will have an impact on the story and, ultimately, the fate of your hero.

With hundreds of special items to discover in each book, you can completely customise your hero. You can choose their weapons, their armour, their special abilities. No two heroes will ever be alike, which means your hero will always be unique to you.

Welcome to a new world. Welcome to Valeron. Welcome to DestinyQuest.


Rights: World

Rights sold: French: Bragelonne

New Voices


39BEN AARONOVITCHwww.the-folly.com

NEW FROM: JOE ABERCROMBIEwww.joeabercrombie.com

A Red Country

Joe Abercrombie is the most successful fantasy novelist of his generation, with

a remarkable, cynical and powerful voice cutting through the clichés of the fantasy genre to create something compelling and exceptionally commercial. With A Red Country, Joe Abercrombie is once again venturing in a new direction, and on a new adventure, with one of the most enduring, powerful and popular characters of the First Law trilogy. It’s going to be their biggest challenge yet . . .

Gollancz | September 2012 | 560pp | Ms due August

2012 | Rights: World

Rights sold: US: Orbit | French: Bragelonne | Polish:

MAG

Option publishers: Bulgarian: Colibri | Croatian:

Algoritam | Czech: Polaris | Danish: Tellerup |

German: Heyne | Serbian: Laguna | Spanish: Alianza

| Swedish: Damm

Backlist publishers: Dutch: MYNX | Finnish: Kirjava

| Greek: Anubis | Hebrew: Opus | Hungarian:

Konyvmolykepzo Kiado | Portuguese (Portugal):

Gailivro | Romanian: Nemira | Russian: Eksmo |

Turkish: Artemis

THE PETER GRANT SERIES (2011-2013)

Book I: Rivers of London (2011)

Book II: Moon over Soho (2011)

Book III: Whispers under Ground (June 2012) Ms available

Book IV: Broken Homes (June 2013) Ms due December 2012

Ben Aaronovitch’s highly-acclaimed writing debut Rivers of London went straight into The Sunday Times Top Ten, beginning a fabulous urban fantasy series featuring PC Peter Grant.

‘Witty, well plotted, vividly written and addictively readable.’ The Times

‘What would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz?’ Diana Gabaldon.

Gollancz | 384pp | Rights: World (US, French,

German: Zeno Agency)

Rights sold: Hungarian: Agave | Italian: Fanucci |

Polish: MAG | Spanish: Minotauro


40

ELVES SERIES (2010-2013)

Book I: Elves: Once Walked with Gods (2010)

Book II: Elves: Rise of the Taigethen (February 2012)

Book III: Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura (May 2013) Ms due September 2012

James Barclay writes ‘action fantasy at its best’ (SFX Magazine). He is the author

of Gollancz’s bestselling trilogies The Chronicles of the Raven and The Legends of the Raven which are now published in nine languages. His current, exciting action-packed trilogy, telling the story of the Elven race is a uniquely entertaining take on a fantasy staple that will appeal to all fans of the genre.

Gollancz | 352pp | Rights: World

Rights sold: French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne

Option Publishers: US: Pyr/Prometheus | Russian:

Eksmo

Backlist Publishers: Bulgarian: Bard | Czech: Fantom

Print | Bulgarian: Bard | Dutch: MYNX | Italian: Nord

| Polish: ISA | Spanish: La Factoria de Ideas

JAMES BARCLAYwww.jamesbarclay.com

NEW FROM: STEPHEN BAXTER www.stephen-baxter.com

Promixa

Proxima is a brand new novel from pre-eminent SF writer, Stephen Baxter. It is an awe-inspiring planetary romance set in the 27th century. Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star, is the nearest star to our sun, and host to the world, Proxima IV, habitable by humans. Huddling close to the warmth, orbiting in weeks, Proxima IV keeps one face to its parent star at all times. The ‘substellar point’, with the star forever overhead, is a blasted desert, and the ‘antistellar point’ on the far side is under an ice cap in perpetual darkness. How would it be to live on such a world? Proxima will tell the amazing tale of how we colonise a harsh new Eden, and the secret we find there that will change our role in the Universe for ever.

Gollancz | September 2013 | 400pp | Ms due January


Option publishers: US: Berkley | Czech: BB Art |

French: Les Presses de la Cite | German: Heyne

Backlist publishers: Greek: Ioannis Koutsaftis | Italian:

Aliberti Hebrew: Yaniv | Spanish: La Factoria de Ideas

and Minotauro


41

STONEWYLDE SERIES (2011-2012)

Magus of Stonewylde (2011)

Moondance of Stonewylde (2011)

Solstice at Stonewylde (2011)

Shadows at Stonewylde (2011)

Shaman of Stonewylde (October 2012) Ms due April 2012

Kit Berry is a fresh new voice, bringing earth magic and the great outdoors

to Twilight readers! Gollancz has re-launched her self-published Stonewylde books. They are superb stories with all the right elements: magic, mystery, love, and an investigation into the dark heart of a seemingly perfect community.

‘Powerful stuff, disturbing and dramatic. Allow this story to grab hold, and it may not let you go!’ Kevin Crossley-Holland


KIT BERRYwww.stonewylde.com

ELSPETH COOPERwww.elspethcooper.com

THE WILD HuNT SERIES (2011-2014)

Songs of the Earth (2011)

Trinity Moon (July 2012) Ms due April 2012

The Dragon House (June 2014) Ms due October 2013

Elspeth Cooper is a spectacular new find for Gollancz: ‘A true storyteller-’

Alexander Kent. She carries forward the flame of new talent, following other outstandingly successful Gollancz debuts, including Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, Patrick Rothfuss, Tom Lloyd and Kristin Cashore. The acquisition of her trilogy, The Wild Hunt, was met with a flurry of interest at the Frankfurt Book Fair and rights were snapped up in five territories.

Gollancz | 2011-2014 | 360pp | Rights: World

Rights Sold: US: Tor | Dutch: Mynx | French:

Bragelonne | German: Heyne | Polish: Amber |

Spanish: Planeta


42

The Black Mausoleum

Deas returns to the superb dragon world of his Memory of Flames trilogy for a stand-alone

epic adventure in which Skorl, a dragon fighter, Rat the Outsider, and Kataros, an alchemist, have one chance to save the world from a storm of dragons.

Gollancz | August 2012 | 352 pp | Rights: World |

Ms available

Option publishers: US: Berkley | French: J’ai Lu |

German: Heyne | Polish: Dwojka bez sternika

THE THIEF-TAKER’S APPRENTICE TRILOGY

The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice (2010)

The Warlock’s Shadow (2011)

The King’s Assassin (October 2012) Ms available

A fabulous YA trilogy in which teenage thief, Berren, becomes a teenage assassinand must live with the consequences. With its engaging hero, fast moving narrativeand vividly realised world, this marks the beginning of a new fantasy series for alllovers of fantasy especially readers of Robin Hobb and Trudi Canavan.


Rights Sold: Polish: Proszynski

NEW FROM STEPHEN DEASwww.stephendeas.com

EVE ONLINEwww.eve-online.com

EVE: The Empyrean Age by Tony Gonzales (2008)

EVE: The Burning Life by Hjalti Danielsson (2010)

EVE: Templar One by Tony Gonzales (2012)

Gollancz is delighted to be working in partnership with the gaming phenomenon Eve Online, the interactive role-playing game which has over 300,000 active players world-wide. Gollancz is publishing novels set in Eve’s immense world, and this unique project brings action-packed stories to game players, and an accessible, interactive, immersive world to readers.


Rights sold: US: Tor | German: Blanvalet | Italian:

Multiplayer | Polish: Zysk | Russian: AST


43NEW FROM JAINE FENNwww.jainefenn.com

Queen of NowhereThe fate of humanity is in the balance in this latest novel from Jaine Fenn, the sequel to Bringer Of Light. Jaine Fenn made her debut with Gollancz in 2008 with Principles of Angels, which

was greatly praised by reviewers both in the genre and mainstream press:

‘An artfully engineered plot, flawed but compelling characters and a fascinating setting make for an entertaining first novel.’ Guardian

Gollancz | December 2012 | 352pp | Ms due April


NEW FROM MARY GENTLE

Black Opera An astonishing new historical fantasy set in a sumptuous alternate Italy where music has magical power, by one of the world’s most acclaimed writers of fantasy and

science fiction.

‘Mary Gentle’s novels hover in the grey area between fantastic postmodern and historical fiction. The prose is flinty, the characters real.’ Guardian

Gollancz | August 2012 | 672pp | Ms available

Rights: Translation

US: Maggie Noach Literary Agency

EMPTY SPACE

Empty Space is a sequel to the award-winning Light and Nova Swing, and a glorious conclusion to the Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy. One of Britain’s most accomplished writers, M. John Harrison has been universally acclaimed for his high-concept SF and stunning prose.

‘A novel of visionary power.’ TLS on Light

www.mjohnharrison.com

Gollancz | April 2012 | 488pp | Rights: World

Rights sold: Polish: MAG

Option Publishers: US: Bantam | Finnish: Like |

Romanian: Tritonic

Backlist Publishers: German: Heyne | Italian:

Mondadori | Japanese: Kokusho Kankokai | Polish:

MAG

NEW FROM M JOHN HARRISON


44

Some Kind of Fairy Tale

Neil Gaiman meets Joanne Harris in this haunting modern fairy tale from the ‘brilliantly original’ (Sunday Times) World Fantasy Award winning author, Graham Joyce. Joyce is the author of many critically acclaimed novels and has won the British Fantasy Award for best novel four times.

Gollancz | August 2012 | 400pp | Ms available |

Rights: Translation

US: MBA Literary Agency

Option Publishers: French: Bragelonne | German:

Goldman | Portuguese (Portugal): Bizancio |

Romanian: Tritonic | Spanish: Plaza & Janes

Backlist Publishers: Chinese Complex: Business

Weekly | Greek: Kadath | Italy: Nord | Polish: MAG |

Russian: Azbooka | Serbian: Dereta | Turkish: Istiklal

and Final Yayincilik Reklamcilik Sanayi Ticaret Ltd

NEW FROM GRAHAM JOYCEwww.grahamjoyce.net

M. D. LACHLANwww.mdlachlan.com

WOLFSANGEL SERIES (2010-2012)

Wolfsangel (2010)

Fenrir (2011)

The Lord of Slaughter (June 2012) Ms available

M.D. Lachlan has created an extraordinarily original, multi-volume

fantasy that takes the werewolf from his beginnings as heir to a brutal Viking king, down through the ages. It is a journey that sees him hunt for his lost love through centuries and lives, and see the endless battle between the wolf, Odin and Loki – the eternal trickster – spill over into countless bloody conflicts from our history. This is the myth of the werewolf as it has never been told before.


Rights sold: US: Pyr/Prometheus | Bulgarian: Bard |

Chinese Complex: Popular Press | Chinese Simple:

Tianjin HuaWenTinXia | French: Pygmalion | German:

Heyne | Indonesian: Penerbit Kantera | Polish:

Proszynski


45

THE GENTLEMAN BASTARD SEQuENCE (2006-)

The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)

Red Seas under Red Skies (2007)

The Republic of Thieves (October 2012) Ms due September 2012

Scott Lynch’s brilliantly original fantasy debut The Lies of Locke Lamora launched

one of the most exciting new fantasy careers of the 21st century. Sold in twenty-five countries and optioned for television, Scott Lynch’s novels introduced the world to the thief and con-man Locke Lamora.


Rights sold: US: Bantam | Bulgarian: Riva |

Chinese Complex: China Times | Chinese Simple:

Shanghai Translation | Czech: Laser | Dutch: De

Boekerij | Finnish: WSOY | French: Bragelonne |

German: Heyne | Greek: Unicorn | Hebrew: Aviel |

Hungarian: Alexandra | Italian: Nord | Indonesian:

Penerbit Matahati | Japanese: Hayakawa | Korean:

D &C Media | Norwegian: Damm | Polish: MAG

| Portuguese (Portugal): Saida de Emergencia |

Romanian: RAO | Russian: AST | Serbian: Laguna |

Spanish: Alianza | Swedish: Bonnier Carlsen | Thai:

Pearl Publishing

THE TWILIGHT REIGN SERIES (2006-2011)

The Stormcaller (2006)

The Twilight Herald (2007)

The Grave Thief (2008)

The Ragged Man (2010)

The Dusk Watchman (August 2012) Ms available

The Twilight Reign is a powerful fantasy series that combines inspired world-building, epoch-shattering battles and high emotion to dazzling effect.


Rights sold: US: Pyr | Czech: Fantom Print | French:

Orbit | German: Heyne | Polish: Rebis | Russian:

Eksmo

TOM LLOYD SCOTT LYNCH www.scottlynch.us


46

THE SPELLCRACKERS.COM SERIES (2008-2014)

The Sweet Scent of Blood (2008)

The Cold Kiss of Death (2009)

The Bitter Seed of Magic (2011)

The Shifting Price of Prey (August 2012) Ms available

The Hidden Rune of Iron (September 2013) Ms due January 2013

The Sharp Bite of Ritual (September 2014) Ms due January 2014

In 2008 Gollancz launched Suzanne McLeod’s paranormal romance series Spellcrackers.com – a sexy, sassy series guaranteed to spice up your reading life. The series features Genny Taylor, a female magical practitioner hired to sort out bad magic in a vibrant London peopled with a myriad of fantastic creatures: vamps, elves, goblins and witches. Each novel is action-packed and full of humour, perfect for fans of Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison and Laurell K. Hamilton. ‘The Sweet Scent of Blood is one of my favorite reads . . . The fast pace of the plot and the fascinating cast of characters will give you a happy little vacation between two covers.’ Charlaine Harris


Rights sold: US: Berkley | Estonian: Varrak | German:

Goldmann | Russian: Azbooka

In the Mouth of the Whale

Formalhaut was first colonised by the posthuman Quick, but their peaceful civilisation was swiftly conquered by ruthless humans who call themselves the True. Now the Ghosts, a posthuman cult, have come to Formalhaut to conquer its single gas giant planet. The Quick believe the planet’s core is inhabited by an ancient alien mind; the True believe it can be made into a weapon; the Ghosts believe it can be made into a computational system with the power to fulfil the ancient prophecies of their founder…

Gollancz | January 2012 | 352pp | Rights: World

Option Publishers:US Pyr | Czech: Plejda Publishing

s.r.o. | French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne

NEW FROM PAUL MCAULEYwww.unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com

SUZANNE MCLEODwww.spellcrackers.com


47

RAGNAROK SPACE OPERA TRILOGY (2010-2013)

Absorption (2010)

Transmission (January 2012)

Resonance (February 2013) Ms due June 2012

This is an epic space opera that pulls together ancient history, the dark events of the twentieth century and the far future. The Ragnarok universe not only provides a stunning SF rationale for Norse mythology but posits a world where pilots are locked into symbiotic relationships with their ships and the cities can come alive. A perfect series for fans of Peter F. Hamilton and Alastair Reynolds.

Gollancz | 464pp | Rights: Translation

US: MBA Literary Agency

Option Publishers: Czech: Fantom Print | Russian:

AST | German: Heyne

The Steel Remains (2009)

The Cold Commands (2011)

The Dark Defiles (August 2013) Ms due December 2013

One of the key talents in science fiction has brought his uniquely hard-hitting style and trademark visceral writing style to fantasy, with extraordinary success. This new trilogy has turbo-driven plotting and thought-provoking characterization.


Rights sold: US: Random House | French: Bragelonne

| German: Heyne | Italian: Gargoyle | Polish: ISA

Russian: Eksmo | Spanish: Alamut

Backlist publishers: US: Random House | Bulgarian:

Bard | Chinese Simple: Science Fiction World |

Croatian: Algoritam | Czech: Triton | Finnish: Like

| French: Bragelonne | Greek: Anubis | Hungarian:

Agave | Japanese: Aspect | Korean: Minumsa |

Lithuanian: Eridanas | Polish: ISA | Portuguese

(Portugal): Saida de Emergencia | Romanian: Tritonic

| Russian: AST | Swedish: Ordbilder | Turkish: Alfa

Yayin Grubu

JOHN MEANEYwww.johnmeaney.com

RICHARD MORGAN www.richardkmorgan.co.uk


48

THE DARK ELITE (2010-2012)

Firespell (2010)

Hexbound (2011)

Charmfall (February 2012)

With Twilight, Gossip Girl and The House of Night novels rocketing off the shelves, this is a great addition to a growing genre: a perfect combination of adventure, ro-mance and magic.

When Lily’s guardians decided to send her away to a fancy boarding school in Chicago, she was shocked. So was St. Sophia’s. Lily’s ultra-rich brat pack classmates think Lily should be the punch-line to every joke, and on top of that, she’s hearing strange noises and seeing bizarre things in the shadows of the creepy building. She hooks up with roommate Scout and a splinter group of rebel teens with unique magical talents, who’ve sworn to protect the city against demons and vampires, and discovers that magic can be your best friend . . . or worst enemy.

Gollancz | 256pp | Rights: Translation (except

German) | US: The Knight Agency

Rights sold: French: Bragelonne | Spanish: La

Factoria de Ideas |Turkish: Artemis

THE DOG-FACED GODS TRILOGY (2010-2012)

A Matter of Blood (2010)

The Shadow of the Soul (2011)

The Chosen Seed (February 2012)

Sarah Pinborough is one of Gollancz’s hottest new talents! Her Dog-Faced Gods

trilogy is a dynamite combination of crime and horror.

The trilogy has been optioned for television after a hard-fought auction.

‘A pitch-black thriller with a fierce emotional payload – gritty, authentic and compelling.’ Michael Marshall Smith.


Rights sold: US: Berkley | German: Carl Ueberreuter

Verlag

CHLOE NEILLwww.chloeneill.com

SARAH PINBOROUGHwww.sarahpinborough.com


49

The Educated Ape and Other Wonders of the World

It is 1899 and the world is coming to an end! An epic in four movements, this is the third book in Robert Rankin’s highly acclaimed meta-Victorian series. Comparable to Pratchett or Douglas Adams, the Father of Far Fetched Fiction has pulled out all the stops with this riotous tale of wicked women, a dangerous detective and Darwin the educated ape.

Gollancz | September 2012 | 314pp | Rights: World |

Ms due May 2012

Option Publishers: Polish: Proszynski

The Quantum Thief (2010)

The Fractal Prince (September 2012) Ms due May 2012

Hannu Rajaniemi is from Finland and has a PhD in String Theory. Described

by Charles Stross as ‘brilliant’ and ‘the next big thing in hard SF’, Hannu’s dazzling duology set in a far-flung solar system and featuring the amazing Jean le Flambeur has fantastic science, original concepts and excellent characters.


Rights sold: US: Tor | Bulgarian: Bard | Czech: Triton

| Finnish: Gummerus | French: Bragelonne | German:

Piper | Japanese: Hayakawa | Polish: MAG | Spain:

Bibliopolis | Turkey: Pegasus

HANNU RAJANIEMI NEW FROM ROBERT RANKINwww.goldensprout.com


50

Blue Remembered EarthPoseidon’s Children Book I

Alastair Reynolds is an SF superstar, writing ingenious, hugely inventive,

sprawling space adventures. Blue Remembered Earth is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand years of future history...out beyond the solar system, into interstellar space and the dawn of galactic society.

Gollancz | January 2012 | 488pp | Rights: World

Rights sold: US: Berkley | Like OY| Spanish: La

Factoria de Ideas

Option Publishers: Czech: Triton | Finnish: | French:

Les Presses de la Cite| German: Heyne | Italian:

Mondadori | Japanese: Hayakawa | Polish: MAG |

Russian: AST

The Chatrand Saga (2008)

The Red Wolf Conspiracy (2008)

Rats and the Ruling Sea (2009)

The River of Shadows (2011)

The Night of the Swarm (August 2012) Ms available

Robert V.S. Redick’s stunning and original fantasy series combines the invention of Scott Lynch with the power of Philip Pullman.

‘Intelligently crafted, highly imaginative, and undeniably charming.’ Fantasy Book Critic.

Gollancz | May 2012 | 560pp | Rights: World

Rights sold: US: Del Rey | Czech: Argo | French:

Univers Poche | German: Heyne | Polish: MAG |

Russian: AST | Spanish: Alianza

ROBERT V.S. REDICKwww.redwolfconspiracy.com

NEW FROM ALASTAIR REYNOLDSwww.alastairreynolds.com


51

THE NOWHERE CHRONICLES (2010-2012)

The Double-Edged Sword (2010)

The Traitor’s Gate (2011)

The London Stone (July 2012) Ms available

Sarah Silverwood is the YA fiction writing pseudonym for the talented

Sarah Pinborough. In the Nowhere Chronicles, an engaging hero, fast-moving narrative and vividly realised alternate London make this YA series a gripping read, perfect for fans of Philip Pullman.

Indigo | 352pp | Rights: World

Rights sold: Polish: Amber

Jack Glass

Adam Roberts, Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway

College, London, is one of the most acclaimed SF writers of his generation. In his latest work Golden Age SF meets Golden Age Crime. Roberts riffs on the tropes of crime fiction and imbues his novel with the feel of Golden Age SF to produce another bravura performance.

Gollancz | July 2012 | 368pp | Rights: World |

Ms available

NEW FROM ADAM ROBERTSwww.adamroberts.com

SARAH SILVERWOODwww.sarahpinborough.com


52

THE TALES OF THE KETTY JAY (2009-

Retribution Falls (2009)

Black Lung Captain (2010)

The Iron Jackal (2011)

The Ace of Skulls (August 2012) Ms due May 2012

This is a fun, action-packed series from an internationally celebrated author. Each heist-ridden novel with its superb cast of characters is full of double-crossing entertainment and holds significant appeal for both a teen readership and the growing steampunk market. Perfect for fans of Firefly.


Rights sold: Bulgarian:Studio Art | French:

Bragelonne | German: Heyne | Polish: Amber |

Russian: Eksmo

Age of Scorpio

Of all the captains based out of Arclight only Eldon Sloper was desperate enough to agree to a salvage job in Red Space. And now he and his crew are living to regret his desperation. In Red Space the rules are different. Some things work, others don’t. Best to stick close to the Church beacons. Don’t get lost. Because there’s something wrong about Red Space. Something beyond rational. Something vampyric . . .

Gavin Smith’s new SF novel is an epic slam-bang ride through a terrifyingly different future.

Gollancz | September 2012 | 512pp | Rights: World |

Ms due May 2012

Option Publishers: Bulgarian: Colibri | German:

Blanvalet

NEW FROM GAVIN SMITH

CHRIS WOODINGwww.chriswooding.com

Non-Fiction

History &

Current A

ffairs

54

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | June 2013 | 352pp | Ms due October 2012

Rights: World

BEN CHU

Ben Chu studied Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford and has been a leader writer at the Independent since 2004. He is

currently Economics Editor there. Chinese Whispers is his first book.

Chinese Whispers Why everything you thought you knew about the world’s most populous nation is wrong

A corrective to Western assumptions about modern China.

The West has been getting China wrong for centuries. Our perspective on this sprawling and complex empire tends to be skewed by our own insecurities and the assumption that in China’s rise we are witnessing the inevitable eclipse of the Western world. Ben Chu identifies seven common myths - or ‘whispers’ - that hold sway about modern China, and deconstructs them. Some, such as the supposedly inexhaustible Chinese appetite for work, have a long lineage; others are more recent, such as the myth that Chinese parents bully their children into success or the frequently asserted notion that it is only a matter of time before China rules the world. By examining the twisting roots of these assumptions and contrasting them with the reality, Ben Chu gets to grips with modern China in an iconoclastic and illuminating portrait of this profoundly misunderstood country.

Those who raise the alarm about the economic expansion of China are right about one thing: the Western world’s relationship with China will help to define the twenty-first century. It is time for the West to stop getting China wrong, and to stop listening to the Chinese Whispers.

History &

Current A

ffairs

55

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | June 2013 | 352pp | Ms due October 2012

Rights: World

JAMES EVANS

James Evans gained a PhD at Oriel College, Oxford, following a first-class Masters in Historical Research. He has worked as

a producer on several historical television documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4.

Merchant AdventurersThe Voyage that Launched Modern England

A Tudor voyage of exploration – an extraordinary story of daring, discovery and tragedy.

In 1533 a pioneering voyage was undertaken in an attempt to find a new, shorter route to China and its riches, skirting through the icy seas round the top of Norway and along Asia’s northern rim. Two of the three ships became trapped in an Arctic bay by the oncoming winter; the captain and his crew were discovered by Russian fishermen the following summer, their bodies still frozen in the thawing ice.

Sir Hugh Willoughby, the captain of the doomed ships, kept diaries which were recovered from his final resting place, and James Evans has used these to build a vivid account of the tragic fate of the two ships.

A third ship, commanded by Richard Chancellor fared better, thanks to his study of the navigational sciences that were beginning to transform Europe. He voyaged over a thousand miles by sled through the Russian wilderness to Moscow, where he dined at the court of Ivan the Terrible. Chancellor returned to London as a hero, only to be drowned on his second journey to Muscovy two years later. Yet, as Evans makes clear, his ground-breaking achievements laid the foundations for England’s subsequent expansion on the global stage.

Merchant Adventurers illuminates wider themes in the history of exploration, trade, science and globalisation. But, above all, it promises to be a gripping and tragic story of adventure.

History &

Current A

ffairs

56

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | August 2012 | 512 pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Catherine de Medici (2004) Publishers: US: Fourth Estate | Czech:

Academia (reverted) | Dutch: Houtekiet | Portuguese (Portugal): Livraria Civilização

Editora | Russian: AST | Spanish: Siglo XXI | Swedish: Norstedts (reverted)

The Deadly Sisterhood (2011) Publishers: US: HarperCollins | Russian: AST

LEONIE FRIEDA

Swedish by birth and educated in Britain, Leonie Frieda speaks five languages and is a member of the Institute of Linguists.

Her long interest in Catherine de Medici resulted in a biography that was a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and was translated into six languages. ‘This intelligent and well-researched biography of her is a worthy testament to Catherine’s formidable strength. Catherine de Medici reveals Frieda, a first-time biographer, to be a writer of tremendous talent and skill.’ Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

The Deadly Sisterhood Eight Princesses of the Italian Renaissance

The rise and fall of the Italian Renaissance through the women who shaped it.

Mothers of popes and wives of princes, diplomats, warriors, lovers and savvy political operators, the eight remarkable women featured herein were among the most significant power players in fourteenth and fifteenth-century Renaissance Italy. Looking at Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Clarice Orsini, Beatrice d’Este, Caterina Sforza, Isabella d’Este, Giulia Farnese, Isabella d’Aragona and Lucrezia Borgia, Frieda explores the intricate network of blood ties that bound them together, even as ambition, love and betrayal set sister against sister in the brutal dynastic conflicts of the peninsula. Leonie Frieda brilliantly weaves their stories together in a sweeping hundred-year saga.

Also by Leonie Frieda: Catherine de Medici (2004)

History &

Current A

ffairs

57ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY

Adrian Goldsworthy has a doctorate from Oxford University. His first book, The Roman Army at War, was recognised by

John Keegan as an exceptional work, original in treatment and impressive in style. His monumental biography of Julius Caesar in 2006 has been translated into fourteen languages.

Augustus

From obscure teenager to Rome’s first and greatest emperor: Augustus’s rise to power, by an acclaimed expert on ancient Rome.

In 44BC, on the death of Julius Caesar, Augustus stepped forward to proclaim himself Caesar’s rightful successor. He was not yet twenty years old. Over the next ten years he consolidated his power in Rome, and finally overthrew the last of his rivals in 31 BC. From that moment on Rome became an empire, and Augustus its first emperor.

Adrian Goldsworthy’s biography is the first major book about Augustus and his legacy for well over a decade and is destined to become the standard work for years to come.

Also by Adrian Goldsworthy: Roman Warfare (2000); Cannae (2001); In the Name of Rome (2003); The Fall of Carthage (2003); Caesar (2006); The Fall of the West (2009); Antony and Cleopatra (2010

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | July 2014 | 582pp | Ms due November 2013 |

Proposal available

Rights: WorldAugustus (2014) Publishers: US: Yale | Spanish: La Estera de Los Libros

Option Publishers: Croatian: Profil | Dutch: Ambo/Anthos | Finnish: Gummerus |

Korean: Rubybox | Portuguese (Brazil): Record |Portuguese (Portugal):

A Esfera dos Livros | Russian: Eksmo

History &

Current A

ffairs

58

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | April 2013 | 288pp | Ms due August 2012

Rights: World

Fatal Colours (2011) Publishers: US: WW Norton

Fatal Rivalry (2013) Publishers: US: WW Norton

GEORGE GOODWIN

George Goodwin is a history graduate of Cambridge, where he was awarded a Foundation exhibition. He is a Fellow of

the Royal Society of Arts and lives in London. His 2010 debut for Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Fatal Colours, was warmly praised: ‘Vivid, humane and superbly researched.’ David Starkey.

Fatal RivalryPower, personality and the decisive battle for Renaissance Britain

The relationship between England and Scotland became defined by the biggest and bloodiest battle in British history: the Battle of Flodden.

James IV came to the Scottish throne as a fifteen-year-old widely suspected of ordering the murder of his own father. Chronicling James’s curbing of a nobility to whom regicide was second nature, Fatal Rivalry charts his ascent to the first ruler of a unified Scotland. It shows how he was able to outfox Henry VII, and how Scotland and England later signed a Treaty of Perpetual Peace, cemented by James’s marriage to Henry’s eldest daughter, Margaret Tudor.

But peace was never guaranteed for long. After the death of Henry VII, James’s ambition to become a great Renaissance prince soon clashed with the new teenage king, his brother-in-law, Henry VIII. The ensuing rivalry was a full-scale political, ceremonial and even cultural competition at a time of rapid technological, economical and geopolitical change, fuelled by shifting alliances with France and Spain, Popes and Emperors.

This book captures the importance of the key players in the story, as they bring the two countries inexorably to war. Fatefully it would be an error by James, that most charismatic of commanders, and in the thick of engagement, that would make him the last British king to die in battle, that would condemn the bulk of his nobles to a similarly violent death and that would settle the fate of Scotland.

Also by George Goodwin: Fatal Colours (2011)

History &

Current A

ffairs

59

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | July 2014 | 512pp | Ms due November 2013

Rights: World

Queens Consort (2008) Publishers: US: Pegasus

The Horror of Love (2011) Publishers: US: Pegasus

LISA HILTON

Lisa Hilton was educated at Oxford University and lives with her husband in London. Her first book for Weidenfeld & Nicolson

in 2005, a biography of actress-turned-duchess, Lavinia Fenton, was a huge hit with the critics: ‘Hilton’s style is … positively edible.’ Observer

ElizabethA Biography

The definitive portrait of a brilliant and compelling monarch: Queen Elizabeth I.

It is more than a decade since publication of David Starkey’s biography of Elizabeth. Assimilating new discoveries and interpretations from the academic corpus, Lisa Hilton takes a new direction. She argues that Elizabeth’s royalty negated her gender, and that the queen regarded herself primarily as a prince. Hilton carefully grounds this approach in contemporary Renaissance theory, and in turn provides a fresh perspective on Elizabeth’s emotional and sexual life, as well as her drive to fashion England as a Renaissance state. Elizabeth was not merely an exceptional woman, but an exceptional ruler, and Lisa Hilton redefines English history with this vibrant and utterly comprehensive account of her life and times.

Also by Lisa Hilton: The Real Queen of France (2005), Mistress Peachum’s Pleasure (2005); Queens Consort (2008); The Horror of Love (2011)

History &

Current A

ffairs

60ROBERT HUTCHINSON

Robert Hutchinson has made his name as a popular historian with several critically acclaimed and commercially successful

books on Tudor history. The Daily Express on The Last Days of Henry VIII said ‘the scholarship of this book is meticulous… Hutchinson brilliantly conveys the atmosphere of terror and provides an across-the-spectrum grand-slam portrait of the second Tudor monarch. No-one writing about Henry VIII in the future will be able to ignore this magnificent book.’

The Spanish Armada

A dramatic blow-by-blow account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English fleet.

Robert Hutchinson’s tautly-written book is the first to examine the dramatic sea battles of 1588 for intelligence, using everything from contemporary eye-witness accounts to papers held by the national archives in both Spain and the United Kingdom. Contrary to poular theory, the Armada was not defeated by superior English force – in fact, Elizabeth I’s parsimony meant that her ships had no munitions left by the time the Armada had fought its way up to the south coast of England. In reality it was a combination of inclement weather and bad luck that landed the killer blow on the Spanish forces, and of the 125 Spanish ships that set sail against England, only 60 limped home – the rest sank or were wrecked with barely a shot fired.

Also by Robert Hutchinson: The Last Days of Henry VIII (2006); Elizabeth’s Spy Master (2007); Thomas Cromwell (2008); House of Treason (2009); Young Henry (2011)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | April 2013 | 288pp | Ms due August 2012

Rights: World

Weapons of Mass Destruction (2003) Publishers: Italian: Newton Compton

Last Days of Henry VIII (2006) Publishers: US: HarperCollins | Czech: Jiri Sevcik |

Dutch: Uitgeverij Houtekiet | Polish: Amber | Portuguese: Casa das Letras

Elizabeth’s Spy Master (2007) Publishers: US: St. Martin’s Press

Thomas Cromwell (2008) Publishers: US: St. Martin’s Press

House of Treason (2009) Publishers: Czech: Jiri Sevcik

Young Henry (2011) Publishers: US: St. Martin’s Press

History &

Current A

ffairs

61BERNARD LEWIS

Bernard Lewis, who was born in London in 1916, is Emeritus Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He

was formerly Professor of Middle Eastern History at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London between 1949 and 1974. He is regarded as one of the West’s leading scholars of the Middle East.

Notes on a Century Reflections of a Middle East Historian

The memoirs of the greatest living historian of the Middle East.

Notes on a Century is a great historian’s vivid and insightful reflection on his life, from his childhood as a confident, clever little boy to his energetic old age in the present day. Coming from a relatively secular anglicised Jewish family, Bernard Lewis’s interest in the Middle East seemed to be innate rather than a reflection of his own personal history. His insistence on the importance of the primary source was one of his motivating factors in learning so many languages fluently. His academic life was interrupted by the Second World War, but his language skills and knowledge base were put to good use in the Secret Service. Although his primary historical focus is on the Ottoman Empire, his expertise and language knowledge led to his involvement in the modern-day Middle Eastern conflict. His list of contacts and connections is truly impressive, and he has been in touch with most of the main political players of the region.

This is not only a fascinating memoir but addresses the uniquely difficult recent history of the Middle East from a wise and superbly well-informed perspective.

Also by Bernard Lewis: The Middle East (1995); Multiple Identities of the Middle East (1998); The Assassins (2001); What Went Wrong? (2002); The Crisis of Islam (2003); From Babel to Dragomans (2005)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | May 2012 | 288pp | Ms available

Rights: Translation

US: Peter W bernstein Corporation

The Middle East (1995) Publishers: US Knopf | Dutch: De Boekerij | Italian:

Mondadori | Korean: Kachi | Portuguese (Brazil): Jorge Zahar |Turkish: Arkadas |

Vietnamese: Tri Thuc

History &

Current A

ffairs

62CHRIS LIGHTBOWN

Chris Lightbown was an investigative journalist on The Sunday Times and has been a consultant on enquiries into

the Hillsborough disaster and the death of Princess Diana.

The Assassination of the PresidentThe Mysterious Death of John F Kennedy

Astounding and convincing inquiry into the assassination of uS president John F Kennedy in Texas in 1963.

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the assassination, Lightbown’s book takes advantage of the new information that has emerged since the passing of President Clinton’s JFK Act. Even as the anniversary approaches, there is still no definitive answer as to who killed Kennedy. The argument rages between those who believe the official version – that he was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone – and those who believe the President was a victim of a conspiracy. Chris Lightbown’s masterly book is the first to use the network of high-quality but little-known independent researchers whose findings have been largely ignored by the mainstream media. The author dismisses bizarre conspiracy theories to allow the extraordinary evidence to speak for itself.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | January 2013 | 512pp | Ms due July 2013 |

Proposal available

Rights: World

History &

Current A

ffairs

63IAN MACKERSEY

Ian Mackersey is a writer and documentary film-maker, as well as author of several aviation biographies.

No Empty ChairsThe Short and Heroic Lives of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War

The 1914-18 conflict, narrated by the men whose combat was not in the trenches, but in the air.

In the spring of 1917, when the world’s first great air war was at its height, British squadrons were losing 200 pilots a month, and the life expectancy for a British pilot engaged in combat was a mere eleven days.

No Empty Chairs illustrates the devastating emotional impact of the air war on the participants and their families in a narrative enriched by their private correspondence, diaries, reports and interviews. The pilots of these rudimentary open-cockpit biplanes, made of wood and fabric, initiated aerial combat tactics so effective that they were used to deadly effect in the Second World War.

Also by Ian Mackersey (published by Little, Brown): Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1998); The Wright Brothers: The Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World (2003)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | May 2012 | 288pp | Ms available

Rights: World

History &

Current A

ffairs

64STEVEN MITHEN

Steven Mithen, a renowned archaeologist and pre-historian, is Dean of Science and Professor of Archaeology at the

University of Reading. In 2004 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. His earlier works have been much appreciated, garnering glorious reviews, for example, the Observer wrote, ofThe Prehistory of the Mind, ‘An accessible, very well written, provocative and most valuable book.’

ThirstWater and Power in the Ancient World

A pioneering work on how water has influenced and changed society and civilisation.

While different civilisations have varied in their beliefs, knowledge, technology, diet and so forth, the need to drink is a universal requirement, making water the great common denominator. The rise and fall of any civilisation has always depended on its ability to harness and manage water, and it has often been one of the great drivers of historical change, leading to some of the most remarkable engineering projects of the ancient world. Steven Mithen examines the history of water in the ancient world, using examples from a five year archaeological research project in the Jordan Valley to discover exactly what happened to water in the ancient world, and how its domestication changed society at all levels. From the first flushing toilets in the Minoan centre of Knossos, to the viaducts of Petra; from the fountains of Jerash, in what is now Jordan, to the bath houses of the Greeks and Romans: water and its management has been the constant factor in an ever-evolving world.

Also by Steven Mithen: The Prehistory of the Mind (1998); After the Ice (2003); The Singing Neanderthals (2005)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | November 2012 | 256pp | Ms available

Rights: World

The Singing Neanderthals (2005) Publishers: US: Havard University Press | Basque:

Klasikoak | Italian: Codice | Japanese: Hayakawa | Korean: Puriwa Ipari | Russian:

Veche | Spanish: Critica

Thirst (2012) Publishers: US: Harvard University Press

History &

Current A

ffairs

65RICHARD MORRIS

Born in 1947 Richard Morris grew up in Birmingham and studied English at Oxford. Morris’s research on medieval and

20th-century themes is reflected in writing that includes five books of history and historical biography. He is Professor of Conflict and Culture at the University of Huddersfield.

Time’s Anvil England, Archaeology and the Imagination

A unique, lyrical rediscovery of the history of England.

Richard Morris brilliantly weaves a series of interconnecting studies of apparently unrelated things and periods that are normally considered in isolation. In the process he re-examines aspects of England’s story from the end of the last glacial period 12,500 years ago to the present, touching upon such things as Britain’s apparent emptiness for long stretches of deep prehistory, battlefields, and the human element of the Industrial Revolution. Combining the personal with the academic, amalgamating literature and myth with science, and reflecting on how and why archaeology goes about its business, the result is a fresh account of who the English are.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | November 2012 | 384pp | Ms due April 2012

Rights: World

History &

Current A

ffairs

66TOM NEIL

Thomas Francis Neil is a famed World War II RAF fighter pilot ace and one of the few remaining survivors of the Battle of

Britain. After joining the RAF in 1938 at the age of 18, Neil was called up to full-time service at the outbreak of war. He retired from the RAF in 1964 with the rank of Wing Commander.

The Silver Spitfire

A brilliantly vivid WWII memoir by one of ‘The Few’ fighter pilots.

Following the D-Day landings, Battle of Britain hero Tom Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. As the Allies pushed east, Neil commandeered an abandoned Spitfire as his own personal aeroplane. Erasing any evidence of its provenance and stripping it down to bare metal, it became the RAF’s only Silver Spitfire.

Alongside his US comrades, he took the Silver Spitfire into battle until, with the war’s end, he was forced to make a difficult decision. Faced with too many questions about the mysterious rogue fighter, he contemplated increasingly desperate measures to offload it, including bailing out mid-Channel. He eventually left the Spitfire at Worthy Down, never to be seen again.

The Silver Spitfire is the first-hand, gripping story of Neil’s heroic experience as an RAF fighter pilot and his reminiscences of his very own personal Spitfire.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | November 2012 | 302pp | Ms due April 2012

Rights: World

History &

Current A

ffairs

67NEIL OLIVER

Neil Oliver is an archaeologist, historian and broadcaster, best known as the captivating presenter of the award-winning

documentary series Coast.

Vikings

The truth about the Vikings by one of the most charismatic of the new historians.

The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their bloodthirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to America in the West and as far as Baghdad in the East.

As the Vikings did not write their history, we have to discover it for ourselves, and that discovery, as Neil Oliver reveals, tells an extraordinary story of a people who, from the brink of destruction, reached a quarter of the way around the globe and built an empire that lasted nearly two hundred years.

Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings. Where did they emerge from? How did they really live? And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1000 years ago? Vikings will explore many of these questions for the first time in an epic story of one of the world’s great empires of conquest.

Also by Neil Oliver: A History of Scotland (2009); A History of Ancient Britain (2010)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | October 2012 | 400pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

History &

Current A

ffairs

68ROBERT TWIGGER

Robert Twigger is an award-winning author and television presenter. He won the Somerset Maugham and William

Hill Sports Book of the Year awards for Angry White Pyjamas. He lives with his family in Cairo.

Red NileThe Unexpurgated Biography of the World’s Greatest River

A fascinating exploration of one of the world’s natural wonders.

From his back garden Robert Twigger can see kingfishers swooping and crocodiles emerging from the grey-green expanse of the Nile. Never-ending, as wide as a lake in places, the Nile snakes its way north to the sea. It’s a river steeped in history, and as Twigger searches for its source and probes its ancient, biblical and more contemporary existence, he uncovers the Nile’s bloody, murderous past. Whether tracking Cleopatra’s great journey up the river with Caesar, investigating the attacks of the Nile crocodile (the deadliest creature on earth), exploring the context of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile or that of the assassination of President Sadat, Twigger’s history of the river is hugely atmospheric, definitive and incredibly violent.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | January 2013 | 600pp | Proposal available

Rights: World

General N

on-fiction

69STEPHEN BAXTER

Stephen Baxter is the pre-eminent SF writer of his generation. Published around the world, he has won major awards in

the UK, US, Germany and Japan. He is a trained engineer with a degree in mathematics from Cambridge and a doctorate from the University of Southampton.

www.stephen-baxter.com

The Science of Avatar

The science of the world of Pandora explained – in collaboration with James Cameron.

With the full support of director James Cameron, bestselling science-fiction author Stephen Baxter explores the science behind the biggest movie of all time. He has been granted access to all the archives and research for the most fully realised fictional location in movie history. From journeys into deep space to anti-gravity unobtanium, from Pandora’s extraordinary flora and fauna to transferring consciousness, Baxter reveals that we are closer to the world of Avatar than we might imagine. The Science of Avatar will offer fans the unique opportunity to explore the spectacular world of Pandora, with the creator himself.

Stephen Baxter has written a book that will appeal to fans of both science fiction and popular science.

Also by Stephen Baxter (non-fiction): Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the World (W&N 2003)


Rights: Translation

The Science of Avatar (2012) Publishers: US: Orbit | German: Heyne |

Portuguese (Brazil): Pensamento-Cultrix

General N

on-fiction

70DAVID BLAKELEY

David Blakeley was the youngest Captain in the British Army. After serving with the Parachute Regiment in Kosovo, Sierra

Leone and Afghanistan, he joined the Pathfinder Platoon, with whom he deployed to Iraq in 2003. Since leaving the military, David has worked as a consultant on TV and film productions.

PathfinderThe inside story of Britain’s most elite army unit.

A terrifically exciting first-hand account of the British Army’s secret Pathfinder Platoon, of which David Blakeley was second-in-command. He led an audacious twelve-man patrol deep behind enemy lines in Iraq, and now he is ready to speak about it for the first time. His account is full of the tradecraft, rough and ready humour and against-all-odds determination that characterises this unique army unit and its most extraordinary mission.


Rights: World

General N

on-fiction

71TIM BOUQUET

Tim Bouquet is a journalist, writer, editor, broadcaster and traveller. He contributes to leading titles including the

Telegraph Magazine and The Times Magazine.

617At War with the Dambusters in Afghanistan

A unique insight into the modern RAF: this is the first time that the RAF has granted this kind of access to one of their Tornado squadrons at war.

During the Second World War, 617 Squadron earned legendary status. The Dambusters raid, the sinking of the battleship Tirpitz, leaders like Guy Gibson and Leonard Cheshire all sealed the squadron’s place in history.

In January 2011 the squadron, now flying supersonic swing-wing Tornado GR4 bombers, deploy to Afghanistan for the first time. Granted unique access to both the squadron personnel as well as 16 Air Assault Brigade on the ground, 617 tells the story of the Dambusters’ landmark deployment to Kandahar.

The author was embedded from pre-deployment training until the squadron’s return to RAF Lossiemouth in May 2011, allowing him to produce the richest, most gripping account of the modern RAF at war ever written.

Orion | August 2012 | 352pp | Ms available

Rights: World

General N

on-fiction

72JOHN BROWNE

John Browne was born in Germany in 1948 and joined BP as a university apprentice in 1966, rising to Group Chief Executive

from 1995 to 2007, where he built a reputation as a visionary leader, regularly voted the most admired businessman by his peers.

Seven Elements that are Shaping the World

uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - how seven elements are shaping the 21st century.

Combining history, science and politics, Seven Elements that are Shaping the World takes you on a present day adventure of human passion, ingenuity and discovery. This journey is far from over: we continue to find surprising new uses for these seven elements. Discover how titanium pervades modern consumer society, how natural gas is transforming the global energy sector, and how an innovative new form of carbon could be starting a technology revolution. John Browne, CEO of BP for twelve years, vividly describes how seven elements are shaping the world around us - for good and bad.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | May 2013 | 288pp | Proposal available | Ms due Sept 2012

Rights: World

General N

on-fiction

73RITA CARTER

Rita Carter is a science writer who specialises in the human brain: what it does, how it does it and why. She has an amazing

ability to popularize this most complex of subjects and has been twice awarded the Medical Journalists’ Association prize for outstanding contribution to medical journalism.

www.ritacarter.co.uk

Mapping PersonalityA comprehensive guide to the science behind human personality.

Who am I? Why am I like this? Why do some people habitually lie, or take silly risks, or fail dismally to resist temptation? We all crave to understand ourselves and those around us. Countless personality tests and theories have evolved to help us classify and describe people. Yet all these systems merely describe the way people are, rather than attempting to explain why.

The latest research in neuroscience and genetics is beginning to change this. Neuroscientists are now able to untangle the complex neural networks that give rise to ‘whole person’ characteristics to examine how one brain differs from another, and how such differences produce the enduring characteristic behaviours which we call personality. Scientists are fast piecing together links between gene mutations and particular behaviours. Risk-taking, addiction, ruthlessness, courage, kindness and compulsive violence have all been linked with specific variations in the genome. In between lie the brain processes which produce the behaviour. When all three are aligned – genes, brain and behaviour – we will have a predictive portrait of the individual.

Drawing on the very latest research, Dr Rita Carter explores how and why personality evolved as well as the prospects for transforming personality through brain manipulation in the future.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | September 2013 | 352pp | Ms due January 2013

Rights: World

Mapping the Mind (revised 2010) Publishers: US: University of California Press |

Chinese complex: Yuan-Liou | German: Spektrum | Japanese: Hara Shobo | Russian:

Corpus | Turkish: Tubitak

General N

on-fiction

74SANDRA HEMPEL

Sandra Hempel has long worked as a medical journalist, running specialist medical magazines as well as writing for The

Times, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. Her first book, The Medical Detective (Granta, 2007), won The Medical Journalists’ Association Book of the Year Award.

The Inheritor’s Powder A tale of poisoning, inheritance and betrayal

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher meets Victorian science in this compelling true story of family rivalry and arsenic poisoning.

This is the story of how an infamous murder case - when one young man was accused of poisoning his family in order to gain his inheritance - led to the birth of modern toxicology.

In the 19th century, criminal poisoning with arsenic was frighteningly easy. For a few pence and with few questions asked, it was possible to buy enough poison to kill off an entire family, hence arsenic’s popular name ‘The Inheritor’s Powder’. Yet if poisoning was easy, it was a notoriously difficult crime to prove. The popular press led to the nation becoming transfixed by the idea that danger lurked in every cup and on every plate. Thus, armed with a coffee pot and some ‘rat poison’ one potential heir saw his opportunity. The case became a cause celebre, and drew the attention of the experts. Michael Faraday asked a young chemist, James Marsh, to develop a failsafe test. This proved a turning point in the way such crimes were investigated - but years later there was a twist in the tale!

Also by Sandra Hempel: The Medical Detective (Granta, 2007)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | May 2013 | 312pp | Ms due January 2013| Proposal

available

Rights: Translation

US: Conville & Walsh

General N

on-fiction

75EMMA KENNEDY

Emma Kennedy is an actress and Sunday Times bestselling writer; the author of bestselling books The Tent, The Bucket and Me and I

Left My Tent in San Francisco.

The Killing Handbook

Everything you need to know about the most talked about television series of 2011.

The Killing is one of the most passionately adored series on TV. It is an utterly gripping ‘whodunit’ drama that has drawn in a large and dedicated following.

This is the chance to get inside the world of Sarah Lund: Copenhagen, the characters, the plot holes, the politics, the language, the jumpers... So if you’ve ever wondered who cut the CCTV wire outside Lund’s flat in series one or why Morten went so far to protect Troels, or even how you can knit your own Lund jumper - this is the book for you.

Also by Emma Kennedy (Ebury Press): The Tent, The Bucket and Me (2009) and I Left My Tent in San Francisco (2011)

Orion | October 2012 | 192pp | Ms due July 2012

Rights: World

General N

on-fiction

76MICHAEL PALIN

Michael Palin, who established his reputation with Monty Python’s Flying Circus, is Britain’s best loved comedian,

actor and television personality. He is also a gifted writer whose bestselling travel books have sold upwards of a half a million copies.

www.palinstravel.co.uk

Palin’s Brazil

The number one bestselling author and superstar explores this rising global superpower.

Brazil is one of the new global superpowers. Half a continent in size and a potent mix of races and religions, of unexplored wilderness and bustling modern cities, it is also one of the few countries Michael Palin has never visited. In a new BBC 1 series, he explores this vast nation. His travels will allow him to reach a kaleidoscopic mix of peoples: the indigenous hunter-gatherers of the interior; the descendants of African slaves with their vibrant culture of rituals, festivals and music; the wealthy guachas of the Pantanal; the large community of German descent which celebrates its patrimony each year at the biggest beer festival outside Munich.

Palin’s Brazil will chronicle his experiences in his inimitable voice and is set to be a sure-fire bestselling hit in 2012.

Also by Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Pole to Pole (1992); Hemingway’s Chair (Methuen, 1995); Full Circle (1997); Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure (1999); Sahara (2002); Himalaya (2004); Michael Palin Diaries 1969-1979 (2006); Palin’s New Europe (2007); Halfway to Hollywood: Diaries 1989-1988 (2009)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | September 2012 | 288pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Rights sold: Dutch: AmboAnthos

Option Publishers: US: St Martin’s Press | Bulgarian: Vacon | French: Hoëbeke |

German: Malik | Hungarian: Park Kiado | Polish: Insignis | Russian: Slovo

General N

on-fiction

77FRANK POPE

Frank Pope is Ocean Correspondent for The Times. He has worked on underwater expeditions all over the world and his

writing has been highly praised: ‘As exciting as it is suspenseful. A gripping real-life thriller.’ Clive Cussler

72 Hours

The nail-biting, true story of a Royal Navy mission to save the crew of a trapped Russian submarine.

5 August 2005. While conducting a secret mission thirty miles off the coast of Kamchatka, the Russian Navy submarine AS-28 became snared in the thick cables anchored on to 60 tonne concrete blocks on the sea floor. Without power, the stricken boat sank to the sea floor. Trapped 600 feet down – too deep to escape – her crew of seven had just seventy-two hours before their onboard air ran out.

Twenty-four hours later, after the Russian Navy had failed to save their comrades, the boss of the Royal Navy’s Submarine Rescue Team got the call: there is a sub down and the clock is ticking.

In the meantime the crew onboard AS-28 climbed into thick thermal suits to keep the freezing cold at bay. And waited. But as the first of them began to drift in and out of consciousness, they knew that time, and air, was running out.

Written with the help of Commander Ian Riches, RN, 72 Hours tells the story of an extraordinary, edge-of-the-seat real-life drama. It’s the gripping inside story of one of the most dramatic rescue attempts of recent years.

Also by Frank Pope: Dragon Sea (Michael Joseph, 2007)

Orion | February 2012 | 256pp

Rights: World

General N

on-fiction

78TIM SPECTOR

Tim Spector is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at King’s College London and a consultant physician at Guy’s and St

Thomas’ Hospital in London. He set up the Twins Register which is the biggest database of UK adult twins used to study the genetic and environmental aetiology of age-related traits and diseases. He has several academic awards and has published over five hundred academic papers. He has appeared in several TV documentaries and is often consulted in British and international media on his team’s cutting-edge research.

Identically Different The Hidden Forces that Shape Your Genetic Destiny

A provocative, enlightening and entertaining guide to cutting-edge genetic research.

This book is about how life-events and the choices we make, as well as those made by our ancestors, fuse with our inherited genes to mould us into individuals. What makes you so different from your siblings? Why do you vote a certain way, believe in God, love salads, get cancer or depression, dislike sport or never put on weight? Using fascinating case studies of identical twins, Tim Spector draws gems from his exhaustive research project to show how even real-life ‘clones’ with the same upbringing turn out to be very different. Based on cutting-edge discoveries that are pushing the frontiers of our knowledge of genetics, he show us that – contrary to recent scientific teaching – nothing is completely hard-wired or pre-ordained.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | June 2012 | 280pp | Ms available

Rights: World

General N

on-fiction

79MICK WALL

Mick Wall is one of the foremost music commentators of our day. He is the founding editor of Classic Rock Magazine as well

as the author of numerous highly acclaimed rock biographies. His most recent book was a biography of Led Zeppelin: When Giants Walked the Earth. ‘As well as being the most complete account yet of a great British rock band, When Giants Walked the Earth is, as its name implies, a document of a bygone age… Wall has done his subject proud.’ The Sunday Times

AC/DC

Mick Wall penetrates the closed world of Aussie rock legend AC/DC.

AC/DC moved to Britain from Sydney in 1975. Their short hair, loud rock and attitude chimed well with the lingering pub rock and soon-to-be punk crowd. Singer Bon Scott was the original bike-riding, speed-snorting, fighting man. An ex-convict, he lived life fast and short: he died in February 1980, just before Back in Black, their huge-selling album, took off, and the second period of AC/DC (with Brian Johnson as lead vocalist) was ushered in. Back in Black has gone on to sell forty-five million copies worldwide, and as the band has become a global phenomenon so their inaccessibility has increased. Mick Wall, the don of heavy metal writing, seeks to penetrate the wall around the Young brothers, and write the first authoritative, in-depth critical account of AC/DC.

Also by Mick Wall: John Peel (2004); Led Zeppelin: When Giants Walked the Earth (2008); Appetite for Destruction (2010); Metallica: Enter Night (2010)

Orion | October 2012 | 344pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

Led Zeppelin: When Giants Walked the Earth (2008) Publishers: US: St. Martin’s

Press | Croatian: Naklada Ljevak | Czech: Jiri Sevcik | Finnish: Like | Polish: Kagra |

Portuguese (Brazil): Larousse | Serbian: Laguna | Russian: Media Kniga | Swedish:

Forum

Metallica: Enter Night (2010) Publishers: US: St. Martin’s Press | French: Camion

Blanc | Polish: Kagra | Portuguese (Brazil): Globo | Serbian: Laguna | Swedish:

Forum

General N

on-fiction

80JONATHAN WILSON

Jonathan Wilson is the football correspondent for the Financial Times. His previous book, Inverting the Pyramid: A History of

Football Tactics, won a National Sporting Club award and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

The OutsiderA History of the Goalkeeper

The first ever cultural history of the ‘loner’ between the posts.

‘Aloof, solitary, impassive, the crack goalie is followed in the streets by entranced small boys. He vies with the matador and the flying aces, an object of thrilled adulation. He is the lone eagle, the man of mystery, the last defender.’ So wrote Vladimir Nabokov – author, butterfly obsessive and goalkeeper. Camus was a goalkeeper. So was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, James Joyce and even Julian Barnes. It’s safe to say the goalkeeper hasn’t always been a team player.

In The Outsider, Jonathan Wilson traces the sometimes dangerous intellectual and literary preoccupations of the keeper, and looks at how the position has secured a certain existential cool. He also takes a deep tactical and technical look at the history of goalkeeping to create a book of scope, depth and breadth.


Rights: World

Inverting the Pyramid (2008): Publishers: Arabic: Kalima Project | Danish:

Herreværelset | Dutch: Amstel Uitgevers | Finnish: Helsingin Sanomat | German:

Verlag Die Werkstatt | Greek: Polaris | Hebrew: S. Zack | Italian: Libreria della

Sport | Japanese: Chikuma Shobo | Korean: Leebook | Portuguese (Portugal

only): Fabrico Proprio | Russian: Eksmo | Spanish (South America): Editorial

Sudamericana S.A.

Biography and M

emoir

81GUILLEM BALAGUÉ

Guillem Balagué regularly appears on Sky Sports TV as its pundit on Spanish football. He is the author of A Season on

the Brink, an account of Liverpool’s sensational Champions League 2004-2005 season.

Pep Guardiola The Biography of a Football Manager

Entertainingly perceptive biography of the hugely successful manager of FC Barcelona, Pep Guardiola.

As a footballer, Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola was a much-acclaimed defensive midfielder who spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona. He was part of the great Johan Cruyff’s ‘dream team’ that won the club’s first European Cup. After retiring as a player, Guardiola became a coach at Barcelona. In his first season, he led the team to the treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League – and became the youngest-ever winning manager of that tournament. The following season the club won six trophies in six competitions, playing some of the most fabulous football ever witnessed. The team comprises global stars like Lionel Messi, Xavi and Iniesta and continues to compete at a level its rivals cannot match. This book tells how Pep Guardiola did it, playing the Beautiful Game – and winning.

Orion | September 2012 | 256pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

Biography and M

emoir

82PAMELA HICKS

The daughter of Lord Louis and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, Lady Pamela Hicks was Lady in Waiting to the Queen both when

she was a princess and following her coronation. In the 1960s she married the flamboyant designer David Hicks who became internationally celebrated. This is Lady Pamela Hicks’ second book; her first, India Remembered (Pavillion, 2007), an illustrated account of the Mountbattens during the Transfer of Power, was published in 2007.

Lady In Waiting

A magical memoir about childhood in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Lady Edwina Mountbatten.

Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the Twenties into one of Britain’s grandest families. The daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his glamorous wife Edwina Ashley, she was brought up by nannies and governesses as her parents dutifully carried out their public roles. A solitary child, she learned to occupy her days lost in a book, riding or playing with the family’s animals. Her parents’ vast social circle included royalty, film stars, senior service officers, politicians and celebrities. Noel Coward invited Pamela to watch him filming; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. dropped in for tea and Churchill would call for ‘a word with Dickie’.

After the war, Pamela truly came of age in India, when her parents were the Last Viceroy and Vicereine. This introduction to the country would start a life-long love affair with the people and the place.

As well as being a wonderful evocation of a magical setting seen through the eyes of a child, this book will be full of insights into the lives and loves of not only the British aristocracy, but Hollywood stars and politicians.

Also by Pamela Hicks: India Remembered (Pavillion, 2007)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | September 2012 | 416pp | Ms due April 2012

Rights: World

Biography and M

emoir

83JOHN LENNON, HUNTER DAVIES

John Lennon, founding member of The Beatles, died aged forty in 1980. Hunter Davies, editor of the letters, is an author,

journalist and broadcaster, author of the only ever authorised biography of the Beatles, and Lennon correspondent.

The John Lennon Letters

An international publishing event: the first ever published collection of the letters of John Lennon. Edited and with an introduction by Hunter Davies

John Lennon was a writer as well as a musician. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an idea, a thought, a reaction or a desire to communicate.

He lived - and died - in an age before emails and texts. Pen and ink was what he turned to. John wrote letters and postcards all his life; to his friends, family, strangers, newspapers, organisations, lawyers and the laundry, most of which were funny, informative, campaigning, wise, mad, poetic, anguished, and sometimes heartbreaking. For the first time, John’s widow, Yoko Ono, has given permission to publish a collection of his letters. John’s letters are in a way something of a mystery: where are they all? Over the years many have come up at auction, then been sold to dealers and collectors. Or they have been kept by the recipients. It has been a wonderful piece of detective work tracing many of these 150 letters, which are arranged in chronological order, so that a narrative builds up, reflecting John’s life. It will be visual - in that many of the letters are reproduced as they were, in his handwriting or typing – with the odd cartoon or doodle.

The Lennon Letters is fundamentally a book to read and study, providing a unique insight into the mind of one of the great figures of our times.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | October 2012 | 384pp | Ms available

Rights: World

Publishers: US: Little Brown | Danish: Lindhardt & Ringhof | Dutch: Uniboek

| French: Lattès | German: Piper | Hungarian: Partvonal | Italian: Mondadori |

Japanese: Kadokawa Shoten | Norwegian: Cappelen Damm | Polish: Proszynski |

Portuguese (Brazil): Planeta | Russian: Slovo | Swedish: Norstedts

Biography and M

emoir

84GARRY MULHOLLAND

Garry Mulholland is a brilliant writer on pop music and pop culture whose earlier titles This is Uncool and Fear of Music have

become cult classics. His last book Stranded At The Drive In: The 100 Best Teen Movies got rave reviews: ‘Mulholland has an undeniable knack for a one-liner, and his clear passion for the subject means some entries carry genuine emotional kick.’ Time Out

Amy

Sensitive, in-depth biography of Amy Winehouse.

This thoughtful, well written look at the life, death and times of Amy Winehouse will get at the real person behind the headlines as well as considering her musical legacy (something often lost in the never-ending talk of her addiction and rehab). That said, answers to the questions surrounding her final days will be sought too. Garry has the ear of individuals within her management and record company/PR, and plenty of music industry insiders, so the book will have weight/authority and genuine behind-the-scenes insight.

Also by Garry Mullholland: This Is Uncool: The Greatest 500 Singles Since Punk and Disco (2002); Fear of Music: The Greatest 261 Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006); Popcorn: Fifty Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll Movies (2009); Stranded at the Drive-in (2011)

Orion | October 2012 | 320pp | Ms due May 2012

Rights: World

Biography and M

emoir

85THOMAS PAKENHAM

Thomas Pakenham is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed books Meetings with Remarkable Trees, Remarkable Trees

of the World and In Search of Remarkable Trees. He lives in Ireland and is chairman of the Irish Tree Society.

The Company of Trees

Thomas Pakenham has been an historian, a politician, a reluctant member of the aristocracy and the energetic guardian of a grand country house and estate. But it is as a champion on behalf of trees that he is best known. He has led expeditions to conserve seeds, and has planted forests; he has chaired tree societies, led protests against destruction and lectured tirelessly.

Each chapter of his new book deals with his adventures: the trees he has encountered and the often hazardous journeys to find them. He investigates likely future threats to the landscapes we take for granted, whether directly from the hand of man or from the effects of a changing climate, or from disease. A passionate writer, educator and entertainer, Pakenham brings both wit and grit to a subject of universal appeal.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | September 2013 | 288pp | Ms due January 2013

Rights: World

Meetings with Remarkable Trees (1996) Publishers: US: Random House |

French: Lattès

Remarkable Trees of the World (2002) Publishers: US: WW Norton | French:

Editions du Chêne | German: Christian Verlag | Hungarian: Kossuth Kiado |

Italian: De Agostini | Japanese: Hayakawa | Korean: Nexus | Portuguese (Brazil only):

Veja | Spanish: Blume

Biography and M

emoir

86ROB YOUNG (editor)

Rob Young is the former editor of The Wire magazine, and author of Electric Eden: Unearthing England’s

Visionary Music.

No Regrets Writings on Scott Walker

A collection of pieces on enigmatic musical genius Scott Walker.

Scott Walker has travelled from teen idol to the outer limits of music. From his number one hit ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More’, to his latest album in which he used recordings of meat being punched, he has managed to retain a passionate and committed fan base. His impeccable critical reputation as a serous and uncompromising musician has never been in question, as seen in recent film 30th Century Man, in which David Bowie, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead, Johnny Marr and Sting all lined up to sing his praises.

Despite this critical acclaim there has not been, until now, a serious book about him. Rob Young has collated a series of features and interviews (some previously published, some newly commissioned) that celebrate Scott Walker’s life and work.


Rights: World

Star Books

87STAR BOOKS

A series of mega-selling fully illustrated fan books on the hot stars that tweenies (9–11 year olds) love.

Rihanna Annual 2013

The Rihanna Annual 2013 includes everything you need to know about the singer and style icon. Find out how Rihanna got her big

break and transformed from a music-loving schoolgirl to an international superstar, how she creates her unique style, who her BFFs are and how she keeps both feet on the ground when the world’s going crazy around her. Packed with loads of gorgeous photos, all the latest gossip and lots of quizzes, wordsearches and activities, and you can even follow the step-by-step instructions to give yourself a Rihanna-style makeover to make you feel like the only girl in the world!

Orion | August 2012 | 64pp

Rights: World

Harry Styles Annual 2013

Find out how Harry has taken to his new superstar lifestyle and what he really thinks of his bandmates! We reveal 1Direction’s

plans for the future and how they plan to spend New Year, Valentine’s Day, Easter, their birthdays, summer holidays and Christmas! Follow our top tips for throwing your very own 1D sleepover - playlist, manicures and the boys’ favourite snacks! Packed with all the latest gossip, stunning photographs of Harry and the boys, insider facts, Harry quizzes and even a free calendar poster, this is a must-have annual for anyone who loves Harry Styles!

Orion | August 2012 | 64pp

Rights: World

Star Books

88Liam HemsworthAgainst All Odds by Posy Edwards

Find out all there is to know about the star of The

Hunger Games Liam Hemsworth! Bursting with exclusive photos and gossip, this book is a must-have for fans of Hollywood’s new prince Liam Hemsworth. This is a book no fan of Liam Hemsworth and The Hunger Games will want to be without.

Orion | March 2012 | 48pp

Rights: World

Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson Annual 2013 Stars of The Hunger Games Go Head to Head!

Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson - whose team are you on?Stars of this year’s hottest blockbuster, The Hunger Games, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson have taken Hollywood by storm. Here for the first time is the perfect companion The Hunger Games, with all of the latest news, photographs and info on the two leading men. In a flipbook format, this is the ultimate guide for any fan of The Hunger Games film - and books.

Orion | September 2012 | 64pp

Rights: World

Zac Efron: Me and You (2007) Publishers: Italian: Mondadori | Polish: Hachette Polska | Spanish: Medialive

Miley Cyrus: Me & You (2008) Publishers: Portuguese (Brazil): Editora Nova Conceito | Polish: Hachette Polska |

Spanish: Medialive

Miley Cyrus Yearbook (2009) Publishers: Hungarian: Egmont | Polish: Hachette Polska

Zac Efron Annual (2009) Publishers: Italian: Mondadori | Hungarian: Egmont | Polish: Hachette Polska

The Jonas Brothers (2008) Publishers: Hungarian: Egmont | Italian: Mondadori | Polish: Hachette Polska |

Spanish: Medialive

Demi Lovato: Me And You (2008) Publishers: Spanish: Medialive

Lady Gaga (2010) Publishers: Polish: Hachette Polska

Justin Bieber: Our World (2010) Publishers: Hebrew: Miskal | Spanish: Medialive | Polish: Hachette Polska

Cookery &

Hom

e

89CHANTAL COADY & LAURENT COUCHAUX

Chantal Coady is the founder of London’s Rococo Chocolates. Laurent Couchaux is an award-winning chocolatier and

Rococo’s principal ‘Prof du Choc’.

Mastering the Art of Chocolate

A gorgeous collection of recipes from London’s most exclusive chocolatier.

Rococo has been the pioneering hub of the new chocolate revolution since it was established in 1983. With its very own chocolate school, the company is renowned for exploring new boundaries in chocolate creativity, with flavours such as Earl Grey; Milk Chocolate with Sea Salt; Basil and Persian Lime.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Chantal and Laurent will share their expertise with the home cook – from how to create the perfect ganache, to the recipe for a delicious crème Anglaise. For absolute beginners to connoisseurs, Mastering the Art of Chocolate is a masterclass for chocolate lovers everywhere.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | November 2012 | 320pp | Blad available

Rights: Translation

Cookery &

Hom

e

90SI KING & DAVE MYERS

Si and Dave are a British cookery sensation. They are hugely charismatic, larger-than-life characters with whom everyone

falls in love with. Passionate about food, they have a refreshingly down-to-earth touch. Their books now sell in excess of 150,000 copies per title in the UK.

The Hairy Bikers’ Big Book of Baking

With their irrepressible enthusiasm for great food, Si King and Dave Myers have travelled the length and breadth of Europe to discover the best baking recipes the continent has to offer.

From Norway to Southern Spain, the boys eat their way across ten countries, making friends and swapping recipes along the way. They discover the ultimate Black Forest Gateau in Germany, the most incredible pastries in Southern France, and they cook cakes that will tickle the tastebuds of all home bakers.


Rights: World

The Hairy Bikers’ Great Curries

In this book, Si and Dave have put together loads of brand-new recipes from around the world - from simple dishes for a quick mid-week taste treat to fantastic feasts for a weekend celebration. Their recipes are the real deal, using great techniques and secrets they’ve discovered on their travels in Asia as well as years of cooking curries themselves. You’ll find all the recipes and tips you need to make some mouth-watering meals, with everything from starters to pickles and chutneys. This is the one-stop shop for the best curries you’ve ever tasted - fresh, full of flavour and fantastic. These are curries for the 21st century.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | October 2012 | 284pp

Cookery &

Hom

e

91CHERRY MENLOVE

Cherry Menlove’s blog www.cherrymenlove.com, has had over two million hits since it was launched a year ago.

People from 173 countries have visited the site in the last year for updates on Cherry’s charming philosophy of making your house and life beautiful in every way.

The Handmade Home Inspirational Craft, Food and Flowers

Create, craft and bake – Cherry Menlove shows you how to make your house a warm and cosy home all year round.

A love of home is at the heart of everything Cherry Menlove does. She is here to inspire you to make your home feel special to you and your family with cooking, crafting, design, gardening and upholstery.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Cherry transports you to a world of homemade luxury, teaching you everything from how to create a patchwork quilt, bake delicious cakes or host the perfect children’s party. She is a mother of twins, and wife to Robert, who is currently receiving treatment for leukaemia.

Her blog shows that, even when life is far from beautiful, there is comfort to be found in small, simple pleasures.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | October 2012 | 256pp | Blad available

Rights: World

Cookery &

Hom

e

92JUSTINE PATTISON

Justine Pattison is a highly regarded food writer and food consultant who specialises in writing recipes for some of the

UK’s top TV chefs and food presenters. Her recipes have featured in a number of books that have sold over one million copies.

Freeze 100 Delicious, Fresh and Economical Freezer Recipes to Feed Your Family and Make Life Just that Bit Easier

A must-have freezer cook book, packed with delicious recipes and money and time-saving tips.

Most households now have freezers, and yet people don’t really know how to use them to their full potential - apart from a few bags of frozen peas and an ice box, your freezer may well be empty of anything other than a thick layer of ice!

This fresh and modern look at how to cook for your freezer will change all that. This neat little book is packed with recipes, ideas and handy tips for cooking for yourself and your family and making the most of a modern convenience. It will cover everything from breakfast time-savers, food on the move and ideas for one, to easy entertaining, special occasions and even Christmas dinner! With innovative ideas for lunchbox fillers, batch cooking for later and the best ways to store your garden produce, The Freezer Cookbook will encourage you to use your freezer effectively to make your own life easier.

Orion | September 2012 | 240pp | Blad available

Rights: World

Cookery &

Hom

e

93BLANCHE VAUGHAN

Blanche Vaughan is a food writer and chef who trained at the River Café before working at Moro and St John. She currently

writes for the Guardian online.

In One Pot 100 deliciously simple, fresh recipes for every occasion

Over 100 delicious, simple and seasonal recipes to enjoy and cook with the least amount of fuss.

This collection of delicious one pot recipes is perfect for those who like simple food, cooked with the least amount of fuss but all the flavour.

Taking inspiration from the seasons, Blanche has brought taste, flavour and variety to this wonderful way of cooking. From a quickly prepared spiced prawn pilaf for a midweek supper to a beef tagine with prunes and chocolate molten pots for a dinner party triumph, there is something for everyone in this book. Blanche has created dinner party dishes, one pot weekend menus, one pots to carry and sweet pots, to sit alongside her invaluable advice on the basics for every kitchen.

There is a one-pot recipe for everyone, gourmet and beginner alike.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | February 2013 | 224pp | Sample recipes available

Rights: World

Cookery &

Hom

e

94JAMES WONG

James Wong trained at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and at the University of Kent, gaining a Master of Science degree

with distinction in Ethnobotany. He is the presenter of the award-winning BBC2 television series Grow Your Own Drugs, the tie-in book of which sold over 100,000 copies.

James Wong’s Home Grown Revolution

A revolution in the garden, a completely new range of fruit and vegetables to grow – and eat.

James’s idea is both simple and revolutionary. For a century and more gardening books have suggested the same fruits and vegetables to the amateur gardener. But there is a huge variety of delicious and often simple-to-grow common plants whose food uses we have forgotten. For example, plants grown for flowers, such as fuchsias and roses, have delicious fruits or hips. As the demand for home-grown produce increases, James Wong blazes the trail for overlooked plants that can provide a tasty, healthy and productive alternative to the humble lettuce and potato.

Gardening for a new generation that is ready for something completely different.

Also by James Wong: Grow Your Own Drugs (Collins, 2009); Grow Your Own Drugs: A Year with James Wong (Collins, 2010)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | September 2012 | 224pp | Blad available

Rights: World

Backlist H

ighlights

95BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS

FICTION

CHRISTIAN CAMERONGod of War

The ultimate historical adventure novel: the life of Alexander the Great in a single epic volume.

The combination of Alexander’s life story and Christian Cameron’s unrivalled skills as an historian and storyteller produced one of the most exciting historial epics ever written; the definitive version of Alexander’s life for many years to come, but also one of the most exciting historical epics ever written.

Orion | January 2012 | 800 pp | Rights: World

Publishers: Spanish: Ediciones B

KENNETH CAMERON

Winter At Death’s Hotel

A glorious, period New York thriller, featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and an unusual female sleuth – his wife! With blockbusting films starring Robert Downey Jr. a hit TV series from the BBC, and last year’s bestselling novel by Anthony Horowitz, fever for Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle has never been higher, and now is the perfect time for this original murder mystery.

Orion | March 2012 | 400pp

Publishers: Serbia: Evro-Giunti

Backlist H

ighlights

96

JULIAN FELLOWES

Snobs

Is life amongst the upper echelons of ‘good’ society all that it seems? Originally sold into fourteen languages, the comical tale with twists and turns aplenty comes from the award-winning creator of Downton Abbey and best-selling author of Past Imperfect.

‘Fellowes doesn’t try to hide his love of the funny, sealed, above-stairs world of dukes, duchesses, marquesses, nursery maids, herbaceous borders and breakfast kedgeree, all of which makes Snobs such a good, fresh read’ Daily Telegraph

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 2004 | 352 pp | Rights: World

Publishers: US: St Martin’s Press | Albanian: Botime Spektor | French: JC Lattes |

German: C Bertelsmann Verlag | Greek: Fereniki Publications | Hungarian: Ulpius-

Haz Konyvkiado | Italian: Neri Pozza Editore | Romanian: SC Nemira & Co. |

Russian: AST Publishers | Spanish: Santillana Ediciones Generales

GIDEON DEFOEThe Pirates! series

Worldwide release of Aardman Animation’s film version of Gideon Defoe’s fabulous ‘Pirate’ books is taking place in the spring of 2012. The Pirate Captain will be voiced by Hugh Grant, and the film also features the voices of Salma Hayek, David Tennant (as Darwin) and Brian Blessed.

The film is based on the first two books, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Whaling.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (2004); The Pirates! In an Adventure with Whaling (2005); The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists (2006); The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon (2008)

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 2004-2008 | 224pp | Rights: Translation

US Rights: Janklow B Nesbit

Publishers: Czech: Jota | Chinese: Shing Shing | French: Le Dilettante | German:

Heyne | Italian: Newton Compton

Backlist H

ighlights

97

ANDY MCNAB AND PETER GRIMSDALEBattlefield 3: The Russian

A new Battlefield game and a blockbusting tie-in novel by an internationally bestselling author. Never before has a tie-in book benefited from this level of collaboration from the creative team behind the game itself, nor has one ever been written by a thriller writer with such a strong track record and reputation. Between them, they have written a military adventure thriller that breaks new ground both as a standalone novel and as an essential companion to the game.

Orion | October 2011 | 352 pp | Rights: World

Publishers: Czech: Fantom Print | French: Bragelonne | Hungarian: Fumax

Goodinvest | Italian: Longanesi | Korean: Jeu Media | Polish: Insignis | Portuguese

(Brazil): Record | Russian: Azbooka | Spanish: La Esfera de los Libros

IAN MCDONALDThe Dervish House

The Dervish House is a stunning rich portrayal of life in Istanbul in 2015 that won the BSFA award in 2011.

Gollancz | July 2010 | 480pp | Rights: Translation | US: MBA

Publishers: Bulgarian: Altera | French: Denoel | Hungarian: Ad Astra | Polish: MAG

| Russian: Astrel | Serbian: Paladin | Turkish: Pegasus

JIM AL-KHALILIQuantum

From Schrodinger’s cat to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principal, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world by one of Britain’s most media-friendly scientists. Re-issued in a new format, with redesigned text, integrated b&w illustrations, and a striking new cover.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | October 2012 | 304pp

Publishers: Japanese: Nikkei Business Publications

Backlist H

ighlights

98MICHELLE PAVERDark Matter

This chilling Arctic ghost story from the globally successful Michelle Paver has now sold over 90,000 copies and rights have been sold in ten languages. It is no surprise that this wonderful novel was selected as a Richard and Judy bookclub read last autumn.

‘Paver is the mistress of suspense, and the strangeness that humans can suffer from when exposed to the Arctic wilderness is brilliantly exploited in this period piece.’ The Times

Orion | October 2010 | 256pp

Publishers: Czech: Euromedia | Dutch: The House of Books | French: Hachette

Livre | German: Rowohlt | Italian: Neri Pozza | Norwegian: Cappelen Damm |

Polish: W.A.B | Portuguese (Brazil): Rocco | Romanian: Reader’s Digest | Serbian:

Laguna | Slovak: Enigma | Swedish: Semic

JIM POWELLThe Breaking of Eggs

A thought-provoking and poignant literary debut for Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2010, The Breaking of Eggs garnered wonderful reviews: ‘A fluent, unusual novel.’ Times Literary Supplement. It is now being published in eleven countries. As part of the first World Book Night celebrations last year, Jim was selected by BBC ‘The Culture Show’ as one of Britain’s 12 most exciting novelists.


Publishers: US: Penguin | Catalan: La Campana | Croatian: Ljevak | Danish: HR

Ferdinand | Icelandic: Bjartur | Italian: Einaudi | Norwegian: Pax | Polish: Albatros |

Portuguese: (Brazil) Geracao | Portuguese (Portugal): Livraria Civilizacao Editora

ADAM ROBERTSThe Soddit

The film of Tolkien’s The Hobbit, due to be released in December 2012, is poised to be as impressive and as commercially successful as the film versions of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Gollancz is re-releasing the hilarious parody The Soddit by Tolkien scholar Adam Roberts to time in with this cinematic event.

Gollancz | 2003 | 325pp

Publishers: Czech: Mlada Fronte | French: Bragelonne | German: Heyne |

Hungarian (reverted): Pecksi Direkt | Italian: Fanucci | Russian: AST | Spanish:

Devir Iberia | Swedish: Lind och Co

Backlist H

ighlights

99RICHARD DAWKINSThe Ancestor’s Tale

One of the most brilliant scientists of our age gives us his definitive work: a synthesis of his comprehensive vision of life. Arranged as a collection of 40 tales concerning aspects of evolutionary biology, The Ancestor’s Tale has sold 125,000 copies since publication.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 2004 | 520pp

Publishers: US: Houghton Mifflin | Chinese: Jiangsu Science & Technology |

Croatian: Algoritam Books | Czech: Academia Publishing House | Dutch: Nieuw

Amsterdam | French: Laffont | German: Ullstein | Hungarian: Partvonal | Italian:

Mondadori | Korean: Kachi | Japanese: Shogakukan | Portuguese (Brazil):

Companhia das Letras | Russian: Corpus | Serbia: Luguna | Spanish: Antoni Bosch |

Turkish: Hil Publishing

PAUL EKMANEmotions Revealed

Whatever culture we come from, emotions play a huge role in our lives and in every relationship within them. Paul Ekman draws on a lifetime’s study to take the reader on a complete tour of the emotional self.


Publishers: Czech: 4 Ears | Chinese: Hunan | Chinese (Taiwan): Psygarden | Dutch:

Nieuwezijds | German: Spektrum | Hungarian: Kelly | Italian: Amrita | Japanese:

Kawade Shobo | Korean: Bada | Polish: Helion | Portuguese (Brazil): Lua de Papel

| Romanian: Trei | Russian: Piter | Serbian: JP Zavod | Spanish (reverted): RBA |

Turkish: Okuyanus

NON-FICTION

ERIC HOBSBAWMThe Age of Capital/The Age of Empire/The Age of Revolution/Bandits

Hobsbawm has written extensively on many subjects as one of Britain’s most prominent historians. ‘Arguably our greatest living historian – not only Britain’s, but the world’s.’ Spectator

Publishers: Arabic: El Ain | Basque: Klasiosk | Chinese (Simplified): Chemical

Industry Press | Chinese (Complex): China Times | Dutch: Contact | French: Fayard |

German: Campus (Age of Empire) | Greek: National Bank Cultural | Hindi: Samvad |

Korean: Hangilsa | Polish: Krytyka Polityczna | Spanish: Critica

Backlist H

ighlights

100

DAVID MILLARRacing through the Dark

This compelling and revealing memoir by British road racing cyclist, David Millar, spent several weeks in the Top Ten bestseller charts last summer.

Orion | June 2011 | 288pp

Publishers: US: Touchstore (SBS) | Dutch: Tirion | German: Coradonga | Spanish:

Contra Ediciones

ROBERT HUGHESRome: A Cultural History

In this magisterial new history, Robert Hughes reassesses one of the world’s most endlessly fascinating cities with characteristic wit, vigour and penetrating insight from its Etruscan beginnings to its imperial heyday; from the Renaissance to the age of Baroque and the Neo-Classic; and from Fascism to the era of Fellini, la dolce vita and paparazzi. This brilliant narrative is essential reading for the many visitors to and admirers of the magnificent city of Rome.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson | June 2011 | 400pp | Rights: Translation | US: Janklow &

Nesbit

Publishers: US: Knopf | Portuguese (Brazil): Companhia das Letras | Dutch: Balans

| Italian: Mondadori | Polish: Magnum | Russian: Corpus | Slovenian: Modrijan |

Spanish: Critica

IRON MAIDENOn Board Flight 666

This exclusive photo documentary, accompanied by a specially commissioned written commentary, reveals an intimate view of the globally successful band on and off stage as well as on board their customised Boeing 757 aircraft ‘Ed Force One’. Bruce Dickinson, pilot as well as lead singer, flies the band across five continents to their sold-out stadium gigs in front of their army of dedicated fans.

Orion | October 2011 | 256pp

Rights: World

Publishers: German: Hannibal

Backlist H

ighlights

101SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIOREStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

The remarkable untold story of the men and women who sustained Stalin in power in the Soviet Union for nearly 30 years. This Sunday Times’ best-seller has sold over 40,000 copies in hardback and 165,000 mass market paperback copies since publication in 2003.


Publishers: US: Knopf | Albanian: Shtepia Botuese “55” | Chinese (Simplified):

China Youth | Croatian: Profil | Danish: Borgens | Dutch: Spectrum | Estonian:

Varrak | Finnish: WSOY | French: Syrtes (hb) Perrin (mmp) | Georgian: Baku

Sulatauri | German: S. Fischer | Greek: Potamos | Hebrew: Kinneret | Hungarian:

Pecsi Direct | Indonesian: Pustaka Alvabet | Italian: Rizzoli | Latvia: Apgads Atena

| Lithuanian: Tyto Alba | Norwegian: Cappelens | Polish: Magnum | Portuguese

(Brazil): Companhia Das Letras | Portuguese (Portugal): Aletheia | Slovenian:

Zalozba Obzorja | Spanish: Critica | Swedish: Norstedts | Turkey: Ithak

PROF. JAMES D. WATSONThe Double Helix

The discovery in 1953 of the structure of DNA – the ‘double helix’ – transformed the science of biochemistry and virtually created molecular biology. The Double Helix is the exciting ‘inside story’ of one man’s part in this revolutionary discovery.

Publishers: Arabic: El Ain | Basque: Klasiosk | Chinese (Simplified): Chemical

Industry Press | Chinese (Complex): China Times | Dutch: Contact | French: Robert

Laffont | German: Rowohlt | Italian: Garzanti | Korean: Kungree Press | Russian:

Astrel | Spanish: Alianza | Thai: Post Publishing

The Orion Publishing Group

Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin’s Lane, London WC2H 9EA

www.orionbooks.co.uk

O R I O N

G O L L A N C Z

W E I D E N F E L D & N I C O L S O N

Documents

Orion Publishing Group Rights Guide 2012