Deals & News

New Deal Announcement

Ardyce Alspach at Union Square & Co. has acquired, in a two-book deal, the adult fantasy debut, AN EMBODIMENT OF SOULS, by author Julia Laurel, pitched as A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians meets Mortal Follies in a Handmaid's Tale society, in which a young woman from a culture of fundamentalist necromancers, who agrees to a marriage of convenience to magically inhabit her husband's body and save her father from a corrupt political conspiracy, is thrust headlong into a rebellion for bodily autonomy. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for World rights. Publication is scheduled for November 2026.

New Deal Announcement

Anum Shafqat at McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster has acquired, in a two-book deal, the young adult fantasy debut, BLOOD OF SILVER, by author Allie Nguyen, pitched as Spirited Away meets One Dark Window, in which a Vietnamese teen from London is thrust into a magical realm where she must learn to wield a rare magic and uncover dark secrets about her deceased mother's royal past, while ravenous monsters seek to find their way in and a charming prince might want more than just her heart. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for World English rights. Publication is scheduled for Fall 2026.

New Deal Announcement

Jendia Gammon & Gareth L. Powell at Stars and Sabers Publishing have acquired The Circus Infinite author Khan Wong's ELEGANT MANIFESTATIONS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE LOST, a cozy urban fantasy mystery novella pitched as The Accidental Alchemist meets New Girl in which an upscale spellcaster must draw on all her charms—both personal and magical—to solve the disappearance of her top client and angel investor in order to clear her name and save the boutique magical practice she'd give her soul to protect. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world English rights. Publication is slated for January '27.

New Deal Announcement

Jendia Gammon & Gareth L. Powell at Stars and Sabers Publishing have acquired Climate of Chaos author Cassandra Newbould's WHEN THE FOREST CALLS, a dark fantasy horror novella pitched as Uprooted meets Winterwood, in which a logger’s daughter, transformed by a mysterious fog while protesting the planned felling of a forest’s last remaining heartwood tree, seeks the forest’s vengeance—and her own—leaving a trail of disappearing townsfolk in her wake. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world English rights. Publication is slated for December '26.

New Deal Announcement

Jendia Gammon & Gareth L. Powell at Stars and Sabers Publishing have acquired Under Fortunate Stars author Ren Hutchings's THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal upmarket speculative novella pitched as Donnie Darko meets Finna, in which a group of friends sets out on a cross-country road trip only to fall out of reality and into an empty world where they must navigate their relationships, miles of deserted highway, and the possibility they might never return home. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world English rights. Publication is scheduled for September '25.

New Deal Announcement

Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen has acquired Things I'll Never Say author Cassandra Newbould's CLIMATE OF CHAOS, a post-apocalyptic YA novel set in a dystopic Seattle where healthcare is currency, the privileged live inside weatherproof domed cities, and Aegis Corp controls it all. Disabled medical mercenary Fox LaRosa fights for the right to health equity, but when her sister disappears and becomes a political pawn, Fox will stop at nothing to get her back, even if that means risking her life—and her heart. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world rights. Publication is scheduled for Summer '25.

New Deal Announcement

David Thomas Moore at Solaris has acquired, in a two-book deal, Under Fortunate Stars author Ren Hutchings's AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD, a space opera set in the same universe thirty years before the voyage of the Jonah – in which a petty thief and a bounty hunter are thrown together in an improbable scheme to get rich, but become embroiled in a centuries-long political intrigue that could change the galaxy's future – and an untitled second book in the series. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world English rights. Publication is scheduled for Spring '25.

New Deal Announcement

Priyanka Krishnan at Orbit and Jenni Hill at Orbit UK have acquired, in a six-figure, three-book, pre-empt deal, TONIGHT, I BURN, the first in a trilogy by Katharine J. Adams, in which a thorn witch who burns each night to travel between the realms of life and death makes a desperate pact to try and save her sister’s life, while navigating a dangerous romance with an ethereal prophecy weaver in one realm and a mysterious lord in the other, and gets drawn into a magical rebellion that could destroy her coven and unravel her soul. Publication is set for November '23, '24, and '25. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world English rights with ANZ rights going to Kate Stephenson at Moa Press New Zealand and Jeanmarie Morosin at Hachette Australia.

New Deal Announcement

Brendan Durkin at Gollancz has acquired, at auction, in a two-book deal, Aman J. Bedi's adult fantasy debut KAVITHRI, an action-packed epic inspired by post-colonial India which follows intractable protagonist Kavithri as she scraps her way out of the slums to gain acceptance into a school for mages, bonds with an all-powerful Jinn, and finds that what’s left of her once-proud people sparks something deep within her—a reason to rise up and fight. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world English rights. Publication is scheduled for Spring '24.

New Deal Announcement

Amy Borsuk at Rebellion Publishing has acquired Meredith Mooring's adult science fantasy debut REDSIGHT, featuring positive blind and bisexual representation, which follows a blind priestess who powers warships for the galactic military by manipulating spacetime. When the captain of her ship is murdered by a pirate with a dark past, the priestess must choose between a painful life of service or a chance at freedom with the galaxy’s most wanted criminal. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world rights. Publication is scheduled for February '24.

New Deal Announcement

Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen has acquired Cassandra Newbould's YA contemporary debut THINGS I'LL NEVER SAY, for fans of Becky Albertalli and Julie Murphy, this cathartic epistolary YA follows bi, fat surfer girl Casey who, after her twin brother’s death, turns to journaling to navigate her grief and her crushes on the remaining members of their tight-knit friend group. Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary brokered the deal for world rights. Publication is scheduled for Summer '23.