New acquisition
announcement:
Gaie Sebold to pen sequel to her debut novel, Babylon Steel
Solaris is delighted to announce that author Gaie Sebold is to follow
up her fantastically well-received debut, Babylon
Steel.
With a bold frankness that eschews fantasy’s usual reluctance to deal
with sex and gender politics, Sebold has conceived one of the most stunning and
well-realised female characters in the genre – ex-mercenary turned brothel
owner Babylon Steel.
And Babylon is set to return in Dangerous Gifts, which will be
published in February 2013.
Babylon Steel runs the best brothel in Scalentine, city of portals.
She’s escaped her past and it’s all going pretty well. Apart, that is, from the
racial conflict and economic misery boiling up in Scalentine.
Her lover, Chief Bitternut of the City Militia, is trying to keep the
lid on, while hunting a killer whose real target is a lot closer than he knows.
Just as things are getting really tense, Babylon is forced to take another
job. Bodyguard to Enthemmerlee Entaire:
symbol of hope or object of disgust for most of her country’s population, and a
prime target for assassination, along with anyone who happens to be in the way.
Such as her bodyguard.
Unintentionally dragging a very annoyed government employee along in
her wake, Babylon struggles to turn Enthemmerlee’s squabbling household guard
from liability into security, dodge the rigid Moral Statutes of Incandress, and
keep both herself and her client alive.
She soon realises that the situation is far worse than she thought, her
past hasn’t quite let go of her yet, and she will be driven to a choice that
will have far-reaching consequences…
“Babylon Steel was one of the most assured and brilliantly written
fantasy debuts of 2012,” said Solaris editor-in-chief, Jonathan Oliver. “Gaie’s
characters are vivid and brilliantly realised. She is also one of the finest
writers on sex and sexual politics in fantasy that I’ve read. I’m delighted to
welcome her back to Solaris and discover more about Babylon Steel’s exciting
and mysterious past. Gaie’s star is fast rising in the fantasy firmament.”
"A unique and richly
realised setting, a vivid cast, a plot that coils and divides and fakes and
deceives... Ingenious, gripping, and full of pleasures on every level.
Exceptional."
– Mike Carey, author of NYT Best
Seller The Unwritten
“a pacy fantasy romp … an
adventure painted in primary colours – idiosyncratic,
but an entertaining slice of fun”
– The Guardian on Babylon Steel
2 comments:
I still need to obtain and read the original!
Great news. Babylon Steel was a lovely book, I can't wait to see this one.
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