We are very,
very, VERY pleased to announce that author Gail Z. Martin is returning to Solaris next year with a new urban fantasy novel.
Deadly Curiosities
will be published in the
UK, Ireland, and North America in July 2014. Set in Charleston, South Carolina,
this new series is Martin’s first book for the imprint since Dark Lady’s
Chosen in 2009.
Deadly Curiosities will take readers in an entirely new
direction from her previous classic fantasies: Cassidy Kincaide is the
proprietor of Trifles and Folly, an antique shop with a difference that continues
a family tradition begun in 1670 – acquiring and neutralizing dangerous
supernatural items. It’s the perfect job for Cassidy, whose psychic gift lets
her touch an object and know its history. Together with her business partner
Sorren, a 500 year-old vampire and former jewel thief, Cassidy makes it her
business to get infernal objects off the market.
Gail said: “I’m
excited to be working with Solaris again and thrilled to be creating an urban fantasy
world, which is a new adventure for me. I love creating in both epic and urban
fantasy settings, so this I’m thrilled to have this opportunity.”
Solaris editor-in-chief Jonathan Oliver said: “It’s wonderful to bring
Gail Martin back to Solaris for this new adventure. Having been such an
important part of the birth of the imprint seven years ago, it is fantastic to
bring Gail home for such an exciting new departure. Existing fans will be
familiar with her incredible storytelling and rich characters, but this new
book will see her pick up countless new readers as the breadth of her talent is
demonstrated afresh.”
Martin first hit the best-seller charts with The Summoner for us
in 2007 and followed this with the four books in the Chronicles of the
Necromancer series. She has since published The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga and
The Fallen Kings Cycle for Orbit.
She has published short stories set in the Deadly Curiosities
universe before, notably with ‘Buttons’, which featured in the critically
acclaimed 2012 anthology Magic, alongside stories by Audrey Niffenegger,
Christopher Fowler and others.
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