Following from yesterday’s big announcement it brings us great
pleasure to today be able to announce that we will be publishing Nik Abnett’s
first independent solo novel Savant
in summer 2016.
Savant is a modern classic SF tale, taking a timely look at our
understanding of the rights of the state and the rights of individuals, set in
a future in which Earth is rendered invisible by a device known as ‘The
Shield’, humanity’s only defense from invasion.
The novel follows the story of Tobe, one of the mysterious ‘Actives’
charged with maintaining The Shield.
No one understands precisely what the Actives do, or how, but
without them The Shield would cease to function. When Tobe finds himself caught
in a probability loop, the equilibrium of Earth’s defense is compromised. Other
Actives begin to share his malady and the world suddenly becomes vulnerable.
As the danger facing Earth escalates it’s down to Tobe’s assistant
Metoo to keep The Shield’s security forces at bay to prevent them from
undermining her friend’s already fragile condition…
At Rebellion Publishing we’ve had the privilege of working with Abnett
previously via our sister imprint Abaddon, where she and husband Dan Abnett
released their sublime novel Fiefdom: A Kingdom Novel based in the world created by Dan Abnett in his 2000 AD comic Kingdom earlier this year. As well as in our forthcoming Dangerous Games anthology, so we are
beyond delighted to now be bringing you her first ever independent novel in
summer 2016.
Do check back for further updates on Savant, but for now we leave you with Nik Abnett herself talking
about the genesis of Savant and her
alter-ego:
“Six or seven years ago, I was studying for a Fine Art degree and
wanted to do some work on identity. So, I set up an on-line persona with an
e-mail address and FaceBook page, and I bought a tablet so that all the work
she produced only existed in web-space.
Then, because I’m a writer, I picked up my laptop and began writing Savant, at least, my alter-ego wrote Savant, and she produced cover-art, too,
digitally, of course.
I’d never been very confident as a writer, and perhaps that’s why
I’d hidden behind tie-in and IP based fiction. It was a way to do what I loved
to do without taking too much responsibility. My own ideas always seemed a
little ‘out there’ a little ‘left of centre’, so I never pursued them. My
alter-ego had other ideas. She was tougher than I was, and she got things done.
I loved Savant, but it
wasn’t until Jonathan Oliver took an interest in the novel that it crossed my
mind that anyone else might want to read it. He’d invited me to write a story
for his Dangerous Games anthology,
and in one of our conversations he asked me about what else I was interested in
writing. The conversation led to horror and SF, and he probed until I promised
to send him Savant. The rest, as they
say, is history.
My alter-ego no longer has a web presence, because she doesn’t need
one. She never stopped writing, either.”
About the author:
Nik Abnett has published work in a number of mediums, including
advertising, training manuals, comics and short stories. She has worked as a
ghost writer, is a frequent contributor to Black Library Publishing, and
regularly collaborates with her partner, novelist and comic author Dan Abnett.
In 2012 she was runner-up for the inaugural Mslexia novel-writing competition. Savant is her first solo, independent
full-length work of fiction and publishes summer 2016.
2 comments:
Does this blog ever get updated? Or is it dead?
Hi David,
We've launched a new website, with a new blog!
There's unlikely to be any new content here - I think we'll pop up a "we've moved" post to direct readers - but the posts will remain in place for reference.
The new site is here: www.solarisbooks.com
Cheers,
David
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