Press Release:
HarperColins sells US rights in Stephen Hunt’s fantasy novels to Tor Books in major two-book deal
Airlie Lawson and Tara Hiatt, Rights Directors at HarperCollins in London, have confirmed a major two-book deal with Claire Eddy of Tor Books in New York, to publish THE COURT OF THE AIR by Stephen Hunt, and his follow-up fantasy novel, THE KINGDOM BEYOND THE WAVES.
Stephen Hunt’s The Court of the Air was the lead title for 2007 of HarperCollins’ genre imprint, Voyager, and was published in the same week as HarperCollins other main fantasy novel of the year, The Children of Húrin (JRR Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien).
HarperCollins acquired the Court of the Air in 2006 after the company won a fierce auction for the work, seeing off many other major publishers to acquire Hunt’s title.
Fantasy and science fiction author Stephen Hunt is the owner of www.SFcrowsnest.com, the second most popular sci-fi site on the Internet with close to a million readers a month, clocking up 30 million hits a month. Established in 1991, SFcrowsnest.com is one of – if not – the oldest science fiction and fantasy web sites on the web.
PRAISE FOR THE COURT OF THE AIR
“An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.” – The Times
“Hunt can take his place alongside such eminent Magratheans as JRR Tolkien, Mervyn Peake and China Mieville. Creating a fully-realised other-world which feels new and different, yet cohesive and believable is half the battle in a fantasy novel, and it is a battle Hunt wins with honours… Hunt’s world is so rich and colourful it keeps you engrossed … It’s a confident audacious novel.” – SFX
“The characters are convincing and colourful, but the real achievement is the setting, a hellish take on Victorian London where grim, steam-driven machines work beside citizens with magical powers. The Court of the Air is aimed at young adults, but the depth and complexity of Hunt’s vision makes it compulsive reading for all ages.” – The Guardian
“Wonderfully assured … Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension” – Time Out
Oh…these sound really good!!
It looks and sounds like it has a bit of a steampunk flavor which has me hooked just looking at the covers. I’ll be checking these out!
Oh, no! Not more books for the humongous wish list!