THE SECOND BELL named one of SFF180’s 31 most anticipated 2021 Fantasy novels!
A friend sent me a link to this yesterday!
My debut, The Second Bell, coming out in March 2021 from Angry Robot, has been listed as one of SFF180’s 31 most anticipated Fantasy novels of 2021!
I’m so incredibly chuffed and grateful to be listed alongside Tasha Suri’s The Jasmine Throne (whose books, Empire of Sand, and Realm of Ash, inspired by the Mughal Empire, I absolutely LOVED), as well as some really exciting debuts, The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (a Norse retelling about the wife of Loki), and Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, the first volume of a new fantasy trilogy inspired by the pre-colonial empires of West Africa!
There are many more amazing books on that list, so I link the video below, so you guys can have a look!
BOOK DEAL NEWS!
Announcement time!
I’m beyond excited to finally be able to say it: my book will be a real thing. A real papery thing! With a pretty, pretty cover, a fabulous editor and a wonderful marketing team behind it and a lot of other things commonly associated with published novels!
The fabulous Eleanor Teasdale from Angry Robot Books has acquired my Adult Slavic Mythology-inspired fantasy novel, The Second Bell, and it’s due to come out Spring 2021.
You can read The Bookseller announcement here.
It’s a story of a young striga woman, Salka, who grows up in a world which believes her to be a monster. She struggles to harness the power of her second heart even as her mother is willing to sacrifice everything to stop her.
Here’s something nice my editor, Eleanor Teasdale, said about The Second Bell: “When I first heard the pitch for the book, I was worried it was too good to be true. Then it arrived in my inbox and blew me away with its magic. It’s a story with power, heart and the joy to be found from looking within yourself.”
I can’t wait to share this book with you all!