John Jarrold

Simon Spanton of Gollancz has just told me that sales into the book trade of THE QUANTUM THIEF by Hannu Rajaniemi, published in September 2010 as a trade paperback and hardback, are approaching 18,500. Truly magnificent for a debut SF novel! All congrats to Hannu and Gollancz! One of the SF novels of the year, without doubt.

I’m away quite a bit over the next couple of weeks. Here is a rough schedule, so you don’t think I’m ignoring you!

At the Easter SF Convention from the afternoon of Thursday 21st to early morning on Sunday 24th. In Scotland from Wednesday 27th to lunchtime Thursday 28th, addressing a writers’ group. Then we have public holidays in the UK on Friday 29th and Monday May 2nd, before I go away for a few days’ break on Tuesday 3rd, back here on the afternoon of Friday 6th. Phew…

Agency client Ian Sales is editing an SF anthology for Mutation Press and looking for submissions. Details here

http://www.mutationpress.com/rocketscience.html

Just received from Lou Anders at Pyr, via Jasper Kent: Thirteen Years Later made the Editor’s Top 10 Best SFF Books for 2010 which will appear in Booklist, May 15, 2011.

Simon Spanton, Deputy Publishing Director of Gollancz, has acquired world rights a three-book fantasy series by the pseudonymous Nathan Hawke from John Jarrold.

The series features a hero who will appeal to the readers of David Gemmell, flawed but true.  Gallow finds himself on the wrong side of wars, through his belief in honour.  As the series progresses, he must deal with the consequences of his actions and the truth of his relationships with others whose sense of honour is more tarnished than his own.

Simon Spanton said: ‘Fantasy has been built on the exploits of those troubled, all too human men and women who have tried to make a difference, tried to do the right thing. Nathan’s conception of Gallow made it clear that here was a man who could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best of them. It’s going to be great fun helping Nathan bring a new hero to a new generation of readers.’

Nathan Hawke is a name that will come to signify a fast-moving and violent, but evocative and intelligent, read.  All three books will be published in quick succession in 2013.