MICHAEL ARNOLD
Traitor’s Blood
Traitor’s Blood is a novel of the English Civil Wars, the first in a planned series The Stryker Chronicles.
It follows the adventures of the one-eyed and battle-scarred military veteran Captain I. Stryker, a superbly tough but emotionally-damaged soldier fighting for the Royalist cause.
When Stryker is hand-picked by Prince Rupert for a covert mission to arrest a dangerous double agent, the task, which will lead Stryker and his men through the heart of enemy country, seems hazardous enough. But Stryker will be forced to lock horns with his mortal enemy Eli Makepeace, who has a plot of his own – to prevent Stryker’s mission succeeding by any means necessary.
And into the mix comes a woman who Stryker once loved and believed he had lost forever, who is now acting for the Queen of England to safeguard a secret which threatens the throne of England itself.
The Stryker Chronicles will weave Stryker’s exciting adventures around the major engagements of the Civil War, in an exciting blend of historical authenticity and gripping storytelling destined to appeal to lovers of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels.
UK & Commonwealth ex Canada – John Murray (August 2010)
PETER DOGGETT
Speed of Life: David Bowie’s Records and the Seventies
This will be the first book to trace David Bowie’s Golden Years – the period between 1969 and 1980 during which he created and released masterpiece after masterpiece, from ‘Space Oddity’ and ‘Ziggy Stardust’, to ‘Heroes’ and ‘Ashes to Ashes’. The book will be a major exploration of the 1970’s from political, psychological and social perspectives, using Bowie’s musical and lyrical explorations as a lightning rod. It will cover every song he recorded during this time, in a detailed study of one of popular music’s most important, best-loved yet least-understood figures.
UK / Commonwealth (ex Canada) - Bodley Head / Random House (2012)
US -
HarperCollins (2012)
MARTEL MAXWELL
Scandalous
This hilarious and romantic debut novel tells the story of two glamorous sisters - one a showbiz journalist who is determined to land the best scoop by any means necessary; the other a shy writer at a fashion magazine whose love life is about to hit the front pages of the tabloids - on opposite sides of the fame game.
UK – Michael Joseph / Penguin (April 2010)
Russian - Atticus
JO LITCHFIELD
Bit Bot The Robot
This is the beginning of a brand new picture-book series, Jo's debut as author. It will feature Jo's trademark modelmaking and design, and feature the adventures of a little boy and his robot. It is aimed at the 2-4 reading age group.
World Volume Rights - Egmont Books (UK publication of first title - 2011)
LORNA MARTIN
Woman On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
This is journalist Lorna Martin's first book, a warm and funny account of a year in therapy as Lorna battles and triumphs in her work, family and love life.
UK - John Murray (publication Spring 2008)
US/Canadian - Random House
Dutch - De Bezige Bij / Cargo
Italian - Longanesi / Corbaccio
German - Fischer / Scherz
Korean - Bookscope
Czech - Jota
Spanish - Ediciones B
Serbian - Laguna
Croatian - V.B.Z.
Russian - Phantom Press
Slovak - Ikar
Bulgarian - Prozorets
MARK BLAKE
Queen Biography
A new and definitive biography of Queen, promising to be the most in-depth and revelatory yet. Publication will be Autumn 2010, and a complete manuscript will be available in Autumn 2009.
UK/Commonwealth - Aurum Press (Autumn 2010)
US - Da Capo Press
PETER DOGGETT
You Never Give Me Your Money:
The Battle For The Soul Of The Beatles
This is a Beatles book with a unique perspective: it concentrates on the untold story of the Beatles after the Beatles broke up, which in cultural and historical terms is in many ways the most interesting period of their biography. The story focuses on their savage legal battles with each other, financial entanglements, abortive attempts at reunion, up-and-down solo careers and the battle of each to rise above his past and, finally, to become the foremost curator of the Beatles legacy (with a little help from his friends).
UK – Bodley Head / Random House
US – HarperStudio / HarperCollins
French - Sonatine
Polish - Tedson
ROBYN YOUNG
Brethren
An epic, sweeping historical adventure novel of the Crusades, the first part of a trilogy. The Book of the Grail, one of the most precious, mysterious and dangerous possessions of the Knights Templar, is stolen and Will Campbell, a young knight, has the task of tracking it down in an atmosphere of murder, intrigue and war. Brethren is a novel in the mould of Iggulden, Pressfield and Manda Scott.
UK - Hodder & Stoughton
US - Dutton/Penguin
German - Blanvalet/Random House
Italian - Longanesi
French - Univers Poche
Spanish - Planeta
Portuguese - Civilizaçáo Editora
Greek - Patakis
Russian - AST
Polish - Ksiaznica
Swedish - Norstedts
Bulgarian - Ciela
Turkish - Alfa/Artemis
Romanian - Editura Nemira
Czech - Lidove Noviny
Hungarian - Gold
Dutch - Unieboek
Danish - Borgen
Serbian – Mladinska
Brazilian - Record