
Blood and Feathers (Blood & Feathers #1) by Lou Morgan Solaris (July 2012) | Paperback, 384 pages Urban Fantasy The term “Urban Fantasy” gets banded about willy-nilly, when trying to pigeonhole books that are set in the modern times, but have a paranormal element to them. Many times, it is used to try to disguise paranormal romance books in order to sell more books. Blood and Feathers is the first book in a long while where the term Urban Fantasy describes the book to a T. This is a book that…

BESEIGED (The Outcast Chronicles #1) by Rowena Cory Daniels PUBLISHER: Solaris RELEASE DATE: 26 June 2012 FORMAT: Paperback, 672 pages GENRE: Fantasy Sorne, the estranged son of a King on the verge of madness, is being raised as a weapon to wield against the mystical Wyrds. Half a continent away, his father is planning to lay siege to the Celestial City, the home of the T En, whose wyrd blood the mundane population have come to despise. Within the City, Imoshen, the only mystic to be raised by men, is…

Throughout May we will be celebrating UK publishers and their books. There will be posts from editors and publicists revealing some of their upcoming titles for 2012 as well as giving us a glimpse into their working lives. Of course there will also be lots of fabulous giveaways! So… I’m the Desk Editor at Solaris and Abaddon Books, which are the genre fiction imprints of Rebellion Publishing (we also publish 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, which means I sit, like, three desks over from the Thrill Centre; this…