Gollancz delights in the rich visuals of a stunning space opera debut Gollancz, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group, is delighted to announce the acquisition of UK and Commonwealth rights to three books in a wholly originally series by an extraordinarily talented 27 year old first-time writer with a degree in fine art, Thomas N. Toner. THE PROMISE OF THE CHILD is a stunning feat of imagination - set against the epic scope of that backdrop ranging from 14th-century Prague, to a lonely cove near the Mediterranean Sea, to the 147th-century Amaranthine Firmament, Toner crafts an intelligent space opera filled with gripping action and an emotional scale that is wonderfully intimate. The novel follows Lycaste, a lovesick recluse living in a forgotten Mediterranean cove who is renowned throughout the distorted people of the Old World for his beauty, and Sotiris Gianakos, a 12,000-year-old Cypriote grieving the loss of his sister, a principled man who will change ...