PAN MACMILLAN BUYS NEW TRILOGY IN THE
TRADITION OF GEORGE R. R. MARTIN AND DAVID GEMMELL
Pan Macmillan is delighted to report the acquisition of a new epic fantasy series by John Gwynne. Senior Commissioning editor Bella Pagan bought World rights from agent John Jarrold, in a six-figure deal.
This new standalone
trilogy will be set in the same stirring Celtic-inspired world as John’s first
quartet, the Faithful and the Fallen. Here, the Banished Lands now seem at
peace. However, guardians appointed to enforce it have their own agenda, and mankind will suffer.
One central character, Rae, is part-guardian and part-human. And if she can
prevail through conflict, crisis and adventure, she may hold the key to
humanity’s ultimate freedom.
John Gwynne’s debut
novel, Malice, won the David Gemmell Morningstar Award
for Best Fantasy Debut. And on the new deal, Gwynne said: ‘I'm absolutely
overjoyed that Pan Macmillan will be publishing a new trilogy set in the
Banished Lands. I've loved working with the team and it’s both wonderful and
exciting news to hear their enthusiasm about expanding this world. Ideas have
been worming their way into my head for quite some time now and my fingertips
are itching to get typing on this new series’
Pagan shared her
enthusiasm, saying: ‘I couldn’t be
happier about this new deal. John has proved he can write heart-pounding,
character-driven adventures of the most immersive form, and his next works will
be just as thrilling. Readers everywhere – prepare to be enthralled!’
Bestselling author Conn Iggulden had high praise for Malice: ‘Influenced by Gemmell’s ‘Rigante’ and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones – two good strands of DNA. Great characters and plot – it gets faster and more fascinating by the page . . . Hell of a debut. Highly recommended’
Pan Macmillan will be
publishing the new books from Autumn 2017, following John Gwynne’s current
series. His next book, Ruin, will be
published in July this year.
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