Hachette Book Group, whose Orbit brand is releasing my dark fantasy novel ONE OF US July 18, recently interviewed me for the company’s newsletter. In the interview, I talk about the novel, influences, writing methods, and advice for new writers.
Check it out here!
67 DAYS UNTIL RELEASE!
“You shouldn’t believe there aren’t any truly original stories out there anymore, because ONE OF US is one of a kind.” —Nicholas Sansbury Smith, author, EXTINCTION series
THEY CALL IT THE PLAGUE
A generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations
THEY CALL IT A HOME
But it’s a place of neglect and forced labor
THEY CALL HIM MONSTER
But Dog is just a boy who wants to be “normal”
THEY CALL THEM DANGEROUS
They might be right
Click here to pre-order ONE OF US today.
Today, Orbit revealed the cover for ONE OF US, my dark contemporary fantasy novel.
They call it the plague
A generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations
They call it a home
Though it’s a place of neglect and forced labor
They call him Dog
But Enoch is just a boy who wants to be treated as normal
They call the children dangerous
They might be right
The book will release July 2018. I couldn’t be more excited!
I’m very excited to announce Orbit will publish my next novel, ONE OF US.
ONE OF US is a Southern Gothic literary dark fantasy. In the 1970s, a disease produces a generation of monsters that 14 years later are living in rundown orphanages in the rural South. As the plague generation grows up poor and oppressed, its children begin to develop extraordinary abilities that allow them to rebel and claim their birthright. The novel delves into themes of prejudice, generational conflict, and what makes a monster a monster. Written in the Southern Gothic style, it features elements such as complex characters, rural decay, and the grotesque. Picture TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD with monsters.
Publishing about 60 titles each year, Orbit U.S. is the sci-fi/fantasy imprint at Hachette Book Group U.S.A., with authors including M.R. Carey, Joe Abercrombie and Iain M. Banks. Plans for ONE OF US are still preliminary, but the intent right now is to publish it in hardcover, likely in 2018, and then trade paperback. It’s the biggest deal I’ve ever gotten for a published work, and I couldn’t be happier to work with a quality company like Orbit.