Fantasy Science Fiction Paranormal Thriller Women’s Fiction Rights Catalogue Young Adult 2019 Middle Grade Non Fiction Acquisitions list Literature Artwork Licences Fantasy • Bailly Samantha • Guéro Ange Orations .................................................................... 25 Ayesha ........................................................................ 16 • Beorn Paul • Guillermou Jean-Sébastien Calame ........................................................................ 9 The Pirates of the Crooked Claw ................20 The Seventh Warrior-Mage .............................. 8 • Jubert Hervé • Bordage Pierre The Morgenstern Trilogy ................................ 35 Arkane ......................................................................... 3 • Le Goascoz Marine • Brussolo Serge Daughter of the Stones ..................................... 19 Almoha .....................................................................22 • Malagoli Alexandre The Skeleton King...............................................21 Genesia ...................................................................... 31 • Colin Fabrice • Mérelle Hélène P. Arcadia ...................................................................... 23 The Autumn of the Magicians .....................36 Revenge .....................................................................24 • Pevel Pierre • Colin Fabrice et Gaborit Mathieu High Kingdom ..................................................... 11 Confessions of an Opium-Eating Paris of Wonders ..................................................12 Automaton ..............................................................26 The Cardinal’s Blades ........................................ 10 • Fargetton Manon The Seven Cities ................................................... 13 The Illusions of Sav-Loar ................................... 4 The Wielstadt Trilogy .......................................14 The Legacy of the Crosser-Kings .................. 5 • Rouaud Antoine • Fleury Victor The Book and the Sword ................................. 15 The Eternal Cruisade .........................................37 • Ségura Magali • Gaborit Mathieu Eternity ..................................................................... 18 Bohemia....................................................................29 Leïlan .........................................................................17 Chronicles of the Feals .....................................27 • Vilà Christian The Twilight Realms .........................................28 The Mysteries of Saint-Petersburg ..............34 • Gay Olivier • Wietzel Erik The Emperor’s Hand............................................ 6 Elamia ....................................................................... 32 The Ice Swords ........................................................ 7 The Dragons of the Red City ........................ 33 • Genefort Laurent Hordes .......................................................................30 A Fantasy masterpiece by a storyteller at its best Arkane Pierre Bordage Arkane is a labyrinth city governed by seven founding houses with corrupt power concentrated in the Heights, the luxurious upper levels. Court intrigues, poisonings, murders and black magic all take place • A formative journey with engaging, there. Meanwhile the condemned and outcast are in the sophisticated characters that evolve Dumps neighborhood. in a world riddled with danger When some of the houses form an alliance to eliminate • Best-selling author with more the Drac house, this upsets the balance in Arkane, and than 1 million copies sold Oziel, the last representative of its clan, flees the city’s Heights. She tries to reach the Dumps to join her brother and raise an army among the prisoners in the terrible penal colony in the depths of the city. Along the way she will meet Renn, an apprentice rock wizard, and Orik, a warrior from a faraway land, who have come to Arkane to warn the city leaders of an invasion by a horde of frightening creatures from the north... Book 1 The Desolation Book 2 The Resurrection 160,000 words per book Sample chapters available in English Pierre Bordage is the author of over forty novels. rights sold Renowned and translated throughout the world, he is best Germany Heyne known for his series Les Guerriers du Silence (The Warriors Italy La Corte of Silence). 3 The end of the war between magicians could come from a slave girl discovering her powers The Illusions of Sav-Loar (Les Illusions de Sav-Loar) Manon Fargetton • An inspiring female-driven story In the kingdom of Shadow, the women who possess the gift are persecuted by men from the Closed, the • Captivating, fluid writing patriarchal religious order. For centuries now these that draws the reader into women have taken refuge in the legendary Sav-Loar, a an ambitious tapestry city at the heart of the Forest of Dreams protected by • An independent narrative in the spells and illusions. same realm as The Legaçy of the When Blue becomes a teenager, she discovers her powers Crosser-Kings, Prix Imaginales and joins forces with a group of slaves pursued by the award for best French novel 2016 Closed. Heading to the city of banished female magicians, she will cross paths with Fèl, a manipulative beauty enamored with freedom, and Til’Enarion, a formidable member of the Closed who hunts down young female magicians. The war between magicians reaches its peak, and the reckoning has come for the established order. Manon Fargetton, equally at ease with fantasy, thrillers, and young-adult fiction (a winner of the Grand Prix du 220,000 words Journal de Mickey 2014), is firmly set on making her own literary path, with all the finesse and imagination ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE that characterize her writing style. 4 ‘Two worlds, two heroines, a whole bunch of gods and a few dragons: the cocktail is subtly mixed’ Centre Presse The Legacy of the Crosser-Kings (L’Héritage des Rois-Passeurs) Manon Fargetton • Two portraits of strong, Shadow, a medieval universe full of magic, and Shore, charismatic women, far from the the present-day world as we know it, are two distorted usual tropes of the fantasy genre reflections of a single reality. Only a few individuals, the where male heroes still reign Crossers, are capable of passing from one world to the other. • A richly constructed and original Énora is one of them. On the day of her twentieth imaginary world, endowed birthday, celebration turns into massacre as strangers with a convincing history and appear and slaughter all the young men present, including a fully coherent chronology Énora’s twin brother. Taking flight, she seeks refuge in the realm of Shadow, the land of her ancestors. • A fluid, pleasant prose style, easily read by all ages There, the rebel princess Ravenn is coming home after years of exile, returning to seize the throne that is hers by right. But she is not welcome… Here is the story of two intertwined worlds, and two strong- willed women. Of two simultaneous returns that will once more play havoc with the tortuous destiny of Shadow. Coincidence? Or a meeting long since ordained? award: • Prix Imaginales 2016 for best French novel Manon Fargetton, equally at ease with fantasy, thrillers, and young-adult fiction (a winner of the Grand Prix du 100,000 words Journal de Mickey 2014 and the Prix Imaginales 2016), is firmly set on making her own literary path, with all the ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE finesse and imagination that characterize her writing style. 5 From common gladiator to the Emperor’s living weapon, the cruel destiny of Rekk the Butcher The Emperor’s Hand (La Main de l’Empereur) Olivier Gay Rekk’s childhood was not easy, and the rest of his life won’t be, either. Gladiator then soldier in the imperial • A complex hero with a brutal army, he is spotted by the Emperor in the infernal mire fate, close to the emblematic of the Kushite jungles. He becomes the Emperor’s agent characters of David Gemmell to defeat the hordes of barbarians, then the armed wing for all the Empire’s dirty work. • Visual writing that skillfully alternates fast-paced battles Little by little, Rekk evolves into a hated and feared man and machinations whose notoriery grows. His destiny turns him into a formidable warrior and puts him in moral dilemmas. • A novel in the same realm as Les Épées de glace, Prix de la Révélation But what happens when our own legend escapes us? If award at the Futuriales festival Rekk has always benefitted from his talent to survive, those around him can scarcely say as much… Book 1 Available Book 2 Available Olivier Gay, born in Grenoble in 1979, is a French writer 100,000 words per book of crime, fantasy and horror novels, for both adults and young adults, and a fervent admirer of David Gemmell ALL RIGHTS AVAILABLE and George R.R. Martin. 6 A figure straight out of a scary bedtime story, the Butcher is not only a merciless warrior. He was also a father… The Ice Swords (Les Epées de Glace) Olivier Gay Déria is the daughter of a northern lord, sent to finish her education at the court of the Emperor where her charm, • Engaging heroes embarked just as devastating as her sword, leaves no one indifferent. on a rite of passage journey But Déria prefers the company of her young maid Shani and the soldier Mahlin to that of the nobles at the court. • A tribute to traditional fantasy in the wake of David Gemmell The news of her assassination comes as a brutal blow to her friends, who swear they will take revenge. Mahlin • Political intrigues,