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From international bestsellers to debut fiction to critically acclaimed novels, 47North offers great reads across a wide array of subgenres. 47North publishes critically acclaimed writers such as Marko Kloos and Anne Charnock as well as best- selling authors Robert Masello, Jeff Wheeler, Charlie Holmberg, and Sarah Fine. 3 The Last Flotilla Secondborn Soil Untitled (Book Two) (Book One) Colin F. Barnes Amy A. Bartol Science Fiction Science Fiction Publication Date: 2/2/2016 Publication Date: 7/18/2017 Page Count: 306 Page Count: TBD Rights Acquired: All Languages Rights Acquired: All Languages It has been almost three years since a mysterious natural disaster This romantic SF trilogy pits a remarkable young woman against a left the Earth submerged beneath the oceans, and still the sole repressive destiny that her birth all but ensures and her world is survivors cling desperately to life aboard their flotilla. When they built entirely to guarantee. Roselle St. Sismode is second born, learn of a secret government facility located deep below the daughter to the leader of the military branch of government known surface, an expedition party headed by Jim, the group leader, and as the Fate of Swords. Firstborns are the ruling class; the second Eva, a former cop, sets out in the hope of uncovering the truth born are given to the government in exchange for the firstborn’s about their drowned planet. life of power and privilege. But when the ragtag submarine crew, riven by discord, united in On Rowsell's Transition Day, she leaves her powerful family to be distrust, finally arrives at the underground bunker, the scene that trained as a soldier, where she begins a forbidden love affair and, awaits them offers more questions than answers. What happened after sparing a rebel soldier on the battlefield, becomes here to incite such shocking acts of violence? Who is responsible— unwittingly embroiled in a rebellion that will lead to the death of and where are they now? her own brother, her elevation to Firstborn, and her part in a vast conspiracy that will elevate her to the heights of power. Jim and Eva are determined to follow the trail through to its dangerous end. But the farther they venture, the more sinister Stay tuned for Book Two in Winter 2018! their world becomes. How high up does the conspiracy really go? Rewinder Series Finding Paradise Series Destroyer Fate of Perfection (Book Two) (Book One) Brett Battles K.F. Breene Science Fiction Science Fiction Publication Date: 1/12/2016 Publication Date: 1/1/2017 Page Count: 254 Page Count: 273 Rights Acquired: All Languages Rights Acquired: All Languages With the whole of human history altered, Denny Younger may be In a corporate-controlled future where the ruling conglomerates the last rewinder in existence—and the last person on Earth with a genetically engineer their employees, Millicent Foster is the best of chaser unit capable of time travel. While caring for his ailing sister, the best.Physically perfect and exceptionally intelligent, Millicent Denny must discover a way to recharge his device before he’s left is granted the uncommon privilege of breeding. But her daughter with no defense against a past that wants him dead. inherits more than superior genetics…little Marie has a rare ability that the world has never seen, and the conglomerate will stop at Before long, Denny notices a mysterious stranger following him— nothing to have sole possession of the child. keeping tabs on Denny, his family, and his friends. Is Denny just paranoid? Or maybe he isn’t alone in this new reality after all… Teamed with Ryker, the formidable master of security, Millicent When his chaser is stolen and his girlfriend is kidnapped, Denny must risk everything in a life-and-death struggle to tear her risks everything to get both of them back. Launched into a high- daughter away from the ruling force who wants to own them all. stakes chase that spans continents and millennia, Denny’s The odds are stacked against them, but the conglomerate will learn responsibility to save our future isn’t over yet. It will take all of his that the pursuit of perfection comes at a perilous cost—and that cunning to stop a threat capable of steering the fate of the human love can’t be bought at any price. race into disaster. Stay tuned for Book Two in Spring 2017! 4 Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind Anne Charnock Science Fiction Publication Date: 12/1/2015 Page Count: 258 Rights Acquired: All Languages Named by the Guardian as one of the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2015 History is storytelling. But some stories remain untold. In fifteenth-century Italy, Paolo Uccello recognizes the artistic talent of his young daughter, Antonia, and teaches her how to create a masterpiece. The girl composes a painting of her mother and inadvertently sparks an enduring mystery. In the present day, a copyist painter receives a commission from a wealthy Chinese businessman to duplicate a Paolo Uccello painting. Together, the painter and his teenage daughter visit China, and in doing so they begin their escape from a tragic family past. In the twenty-second century, a painting is discovered that’s rumored to be the work of Paolo Uccello’s daughter. This reawakens an art historian’s dream of elevating Antonia Uccello, an artist ignored by history because of her gender. Stories untold. Secrets uncovered. But maybe some mysteries should remain shrouded. Dreams Before the Start of Time Anne Charnock Science Fiction Publication Date: 4/18/2017 Page Count: TBD Rights Acquired: All Languages In the literary tradition of Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. LeGuin, and David Mitchell, this episodic, multigenerational novel set in the not-too-distant future centers on two families whose varying approaches to reproduction—including the rental of artificial wombs, the manufacture of chromosomes using stem cells, and more—raise fundamental questions about the nature of family; the role of the state in the raising of children; and questions of identity, lineage, and community in a world where genders proliferate; and there are as many meanings of family as there are families themselves. 5 Odyssey One Warrior King (Book Five) Evan Currie Science Fiction Publication Date: 7/19/2016 Page Count: 334 Rights Acquired: All Languages Battle weary after a desperate fight to save Earth from the Drasin alien onslaught, Confederation Captain Eric Weston is tasked with a perilous new mission. He and the crew of the Odysseus must hunt down those who unleashed the hellish attack on his homeworld and that of Earth’s Priminae allies. But the situation turns dire when they catch sight of a ship belonging to the mysterious beings who orchestrate the fearsome Drasin’s depredations. This powerful Empire, it seems, has two primary aims: to conquer new worlds and settle old scores. Weston’s ultimate objective: keep humanity from becoming collateral damage as the Drasin war expands to engulf the galaxy. The Scourwind Legacy Heirs of Empire (Book One) Evan Currie Science Fiction Publication Date: 9/22/2015 Page Count: 352 Rights Acquired: All Languages The Scourwind family legacy brought the empire to the height of its power and prosperity and defended it against all enemies. Now one man’s machinations aim to shift the balance of power—with violent and devastating consequences. When the trusted General Corian launches a coup against Emperor Scourwind, he hurls the planetary kingdom into chaos. To secure his claim as ruler, Corian will need the strength of the Scourwind name behind him, and he will stop at nothing to bring under his grasp the young Scourwind heirs, twins Lydia and Brennan. Barely into adulthood, the two are thrust into the crossfire. Battling new obstacles at every turn, they eventually find refuge with Mira Delsol, pirate and former member of the elite empire forces. As the stakes rise, loyalists, mercenaries, and political opportunists rally around the heirs in a desperate bid to unseat the usurper. But if their risky gambit fails, will the empire crumble into oblivion? An Empire Asunder (Book Two) Evan Currie Science Fiction Publication Date: 11/15/2016 Page Count: TBD Rights Acquired: All Languages The coup that won traitor General Corian the Scourwind throne has been overturned, but his ongoing rebellion has left the empire divided. Lydia’s birthright regained, she adjusts to her role as empress at war, while Brennan begins training as an elite Cadreman soldier. With tensions rising between the empire and the Alliance, this momentary lull seems to portend a gathering storm…The royal twins aren’t the only ones sensing peace may not last. Searching for a vanished supply shipment vital to her own mission of vengeance against Corian, former Cadrewoman-turned-pirate Mira Delsol makes a shocking discovery about the theft.