Enigmatic dark fantasy author K. J. Parker has just turned in her novella, Purple and Black, for publication next year. The novella, a series of missives between an adviser assigned to an outlying military outpost, and the emperor who sent him, consists of a number of official communiques (printed in purple ink) and back-channel communications (printed in black). Each set of letters is shuttled back and forth via sealed communication packets. As one would expect from Parker, the novella is darkly funny, gritty, and with a few twists along the way. (By the way, I’m reading her new novel, The Company, right now, her first standalone, and recommend it very highly.)

We’ve just finished typesetting Peter F. Hamilton’s GIGANTIC novel, The Reality Dysfunction, which came in at over 900 designed pages. Look for us to announce this one soon, once proofreading is underway. Tomislav Tikulin will be gracing us with a classic space warfare cover.

Posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 9:15 am.