Greetings, Voyagers! We’re so excited to share the gorgeous cover of Sarah Beth Durst’s THE QUEEN OF SORROW, which goes on sale on May 15, 2018, and concludes her high fantasy Queens of Renthia trilogy. In THE QUEEN OF SORROW, Queen Daleina has yearned to bring peace and prosperity to her beloved forest home—a hope that … Read More
There’s something magical about a series. Writers of fantasy and science fiction naturally aspire to be granted follow-up books. They want to trail in the famous footsteps of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and so many modern superstar writers. How could a writer resist? It’s a chance to expand on your world building. To take characters … Read More
What is it about contemporary fantasy—urban and its more suburban and rural cousins—that makes it so appealing as a genre? All stories make promises. Science fiction offers high-tech tools and strange new worlds. Romance assures you that despite the odds, the lovers are going to have their happily ever after. Crime fiction often guarantees that … Read More
1. Space Have you seen space? It’s massive, and full of weird phenomena right next to mind-bendingly huge swaths of nothing at all. We’ve been studying it for millennia, and we still discover new things every single day. Every time we learn something, we find out we’ve only got a piece of it, one tiny … Read More
The Vagrant started out as a piece of flash fiction which then grew into a serial, which then grew into a novel, which then grew into a trilogy. So with that in mind, you could be forgiven for asking: is The Seven really the end of the story? And the answer would be yes. To … Read More
Hey there, SFF fans, con-goers, and disciples of Nova! If you’re attending NYCC 2017 next weekend, be sure to stop by the Harper Collins booth (#2118-2119), and say hi to our authors at their panels and signings. Here’s a full list of all Voyager-tacular activities, to facilitate getting your geek on. Enjoy! Thursday, October … Read More
Despite the popularity of Lord of the Rings and Games of Thrones (to name a very, very few) it still shocks me how many people cringe at the idea of fantasy in the written form. Even self-proclaimed “geeks”, who can name every Avenger ever and describe obscure plotlines from the Star Wars expanded universe, still give me blanks looks and surreptitious hints that if I’m going to write I should write something people actually like.
Hey you! Yeah, you on the phone, scrolling around the internet. Are you bored? Are you looking for a good book? A good fantasy novel, perhaps?
The west is weird in DARK ALCHEMY. Long-buried alchemical experiments surface to meet the local undead, warring with drug lords and cattle barons in the tiny town of Temperance, Wyoming. It’s an odd place…as the new stranger in town, geologist Petra Dee, is discovering. These are the top five things this scientist can’t rationally explain away:
A resourceful young heroine must protect the world from her enemies—and her own power—in Call of Fire, the thrilling sequel to the acclaimed Breath of Earth, an imaginative blend of alternative history, fantasy, science, magic, and adventure. When an earthquake devastates San Francisco in an alternate 1906, the influx of geomantic energy nearly consumes Ingrid Carmichael. Bruised … Read More