We are absolutely thrilled to announce that John Baker has sold world English language rights, audio rights and foreign translation rights for debut author, Gabriela Houston, to Eleanor Teasdale, commissioning editor at specialist science fiction and fantasy publisher Angry Robot!
Gabriela’s debut, titled The Second Bell, is a novel inspired by the pre-Christian Slavic folklore of Gabriela’s own childhood and the vast forests of her native Poland. The book will be published in March 2021!
The Second Bell follows the story of 19-year-old Salka, who is born with two hearts. She is branded a “striga” and considered a demon who must live on the edge of the forest.
She and her mother must leave society and live in squalor, and the striga tribe they find share the human belief that to follow the impulses of their “other” heart is dangerous, and invites unspoken horrors and ruin onto them all. But Salka is a headstrong and independent young woman, and when she finds herself in a life-threatening situation, she is forced to explore the depths of her true nature and test the bonds between mother and child.