Aranya Jain, Editor at DAW Books, has acquired North American rights to Christopher Ruocchio’s three-book epic fantasy trilogy, The Doomsong Saga, which begins with The Godstained House, from Shawna McCarthy at The McCarthy Agency.  Ruocchio is the internationally award-winning author of the Sun Eater series, the galaxy-spanning seven-book saga chronicling the tale of the infamous criminal and war hero... Read More

DAW has acquired Nommo and Sidewise Award-winning author Wole Talabi’s THE FIST OF MEMORY, a first contact thriller unlike any other and a meditation on the nature of reality, memory and connectedness. In this thriller, a strange and non-communicative alien spacecraft suddenly appears in the sky, global powers are thrown into turmoil. But for Tope,... Read More

DAW has acquired screenwriter Jason Kaleko’s THE JOPLIN HORROR, a cinematic horror about a crew of graverobbers who target a mausoleum only to be chased by a malevolent entity through a labyrinthine nightmare, exploring trauma, grief, and the fragility of memory. “Few reads manage to be this propulsive and also thought-provoking. Jason’s screenwriting skill makes... Read More

DAW Books acquires World English rights for THOUGHTS BE BLOODY, a queer and trans reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, if Hamlet took place at a magic school. In THOUGHTS BE BLOODY by Auden Patrick,  Horatio Bithersea has only ever felt safe at Elsinore, where his magic is not a threat, and he can freely live his life... Read More