Most people believe the Sidhe are long dead, exterminated centuries ago when the males of the race rose up and fought alongside the humans subjugated and enslaved by the female Sidhe. But Jarek Reen knows better: he's discovered, the painful way, that the Sidhe are alive and well, and still screwing over humanity. They've already killed his sister, so he's not surprised when he discovers an old friend and her partner are next on the Sidhe's hitlist. He helps not only to foil the assassination attempt, but also to muddy the scene of the crime, leaving the Angels Nual and Taro sanMalia presumed dead - and free to join his crusade to expose the insidious influence of the Sidhe, and their evil plans to enslave the human race again. Their mission takes them across human-space, from utilitarian hub-points to rich, exotic planets - where they discover that a brilliant vacation spot hides some of the darkest secrets of all. And that's when they discover how easy it is for the hunters to become the hunted . . .Via John Jarrold, here is the cover for Jaine Fenn's next novel, Guardians of Paradise, due out in September from Gollancz. I really like this cover - it's clearly sci-fi and has that optiomistic feel to it. I've yet to read any of Jaine's work, but I've got Principles of Angels sitting on the stack at home. Time to get around to it methinks!
Also, it appears that Gollancz are also putting a new cover on Consorts of Heaven. Again, very nice and it's clearly defining a style for Jaine Fenn.
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I like Jaine's writing but I'm not a fan of the genre - go figure that one out, I dare you! If she decided to write sword and sorcery fantasy or something like that, I'll own all her books.
I love her characterisation and her attention to world-building is immense. But the whole future/science fiction thing, just isn't my thing so it detracts from reading her and enjoying her 100%. But, I have to say, these covers are beautiful, aren't they?
Also - am loving the new look!
They also seem to have renamed the author ;-) Interesting and a bit bizarre.
Liz - this definitely sounds like an author I'd like :) *moves Principle of Angels to the top of the stack*
Adam - I know what you mean about renaming the author, but I just assumed it was part of the rebranding. Thinking about it, could it possibly be a way to attract more readers to a female author?
I liked both Principles of Angels and Consorts of Heaven and reviewed both on FBC and I loved the original cover of Consorts though it's a fantasy-ish cover, but that is in keep with the novel which is 75% fantasy-like, turning sf-nal and connecting with the rest of the story at the end.
The end-sequence though could have been slightly better, the way it was done it moved a little too much towards pulp - I ranked Consorts as my #8 sf novel of 2009 and #18 sff
All in all, I am really eager for Guardians of Paradise and hope that the promise shown in the first two books will get fulfilled in a novel that gets on par to the top names in space opera (A. Reynolds, PFH, N. Asher, G. Gibson...) since the potential is there
And whether is Jaine Fenn or JN Fenn makes no difference to me for sure...
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