New Novels Are GO!

Posted on 11:02, June 15th, 2009 by Matt Forbeck

The press release went out early this morning (my time), which means I can finally announce that I’ve signed a deal for two original novels with Angry Robot, a new imprint of HarperCollins run by my old friend Marc Gascoigne (formerly of Black Library fame). This puts my new novels in some excellent company among the early Angry Robot releases, including books by my friends Rob King, Tim Waggoner, Dan Abnett, and (also announced today!) Maurice Broaddus.

As the press release says, the first of these books is Amortals, a gritty science-fiction mystery thriller in which the wealthy have unlocked the secret of eternal life by backing up their minds and uploading them into clones—which works fine until the world’s oldest man wakes up in a new body and has to solve his own murder. The second is Vegas Knights, a modern fantasy heist/con story set in the City of Sin, in which a few young wizards decide to use their talents to break the bank, only to get played by wizards working for the house.

These are both stories I’ve been itching to tell for a long time, and I’m thrilled to finally be able to sit down and start writing them—just as soon as I polish off the first Guild Wars novel, of course! One of the banes of the working writer is that after a full day of writing other stuff, it’s difficult to carve out time to work on your own stories, especially without a guaranteed sale waiting for those books when you’re done. Now I have that, and I’m ready to roll!

More as I write it. Woot!

Posted in Amortals, Vegas Knights | print

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11 Responses to “New Novels Are GO!”

Bill Corey Jr. on June 15th, 2009 at 11:10 am

Congratulations on the book deals, Matt! Always glad to hear the success stories of old friends. Keep up the fine work!

Paul Crilley on June 15th, 2009 at 11:13 am

Awesome news Matt. The books sound really cool.

Caleb on June 15th, 2009 at 11:55 am

Sounds great, Matt! I recently finished a second draft of a screenplay that is very tech/noir; very much in the same vein as Amortals it sounds. Can’t wait to read it!

Paul S. Kemp on June 15th, 2009 at 12:10 pm

Sincere congrats, Matt. That rocks. Angry Robot really looks like an up and coming player. I’ve got something on submission with them too (through my agent). Here’s hoping I can join you in the ranks.

Paul

Jason L Blair on June 15th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Congratulations, Matt! That is excellent news.
Matt Forbeck on June 15th, 2009 at 1:18 pm

Thanks, guys. Good luck with your submission, Paul! AR is a good crew.

JMcL63 on June 15th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

You’ve hooked this reader already Matt. I await more news, and the finished novels, with great anticipation. All the best in this new project.

Mike Shevdon on June 15th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Congratulations on your book deal. I too am delighted to be in such exalted company and look forward to meeting you sometime soon. Plus I really like the idea of a victim hunting down the murderer of their own clone. Sounds cool. That one is on my list.

Matt Forbeck on June 15th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Thanks, Mike! I can’t wait to read Sixty-One Nails either. It sounds fascinating!

Paul S. Kemp on June 15th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

Thanks for the well-wishes, Matt. It’s on submission to other publishers as well, but I really like what I see of AR. In any event, I’ll know when I know.

Meanwhile, congrats again and I’ll be looking forward to Amortals in particular. Sounds like something I’d dig.