Fantasy

We are delighted to share with you a saucy, well on the borderline of saucy, reading from Sarah Pinborough’s new novella Poison.

Take a wicked queen, a handsome prince, a beautiful princess and a poisoned apple . . .

It’s Snow White, but not as you know her.

A wicked, delicious, sexy fairy tale perfect for fans of Once Upon a Time and Fifty Shades of Grey.

Listen to the extract below carefully and send along the answer to this question:  In the passage about when the sunlight glittered on the drops of water that clung to her skin, Sarah uses a simile to compare the drops of water to what ? It’s a tricky question but we have five beautiful signed copies to give away to five lucky winners! Send your answers to competitions@orionbooks.co.uk with the subject line: POISON by 11.59 on the 25th April 2013. Good luck!

Gollancz are very pleased to be publishing the Gallow books by Nathan Hawke later this year. Three fast-paced, snappy novels featuring Viking-like warriors, of whom the titular Gallow is one, we think that these covers by Alejandro Colucci sum up the feel perfectly. Nearer the time we’ll be running extracts, exclusive short stories and more from this exciting new series, but for now feast your eyes on these.

Just in case you were wondering, this is exactly how they’ll appear in the shops – no titles, no author name, no quotes. Just Gallow.

Gallow: The Crimson Shield  is released on the 11^th July 2013, with Gallow: Cold Redemption and Gallow: Last Bastion following in August and September respectively.