Solaris signs dragon trilogy by Karin Lowachee

Solaris has scooped The Crowns of Ishia trilogy, a dragon novella trilogy, by Karin Lowachee. 

Editor Amy Borsuk acquired world rights from Tamara Kawar at DeFiore & Company. The first book in the trilogy, The Mountain Crown, will be published in October 2024. The following instalments include The Desert Talon and an untitled sequel. 

The synopsis for The Mountain Crown reads: "Meka’s nomadic people, the Ba’Suon, were driven from their homeland by the Kattakans. Decades later, under a fragile truce, Meka returns for an ancient and necessary rite: culling a king dragon of the Crown Mountains to maintain balance in the wild country.

"Accompanied by an imprisoned dragon, a Kattakan veteran of war and a Ba’Suon traitor, Meka soon discovers the survival of the Ba’Suon people, their dragons and the land itself will depend on the choices she and her companions make in this gunslinging fantasy of colonialism and resistance."

Lowachee commented: "I am absolutely thrilled to be a new part of the team at Solaris with The Mountain Crown and its sequels. I know my stories will thrive in the hands of Solaris as we work together to shepherd them into fruition. My heartfelt gratitude to Amy Borsuk and everyone at Solaris, who are just as excited as I am to dive in.”

Borsuk added: “I am absolutely thrilled to be working with Karin Lowachee on this incredible series. At long last, I get to work on an epic dragon fantasy. I loved this series from the first page, and I’m so excited to bring it to fantasy readers across the globe. Karin is able to pack a full world rich with dragons, personal traumas, intense cultural histories and politics of colonialism and empire into the novella form with such ease.”