Solaris snares Barron’s feminist Arthurian fantasy trilogy

Solaris has snapped up Natania Barron’s feminist Arthurian fantasy trilogy, Queens of Fate. 

World all-language rights to Queen of None, previously published by Vernacular Books, which has now folded, and its companions, Queen of Fury and Queen of Mercy, were acquired by David Moore from Stacey Graham at 3 Seas Literary Agency.

The publisher said the trilogy revealed the world of Arthurian myth through the eyes of the people behind the legends, including King Arthur’s oft-forgotten sister, Anna Pendragon, and her son, Gawain. Queen of None and Queen of Fury will be published in 2024, with Queen of Mercy to follow in 2025.

Barron said: “I am absolutely delighted to work with the Solaris team to bring these stories to publication. I often say that these tales represent the thesis I never got to write, melding my lifelong love of all things King Arthur with a deep desire to elevate hidden voices in the narrative. Having the opportunity to continue the saga in such good hands is truly wonderful.”

Moore said: “I love Arthuriana. Gawain, Parzival and the Morte sit with Chaucer and Shakespeare at the top of my literary pantheon. Barron’s trilogy is beautiful, sumptuous and thoughtful, and you should read it for those reasons alone, but it’s also an absolute geeky delight for devotees of this most strange and many-headed of cultural legacies.”