Stars and Sabers bag 'gorgeous' novella from Eugen Bacon

Stars and Sabers Publishing has signed The Nga’phandileh Whisperer, a novella from Eugen Bacon. 

Publishers Jendia Gammon and Gareth L Powell acquired world English rights directly from the author following an exclusive submission. The novella will be published in September 2025. 

The novella is part of the Sauúti Collective, an Afrocentric universe that is rooted in African mythologies, languages and cultures. 

Bacon commented: “I sought to craft this novella to satiate my curiosity about the Nga’phandileh, creatures of unreality in the Sauútiverse. I also wanted to write a strong female protagonist into a Sauúti story, and found this in Chant’L—a young guardian with an affinity to hive-minded beasts, unaware that she has more sound magic than she knows how to use. I am stoked and honoured to entrust The Nga’phandileh Whisperer to Jendia Gammon and Gareth Powell, the power couple behind Stars and Sabers Publishing.”

Gammon added: “We are overjoyed to publish this gorgeous novella from Eugen Bacon as we expand our single-author acquisitions at Stars and Sabers Publishing.”