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Titan Books has scooped Out of the Drowning Deep, a "dreamy" novella from A C Wise, author of Wendy, Darling.
Fiction editor Katie Dent bought world English Language rights from Barry Goldblatt at Barry Goldblatt Literary LLC. The novella will be published in September 2024.
"It is always a delight to get something new from A C Wise, because I never know what to expect," said Goldblatt. "She moves fluidly through so many genres and ties them all together in such mysteriously intriguing ways, and never more with this sci-fi/noir mash-up.”
Out of the Drowning Deep is set in a future where humans and gods meet in deep space following an out-of-date automation, a recovering drug addict and an angel as they try to solve the pope’s murder.
Wise said: “I can’t wait to share this new novella with readers. Out of the Drowning Deep has a little bit of everything—horror, science fantasy, a touch of noir, terrifying angels, family secrets, and even underwater nuns. Hopefully each reader who picks up the book will find at least one element in this story to connect with and love!”
Dent said: "Out of the Drowning Deep is an eerie, dreamy, melancholy novella, by turns achingly lovely and spine-crawling horrible (and sometimes, both at once). I fell in love with the world Alison has created, the strange, vulnerable characters that populate it, and — as always — her beautiful writing."