Artemis Awakened

I have some great news!

Artemis Awakened

I’ve sold a new series to Tor Books.  The series title is – as you may have guessed – “Artemis Awakened.”  The working title for the first book is Huntress.

Here’s a bit from the proposal I wrote:

“A world forgotten, a world rediscovered, a world awakening – with consequences that will embrace the entire Universe.

“When Adara the Huntress and her puma demiurge, Sand Shadow, rescue off-planet archeologist Griffin Dane from his wrecked space shuttle, Adara knows she’s getting into trouble – she just has no idea how much or how far reaching that trouble will be, nor that it will involve the awakening of forces thought forever dormant.

“The residents of the planet Artemis have not forgotten their long-ago heritage as a pleasure planet, nor the violent assault that ended with the slaughter of the elite ‘seegnur’ and the ‘death’ of any machinery more sophisticated than a simple grist mill.

“Seeking the means to get Griffin in contact with his orbiting ship, a small group sets off to Spirit Lake where the enigmatic Old One Who Is Young resides in what is one of the few technological facilities that was not bombed to rubble.  Is the Old One the friend that Adara and her mentor, Bruin, believe him to be?  What is behind his obsessive interest in the things of the past?

“Complicating matters is the growing romantic tension between Adara, Griffin, and the third member of their company – Terrell the Factotum.  Terrell feels he owes the debt of his life to Griffin, while at the same time he deeply resents the other man as competition for Adara’s affections.

“For her part, Adara is uncertain about her feelings for either man.  Can these mismatched associates conquer the obstacles that lie between them and the stars?”

As with most proposals, this barely scratches the surface, but I hope it gives you some feeling for the project.  In response to a couple of separate requests (thank you, Dominique; thank you, Jim) I’m going to break my usual reticence about a work in progress and read from the first couple of chapters this Friday at Bubonicon (5:00 pm, Acoma room).  I know it’s early in the convention, but maybe some of you will be able to be there.

The novel is about half-written and I plan to get back to it as soon as I finish the sequel to Fire Season – hopefully in just a few days.  I’m eager to be back on Artemis…  I hope some of you will join me there.

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