Press Release: Deals Done
Penguin Acquires World Rights In Epic New Trilogy
Posted at 7:18PM Tuesday 07 Oct 2008
Penguin announced today that it has acquired, pre-emptively, from Anthony Goff at David Higham, world rights to an epic trilogy written by British author and screenwriter Paul Hoffman. The Left Hand of God is the first book in the trilogy. It has a fourteen year old hero, the remarkable Cale. He is the truest of heroes, one that stands distant from the crowd, ready for one moment in time and for one singular purpose. The boy's name is Cale. It was written in the Scriptures that he would come. He is the left hand of God... the last Redeemer... the Angel of Death. They say he will destroy the World. The trilogy was bought by Alex Clarke, editorial director at Michael Joseph and the editor behind the biggest fiction success of this year with Devil May Care, and publisher of two of this year's debut fiction top ten bestsellers (Warrior of Rome by Harry Sidebottom and Under Enemy Colours by Sean Thomas Russell). He also recently acquired the sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to be written by Eoin Colfer. Alex Clarke said, "Only once in a while does a writer come along who is able to fire the imagination so completely, and who is able to enthrall every reader with a fictive world unlike anything that has come before. Only time will tell, but I think Paul Hoffman has crafted an epic narrative that would easily stand amongst the greats of heroic fiction. Imagine for a moment if The Name of the Rose met Harry Potter. We are determined to make publication of The Left Hand of God one of the publishing events of 2009." The Left hand of God will be published by Michael Joseph in summer 2009. Ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Penguin Rights team have received six-figure pre-emptive offers from both Germany and Italy. The Penguin stand at Frankfurt is number G941 in Hall 8. The main number is +49 69 7575 71038. For foreign rights please contact: Chantal Noel on 020 7010 3127 or at chantal.noel@uk.penguingroup.com Sarah Hunt-Cooke on 020 7010 3124 or at sarah.hunt-cooke@uk.penguingroup.com For further information please contact: Joanna Prior on 020 7010 3250 or at joanna.prior@uk.penguingroup.com
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