In this article on 22 January, we announced Tim Akers’s first novel sale, via agent Joshua Bilmes of JABberwocky. Now publisher Solaris tells us they’ve bought more from him.
“Heart of Veridon is the first book in the Burn Cycle. Jacob Burn is a disgraced airship pilot, and a man augmented by strange implants designed to keep him alive in combat conditions. An exiled son of nobility, he now makes his own way in the criminal underworld of Veridon, the City of Cog. But soon Jacob finds himself caught in a conspiracy of sabotage and murder between the government and the church, a mystery that stretches back into the roots of the city of Veridon itself. Heart of Veridon is a steampunk fantasy thriller.”
Tim Akers was born in deeply rural North Carolina, the only son of a theologian. He moved to Chicago to attend college, where he lives with his wife of thirteen years and their German Shepherd. He splits his time between databases and fountain pens. His short fiction has been published in Chiaroscuro, Electric Velocipede, and Interzone. His blog is at shadoth.blogspot.com.