Agent John Jarrold reports the sale of “the opening volume of a fascinating urban fantasy series from pseudonymous author ‘Ben Macallan'” to Solaris Books‘ commissioning editor Jonathan Oliver. The book is scheduled to be published in Summer 2011.
Jarrold describes the novel: “Jay finds people—runaways. He looks like a teenager, but he’s not. He treads the line between mundane reality and the world of the supernatural, including the awesome Powers That Be. Desdaemona, who also knows the non-human world far too well, comes to him, searching for her lost sister Fay who did a Very Bad Thing involving an immortal before disappearing. This may be a mistake—for both of them. Not least because of those whose attention is drawn to them…”
Olvier said “Ben’s urban fantasy novel is wise, witty, and terrific fun. It’s great to find a work that does something different with the genre while still managing to be a ripping good yarn.”