Book Deals: Olivia Chadha's RISE OF THE RED HAND to Erewhon

Oh, this book.

During Beth Phelan’s annual #DVpit event, I stumbled on Olivia Chadha’s stunning pitch, and I liked the post so hard my mouse shattered. I snuck off to a cafe the following day, inhaled the book, and offered immediately.

Giant robots. Cyborg teens. Robot aunties. It’s everything I love about YA, blended into one beautifully diverse sci-fi novel, and I’m so excited it’s going to be a SERIES. What!

Here’s the blip from Publisher’s Marketplace:

Olivia Chadha's debut RISE OF THE RED HAND, the first of a duology in which a smuggler and the hacker son of a politician take down the technocratic government of a futuristic South Asia ravaged by climate change, to Sarah Guan at Erewhon, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Eric Smith at P.S. Literary Agency (World).

And you can read the official fancy announcement over on Tor, which honestly, that’s an agent bucket list item right there.

Be sure to follow Olivia on Twitter. She’s a star on the rise. And say hi to Sarah! She’s awesome.