Press Releases
June 2009
Pan Macmillan are pleased to announce that La Factoria de Ideas have bought the Spanish translation rights for The Secret War for an undisclosed advance plus royalties. It is expected the trade paperback will be published sometime in 2010. Please see Matt's blog for regular updates.
May 2009
This summer, Matt will start writing the third book of the Secret War series, entitled “The Fortress of Black Glass.” About the new project, Matt says:
‘The intended the third book in the series was to be the Traitor of Light, but this was a Dar’uka-only novel and really didn’t fit into the William Saxon story-line as neatly as Pan Macmillan wanted. It was felt it disrupted the flow of the series, so we’ve gone back to having Fortress… as the third novel. It’s going to be a pretty dark finale as books go – not every one will make it to the end. And it’s going to be epic. Very epic. So expect enormous battles between monks and vampires, kafalas and Habsburg soldiers and even Dar’uka vs Dar’uka action.
As for the Traitor of Light, well that might come later. I still want to do a Dar’uka-only novel, and there are certain plot lines that need explaining, such as what happened to Marresca and the back stories of Tzicothe and Chow Yuen. So watch this space…
April 2009
Matt and Sarah are pleased to announce that their baby boy was born in the early hours of the morning after an exhausting labour. Daniel Kevin Curran is happy and healthy, and Matt and Sarah want to pass on their thanks to everyone who has wished the three of them well. Matt is now taking a break from the writing but should start the third Secret War novel sometime this August.
May 2009
Matt’s first short story, “The Favourite”, was published in the newsstand magazine, First Edition, in May. Matt describes it as a “slice of apocalyptic tragedy.” He is currently working a few other short stories for publication. For updates and publication dates of future short stories, see the blog.
April 2009
Random House have scheduled the German publication of The Hoard of Mhorrer. Re-titled “Die Damonen Des Feuers”, it is stated to be published February 2010.
December 2008
The Hoard of Mhorrer will be published in hardback on 2nd January 2009 by Macmillan New Writing (an imprint of Pan Macmillan) and will be available from all good bookshops.
December 2008
The Secret War will be published in paperback on 2nd January 2009 by Tor (an imprint of Pan Macmillan) and will be available from all good bookshops.
May 2008
Macmillan New Writing have taken the sequel to The Secret War (currently untitled) with a view to publishing it in Winter 2008/2009
July 2007
The German publishing rights to The Secret War have been sold to Goldmann
(of Random House) for an undisclosed fee, with a view to publication in trade paperback by Spring 2008.
February 2007
The Secret War was published 5th January 2007 and is now available from all
good online, high-street and independent booksellers. It was successfuly
launched at Waterstones, Orchard Square in Sheffield – see blog for further details or visit the Photo Gallery to see the night's proceedings...
February 2007
The Necrodyssey project has been postponed indefinitely due to the tight
timescales based around the writing of The Secret of Mhorrer and promotional work for The Secret War.
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