Blood Ninja deal for Atlantic
03.08.09 Catherine Neilan in The Bookseller
Atlantic editor Sarah Norman has struck a two-book deal for young adult titles by Nick Lake, editorial director at HarperCollins Children's Books. Norman acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, via Elinor Cooper and A P Watt.
The two books, the first of which is entitled Blood Ninja, will be published through Nicolas Cheetham's recently-launched imprint Corvus.
Norman said Blood Ninja, which is set in 16th-century Japan, had "it all: assassins, Samurai, ancient curses, scheming warlords, a feisty princess, volcanic lairs, forbidden love and, most importantly, vampires".
Cheetham added: "Imagine a collision between Philip Pullman and James Clavell and you are halfway to describing the exuberant brilliance of Blood Ninja."
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