Enormous rejoicing was heard in Portia House this week as not one, but three finalist nominations came through for the 2025 Hugo Awards!
Adrian has two novels as finalists in the Best Novel category and the Tyrant Philosopher series is nominated for Best Series. Thank you to everyone who voted and we hope you enjoy all the books on the Finalist lists.
Adrian said, "I am over the moon that my work has been recognised in two categories in this year's Hugos. I'm particularly delighted that both Alien Clay and Service Model have made it onto the Best Novel category which I have not seen my work on before. The lists this year are extremely strong filled with a wide variety of excellent writing from all over the genre. I'm honoured to be included amongst them and look forward to the results in August."
Great News!
Adrian's novella, Saturation Point (Solaris), has been shortlisted for a 2025 British Science Fiction Association Award for Shorter Fiction!
The book tells the story of an exciting rescue attempt set in an equatorial rainforest so hot and humid that no warm-blooded creature can survive unaided.
Can Dr Jasmine Marks navigate this world of climate destruction and corporate secrecy to rescue the plane crash survivors?
Shroud (End Feb release, standalone novel) – Shroud is utterly hostile to human life: dark, freezing, toxic and with an ecology that screams on every band of the electromagnetic spectrum. Meaning if you crash on it, there’s no way you can signal your ship to let them know you’re still alive… for now.
The Hungry Gods (August release, standalone novella, Terrible Worlds: Innovation) – after human society finally falls over, those great genius billionaires come back from space to lord it over the ruins. Hilarity ensues.
Bee Speaker (June release, novel, Dogs of War book 3) – What Bees Did Next, how Mars worked out after Earth fell. Projecting the timeline of Dogs of War and Bear Head into a dystopian post-tech future where a Martian invasion might be the only way to save the Earth.
Lives of Bitter Rain (October release, novella, Tyrant Philosophers 3.5) – A novella detailing the early career of Angilly in the world of Pallaseen espionage and dirty tricks.
There should be some more short fiction as well, but in particular I have a story in the upcoming anthology Of Shadows, Stars and Sabers that I’m particularly fond of. This is ‘Holy Fools’ and – while it can be read on its own – tells of what Yasnic was doing between City of Last Chances and House of Open Wounds.
