Today tRaum Books (a punishingly cool micropress based in Munich) published my debut high fantasy novel Maej. But if you subscribe to my newsletter, you knew that already.
I could not be any happier or more honoured to bring work out with such a lovely press. It feels like if your debut album came out on Kill Rock Stars.
In the words of the publisher: “MAEJ has the scope of Neal Stephenson, the themes of Ursula K. Le Guin, and the weird of China Miéville.” It’s got algorithmic magic spells, poetry battles, hallucinogenic flower wine, and da Vincian flying contraptions.
It is also about the richness of language, the moral imperative of needful acts, gender and society, economics and apartheid, magic and how best to use it, choosing to own your deeds, and the indispensability of wit.
If that sounds like your cup of grog, find out more: