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ORION FICTION MAY Pip Vaughan-Hughes The Fools’ Crusade As medieval Europe tears itself apart, the Crusaders turn their eyes to the east King Louis of France is about to invade Egypt on his vainglorious Seventh Crusade. The Pope and the Emperor are at each other’s throats. And where greed and ambition cross, blood soon follows. Caught in the middle of this is Petroc of Auneford, or Patch to his friends. As the rulers of Europe crush lives like beetles underfoot, Patch knows if he and his loved ones are to stay alive, he must go to the blistering heart of the crusade, where zealot, infidel, mercenary and heretic fight to the death. Pip Vaughan-Hughes studied medieval history in London and worked as a reader for a literary agency. He lives in Vermont, USA. Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback (export only) May £12.99/£12.99 352pp 234 x 153mm 978 0 7528 9717 2/978 0 7528 9708 0 Markets: World XUSA USA & Translation: Christopher Little Serial: Orion 40 www.orionbooks.co.uk Rachel Billington The Break of Day A gripping and emotionally powerful family drama from the acclaimed author of Lies & Loyalties Every year over 100,000 children go missing in Britain; some are never found. Rufus is thirteen years old, clever and kind-hearted but also extremely troubled. When a school friend commits suicide, Rufus decides to run away from home. As the people who care for him grow more desperate, Rufus finds himself in a world that is becoming ever darker and more frightening. But Rufus is not alone. Someone close by is watching him... Rachel Billington has published many novels. A former President of PEN, she is co-editor of Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners. She lives in Dorset and London. www.rachelbillington.com Fiction Cased May £18.99 320pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 1137 5 Markets: W orld USA, T ranslation & Serial: Orion
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MAY ORION FICTION Chris Simms Untitled Chris Simms returns with his biggest and most powerful novel to date DI Jon Spicer’s investigation into the vicious slaying of a Russian asylum-seeker grinds to a halt when the man’s identity turns out to be false. Before his true identity can be discovered, more asylum-seekers start to die – each murdered in the same horrific way. By the time Spicer realises what links the men, he knows there’s a trained assassin at large who’s desperate to guard an enormous secret. And he realises, too late, he’s now the target of a man whose sole purpose is to kill... Married with four children, Chris Simms works as a freelance copywriter. He lives in Marple, near Manchester. www.chrissimms.info Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback May £18.99/£11.99 352pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 1107 8/978 1 4091 1108 5 Markets: World XUSA USA & Translation: Gregory & Company Serial: Orion Alex Scarrow Afterlight Human civilisation as we know it has ended. What next? The world lies devastated after a massive oil crisis. Human society has broken down and there are only a few communities surviving. Jenny Sutherland runs one of these groups. Based on a series of decaying offshore oil-rigs, a few hundred people have rebuilt a semblance of normality in this otherwise dead world. But as her people start to explore their surroundings, they realise not every survivor has the same vision of a better future. There are people out there who would take everything they have. Alex Scarrow lives in Norwich with his wife and son. www.scarrow.co.uk Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback May £18.99/£11.99 352pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 0815 3/978 1 4091 0816 0 Markets: W orld XUSA USA & T ranslation: William Morris UK Serial: Orion www.orionbooks.co.uk 41

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Chris Simms Untitled

Chris Simms returns with his biggest and most powerful novel to date DI Jon Spicer’s investigation into the vicious slaying of a Russian asylum-seeker grinds to a halt when the man’s identity turns out to be false. Before his true identity can be discovered, more asylum-seekers start to die – each murdered in the same horrific way. By the time Spicer realises what links the men, he knows there’s a trained assassin at large who’s desperate to guard an enormous secret. And he realises, too late, he’s now the target of a man whose sole purpose is to kill... Married with four children, Chris Simms works as a freelance copywriter. He lives in Marple, near Manchester. www.chrissimms.info

Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback May £18.99/£11.99 352pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 1107 8/978 1 4091 1108 5 Markets: World XUSA USA & Translation: Gregory & Company Serial: Orion

Alex Scarrow Afterlight

Human civilisation as we know it has ended. What next? The world lies devastated after a massive oil crisis. Human society has broken down and there are only a few communities surviving. Jenny Sutherland runs one of these groups. Based on a series of decaying offshore oil-rigs, a few hundred people have rebuilt a semblance of normality in this otherwise dead world. But as her people start to explore their surroundings, they realise not every survivor has the same vision of a better future. There are people out there who would take everything they have. Alex Scarrow lives in Norwich with his wife and son. www.scarrow.co.uk

Fiction Cased/Trade Paperback May £18.99/£11.99 352pp 234 x 153mm 978 1 4091 0815 3/978 1 4091 0816 0 Markets: W orld XUSA USA & T ranslation: William Morris UK Serial: Orion

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