A glamorous media darling, a surprise heiress, and the magical competition of a lifetime. At sixteen, Honora “Nora” Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in all of Walstad. Her family controls all the money–and all the magic–in the entire country. But despite being the center of attention, Nora has always felt like an outsider. When her mother is found dead in an alley, the family throne and fortune are suddenly up for grabs, and Nora will be pitted against her cousins in the Veritaz, the ultimate magical competition for power that determines the one family heir. But there’s a surprise contestant this time: Lotte, the illegitimate daughter of Nora’s aunt. When Lotte’s absent mother retrieves her from the rural convent she’d abandoned her to, Lotte goes from being an orphan to surrounded by family. Unfortunately, most of them want her dead. And soon, Nora discovers that her mother’s death wasn’t random–it was murder. And the only person she can trust to uncover the truth of what happened is a rakish young reporter who despises everything Nora and her family stand for. With everyone against her, Lotte’s last hope is hunting for the identity of her father. But the dangerous competition–and her feelings for Theo, one of the Holtzfalls’ sworn protectors–turns her world upside down.

New trilogy from Rebel of the Sands author Alwyn Hamilton. YA author Alwyn Hamilton has sold a new series to Faber Children’s in the UK and Viking at Penguin Random House in the US. Set in the same world as Hamilton’s Rebel of the Sands trilogy, though on a different continent and generations apart, the trilogy is based in a 1920s society reliant on magic to keep itself safe from the dangers of the forest. In The Notorious Virtues, the first book in the series, the younger generation of the Holtzfall family must compete in trials to determine who is the most virtuous and therefore most worthy of inheriting control of the family and their money. Alice Swan, editorial director for Faber Children’s, acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights from Molly Ker Hawn of Bent Agency and will publish in May 2020. “Alwyn is a first-class storyteller with an unparalleled imagination and an incredible talent for world building,” said Swan. “She shot straight to the top with her Rebel of the Sands trilogy and The Notorious Virtues is equally showstopping. An enormously wealthy and glamorous family competing to become heir to generations worth of their family’s accumulated magic and wealth: the plot is irresistible.”

New trilogy from Rebel of the Sands author Alwyn Hamilton. YA author Alwyn Hamilton has sold a new series to Faber Children’s in the UK and Viking at Penguin Random House in the US. Set in the same world as Hamilton’s Rebel of the Sands trilogy, though on a different continent and generations apart, the trilogy is based in a 1920s society reliant on magic to keep itself safe from the dangers of the forest. In The Notorious Virtues, the first book in the series, the younger generation of the Holtzfall family must compete in trials to determine who is the most virtuous and therefore most worthy of inheriting control of the family and their money. Alice Swan, editorial director for Faber Children’s, acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights from Molly Ker Hawn of Bent Agency and will publish in May 2020. “Alwyn is a first-class storyteller with an unparalleled imagination and an incredible talent for world building,” said Swan. “She shot straight to the top with her Rebel of the Sands trilogy and The Notorious Virtues is equally showstopping. An enormously wealthy and glamorous family competing to become heir to generations worth of their family’s accumulated magic and wealth: the plot is irresistible.”