Under the Wire
Today, I handed in the new manuscript to my amazing Forge editor, Paul Stevens. The book is called THE NEXT ONE TO FALL, and it’s hard to describe how excited I am about it right now. Forget the fact that, a couple of weeks before it was due, I tore out the opening 12 chapters and rewrote them. That’s water under the bridge now. The book is set in Peru: Machu Picchu (and Aguas Calientes, the depressing town at the base of the mountain), Cusco (the ancient Inca capital), and Lima (known in its 16th-18th century glory days as the City of Kings, as it was the capital of the Spanish Viceroyalty in the New World). I won’t tell you more about it now, except to say that the book will be available in October 2011. And—for readers of THE DAMAGE DONE—it features two characters from that book: Lily Moore and Jesse Robb.
PS Enjoy the llama. Closer to the pub date, I’ll be posting an album of my Peru photos. I am not exaggerating when I say that it’s the most beautiful country I’ve seen in all of my travels.
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:27 am
Congrats! The wait till October will be interminable. And that is one heck of a beautiful shot — suddenly, Peru is way higher on my list of places to see.
December 2nd, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Gesundheit, Miss Hilary, and I’m always looking forward more of your work.
December 2nd, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Looking forward to reading it! I have never been to Peru, but it’s on the top of my list. Thanks for writing these amazing stories set in beautiful places.
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Man, I cannot wait until October. This looks amazing…and Aguas Caliente is indeed INCREDIBLY depressing. We found an actual Peruvian restaurant with Peruvian prices and felt like we’d won the lottery.
December 13th, 2010 at 10:11 am
This is fantastic news!