Hyddenworld
Hyddenworld
William Horwood's newest novel, Hyddenworld, will be published in April 2009. It is a fantasy novel "about the human race as it approaches a crisis point after its careless exploitation of natural resources" according to the announcement Six-figure deal for Horwood on theBookseller.com (February 15, 2008). Hyddenworld is the first in a four-book series, with the others to follow at yearly intervals.
As described in Pan Macmillan World English Rights Guide (PDF document), Hyddenworld is due out from Mamillan in April 2009. It concerns "the Hydden, the little people with whom we share our world [...] the holders of natural lore and guardians of our link with the Earth". The quest involves Kate and Jack, "five years old, but already no strangers to tragedy" at the beginning of the novel.
The Macmillan Translation Rights Guide 2008 (PDF) also includes Hyddenworld: Spring, listed as due out in June 2009.
Bookseller listings:
- Hyddenworld
on Amazon.ca
- Hyddenworld: Spring Bk. 1
on Amazon.co.uk
- Hyddenworld Spring on WHSmith.co.uk
Amazon lists the ISBN 0230712606 and ISBN-13 978-0230712607.