Hyddenworld

William Horwood's newest novel, Hyddenworld: Spring, will be published in February 2010.

An Extract from Hyddenworld: Spring on panmacmillan.com

Hyddenworld 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.

William Horwood's official website states the Hyddenworld "books will be published by PanMacmillan over four years, starting in Spring 2010 and then each year in the appropriate season of the title, ending with Hyddenworld:Winter in 2013." (http://www.williamhorwood.co.uk/hyddenworld.html retrieved February 11, 2010.)

A New Titles slideshow [PDF] by publisher Pan Macmillan lists Hyddenworld: Spring as due out in hardcover (priced £16.99) on February 5, 2010. A slide shows colour images of the book cover forming magazine and newspaper advertising, and also displays cover images of three other Hyddenworld novels: Summer, Autumn, and Winter.

Slide from Pan Macmillan New Titles February 2010 slideshow PDF.

The ISBNs of Hyddenworld: Spring are 9780230712607 (hardcover) and 9780230736931 (trade paperback).

As described in Pan Macmillan World English Rights Guide (PDF), Hyddenworld 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.

Video interview of William Horwood from SFX magazine (January 2010)

Hydden depths, a profile from theBookseller.com (November 6, 2009 by Alison Flood)

As originally announced, Hyddenworld was expected to be published in April 2009. The Macmillan Translation Rights Guide 2008 (PDF) listed Hyddenworld: Spring as due out in June 2009.

Reviews:

Reviews of Hyddenworld: Spring on William Horwood's official website, williamhorwood.co.uk

Review of Hyddenworld: Spring on NextRead.co.uk
Review on Between Two Books blog
Review by Simon Appleby on bookgeeks.co.uk
Hyddenworld: Spring review on Total Sci-Fi Online.

Publisher and bookseller listings:

Hyddenworld on Amazon.ca
Hyddenworld: Spring on Amazon.com
Hyddenworld: Spring on Amazon.co.uk
Hyddenworld: Spring (hardcover) on panmacmillan.com
Hyddenwold: Spring (trade paperback) on panmacmillan.com
Hyddenworld Spring on WHSmith.co.uk