Jeff Carlson's Plague Year is spreading

Jeff Carlson sold German rights to Plague Year and its two sequels to Piper via the Donald Maass Literary Agency. The rights went in an auction for a "significant deal" in high five figures. Carlson says "Included in the contract are bestseller bonuses, which, if attained, will make the overall deal worth six figures, plus royalties." Piper intends to publish the first volume in September 2008 as "part of a special marketing campaign aiming to link phantastic and mainstream novels in order to widen the range for 'phantastic thrillers' in both the mainstream and the science fiction/fantasy market," including advertising, special pages in Piper catalogues, and cross-promotion in genre and non-genre media.

Minotauro bought Spanish rights to the book, "in a preemptive bid over Plaza / RHM."

Carlson also notes that "the first sequel, Plague War, is slated for release in North America in August 2008, with the next title set to follow in Summer 2009."

SFScope reviewed the book in this article.