I’ve just sent out a press release from Wizard’s Tower. This isn’t (immediately) about VAT. It is about two new books that we’ll be publishing shortly.

Well, I say new. They are actually old books to which we are giving new life. Angry Robot has returned the rights to Colin Harvey’s two novels, Winter Song and Damage Time, to his widow, Kate. We’ll be publishing them. Huge thanks to Angry Robot, Colin’s agents, Zeno, for negotiating this, and to Kate for her confidence in Wizard’s Tower.

The initial, plan is to issue the two novels as ebooks. I’m very pleased that Colin’s friend, Gareth L. Powell, and Lee Harris, who was Colin’s editor, have agreed to write new introductions to the books. I’m equally delighted that Chris Moore has given us permission to use the original artwork (though there will be some changes to one of the covers that Chris has requested).

Longer term the plan is to do nice hardcover editions of both books, so that Colin’s family, friends and fans have something nice to remember him by. If all goes well, we may look at doing other Colin books as well.

Colin is a hero amongst the Bristol SF writers and fans, so hopefully Wizard’s Tower is ideally placed to secure and develop his legacy.