Acquisition Announcement: The Sea Beyond Duology by M. A. Carrick
We are so thrilled to have acquired a new historical fantasy duology by M.A. Carrick, inspired by the Fae and set within the remarkable backdrop of the Spanish Golden Age! The enthralling first novel in The Sea Beyond duology will be published in Summer 2026.
In an alternate Spanish Golden Age, where the map becomes the territory and mapmakers are the architects of reality, the Council of the Sea Beyond has risen to unrivaled power, exploiting the world’s most precious resources for their own gain.
Determined to discover how cosmographers pin down the islands of the Otherworld, Estevan seeks power with the Council of the Sea Beyond—but he risks the exposure of his own secrets, too. For he is a changeling, a faerie masquerading as a mortal. And for a faerie to enter the mortal world like that, a child must go the other way…
The Hungry Girl, the nameless human daughter whose place he took, has grown up opposite her “brother.” Lost among the fae and desperate to find some purpose for her pitiful existence, she leaps at the chance to help a group of Spanish explorers in the Sea Beyond…only to be horrified at the atrocities they commit.
Soon the unlikely siblings will need to overcome their rivalry–because only together can they bring down Spain’s worlds-spanning empire and save the homes they have come to love.
While you wait, now is the perfect time to binge-read the sumptuous Rook & Rose trilogy (which begins with The Mask of Mirrors). All three books are available!
M. A. Carrick is the joint pen name of Marie Brennan (author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent) and Alyc Helms (author of the Adventures of Mr. Mystic). The two met in 2000 on an archaeological dig in Wales and Ireland, including a stint in the town of Carrickmacross, and have built their friendship through two decades of anthropology, writing, and gaming. They live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Eddie Schneider at JABberwocky Literary Agency and Cameron McClure at Donald Maass Literary Agency sold World English rights for a duology to Orbit US Associate Editor Tiana Coven and Orbit UK Editorial Director Jenni Hill has acquired UK rights for Orbit UK.
