Elspeth Cooper, fantasy author

The Wild Hunt is a 100% organic British fantasy guaranteed free from from long-lost heirs, prophecies and tow-headed farmboys who become master swordsmen after ten minutes' practice. If that's what you expect from your fantasy, you're on the wrong shelf.

A brown robe appeared in his line of sight. From its rope girdle dangled a bunch of keys that in the right hands would have made a creditable substitute for a morningstar. Unfortunately, those hands did not belong to the keeper of the archives. What the keeper folded together at his waist Ansel could call hands only because they existed at the end of the keeper's arms.

Songs of the Earth

Songs of the Earth, Volume One of The Wild Hunt, will be published by Gollancz in June 2011. Available to pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk, Blackwell's, Waterstones and WH Smith. Other retailers are available. The price of books may go down as well as up. Please enjoy responsibly.