Angry Robot is reeling with the news that maniac fantasy author Andy Remic is returning with a brand new series.

The Iron Wolves is the first of at least two novels set during a time of war and invasion. Riffing on The Dirty Dozen and The Magnificent Seven, the novel sees a disparate band of ruffians and renegades being reunited one last time to defend a key stronghold against overwhelming odds. But when they fight as one, the veteran warriors have a hidden power, and unleashing it one last time will have extraordinary consequences.

Andy Remic’s previous Clockwork Vampire trilogy for Angry Robot earned him the nickname “the Tarantino of epic fantasy” and the new novels will be loosely set in the same setting.

The first novel will be published in January 2014 in paperback, ebook and audio editions. The deal was done direct with Andy Remic by Marc Gascoigne, Angry Robot’s MD and publisher.

Andy Remic said: “After the success of my previous Angry Robot titles – Kell’s Legend, Soul Stealers and Vampire Warlords – I’m absolutely thrilled and vibrating to be revisiting the fantasy genre.

“Based loosely in the same universe as Kell’s Legend, The Iron Wolves will take traditional fantasy elements and stir them violently in a big pot with a barrel of whiskey. We’re talking gruesome battles, nasty anti-heroes, hardened soldiers, bloody enemies, twisted deviants and gritty realism so damn gritty you’ll be spitting blood, teeth and gristle by the bloody violent end!”

Find out more about Andy Remic at his website: www.andyremic.com and follow him on Twitter (if you dare…)

StarShipSofa #235 is available for download, with fiction including Contact Authority by William Mitchell and The Paradise Aperture by David Carani, Science News from J.J. Campanella and a feature on the Writers of The Future XXVIII contest. Details HERE

Meanwhile, the most recent issue of its ‘sister’ podcast, Tales To Terrify, contains the following:

The Whisperer in Darkness (film) by Larry Santoro
Short Fiction: Memory by H.P. Lovecraft
Fact: Horror Anarchy and Doom by Andy Remic
Poetry: Thumb by Martin Mundt
Main Fiction: The 11th Day by Christopher Fowler

Details HERE