Ian Whates is a British

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author and editor. In 2006 he launched the independent

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NewCon Press. He lives with his partner Helen in Cambridgeshire. As of 2009 Whates is currently a director of both the

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(SFWA) and the

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(BSFA). He has had short fiction published in ''

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'', ''Hub'' and ''TQR''. In 2007 his short story The Gift of Joy was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award. His

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novel, Pelquin's Comet (The Dark Angels Book 1), was published in 2015.

Bibliography

City of a Hundred Rows

# City of Dreams & Nightmare (2010) # City of Hope & Despair (2011) # City of Light & Shadow (2012)

Noise

# The Noise Within (2010) # The Noise Revealed (2011)

The Dark Angels

# Pelquin's Comet (2015) # The Ion Raiders (2017) # Dark Angels Rising (2020)

Collections

* The Gift of Joy (2009)

Short stories and essays

* ''The Gun'' published in Speculative Realms Anthology, 2008;

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re-released by

Kayelle Press Kayelle Press, founded in September 2010, was an independent publisher of speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, and horror) for younger readers (aged between 9 and 12 years), young adults and adults. Currently (July 2015), its webpage say ...

in 2013 * ''In Praise of Short Stories'' by Ian Whates published in ''Story Behind the Book : Volume 1'', 2013; * ''Return to Arden Falls'' in the 2013's "Legends", a collection of short stories in honor of

David Gemmell David Andrew Gemmell (; 1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut novel, ''Legend''. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. H ...

As editor

* Solaris Rising (2011) * Solaris Rising 1.5 (2012) * Solaris Rising 2 (2013) * Solaris Rising 3 * Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell (2013) * Legends II: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell (2015)

References

External links

NewCon press website
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Solaris Rising 2 review at Upcoming4.meIan Whates official forum
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