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Hodder has acquired three fantasy novels for a "six-figure sum" from debut author Daniel Polansky.
Oliver Johnson, Hodder associate publisher, acquired British Commonwealth rights in the series from Chris Kepner of Victoria Sanders.
The first novel, The Straight Razor Cure, will be published in autumn 2011 and followed by two other novels featuring the same hero, Simeon Dubois.
Johnson said: "We are delighted at this acquisition which announces Hodder's re-entry into the field of genre publishing after a gap of a few years.
"The Straight Razor Cure is a stellar novel with some of the most creative and imaginative writing I have read in years."