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Hodder and Stoughton has acquired the rights for two books in a new historical series by debut author Mark Keating. Nick Sayers, editor at Hodder, bought UK and Commonweatlth rights from James Gill at United Agents.
"It’s a terrific first novel," said Sayers. "I love historical novels and I have seen some really good examples in the last year, but this is the one that just knocked me out. Devlin has the potential to be a marvellous series character – he’s tough and bloody-minded and cunning, but there’s a heart in there somewhere too. He reminds me a bit of Richard Sharpe and I can’t give higher praise than that! Mark Keating writes great action and suspense, but the history is richly drawn as well."
The first book in the series is titled The Pirate Devlin and will be published by Hodder in February 2010.