Today we’re super excited to be taking part in Orbit’s cover reveal for Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan!

This adult epic fantasy debut from Sarah Rees Brennan puts the reader in the villain’s shoes, for an adventure that is both ‘brilliant’ (Holly Black) and ‘supremely satisfying’ (Leigh Bardugo). Expect a rogue’s gallery of villains including an axe wielding maid, a shining knight with dark moods, a homicidal bodyguard, and a playboy spymaster with a golden heart and a filthy reputation.

Long Live Evil is expected for release on 1st August 2024 from Orbit Books. Pre-orders are now open, you can find your copy on Bookshop.org

As always, before we check out the cover, I’m sure that description has whetted your appetite for the blurb… 

SHE LOVES A FICTIONAL VILLAIN. HE’S ABOUT TO MEET HIS MATCH.

When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favourite fantasy series.

She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. In this fantasy world, she discovers she’s not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor’s tale.

So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they’re doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor’s fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.

And now for the cover itself…

How fantastically wicked does this look?!

The art is by Syd Mills and the design by Ben Prior.

Long Live Evil is expected for release on 1st August 2024 from Orbit Books. 

Pre-orders are now open, you can find your copy on Bookshop.org