Acquisition Announcement: ETERNITY IN THREE ACTS by Ann Sei Lin
We are so excited to announce that Orbit has acquired Eternity in Three Acts, an adult epic fantasy debut set in an Asian-inspired world in which time itself is unraveling. It is a sweeping, tragic, yet hopeful love story of a young man raised as a sacrifice and his guide tasked with seeing him to his death.
This book is for readers of Godkiller, She Who Became the Sun, and A Song to Drown Rivers.
Here’s more about the book:
The god of time is dying, and the world is crumbling. There is only one solution: a new god, to replace the old. An idea so blasphemous it is punishable by death.
Shion is the chosen candidate. He has known no life but the one chosen for him. At once a sacrificial lamb and divine successor, he has no time for dreams, no space for love. Then he meets Junyu, a charismatic player carving out a new life on the stage. Once a Ferrier, carrying sacrifices across the sea, he is the only one who can help Shion reach his goal.
But first the two men will have to brave time-warped landscapes, wild beast, and perilous seas, all the while evading the Hourglass Temple’s notice. And as they journey, Junyu awakens something in Shion he was never meant to feel.
To save the world, Shion must die, and Junyu must bear the burden of letting him go. It can only end in tragedy…
Eternity in Three Acts will be published in Winter 2027.
Here is more about the author:
Ann Sei Lin is a writer and librarian with a love for all things fantasy. Though Cambridge is now her home, she spent several years living and working in Chiba, Japan. When not writing, she is often studying, gaming, or trying to make that origami rabbit for the one hundredth time. She can be found on Instagram @annseilin1.
Jessica Mileo at Inkwell Management sold North American rights for two standalone books to Orbit US Editor Tiana Coven on behalf of Lina Langlee at The North Literary Agency. UK and Commonwealth rights sold to Molly Powell at Hodderscape in a deal brokered by Langlee.