Rachel A. Rosen’s Blight available for pre-sale

Cascade sequel to be published June 15, 2025

“Rachel A. Rosen is a superb prose stylist and an incisive social commentator. Her post-apocalyptic Canada will haunt you forever. Predicting the future is supposed to be science fiction’s job, but Rosen shows that urban (and rural!) fantasy can do it, too, with sharp-edged commentary and real-world relevance. Look for this one on the award ballots.” — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Downloaded

Ottawa, January 31, 2025 — Rachel A. Rosen has come through with the second book in her Sleep of Reason trilogy, and it is everything a reader of the first book can want (except for the third book — for that, you’ll need to wait a little longer).

Advance reviews are already starting to come in and (no surprise to me, if you’ll forgive me a little publisher’s hubris) they are good.

You’ve read what Ottawa’s own Robert J. Sawyer (www.sfwriter.com/) had to say above (“Look for this one on the award ballots” indeed!), but wait! There’s more!

“The second book in the series is even better than the first … Rosen is a daring voice in Canadian SFF, and she’ll break your heart while making you laugh.” — Michelle Browne, author of The Meaning Wars

“Suffused with masterful horror and black humour and compassion for its beleaguered and all-too-human characters, this spellbinding chronicle of leviathanic magic, political intrigue, and righteous insurrection hurls a molotov cocktail at the evil lurking in humanity’s banal appetites for control.” — Dale Stromberg, author of Maej

“A worthy sequel to an epic ecofantasy. The world’s on fire, it’s time to lick our wounds and start putting it back together.” —Zilla Novikov, author of Reprise

“Rosen’s ability to create such a beautifully vivid picture of a vicious world as it slowly chokes to death is simply breathtaking.” — Rohan O’Duill, author of Cold Blooded

What can I say? Blight fulfills every promise made by its predecessor.

I am waiting for delivery of a physical proof, but you can reserve your copy now.

Naturally, I (and Rachel) would love it if you did so directly through our website (www.bppress.ca/shop), but you can also pre-order the Kindle edition of Blight through the Big A (www.amazon.com/Blight-Sleep-Reason-Book-2-ebook/dp/B0DSLVL31N)and paper or ebook editions via Books2Read (books2read.com/u/mYVl9P).

If you are a book reviewer or blogger, please contact me for a review copy in the electronic format of your choice via geoffdow (at) bppress.ca.

Speaking of Rachel, she is not only a disciplined writer and artist (and school-teacher), she has been keeping up with Wizards and Spaceships, the podcast she co-hosts with David L. Clink. Their latest episode features the launch of The Dance, a multiverse anthology featuring a new story by Rachel, among many others, as well as a report about last fall’s Can*Con held in Ottawa.

Rachel was also the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight this past Wednesday (check it out at Liminal Fiction, www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/rachel-a-rosen/).

More news about Blight and other BumblePuppy Press projects coming very soon!

And (dare I repeat it), if you’re looking for something to read for yourself or a loved one, don’t forget to shop.