Something happened last year, which I’ve had to keep quiet about. But today the embargo is lifted and I can make a happy announcement.

I started writing the Bullet Catcher’s Daughter back in 2012. When it was done, my agent sent it out to lots of publishers - who one by one turned it down. That process went on for almost a year and I began to think that it wasn’t going to get published. Then it went to Angry Robot, a company I knew little about. From their first response, I knew they understood what I was trying to do in the story. They welcomed its oddness and its peculiar mix of genres.

In retrospect, I’ve come to understand how Angry Robot was the perfect home for Gas-Lit Empire novels. The story fits with the kind of strangeness that has become their hallmark. I love the ethos of the company, their clear thinking and the support they give to their authors.

In that initial pitch, I told them that The Bullet Catcher’s Daughter was the first in a series of three trilogies. Nine books in total, which would see the Gas-Lit Empire crumble. I was hoping for a...

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