Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two novels by Absolute Fiction’s Guy Saville, both of which are "alternate history thrillers set in England and Africa in the 1950s", in a world in which Britain has capitulated to the Nazis to secure a 'Peace for the Empire' policy.

Nick Sayers bought British Commonwealth rights to The Afrika Reich and The Madagaskar Plan for an undisclosed sum from agent Jonny Pegg.

Sayers said: "Guy describes The Afrika Reich as Fatherland meets The Wild Geese, and that's good enough for me... Actually, in amongst the mayhem, which is brilliantly orchestrated, there is a very thoughtful novel here too, and this is a very exciting publication for early 2011."

Congratulations Guy! For further info please visit the Afrika Reich website.

Susan Seller’s first novel, Vanessa and Virginia, has recently been made available as an e-book by its publisher Two Ravens Press. To order a download copy please click here.

Susan also recently appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman Hour’ (22/10/09), where she discussed the 80th anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own with the biographer Hermione Lee.

Susan Seller's novel Vanessa and Virginia, a fictionalised account of the life of Vanessa Bell and her complex relationship with her sister Virginia Woolf, was published in May 2008 by Two Ravens and Harcourt in the United States, with the latter also expressing an interest in her second book Minuet in B Sharp.

The success continues with the book selected for the Barnes and Noble summer 2009 'Discover New Writers' programme and award in the United States. It will be profiled by 700 Barnes and Noble bookshops, and will also be eligible for their best New Writers of 2009 award.