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Another Marcher Lord: Kathy Tyers

The author of multiple Star Wars novels and the sci-fi trilogy Firebird, Kathy Tyers, is coming to Christian fantasy-and-sci-fi indie publisher Marcher Lord Press. This comes from (among other sources) TitleTrakk.com. From yesterday: As [Marcher Lord Press’s] publisher and acquisitions […]
E. Stephen Burnett on Aug 3, 2010
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The author of multiple Star Wars novels and the sci-fi trilogy Firebird, Kathy Tyers, is coming to Christian fantasy-and-sci-fi indie publisher Marcher Lord Press.

This comes from (among other sources) TitleTrakk.com. From yesterday:

As [Marcher Lord Press’s] publisher and acquisitions editor, Gerke long pursued Tyers, trying to sign her for Marcher Lord Press. But in the end it was the Marcher Lord Press authors and books, not Gerke’s efforts, that swayed Tyers’s heart.

“I read several excellent novels that were recently released by Marcher Lord Press,” she said, “and I decided this was the best place to finish the Firebirdseries. I’m delighted to be part of a great and growing team.”

Firebird is one of the first science-fiction novel series with Christ-honoring themes that I ever read, and I loved it.

Now, if things go as planned, Firebird fans will find even more novels coming in the no-longer-a-trilogy, published by Marcher Lord. Also, you may want to wait on re-reading the already published novels: Marcher Lord is also planning a Special Extended Edition-style treatment of the trilogy, an “author’s preferred version.”

So what do you make of the promise of a coming “author’s preferred version” of the Firebird trilogy? What about the new novels?

And now that almost any Christian publisher’s rare foray into speculative fiction is limited to fantasy (perhaps another Narnia-like series), what, if any, future might there be in Christian markets for Christ-honoring science fiction?

E. Stephen Burnett
E. Stephen Burnett creates sci-fi and fantasy novels as well as nonfiction, exploring fantastical stories for God’s glory as publisher of Lorehaven.com and cohost of the Fantastical Truth podcast. As the oldest of six, he enjoys connecting with his homeschool roots by speaking at conferences for Christian families and creators. Stephen is coauthor of The Pop Culture Parent: Helping Kids Engage Their World for Christ from New Growth Press (2020, with Ted Turnau and Dr. Jared Moore). Stephen and his wife, Lacy, live in the Austin area, where they help with foster parenting and serve as members of Southern Hills Baptist Church.
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  1. Kathy says:
    August 4, 2010 at 10:33 am

    This is great news! I very much enjoy the original 3 books and would love to read an author’s preferred version. While the original 3 are a fairly complete storyline in themselves, I would hope that however many books she chooses to write, the storylines are permitted to be wrapped up by the final book. That way there are no hanging storylines.

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  2. Rebecca LuElla Miller says:
    August 4, 2010 at 9:36 pm

    MLP already has published a number of science fiction titles. It will be interesting to see if a popular and well-known author like Kathy Tyer can draw more attention to the ones already available.

    Becky

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  3. CSFF Blog Tour – Your Favorite, Day 2 « A Christian Worldview of Fiction says:
    August 24, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    […] one of the much talked of pieces of news is Kathy Tyers, author of Firebird, signing with Marcher Lord Press, but that’s not what I […]

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  4. Rachelle Sperling says:
    August 25, 2010 at 7:43 am

    I LOVE Kathy Tyers writing. How exciting that she is joining Marcher Press. I look forward with great anticipation to her new books!

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