Tor, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has published Romantasy The Last thorn by Talia Hibbert in a “spirited” worldwide auction with 15 participants. The rights for Great Britain and the Commonwealth were acquired by publisher Bella Pagan from Courtney Miller –CallIhan on Handspun Literary Agency.
These were acquired as part of a joint World English acquisition with eEditor-in-Chief Vicki Lame (Saturday Books / St Martin’s Press Publishing Group, USA)WHO acquired North American Rights.
The last thorn Is Hibbert’s debut fantasy novel. Hibbert, a New York Times Bestselling author, is best known for her romance novels, including Get your life, Chloe Brownwhile her latest novel is used as a spicy magical Beauty and the Beast Retelling.
Hibbert said: “A creative burnout almost destroyed my love of writing. ThenThe last thorn came to me in a storm of exciting, high-stakes fantasy and intense enemies-to-lovers romance. This book means the world to me Me and I am so grateful to have found the perfect home for it with Bella, Vicki and their respective teams.”
Pagan said: “I loved this gripping, character-driven fantasy, and the breathtaking chemistry on the side between Serenia and Casimir! IIt is Also Really exciting to see, neurodivergent main character in Serenia. Talia is a genius when it comes to Designing understandable, nuanced neurodivergentt Voices and their stories and readers The worlds have become all the richer because of it.”
Hibbert published her She published her first novella in 2017 at the age of 21 and has since written more than fifteen books, several of which have been optioned for television and films.
Gate Great Britain planS publish The last thorn In Summer 2026, to coincide with the publication by Saturday Books – a new book from St Martin’s Press imprint.
