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A birth announcement for a book! Including the book cover, the size of the book (14 by 12) and weight of book (567 grams). There are faint, blue starts surrounding the book which is displayed against a light blue, watercolour background.

A.D. Sui (caucasian person with short, brown hair) is wearing a grey top coat and jeans, pointing to The Iron Garden Sutra on a bookstore bookshelf and smiling.

and we're live, folks!

THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now out everywhere books are sold! if you pre-ordered a copy, you should be receiving it soon (or already have) and if not, it's not too late to purchase the yellowest book in all of history!

Hi! I’d love to see this if/when it's ready. Can you submit your query and first ten pages to: querytracker.net/query/shanno...?

Thanks, I’m looking forward to reading!

Hi! I’d love to see this. Can you submit your query and first ten pages to: querytracker.net/query/shanno...?

Thanks, I’m looking forward to reading!

80 Out-of-This-World Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reads for 2026 Dedicated readers of science fiction and fantasy already know this cosmic truism: It’s the genre that keeps on giving. Just when you think that auth...

The Iron Garden Sutra is on A LIST with a bunch of other really cool SFF titles coming out 2026. sandwiched between a new Corey book and a new Mandel book, and i couldn't be happier.

the trailer for WHAT

Starred review is written in all caps against a space background. The Library Journal review excerpt reads: This elaborate novel takes a locked-room murder mystery into outer space. Exploring themes of faith and philosophy, evolution and self-awareness, Sui creates a beautifully crafted world, sprinkled with a bit of horror and romance.

The Iron Garden Sutra got its first starred review (and is the SFF pick of the month) !!! 👀

hello, #DVPit! I’ll be jumping into the tag today, and if I 💙 your pitch, please use the link below to query me:

QueryTracker.net/query/shanno...

and please make sure your pitch is copied into the query letter. Thank you & looking forward to reading!

The Iron Garden Sutra NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

please spread the news far and wide!!

librarians and booksellers, THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA is now on Netgalley!

Thanks so much!!

Hi Ali! Since we prefer only having one submission with the agency out at a time, I’d ask you to wait until the other agent is done with it, and if it ends up not being for them, you can submit to me :) Do you mind letting me know what agent has it, also?

Hi #PosterPit participants! I’ll be going through the tag today; if I ♥️ your pitch, I’d love to see your query, synopsis, and first ten pages at: querytracker.net/query/shanno...

Looking forward to reading!

Hi! I’d love to see this. Can you submit your query and first ten pages to: querytracker.net/query/shanno...?

Thanks, I’m looking forward to reading!

Hi! I’d love to see this. Can you submit your query and first ten pages to: QueryTracker.net/query/shanno...?

Thanks, I’m looking forward to reading!

In more FABULOUS @erewhonbooks.bsky.social news: cover reveal for @thesuiway.bsky.social 's highly anticipated debut novel THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA, including an except from the first chapter. 🚀✨🌿

#auntieeditor

The Iron Garden Sutra|Hardcover Klara and the Sun meets S. A. Barnes’s Dead Silence with a touch of Becky Chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild-Built in Nebula Award-winning author A.D. Sui’s darkly philosophical murder m...

And if you like murder mysteries, thoughtful sci-fi, creepy plants, mushrooms, discussions of faith, and/or gay people: preorder below!

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-iron-g...

happy ✨ cover reveal day ✨ to THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA!

The first time I finished my readthrough, I loved it so much that I had to call a friend at 2am and cry about it. I can’t wait for you all to be crying too.

Read an excerpt below! ⬇️

Hello, excuse me, you can bid in a query critique by my agent colleague @shannonlechon.bsky.social in this auction! 👀

If you’d like to help out a lovely member of our community, I’ve donated a query critique to her auction! Bid below and let me help you make your query the best it can be! ⬇️

I’m thrilled to have Seren as part of the Azantian team!

I literally could not put this manuscript down; I stayed up all night reading it and drafted my offer email as dawn broke. Emotional, anti-imperialist, and with a protagonist I’d follow to the ends of the earth, I can’t wait to share! ⚔️🪶

A screenshot from a legal complaint with contact information for the plaintiffs' attorneys that states, "Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064) Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108) Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371) Kathleen J. McMahon (State Bar No. 340007) JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1000 San Francisco, California 94108 Telephone: (415) 500-6800 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com czirpoli@saverilawfirm.com cyoung@saverilawfirm.com kmcmahon@saverilawfirm.com Matthew Butterick (State Bar No. 250953) 1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Telephone: (323) 968-2632 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: mb@buttericklaw.com Counsel for Individual and Representative Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class"

A screenshot from a legal complaint that states, "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION Richard Kadrey, an individual; Sarah Silverman, an individual; Christopher Golden, an individual; Individual and Representative Plaintiffs, v. Meta Platforms, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Case No. Complaint Class Action Demand for Jury Trial Defendant."

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION

Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:

Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800
Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com

Absolutely thrilled to have @breewernicke.bsky.social on board!

Her fantasy of manners is a masterclass in voice and prose, both poignant and hilarious, and truly had me giggling and kicking my feet over the holiday break. I’m so excited to get this out there! 🌪️

I'm so excited to welcome Catherine to the Azantian team! This is the dreamiest, strangest adult fantasy I've read in a long while, with a Moulin Rouge!-esque backdrop and the labyrinthine element of Piranesi. I fell in love with it from the start and can't wait to share! 🎭💞✨

I can’t express how excited I am to be working with @bastianhart.bsky.social! Bastian’s story hooked me from the first page with their gorgeous writing and voice-y narration. For those who like their horror queer, Black, poly, and sexy: I can’t wait to share soon! 👀🎉