Blood of Angels by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Hungary!

We are happy to let you know that the Hungarian rights for Johanna Sinisalo‘s novel Blood of Angels have been acquired by Tuan Publishing! The deal was closed by Sten-Erik Tammemäe at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Originally published in Finland in 2011, Blood of Angels is a arrestingly timely exploration of what will happen when bees, one of the chief pollinators of many of the crops and plants that we use for food suddenly disappear. The story centers on Orvo, an undertaker and a passionate beekeeper, who finds out that his bees have disappeared. At the same time, he also finds out that his son Eero has secretly been an animal rights activist, setting up a conflict between generations and different ways of life.

Blood of Angels has been sold to 8 territories!
Rights are available in, e.g., Germany, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Japan…

Download materials for BLOOD OF ANGELS here!

Blood of Angels

Johanna Sinisalo

“The queen is dead. The bees are gone. Thus, the world is about to end. But if you follow the bees, there are doors in the air. And a desperate man is ready to go through one.”

Albert Einstein is claimed to have said that if bees disappear from the earth, mankind has four years left to live. When mass bee-vanishings of unprecedented scope and devastation hit the United States, Orvo, a beekeeper, knows all too well where it will lead. And one day, when Orvo goes to check on his hives, he is forced to witness something he wishes he had never lived to see. The queen is dead. The epidemic has spread to Europe. The world is coming to an end.

The light of Orvo’s life is his son, Eero, whose secret animal activist existence Orvo discovers far too late. Eero’s activities as a defender of animal rights and an ardent opponent of Orvo’s inherited way of life propel the family into irreversible, gutwrenching conflict. Orvo takes a desperate step onto a path where only he and the bees know the way… This novel is a magical plunge into the myth of death and immortality, a tale of human blindness in the face of overwhelming choices and inevitabilities.