Kids and Teen Blog
First Second to Publish New Delilah Dirk Adventure
by Dan
Graphica + YA Fiction / September 04, 2013
I think we've established how much we love Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant around here. If we haven't, the first Delilah Dirk adventure by Vancouver-based cartoonist Tony Cliff is FANTASTIC—we love it and you should read it this instant.
Don't just take our word for it—the folks at Vancouver's Kidsbooks love it too.
And, if that's not enough, it already has three (THREE!) starred reviews from the trade press (you know, the guys who review books before they're even published!) and praise from The A.V. Club ("incredible"), Boing Boing ("marvelous and exceptionally lovely") io9 ("quote possibly the only Victorian adventureress you'll ever need") and Wired ("a rollicking adventure").
But, maybe you've read it already and now you were wondering (like me!), "are there going to be more Delilah Dirk adventures?" Well, good news! First Second, Tony's publisher, has just announced that there WILL be sequel to Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant tentatively titled Delilah Dirk and the Blades of England.
England you say? Whoo-hoo!!!
Delilah Dirk and the Blades of England lands Delilah and Selim right in the middle of yet more crazy adventures. When Delilah is framed as a spy by an English army officer, her passion for revenge threatens to sever her friendship with Selim. Is she willing to lose the companionship of her only good friend in order to reclaim her reputation? Selim finally gets to see the England he has only imagined, but how will he feel when the combined strains of social conventions and Delilah's thirst for revenge overwhelm his experience?
Sadly, we don't know exactly when the book will be published yet, but fear not, we'll be sure to keep you posted!
