The Broken Binding Publishing have acquired Philip C. Quaintrell’’s epic fantasy series A Time of Dragons, in a 6 figure deal. Marcus Gipps, Publishing Director at The Broken Binding Publishing, acquired World Print Rights direct from the author. Philip C. Quaintrell is now represented by The Hardman and Swainson Literary Agency.

Once There Were Heroes, the first book in the A Time of Dragons series, will be republished in February 2027.

A Time of Dragons is the prequel series to Philip C. Quaintrell’s bestselling The Echoes Saga. It tells the story of war, of the building blocks that form the foundation of the world of Verda. Through this new saga, the history of magic, dragons and gods will be brought into the light.

Quaintrell’s series The Echoes Saga has sold over one million copies worldwide, and has an option agreement for a potential TV series in the pipeline. Quaintrell has sold over 2 million copies of his books in total.

Quaintrell said: "I’m incredibly excited to be working with a team that truly understands the heart of my stories. This partnership feels like the beginning of something special.”

Gipps added: "Philip has been doing amazing work self-publishing his brilliant books, and I'm thrilled that he is trusting us to bring them to a more traditional audience. They're fast, fun, and epic in all the best ways."

About The Broken Binding Publishing:

A new publishing imprint spinning off from the incredibly successful special edition and subscription box company The Broken Binding, TBBP has already had a Sunday Times bestseller with its debut publication by Ryan Cahill. Focusing on epic and traditional fantasy, with some SF and horror to come, TBBP will be bringing its publications to a wide market thanks to physical, ebook and audio distribution deals worldwide. The carefully curated list will focus on high-quality production values as well as providing bespoke publishing plans for authors new, established or hybrid.

About Philip C. Quaintrell

Philip C. Quaintrell is the author of the epic fantasy series, The Echoes Saga, The Ranger Archives, A Time of Dragons and the Terran Cycle sci-fi series. He was born in Cheshire in 1989 and started his career as an emergency nurse.

Having always been a fan of fantasy and sci-fi fiction, Philip started to find himself feeling frustrated as he read books, wanting to delve into the writing himself to tweak characters and storylines. He decided to write his first novel as a hobby to escape from nursing and found himself swept away into the world he'd created. Even now, he talks about how the characters tell him what they're going to do next, rather than the other way around.

With his first book written, and a good few rejected agency submissions under his belt, he decided to throw himself in at the deep end and self-publish. Two months and £60 worth of sales in, he took his wife out to dinner to celebrate an achievement ticked off his bucket list—blissfully unaware this was just the beginning.

Fast forward 12 months and he was self-publishing book 1 of his fantasy series (The Echoes Saga, written purely as a means to combat his sci-fi writers' block). With no discernible marketing except the 'Amazon algorithm', the book was in the amazon bestsellers list in at least four countries within a month. The Echoes Saga has now surpassed one million copies sold worldwide, has an option agreement for a potential TV-series in the pipeline.

Philip lives in Cheshire, England with his wife and two children. He still finds time between naps and wiping snot off his clothes to remain a movie aficionado and comic book connoisseur, and is hoping this is still just the beginning.