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A heads up that the splendid Falcata Times is running an interview (and a rather lovely review) for the launch of Elves: Once Walked with Gods. It goes live on 16th August.
Head to: http://falcatatimes.blogspot.com/
Lovely.
Look and love. Here’s the artwork for Elves book 2 – Rise of the TaiGethen. It is absolutely stunning. For me this is a pretty much perfect representation of a TaiGethen warrior. Not the sort of chap you want to be on your tail. Not that you’d know he was on your tail of course. Not until the very, very last moments of your life…
Gollancz art department… please take a bow.
Comments and thoughts welcome.
Right, for those leading the digital reading revolution, or whatever the Kindle represents (my wife haas one and they are really very good. Brilliant for holiday reading if you want to avoid excess baggage), The Raven books are making their way onto this downloadable format. So far, Dawnthief and Noonshade are available, clicke either title for the link to amazon. Nightchid should follow shortly and I’ll post the link when it does.
Happy downloading folks!
Just when you thought it was safe, I’ve been interviewed again. This one has a distinct gaming angle, you’ll find. If you’ve got a few minutes, whyt not give it a shot…click here.
The excellent FBC tok the time to interview me recently and here’s the result. Nothing more needs to be said.
Great news today. The magnificent Lou Anders and Pyr Books are going to publish the Legends of the Raven trilogy following on from the gathering success of the Chronicles series (they’ve only been out a couple of months so it’s hard to claim more at this stage…).
At the moment, publication looks likely for December 2010, January and February 2011. I’ll let you know if that changes.
Oh, and there is really exciting news afoot about the cover artist. I can say no more at this stage as things aren’t signed and sealed yet but if it comes off, we’ll have stunning covers, of that you can be certain. Irritated I won’t give a name? Excellent… more the moment I am allowed to say it.
Well, as you can possibly guess, the latest review for Noonshade is rather lovely so I thought I’d link it from here for you. But first, a wee quote:
Multiple plots are detailed and woven together in an incredible fashion. The story yanked us along and we loved every minute of it–all the way up to, and including, the satisfying conclusion. At this time we would like to remind you all that this is, in fact, the second book of a trilogy. So let us repeat this. There is a satisfying conclusion. Let there be much rejoicing in the land!
Told you these boys knew exactly what they are talking about. Go read the whole thing here.
And if you haven’t done so, it really is worth bookmarking the site. Not just for me (though clearly that is reason in itself) but because they are delivering fine interviews from good authors and reviewing a healthy number of books and doing it really well.
Like I say. Love them.
OK folks, another. And another goodie. Find Cindy Hannikman’s full review for Fantasy Book Critic here but in the meantime, here’s a quote…
“Dawnthief is everything a fan of epic sword and sorcery fantasy could want. It has great battle scenes, realistic characters, and a great plot line that keeps readers wanting to read on until the end.”
Love that sort of stuff.
So far so good… excellent fantasy book reviewer, Jeff C, had this to say:
“First off, I thought Dawnthief was fan-freaking-tastic! If you don’t count the KJ Parker novella, this is my second top 5 of 2009 caliber book in a row.”
But you really need to read the whole review. It can be found here.
It’s the sort of review that makes you blush. There’s a mention for that Abercrombie fella in there too. Apparently, I am like him, only cleaner. I can but agree. Joe doesn’t shave nearly enough.
