It’s standard practice for Japanese publishers to split longer works into two or more volumes, which means I get to share two covers for the same book. I believe this is the first time Sherin has been pictured in any cover and I always appreciate it when the artist gets the sword right. Looking forward to see what they do with Tower Lord and Queen of Fire. Once again, thanks to my Japanese translator Satoru Yaguchi (@YaguSaru on Twitter) and everyone at Hayakawa Books.
Thanks to Derek Alan Siddoway for inviting me to be interviewed on everydayauthor.com for their Author Origins series. Read it here: http://everydayauthor.com/author-origins-anthony-ryan/
Der Herr Des Thurmes – to be published by Hobbit Presse on 26 September 2015.
The fantasy anthology Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries and Rogues, which includes my novella The Lord Collector, is now available in ebook from the following retailers:
Thanks to JM Martin and Tim Marquitz at Ragnarok Publications for inviting me to contribute. The Lord Collector is a 15,000 word Raven’s Shadow story set at the mid-point in the timeline described in Blood Song and features a certain pale-eyed, raspy voiced Sword Master of the Sixth Order.
The highly impressive full Blackguards line-up:
FOREWORD by GLEN COOK (Black Company)
CAROL BERG, “Seeds”
RICHARD LEE BYERS, “Troll Trouble”
DAVID DALGLISH, “Take You Home”
JAMES ENGE, “Thieves at the Gate”
JOHN GWYNNE, “Better to Live than to Die”
LIAN HEARN, “His Kikuta Hands”
SNORRI KRISTJANSSON, “A Kingdom and a Horse”
JOSEPH LALLO, “Seeking the Shadow”
MARK LAWRENCE, “The Secret”
TIM MARQUITZ, “A Taste of Agony”
PETER ORULLIAN, “A Length of Cherrywood”
CAT RAMBO, “The Subtler Art”
LAURA RESNICK, “Friendship”
MARK SMYLIE, “Manhunt”
KENNY SOWARD, “Jancy’s Justice”
SHAWN SPEAKMAN, “The White Rose Thief”
JON SPRUNK, “Sun and Steel”
ANTON STROUT, “Scream”
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, “Professional Integrity”
DJANGO WEXLER, “The First Kill”
ANTHONY RYAN, “The Lord Collector”
PAUL S. KEMP, “A Better Man”
JAMES A. MOORE, “What Gods Demand”
JEAN RABE, “Mainon”
BRADLEY P. BEAULIEU, “Irindai”
S.R. CAMBRIDGE, “”The Magus and the Betyar”
CLAY SANGER, “The Long Kiss”
The special eBook edition of BLACKGUARDS also includes the anthology companion entitled THE BLACKGUARDS BLACKLIST, thus you get an additional ELEVEN cutting-edge stories by:
ROB J. HAYES, “To the End”
REBECCA LOVATT, “To Steal the Moon”
EDWARD M. ERDELAC, “The Muttwhelp”
ANTHONY LOWE, “The Lonesome Dark”
LINDA ROBERTSON, “Comeuppance”
SAM KNIGHT, “The Assassination of Poppy Smithswife”
S.M. WHITE, “Telhinsol’s Shadow”
NOAH HEINRICH, “The Laughing Wind”
MIKE THEODORSSON, “Bloody Gratitude”
BRENDA CARRE, “Gret”
ERIK SCOTT DE BIE, “Angel of Tears”
I’m very pleased to report Penguin Audio confirmed today that Steven Brand will be returning as narrator for the Queen of Fire audiobook. No pre-order pages yet, but watch this space. For more info on Steven, check out his IMDB page.
…Le Seigneur de la Tour. Published on 17th April 2015. Thanks to everyone at Bragelonne for making this happen.
Thanks to my Japanese translator Satoru Yaguchi (@YaguSaru on Twitter) and everyone at Hayakawa Books for making this happen.
Many thanks to Eric Fomley at The Grimdark Review for inviting me to do an interview, which you can read here: https://thegrimdarkreview.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/interview-anthony-ryan/
To celebrate the release of the Blood Song trade paperback edition by Ace on 3rd February I’m running a giveaway on Goodreads for five copies, all signed, lined and dated. You can enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/124416-blood-song
Queen of Fire (Raven’s Shadow Book 3) will be released in the UK on 2nd July and the US on 7th July. You can now pre-order from the following sellers:
Hardcover:
Ebook:
No word on the audiobook yet, but watch this space.
