The Conqueror's Shadow, now available!

[Asmo]

On a related note - what is the response (so far) for "Agents of Artifice"?
(I´ve not had a chance to read it yet, but I´ll get there)


Asmo

 

[Mouseferatu]

Glad to know it's fantasy! Can't wait to hear more.

Almost anything I do is likely to be fantasy, since that's by far my favorite genre. It might be darker or lighter, high fantasy or low, a dollop of humor or a dollop of horror (or both), but fantasy of some sort.

And if/when I do something that's not fantasy, I'll make a point of being clear about that.

On a related note - what is the response (so far) for "Agents of Artifice"?

Gratifyingly positive. Not everyone loves it, of course, but the comments over on the WotC boards have been largely positive, it's had some great online reviews, and it's hovering at 4 stars on Amazon.

 

[Wombat]

Woo hoo, and many congratulations, your great mousieness!

I shall have to see about picking up a copy just on account of because.

 

[Mark]

Congrats!

 

[Mouseferatu]

I shall have to see about picking up a copy just on account of because.

That's as good a reason as any.

Seriously, folks, I appreciate it.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Okay, the following blurb text comes from the inner cover flap of the hardcover printing:

They called him the Terror of the East. His past shrouded in mystery, his identity hidden beneath a suit of enchanted black armor and a skull-like helm, Corvis Rebaine carved a bloody path through Imphallion, aided by Davro, a savage ogre, and Seilloah, a witch with a taste for human flesh. No shield or weapon could stop his demon-forged axe. And no magic could match the spells of his demon slave, Khanda.

Yet just when ultimate victory was in his grasp, Rebaine faltered. His plans of conquest, born from a desire to see Imphallion governed with firmness and honesty, shattered. Amidst the chaos of a collapsing army, Rebaine vanished, taking only a single hostage—a young noblewoman named Tyannon—to guarantee his escape.

Seventeen years later, Rebaine and Tyannon are married, living in obscurity and raising their children, a daughter and a son. Rebaine has put his past behind him, given up his dreams of conquest. Not even news of an upstart warlord, Audriss, following his old path of conquest, can stir Rebaine to action.

Until his daughter is assaulted by Audriss’s goons.

Now, to rescue the country he once tried to conquer, Rebaine dons the armor of the Terror of the East again and seeks out his former allies. But Davro has become a peaceful farmer. Seilloah has no wish to leave her haunted forest home. And Khanda—to describe his feelings for his former master as undying hatred would be an understatement.

But even if he convinces his comrades to join him, Rebaine faces a greater challenge: Does he dare to reawaken the part of him that gloried in cruelty, blood, and destruction? With the safety of his family at stake, can he dare not to?

 

[Darth Shoju]

That sounds awesome. I can't wait to read it. I can't tell you how often I've picked up a fantasy book and read the blurb only to be bored to tears. So many of them seem so generic lately. This book is exactly the kind of story I wade through all the dreck to find (at least, as far as I can tell so far ).

My buddy does the ordering for the fantasy/sci-fi section of one of the McNally Robinsons here, so I shouldn't have any trouble getting ahold of it.

Looking forward to it!

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Well. I can pretty much say you've got one guaranteed sale right here.

Are you by chance writing any Eberron or FR novels too?

 

[Krug]

'Grats!

 

[Mouseferatu]

This book is exactly the kind of story I wade through all the dreck to find (at least, as far as I can tell so far ).

Excellent.

And I'm so glad that Bantam has people to write these things, because I personally suck at doing blurbs and summaries.

Well. I can pretty much say you've got one guaranteed sale right here.

Thanks.

Are you by chance writing any Eberron or FR novels too?

Nothing currently planned or contracted, but I'd definitely be interested in doing some more D&D fiction for WotC.