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Thanks to the folks at Penguin Books, our lucky winner will get her hands on a copy of the paperback edition of Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches . For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . The winner is: - Rebekah Kati, from Morrisville, North Carolina, USA Many thanks to all the participants! Read Full Story

The folks at Fantasy-Faction are putting together an anthology which will see the light in 2013. To mix things up, they have slots opened for six unpublished writers who will find themselves alongside established authors such as Mark Lawrence, Myke Cole, Jon Sprunk, Michael J. Sullivan, and Adrian Tchaikovsky, among others. Even better, there are cash prizes for the top three short stories submitted! For more information about the project and the submission guidelines, check out http... Read Full Story

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In hardcover: Stephen King's 11/22/63 is up one position, ending the week at number 5. For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . George R. R. Martin's A Dance With Dragons is up five positions, ending the week at number 12. For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . James Luceno's Star Wars: Darth Plagueis is down four spots, finishing the week at number 17. For more info about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus returns at number... Read Full Story

I have three copies of Mark Hodder's Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon for you to win, courtesy of the nice folks at Pyr. For more information about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . Here's the blurb: It is 1863, but not the one it should be. Time has veered wildly off course, and now the first moves are being made that will lead to a devastating world war and the fall of the British Empire. The prime minister, Lord Palmerston, believes that by using the three Eyes of Naga—black... Read Full Story

Here's the new US cover art for the trade paperback edition of R. Scott Bakker's The White-Luck Warrior from the Overlook Press. For more information about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . Here's the blurb: The dazzling second book in Bakker's "exquisitely intelligent and beautifully written" (Steven Erikson) saga. Praised by readers and critics around the world, R. Scott Bakker has become one of the most celebrated voices in fantasy fiction. The Aspect-Emperor trilogy follows on from the... Read Full Story

Ari Marmell is slowly but surely making a name for himself in the genre, and here's an excerpt from his latest, Thief's Covenant . For more information about this title: Canada , USA , Europe . Here's the blurb: Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city ’s aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces—human and other—stole it all... Read Full Story

Justin Landon from Staffer's Musings posted this preview trailer for the Author D&D; game from Epic ConFusion 2012. Over 3 hours of video is still being edited down. Participating in the game are Joe Abercrombie, Elizabeth Bear, Peter V. Brett, Jim C. Hines, Jay Lake, Scott Lynch, Patrick Rothfuss, and Brent Weeks. Debut authors Saladin Ahmed and Myke Cole DM'ed the game. Read Full Story

Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville book sequence is quickly becoming, in this house at least, what is probably one of the best urban fantasy series out there. Nearly as good as Jim Butcher's Dresden Files in fact. Although the early installments were a bit episodic in style and tone, the author has unveiled hints and offered glimpses of a bigger and more ambitious overall story arc in the last few volumes. Which bodes well for Kitty Norville fans. I've always loved the fact that Carrie Vaughn... Read Full Story

I'm not sure, but it appears that this deal is for today only. You can now download Dave Duncan's Against the Light for 0.99$ here . Here's the blurb: The Hierarchy, high priests of the religious order the Light, has installed King Ethan as the monarchical figurehead, ruling both the magical kingdom of Albi and its predominant religion. Scattered throughout the land, worshippers in the old ways of the Earth Mother are persecuted as heretics. And when young missionary student Rollo Woodbridge... Read Full Story