Congratulations to Stuart M, Karina M, Karen W, Michael G and Eileen B, winners of our competition to win a free signed copy of Pamela Freeman’s Blood Ties, available in all good booksellers this month.
Many thanks to everyone that entered!
Our weekly round-up of links of interest featuring Orbit authors that we’ve found (or have been pointed in the direction of) out there on T’Internet:
If you see any online articles, reviews or interviews that feature an Orbit author, please feel free to drop us a line and let us know!
Big Dumb Object has a great review of Sean Williams’ Saturn Returns today, calling it:
Space opera with cool (far) future tech. Just up my street. The main plot follows Imre Bergamasc as he tracks down his old crack team of soldiers, along with trying to figure out what in the galaxy is going on. . .
The plot has a good pace, chunks of action, plenty of enigmas and time for the characters to think. There are also some great sensawunda set-pieces.
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Saturn Returns is out in UK bookstores this week. Pick up your copy today!
Robert Buettner
Fans of military SF will be delighted to hear that Orbit UK will be publishing Robert Buettner’s action-packed Jason Wander series, starting with Orphanage, Orphan’s Destiny and Orphan’s Journey in August 2008.
Jaye Wells
Orbit UK will also be publishing Jaye Wells’ compulsively readable urban fantasy trilogy. The first book, Red-Headed Stepchild, is scheduled for April 2009.
This month’s Locus has a fantastic review of Marie Brennan’s Midnight Never Come (UK/US), saying:
Brennan ably combines elements of danger, romance, and individual moral choices that could affect the fates of great realms, for a tale that’s rich in plot and character. She interweaves historic and fantastic details with scholarship, inspired acts of imagination, and a keen wit.
And over at The Book Swede there’s another great review:
Of course, in faerie fiction, having an icy queen ruling the faerie throne, while a human queen lives above, is not that unusual. A great light does cast a great shadow. Nor is having a faery story with intrigue and spying…set in Elizabethan England really new. What sets Marie Brennan apart, then, is the quality of her writing, the complexities of her plot, the characterisations, the world-building…everything. (Read more)
You can also read his interview with Marie Brennan here. If you’re interested in learning more about the world of Midnight Never Come you might want to check this site out. . .
Rob over at Fantasy Book Critic is adding to the string of great reviews for Brian Ruckley’s Bloodheir (UK/US), saying:
There are battles, assassinations, and the war between the True Bloods and the Black Road becomes as intense as it has ever been…I am really looking forward to the final book in the trilogy and hope it will deliver a rousing and fulfilling finale to cap this remarkable series…( Read more.)
Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review is also a fan, saying that Brian Ruckley can be:
Compared to George R. R. Martin… for the sheer grittiness of his work and the fact that he can throw the reader a wicked curve ball that blows your expectations right out of the water… Ruckley puts the ‘epic’ into his work with some particularly brutal affairs where no expense is spared in showing the reader exactly what is going on. More please! (Read more)
Bloodheir goes on sale in the US and the UK this month – so pick up your copy soon. In the meantime, be sure to check out our Facebook giveaway!
Aidan over at A Dribble of Ink has flagged the first chapter of Terry Brooks’ The Gypsy Morph, available this September from Orbit. You can see the full post here or head straight over to Terry’s site here.
Want to win a signed, personalised, hardback copy of Bloodheir [UK/US], Brian Ruckley‘s brand new novel of The Godless World? Of course you do. Here’s how:
Every Friday lunchtime between now and the end of June (so that’s the 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th) we’ll be randomly selecting one fully signed-up Fan of Brian’s ‘Winterbirth’ Facebook page to receive a hardback copy of Bloodheir. What’s more, Brian has very kindly agreed to sign and personalise the book as per the wishes of the lucky winners.
To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is head over to the Winterbirth page on Facebook and click the ‘Become a Fan’ link, (as well as performing all the necessary confirmations etc.), which means that the sooner you sign up as a Fan, the more chances you have of winning a copy of the book. And if you’re signed up as a Fan already then you’ll automatically be entered into the draws throughout June, which gives you four chances of winning…
The only exceptions to the general rule-of-thumb detailed above are employees of Orbit (or its parent companies, Little, Brown and the Hachette Book Group) who can darn well buy their own copy, or anyone who wins a copy of the book during the competition; they won’t then be eligible for future rounds, which we think is fair enough and gives everyone else a better chance of winning. And yes, you do have to be a Facebook member to participate in this one, otherwise you won’t be able to sign up as a Fan.
So, what are you waiting for? Head on over and declare your Winterbirth / Bloodheir / Brian Ruckley Fan-hood! The first draw takes place on Friday…
Our weekly round-up of links of interest featuring Orbit authors that we’ve found (or have been pointed in the direction of) out there on T’Internet:
If you see any online articles, reviews or interviews that feature an Orbit author, please feel free to drop us a line and let us know!
Jennifer Rardin, author of the Jaz Parks series, is over at Fantasy Debut talking about life, writing and camel tipping (seriously). You can read the whole interview here and check out Jennifer’s latest Jaz Parks novel, Biting the Bullet (UK/US), in stores now.
