Winner - giveaway of The Pilgrims by Will Elliott

The winner of the giveaway for The Pilgrims by Will Elliott, courtesy of Tor is :

Chi Shannon from Salem, Oregon

Congrats!

Giveaway - The Pilgrims by Will Elliott

On March 18th, Tor released The Pilgrims by Will Elliott, the first book of the Pendulum series.  What's even more interesting is that you have the chance to get a free copy for yourself!  Giveaway time!

Here's the blurb:

Eric Albright is leading a normal life until a small red door appears under a train bridge near his home. Then a ghostly being wakes him in the dead of night, with a message from another world: You are Shadow. In Levaal, the world between worlds, the dragon-gods grow restless in their sky prisons, and the Great Spirits struggle to contain them. Vous, the worlds Friend and Lord, simmers in madness as he schemes to join the ranks of gods. He and the Arch Mage have almost won their final victory over the Free Cities. A dark age dawns. But Eric and his friend Case are now Pilgrims, called to Levaal for a battle more ancient than the petty squabbles of men. And they will learn why some doors should not be opened ...

You only have to send me a mail (contact on the right) with your name and address and "Pilgrims" as the subject.  The giveaway is open only for the US and Canada. I'll pick up the winner on March 28th.

Esslemont giveaway winners

The blog tour for Ian C. Esslemont NA release of Blood and Bone is still on and the two randomly picked winners of the giveaway (courtesy of Tor) for any book by the author in the Malazan Empire series are:

Brendan Hong from Scarborough, Ontario (Night of Knives)

Scott Knight form Greenfield, Indiana (Return of the Crimson Guard)

Congrats guys!

Giveaway - Ian C. Esslemont books

It's the blog tour for author Ian C. Esslemont, with the US release of Blood and Bone (May 21st), the fifth Malazan Empire book by the co-creator of the world he shares with Steven Erikson. I still haven't read it but it's standing close to the top of my to-read pile. You can check my reviews of three of his books here (Return of the Crimson Guard, Stonewielder and Orb, Sceptre, Throne). The blurb for Blood and Bone:

In the western sky the bright emerald banner of the Visitor descends like a portent of annihilation. On the continent of Jacuruku, the Thaumaturgs have mounted yet another expedition to tame the neighboring wild jungle. Yet this is no normal wilderness. It is called Himatan, and it is said to be half of the spirit realm and half of the earth. And it is said to be ruled by a powerful entity whom some name the Queen of Witches, and some a goddess: the ancient Ardata. 

Saeng grew up knowing only the rule of the magus Thaumaturgs—but it was the voices out of that land's forgotten past that she listened to. And when her rulers mount an invasion of the neighboring jungle, those voices send her and her brother on a desperate mission. 

To the south, the desert tribes are united by the arrival of a foreign warleader, a veteran commander in battered ashen mail whom his men call the Grey Ghost. This warleader takes the tribes on a raid like none other, deep into the heart of Thaumaturg lands. Meanwhile word comes to K'azz, and mercenary company the Crimson Guard, of a contract in Jacuruku. And their employer... none other than Ardata herself. 

Tor was kind enough to offer some giveaways and I have two books of Esslemont to offer you readers.  You can choose from any books of the Malazan world written by Esslemont.

You only have to send me a mail (contact on the right) with your name and address, the book you want and "Esslemont" as the subject.  The giveaway is open only for the US, Canada and UK. I'll pick up the two winners on May 31st.

Winner - Giveaway - A Thief in the Night

The winner of the giveaway for A Thief in the Night by David Chandler is :

Sabrina Osborn from Shoreline, Washington

Giveaway - David Chandler's A Thief in the Night

I still haven't read the first fantasy novel by David Chandler, Den of Thieves, but it's on my to-read pile.  The novels of his trilogy, named The Ancient Blades, will all be out in a quick succession, with the first book released on July 26th, the second (A Thief in the Night) on September 27th and the last one, Honor Among Thieves will be out on November 29th.

This is indeed David Chandler's first fantasy foray since he is also known as David Wellington, an author of 'adventurous fiction' (horror...).  Thanks to Harper Voyager (HarperCollinsPublishers), you could win a mass market paperback edition of his second book, A Thief in the Night.  You only have to send me a mail (contact on the right) with your name and address and "Chandler" as the subject.  The giveaway is open only for the US. I'll pick up the winner on October 7th.

Here's the blurb by the way :

Circumstance made him a criminal. Destiny may make him a hero.

As a thief, Malden is unparalleled in the Free City of Ness, and happy there. But by saving the life of the knight Croy, Malden has bound himself to an ancient, noble brotherhood . . . and he now possesses one of only seven Ancient Blades capable of destroying demons.

Malden fears accompanying Croy and the barbarian Mörget on their quest to dispatch a foul creature of nightmare . . . nor does he want to disturb the vengeful dead. But with an assassin on his heels, the young cutpurse is left with no choice. And there is the comely sorceress, Cythera, to consider— promised to Croy but in love with Malden—not to mention the fabulous treasure rumored to be hidden in the depths of the demon’s lair . . .