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Lifesong

A new high fantasy series that will touch the depths of your soul.

There is a song that drifts on the breeze through all the world. Its rhythyms are echoed in our breath, the music is caught in our laughter, hidden in our language, woven through our life. Singers reach for the melody, but it is too delicate to hold and too elusive to remember. As the Ages pass, so the Lifesong retreats under the sounds of our time, its potent beauty and danger ever more a mystery.

Few know how the Lifesong has shaped our world, for those who hear its tune would rather sing than write, and to grasp its tale we must go back, far back beyond our brief and incomplete history, to when the world was changing; when life was shadowed by a mighty legend.

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“Utterly compelling … with a blistering climax.” TERRY GRIMWOOD

  
    
    
     Author interview in The Star
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          Nerine Dorman of the Cape Times (part of the Independent News and Media group) interviews South African fantasy author Greg Hamerton about his new fantasy novel Second Sight, part of the fantasy series The Tale of the Lifesong.


        
          
      
    
    
     Lifesong fantasy series released in the USA!
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          I’m delighted to announce that you can now buy the Tale of the Lifesong series from Amazon and save on the postage costs! See the bottom of the special deals page for details and links. The Riddler’s Gift has been released in two parts, to make it more affordable for new readers who haven’t yet heard the Lifesong. Second Sight is in one volume, because if you have read The Riddler’s Gift, you’ll be wanting the whole of the sequel!


        
          
      
    
    
     Come to the book launch party for Second Sight!
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          Come and join me for a bit of release day fun. At 5pm (GMT) on 1 August 2010 there’s a launch party for Second Sight on Facebook and you’re welcome. This is a virtual party … just wander over to the Tale of the Lifesong group page then post whatever you like on the wall. [...]


        
          
      
    
    
     Fantasy Book Critic review of Second Sight
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          A review of Second Sight by Fantasy Book Critic.


        
          
      
    
    
     First review for Second Sight
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          Second Sight as reviewed by Samantha Shove.


        
          
      
    
    
     Free books for Goodreads winners!
    
      
        
          I’ve had a fantastic response from the community of readers on Goodreads. I started a competition two weeks ago, to spread the word about the upcoming release of new fantasy novel Second Sight. Today was the draw, and 812 people entered! Seems like everyone wants a copy. Five lucky winners will soon have their free [...]


        
      
    
    
     A reading of Second Sight
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          Sometimes, it is really lovely to be told a story. I recorded an audiobook of The Riddler’s Gift, which plays out over 22 hours. But I’m not planning an audiobook for Second Sight, because of the many tricky voices and dialects involved in the story. I think I need the professionals on this one, to [...]


        
          
      
    
    
     A reading of The Riddler’s Gift
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          A reading of The Riddler’s Gift: First Tale of the Lifesong by Greg Hamerton.


        
          
      
    
    
     The Riddler’s Gift review winners announced!
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          Did you win a free copy of the new fantasy novel, Second Sight? Only 22 days to go! Thanks to all the readers of The Riddler’s Gift who sent in their short reviews as part of the Readers’ Review Competition. Their names were collected in Twardy Zarost’s hat. I held a random draw today. It [...]


        
          
      
    
    
     Who writes the best fantasy?
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          When I read a fantasy novel, I want to have my reality replaced, redrawn. Reinvented. I want that sense of discovery. I want to become someone new. I set out to find the best among the fantasy greats like Terry Pratchett, Robin Hobb and Tolkien.


        
          
      
    
    
     The new hardcover books leave India!
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          Two pallets of books departed from India today, bound for South Africa and the UK. Thomson Press did the printing again, and I’m expecting the same excellent quality that they delivered with The Riddler’s Gift. I’ve seen the advance copies and they look amazing! I’m so glad I chose to go with hardcover for this [...]


        
          
      
    
    
     The Tale of the Lifesong
    
      
          
      
        
      
    
        
          There is a song that drifts on the breeze through all the world. Its rhythyms are echoed in our breath, the music is caught in our laughter, hidden in our language, woven through our life. Singers reach for the melody, but it is too delicate to hold and too elusive to remember. As the Ages pass, so the Lifesong retreats under the sounds of our time, its potent beauty and danger ever more a mystery.