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Lifesong fantasy series released in the USA!

16 Aug

The Tale of the Lifesong - US paperback versionA few days ago, a box arrived containing these proofs for the shiny new version of the Tale of the Lifesong fantasy series. I’m impressed with the print quality and have approved the production, so The Riddler’s Gift and Second Sight are now available in the USA.

Although my books and specials are still available to US customers on greghamerton.com, the cost of international airmail makes some of the options expensive. So 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! It was also impossible to split Second Sight in the middle; the story is complex and spans more than 600 pages. The Riddler’s Gift was originally written in two parts, and so divides neatly in the middle of the story.

 
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Free books for Goodreads winners!

22 Jul

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 books.

It’s a great system … I (hopefully) get some enthusiastic reviews of the book to help the publicity, and readers get the kind of books they are interested in.

If you’re not already on Goodreads, why don’t you sign up? It’s a simple process and is free. Once you’re in, you’re looking for something like my giveaway below (the draw is over, but it will take you through to the site and you can start from there). See what’s on offer this month by going to find books > giveaways.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Second Sight: Second Tale of the Lifesong (Hardcover) by Greg Hamerton

Second Sight

by Greg Hamerton

Giveaway ends July 22, 2010.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Today’s winners are: Susan Mann, Evan Paul, Cynde Mitchell, Ricci Groomes and Jolene Bitton.

Well done! You’ll get your books just as soon as the mailman from Oldenworld arrives on his horse…

 
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The new hardcover books leave India!

02 Jun

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 limited first edition. It’s light and feels solid. Shiny!

Here’s a sneak preview of what’s coming on August 1.




 
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The Tale of the Lifesong

01 Jun

A new fantasy series that will weave music through 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.

Epic fantasy novel The Riddler's Gift
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“A highly recommended fantasy novel … enormous fun to read”
FANTASY BOOK REVIEW
 
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The One Kingdom by Sean Russell

09 May

Another book I chose by its cover (I like purple). Isn’t that just the most intriguing painting? There was also a strong quote on the back ‘As lightning, men flicker into being, cut a single stroke into the earth, and are gone. A brief instant to find one’s place in a story that may last a thousand years.’ And then of course there is the endorsement by Stephen Donaldson ‘A master of intelligent fantasy – subtle, well-crafted and gripping’ followed by Robin Hobb saying ‘Magic and mystery blend in abundance with an intricate cast of characters – an engrossing read.’

As a fantasy reader, how do you refuse a book like that? A strong dramatic descriptive opening page, and I’m sold on it. And it’s 700+ pages! Delight! Read the rest of this entry »

 
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A fantasy novelist with diabolical talent

01 May

I was intrigued by the cover design of The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (by Stephen R. Donaldson). The book is quite dark, and brilliant.

So much pain, the grief, the pages and pages overrun with the burning tears of despair. The loss, oh Lena! the loss. There is no reprieve – Thomas Covenant’s world and the Land are slashed into bleeding shreds. The more the beauty of Life is perceived, the more there is to lose and the greater the pain. In his leperous numb responses Covenant rebuffs some of the sharper grief, but this merely deflects the full impact of despair onto the reader. Ah! Saltheart Foamfollower, the burden you have been given. Trell Atiaran-mate, Gravelingas of Stonedown, my friend! Your strength surpasses the heroic, and yet still you are crushed mercilessly and slowly by the ever tightening twists of the ill fate that are woven by Despite around those we love most. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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