Wicked Thorn and Roses held a cover contest in the last week and I’m delighted to say that the beautiful cover for The Scroll Thief by Anne Cain was one of the finalists. It was running second just before close of voting. And so I have a lovely shiny badge to put up here.
It’s Excerpt Monday time again. This was so much fun last month, I’m doing it again, this time with a scene that focuses on Malachy and Cerys in The Scroll Thief. For the sake of space, click More to read on.
Continue reading Excerpt Monday – Malachy & Cerys in The Scroll Thief
As part of a fun exercise by the Romance Divas, I’m taking part in Except Monday, a once a month excerpt-fest.
Below is an excert from The Scroll Thief: a Tale of Ithian, which features Halia and Trask. Beneath that are some links to some of the other wonderful excerpts available today.
So excited. Can hardly type!
Genre: Fantasy-SciFi
ISBN: 978-1-60504-395-1
Length: Plus Novel
Price: 6.50
Publication Date: February 24, 2009
Cover art by Anne Cain
Love is the wiliest thief of all.
A Tale of Ithian
Malachy and his sister rely on his talents as a thief to survive the dangerous streets of Klathport, former capital of the once-great kingdom of Ithian. Stealing a few papers should have been a simple job. Instead, it nearly costs their lives and throws them into an improbable alliance with a shape-shifting official, a desert tribeswoman, and a healer of enchanting beauty.
Cerys is far more than a simple healer—and the roots of her mission go deeper into the past than anyone can know. She needs Malachy’s skills to recover a stolen scroll, one that can be used to rewrite history and, in the wrong hands, release the dark powers of the Demon Realm.
Her mission was supposed to atone for a dreadful, long-ago act. Instead, it unleashes a chain of events which sees them pursued through city and desert by the fearsome Dune Witch and a killer known only as His Lordship. Romance, tragedy, and adventure blend in a tale of a magical land on the brink of war, and five unlikely allies who, by putting their lives—and their hearts—on the line, have the opportunity to finally set things right.
But at a terrible cost.
Warning: Contains scenes of graphic violence and torture, captivating magic and beauty, two dashing heroes, three gutsy heroines, several love stories and a heartbreaking sacrifice.
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To celebrate I am giving away a copy to someone who comments here. I have no long post or words of wisdom – they will happen elsewhere. Well, I hope they are words of wisdom. Excerpts might happen too. But today I am far too giddy. Giddy as a giddy thing with a certificate in giddiness.
This novel is especially dear to my heart as it comes from the adventure stories I used to read as a child – Arabian Nights, Robin Hood, King Arthur – and the films & serials I used to watch – Zorro, the Three Musketeers (yes, I know but I never read the books!), pirates, Stewart Granger movies and of course more Robin Hood. Anything where buckles were swashed.
So leave me a comment and tell me what adventure story from your childhood still resonates with you today. Best story wins. 🙂
Today British author Nell Dixon has an interview with me up on her My Space page. Nell’s book Animal Instincts releases in March and is already attracting a lot of attention, so isn’t she a star to take time out for me?
With The Scroll Thief releasing tomorrow, get ready for a lot more during the coming week, and possibly a competition here too. 🙂
As a prelude (her words, not mine) to the release of The Scroll Thief on the 24th (this. day. week!) my good friend Jeannie Lin (who writes some of the most exciting historical asian adventure romance I’ve ever read) interviewed me for her blog.
Lots of worldbuilding stuff here. And some of my photos!
So here goes. Leave lots of comments so I look like I have friends, ‘k?
Never being one for leaving things alone…
And now that I have the cover, I spent the weekend putting together a new book trailer for The Scroll Thief (instead of writing. Bad writer.)
So here it is:
An exciting excerpt from the first chapter of my forthcoming novel The Scroll Thief: a Tale of Ithian is up today on the Samhain site. You can read it by clicking here.
So come and get an early introduction to Malachy, Trask and Halia.
The Scroll Thief will be out on the 24th of February as an eBook and in print at the end of 2009.
I can now unveil the beautiful cover for The Scroll Thief, coming 24th February 2009.
It’s by Anne Cain and I could not have imagined anything more perfect for the story.
The cover shows the main characters Malachy and Cerys. It captures my ideas of them just perfectly.
The book will be released as an eBook on the 24th of February, 2009 and in print about ten months later.
Malachy and his sister rely on his talents as a thief to survive the dangerous streets of Klathport, former capital of the once-great kingdom of Ithian. Stealing a few papers should have been a simple job. Instead, it nearly costs their lives and throws them into an improbable alliance with a shape-shifting official, a desert tribeswoman, and a healer of enchanting beauty.
Cerys is far more than a simple healer—and the roots of her mission go deeper into the past than anyone can know. She needs Malachy’s skills to recover a stolen scroll, one that can be used to rewrite history and, in the wrong hands, release the dark powers of the Demon Realm.
Her mission was supposed to atone for a dreadful, long-ago act. Instead, it unleashes a chain of events which sees them pursued through city and desert by the fearsome Dune Witch and a killer known only as His Lordship. Romance, tragedy, and adventure blend in a tale of a magical land on the brink of war, and five unlikely allies who, by putting their lives—and their hearts—on the line, have the opportunity to finally set things right.
But at a terrible cost.
Warning: Contains scenes of graphic violence and torture, captivating magic and beauty, two dashing heroes, three gutsy heroines, several love stories and a heartbreaking sacrifice.
Here too, is the trailer, although I will be updating it shortly to include the cover.
I had a lovely comment waiting for me this morning (it’s under my first ever post here):
Hi,
A review for The Wolf’s Sister is now online at PNR Reviews:
http://www.paranormalromance.org/reviews/review.php?id=29810
Take care,
Dee Gentle
PNR Reviews & Features Editor
Paraphernalia
and its a nice review too… “a wonderful start to the series”
Also up to day is the almost infamous “ghost post” at Texty Ladies. I mentioned in my interview with Jane about various ghost sightings and she asked for more information. She opened the call last week to Texty Ladies readers and the result is up today. It makes for some interesting and spooky reading!
A few more edits for The Scroll Thief are underway, and I’ve seen the design for the cover. It’s gorgeous… no.. it’s GORGEOUS! 🙂