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Brent & Joe Abercrombie on Crowdcast October 6

One is a titan of modern fantasy. The other is some guy. Join them online to learn which is which.

Register for the event via Crowdcast to get reminders so you don’t miss a second.

Wednesday, October 6
12:00 PDT
15:00 (3pm) NYC
19:00 (7pm) UTC
20:00 (8pm) LDN
00:30 (12:30am 10/7) Mumbai
05:00 (5am 10/7) Sydney

We hope you’re as excited as we are!

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Brent & Craig Talk Endings

Back in June, Brent chatted with Craig Hanks from The Legendarium Podcast. They talked about endings, Tolkien, expectations, Harry Potter, whys and hows, GRRM, and Lightbringer, among other ideas and stories.

You can listen to the podcast through Podbean, or watch the YouTube video below. Enjoy!

For those of you who want more context, here’s the essay Brent shared during the book tour (remember those?!) for THE BURNING WHITE: On Ending Well.

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Brent in Conversation With Terry Brooks

Our man Brent was in conversation with the legendary Terry Brooks on Monday, May 10, 2021 via Facebook Live. Here’s a link to the (90-minute!) video for anyone who missed it.

Enjoy!

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May 10: WAY OF SHADOWS, Brent and Terry Brooks LIVE

Before we talk about the Kindle deal, a friendly reminder that Brent and Terry Brooks will be chatting about morality in fantasy fiction today at 2pm PDT on Terry’s official Facebook page via Facebook LIVE!

Brent’s Facebook page
Terry’s Facebook page

Friends in the US: Amazon is offering THE WAY OF SHADOWS as a Kindle Daily Deal for $2.99. A steal at twice the price! (This is also Brent’s affiliate link.)

This smokin’ hot deal won’t last long–open up that Amazon app and buy a copy! Your brain will thank you.

Reasons to buy a(nother) copy of Night Angel #1 for Kindle:

You want to protect your [signed] copyYour friend/parent/coworker/cousin/roommate/sibling borrowed it months ago and refuses to return itIt’s your bookworm friend’s/parent’s/coworker’s/cousin’s/ roommate’s/sibling’s/spouse’s/neighbor’s/partner’s birthdaySomeone you care about/random stranger asked for a book recommendationYou’ve read Lightbringer 500 times and need a new series to get intoYou want to read along while you listen to the audiobook

You’re welcome!

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Brent Weeks and Terry Brooks LIVE

Hi friends!

Join Brent and eminent fantasy author Terry Brooks as they discuss morality in fantasy on Facebook LIVE Monday, May 10.

2pm PDT

5pm EDT

9pm UTC

10pm London

2:30am (May 11)

Mumbai7am (May 11) Sydney

You can join the chat on Brent’s official FB page HERE.

Hope to see you there!

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Orbit UK deal on THE BLACK PRISM

Attention, friends in the UK!

Orbit is offering THE BLACK PRISM for £1.99 through March 31. A steal at twice the price! It’s also a deal that we missed part of–it started March 16 and ends tomorrow.

Apologies, but also remember we’re still amid a global pandemic and time has no meaning.

Reasons to buy a(nother) copy of Lightbringer #1 ebook:

You want to protect your signed hardback copy, newly purchased or gifted to you from Brent’s webstoreOops! You forgot to get a gift for your parent/sibling/cousin/aunt/uncle/ roommate/mail carrier/partner/spouse/coworker/neighbor/Dungeon Master for… that really important holiday that just happenedYour friend/parent/coworker/cousin/roommate/sibling borrowed your copy months ago and refuses to return itIt’s your bookworm friend’s/parent’s/coworker’s/cousin’s/ neighbor’s/spouse’s/roommate’s/sibling’s/partner’s birthdaySomeone you care about/random stranger asked for a book recommendationYou’ve read Night Angel 500 times and need a new series to get intoYou want to read along while you listen to Simon Vance’s dulcet, Audie-winning voice narrating the audiobook

You’re welcome!

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Dec 29: THE BLACK PRISM is a Kindle Daily Deal

Attention, friends in the US: Amazon is offering THE BLACK PRISM as a Kindle Daily Deal for $2.99. A steal at twice the price! (This is also Brent’s affiliate link.)

This smokin’ hot deal won’t last long–open up that Amazon app and buy a copy–your brain will thank you.

Reasons to buy a(nother) copy of Lightbringer #1 for Kindle:

You want to protect your signed hardback copy, newly purchased or gifted to you from Brent’s webstoreOops! You forgot to get a Christmas gift for your parent/sibling/cousin/aunt/uncle/ roommate/mail carrier/partner/spouse/coworker/neighbor/Dungeon MasterYour friend/parent/coworker/cousin/roommate/sibling borrowed your copy months ago and refuses to return itIt’s your bookworm friend’s/parent’s/coworker’s/cousin’s/ neighbor’s/spouse’s/roommate’s/sibling’s/partner’s birthdaySomeone you care about/random stranger asked for a book recommendationYou’ve read Night Angel 500 times and need a new series to get intoYou want to read along while you listen to Simon Vance’s dulcet, Audie-winning voice narrating the audiobook

You’re welcome!

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Audible UK: THE WAY OF SHADOWS

Happy Boxing Day, everyone! Audible subscribers in the UK can celebrate this strange (to us Americans) and vaguely problematic (although I guess most of them are in some way or another) holiday by buying the audiobook of THE WAY OF SHADOWS for a mere £3.

This deal is for today only, so go use that gift card your nan got you and make your audiobook dreams come true.

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Fan Art Tuesday: Art of Cai

Happy Holidays everybody!

Today I have some spectacular Night Angel fan art to share with you from Cai–a dragon dancer in Sydney, Australia. Without further ado:

I mean, what else can I say? These are so gorgeous! We featured some of Cai’s cityscapes of Cenaria a while back, but earlier this year they unveiled these character illustrations that they’d done–and I couldn’t resist sharing them here.

If you want to check out more of Cai’s work, you can find them:

On Twitter

On Instagram

On Patreon

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Real Life Promo Roundup

Let’s start with the fun part: A Real Life Fantasy Condor.

The photo is from an article in New Scientist magazine. Stealth glider made out of special polymer self-destructs in sunlight. I’ve never considered whether luxin was a polymer before now. A 30-second Google search confirms in my mind that it couldn’t be anything but.

“Then the luxin hardened in its shape, which was as much like a condor’s wings as Gavin had been able to manage. The wings caught the air, and Karris and Gavin shot into the sky.

The first time Gavin had attempted it, he’d tried to hold one wing in each hand. He’d learned then why birds have hollow bones and weigh almost nothing. The lift had nearly torn his arms off. He’d gone home wet, bruised, and angry, with most of the muscles in his arms and chest torn. By making the condor all one piece instead, he’d taken away the need for muscle at all. The whole thing flew on the strength and flexibility of the luxin, speed, and wind.

Of course, it didn’t really fly. It glided. He’d tried to use the reeds, but it hadn’t worked so far. For the time being, the condor had a limited range.

Karris wasn’t complaining. She was wide-eyed. “Gavin! Orholam, Gavin, we’re flying!” She laughed, carefree.”

The Black Prism p.70, Brent Weeks, 2010

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Next order of business:

The Brent Weeks Shopify Store is (Still) Open! Buy an exclusive t-shirt or signed copy of THE BLACK PRISM from the man himself.

Also:

Fans in the UK can buy the WAY OF SHADOWS ebook for 99p. This deal doesn’t last forever, so snag it while you can!

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And last but certainly not least, Brent will stream his November Q&R video live next Tuesday, 17 November, at 2pm PST. Make sure to register for the event on Crowdcast!

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