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The Curse Strikes Again

Thanks to a freak accident to the copy-edited MS, the publication date for Irona 700 has been put off again, this time until until August.  That’s August 2015, I hope.  I started writing this almost six years ago and sent it to my agent two years ago. Patience is a virtue in a writer!

Promotion!

Open Roads has a January special on my Magic Casement (Book 1 of “A Man of His Word”)  for $1.99. The theme of the promotion is Coming of Age, and this, the first book of eventually eight, shows Rap and Inos doing just that.

NEVER PATAGONIA

— they bite.  Happy Solstice to everyone!

Dave

He’s Still At It…

I am very happy to announce that Five Rivers Publishing will put out a new Dave Duncan fantasy as early as March 1st. The Eye of Strife is a short standalone novel, written in one of my zanier moods.

The Monster War

“Tales of the King’s Blades” was so popular that my publisher asked me to write a parallel YA series, and so “The King’s Daggers” were born. YA books in those pre-Hogwarts days were very short, and when the time came to reissue them in digital form, I asked for them to be combined into an omnibus, The Monster War. They fill a gap in The Gilded Chain story, and unless you are addicted to steamy sex or bad language, you will find them a comparable read. The last book, Silvercloak, included a map of Ironhall, the Blades’ school, which you will find this at the bottom of the MAPS section here.

This month (October) Amazon is offering my Against the Li...

This month (October) Amazon is offering my Against the Light  at a discount price  US$ 1.78, Can$1.98.   126 readers rank it at 4.o stars out of 5.

Dave

Cream of the Cream

If you haven’t read all of my books (yes, there are still some of you out there, I know) and are wondering which one to try next, I here offer my take on the best of the best. Without question, my most popular series have been: the 4 books of “The Seventh Sword”, the 8 books of “A Man of His Word” plus its sequel, “A Handful of Men”, and the 7 books about “The King’s Blades”. The starter novels are, respectively, The Reluctant Swordsman, Magic Casement, and The Gilded Chain.  Happy Reading, yu’all!

The Spin Cycle

Some books seem to get caught in the dryer and go round and round for ever. I’ve had it happen before, but Irona 700 is an outstanding example.  I have now been assured that it will be published in the second quarter of 2015, which will be six years after I started writing it.  Better late than never, they do say.

Good news

Today I received a summons for jury duty.  A few years ago I would have complied cheerfully (I did once before) but now I felt my attention span was getting too short and I might fall asleep in the jury box.  So I filled out the web form politely declining on account of my age.  The reply I got back said I was excused and the explanation given was: TOO OLD, ONE-TIME EXEMPTION. So it is now official that the government expects me to get younger.

 

Award News

I’m thrilled to hear that my King of Swords is a finalist for the 2014 Endeavour Award.