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“Der Herr des Turms” (Tower Lord in German) Shortlisted for the Leserpreis Award

Huge thanks to my German readers for voting the German language edition of Tower Lord – Der Herr des Turms – onto the shortlist for the Leserpreis Award in the Fantasy and Science Fiction category. The “Leserpreis” is the biggest readers’ choice book award in the German-speaking region and I’m very honoured to find myself nominated. You can vote on the shortlist here. Voting closes on 24th November.

New Interview on the Grim Tidings Podcast

Thanks to Rob Matheny and Philip Overby for inviting me onto the Grim Tidings Podcast (your podcast for dark genre fiction) for a fun discussion about Raven’s Shadow, Slab City Blues and some previously unheard details of what to expect from The Draconis Memoria. Available for download here and also findable on iTunes.

Follow the Grim Tidings Podcast on twitter @grimdarkfiction.

Unbound Anthology – My First Page

As a taster for the upcoming anthology, Unbound – Tales by Masters of Fantasy, editor Shawn Speakman was kind enough to send me the first page of my story The Hall of the Diamond Queen.

Want more? Unbound is out in e-book on 1st December, features stories by authors much more famous than I am (including Joe Abbercrombie, Jim Butcher and Mark Lawrence to name but three), and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Nook. No confirmed release date yet for the hardcover version but Shawn assures me it’s in the works, pre-order from Grim Oak Press.

and ‘Tower Lord’ in Czech is…

Pán Věže – To be released on 30th October 2015 and available for pre-order now from: http://www.ereading.cz/cs/eknihy/13557/pan-veze-predprodej-

Thanks to everyone at Nakladatelství Host for making this happen.

‘Unbound’ Anthology – Ebook Pre-order now Available

The ebook version of the new anthology from Grim Oak Press – Unbound – Tales by Masters of Fantasy – is now available fro pre-order on Amazon.com & Amazon.co.uk. Unbound will be released on 1st December and includes my story The Hall of the Diamond Queen (it’s not a Raven’s Shadow story but it does have giant war-eagles and talking velociraptors, if you like that kind of thing).

Here’s the full line-up of contributing authors:

Small Kindnesses by Joe Abercrombie
An Unfortunate Influx of Filipians by Terry Brooks
Mr. Island by Kristen Britain
Jury Duty by Jim Butcher
Madwalls by Rachel Caine
The Way Into Oblivion by Harry Connolly
Uncharming by Delilah Dawson
All In a Night’s Work by David Anthony Durham
Son of Crimea by Jason M. Hough
Dichotomy of Paradigms by Mary Robinette Kowal
A Good Name by Mark Lawrence
River and Echo by John Marco
Seven Tongues by Tim Marquitz
The Siege of Tilpur by Brian McClellan
Fiber by Seanan McGuire
Stories Are Gods by Peter Orullian
Heart’s Desire by Kat Richardson
The Hall of the Diamond Queen by Anthony Ryan
The Dead’s Revenant by Shawn Speakman
The Farmboy Prince by Brian Staveley
The Game by Michael J. Sullivan
The Ethical Heresy by Sam Sykes
The Rat by Mazarkis Williams

Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories – Now Available in Paperback

The paperback edition of Slab City Blues: The Collected Edition is now available. Dead tree aficionados can buy it here: Slab City Blues - The Collected Edition: All Five Stories in One VolumeAmazon.co.uk, Slab City Blues - The Collected Edition: All Five Stories in One VolumeAmazon.com, Createspace

‘An Aria for Ragnarok – A Slab City Blues Novel’ – Released Today

An Aria for Rangarok – the fifth and final story in the Slab City Blues series – is now available in ebook.

Description – ‘Alex McLeod has a score to settle. Back on the Slab and newly promoted to head of Special Homicide, Alex decides it’s time to finally bring down Mr Mac – his longest-standing enemy and the most powerful criminal kingpin in the Confederation of Autonomous Orbiting States. But, before the hunt can begin he finds himself lumbered with the inconvenient and spectacularly bloody murder of a famous industrialist. A swift but violent resolution to the case raises more questions than it answers and Alex’s inability to tolerate a mystery soon uncovers a far greater threat than he has ever faced before. Ragnarok is coming. To stop it, Alex must call on the help of both friends and foes, as well as placing himself in an alien and hostile environment: it’s time for a return visit to Planet Earth.’

Buy it here – An Aria for Ragnarok: A Slab City Blues NovelAmazon.com, An Aria for Ragnarok: A Slab City Blues NovelAmazon.co.uk, Kobo, iBooks, Nook

Those new to this series might want to opt for Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories, also released today.

Description – ‘Presenting in one volume all five stories in the Sci-fi Noir series by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Anthony Ryan, author of the acclaimed Raven’s Shadow Trilogy. Includes the short stories Slab City Blues and A Song for Madame Choi, the novellas A Hymn to Gods Long Dead and The Ballad of Bad Jack, and the novel An Aria for Ragnarok.’

Buy the ebook here – Slab City Blues - The Collected Stories: All Five Stories in One VolumeAmazon.com, Slab City Blues - The Collected Stories: All Five Stories in One VolumeAmazon.co.uk, Kobo, iBooks, Nook

The paperback version should be available from Amazon within five days. I’ll update the books page with the link when it goes up.

Tower Lord – Der Herr des Turmes – Released in Germany

The German edition of Tower Lord – Der Herr des Turmes – is now available. Many thanks to my German translators, Hannes and Sara Riffel and Birgit Pfaffinger, and everyone at Hobbit Presse for making this happen. The reaction to all the various translated editions of the Raven’s Shadow series has been one of the most gratifying aspects of this whole journey, and I greatly appreciated the feedback from German readers of Blood Song – Das Lied des Blutes. Reminder – the signed hardcover Goodreads giveaway for Das Lied des Blutes is still live.

‘Slab City Blues: An Aria for Ragnarok’ & ‘Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories’ – Now Available for Pre-order

The fifth and final Slab City Blues story – An Aria for Ragnarok – will be released on October 1st and is now available for pre-order. In contrast to the short-story or novella length previous installments, this is a 50,000 word novel which concludes the series. Slab City Blues: The Collected Stories which will be released simultaneously and contains An Aria for Ragnarok together with all four preceding stories: Slab City Blues, A Song for Madame Choi, A Hymn to Gods Long Dead and The Ballad of Bad Jack. The Collected Stories will also be released as a print-on-demand paperback for those who prefer the dead tree option (buy link to come when it’s ready). Ebook pre-order links below (no Nook link yet but I’ll post it when it goes up):

An Aria for Ragnarok – Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Kobo, iBooks

Slab City Blues – The Collected Stories – Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Kobo, iBooks

Thanks to the good people at Damonza.com for producing the covers.

‘Blood Song’ (Des Lied Des Blutes) – German Hardcover Edition Goodreads Giveaway

To celebrate the upcoming release of the German language edition of Tower Lord – Der Herr des Turmes – on 25th September by Hobbit Presse, I’m running a giveaway on Goodreads for three signed hardcovers of the German edition of Blood Song – Des Lied Des Blutes. The giveaway will run until September 29, enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/155016-das-lied-des-blutes.