Master of Sorrows has been released!

Book birthday!!! 🥳 My fantasy debut, Master of Sorrows, was released in the UK today! Woot, woot! *Fist Pump*

Now, in case you stumbled into this blog post and don't know anything about my book, Master of Sorrows is epic fantasy with a darker tone (lots of people calling it "high dark fantasy," but it could also be called "epic grimlight" or "gritty epic fantasy"). Hard to tell where it falls exactly, but several reviewers have compared it to:
The Poppy War by Rebecca Kuang
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 
The Maze Runner by James Dashner



Other authorial comparisons have included Brent Weeks, Trudi Canavan, Brandon Sanderson, and David Eddings ... so pretty great company!

Overall, reviews have been excellent (currently sitting on an average rating of 4.55 out of 48 ratings on Goodreads), so please take a look if it sparks your interest and/or you'd like to see what others are saying.

Now if you live in the United States (or Canada or Mexico), then you might be fretting about how you will get a copy of Master of Sorrows . . . but fret not! MoS will be released by Blackstone Publishing in North America this fall – and if you can't wait that long, Book Depository has free international shipping.

If you're anywhere outside North America, though, the book is in stores RIGHT NOW. You can also buy the ebook or audiobook (Peter Kenny did a fantastic job with the narration). Tough cookies if you live in North America (you'll have to wait till this fall) . . . but if you have a VPN, you might be able to trick the internet into thinking you're in London or something. *cough* *cough*

My thanks to the many people who have contributed to this launch (both the Gollancz team and the bloggers and book reviewers who have promoted the novel this past week). And double thanks to those of you who have already bought the book and/or are waiting for it to arrive from overseas. You're the real heroes, and I appreciate your help in making my dream come true.

Speaking of which . . . I'd love to see pictures of readers holding Master of Sorrows when people get their copies! 🤩🤗🥳 I don't even have my own copy yet, so I am anxiously awaiting its arrival. In the interim (and for the foreseeable future), I'd love to see other people's excitement at getting the book. 🥰 If you do take a pic, please post them to Twitter and loop me in: @Justin_T_Call.

Lastly, for those wanting personalized copies of MoS, I'm happy to sign any books you've bought online if and when we meet in person. I'll be visiting the UK this August for Gollancz Fest (in London) and then again for Dublin WorldCon, and those are prime places for UK folks to find me. If we can't meet in person, I'll have a very limited number of personalized UK editions available on this website in the next few weeks, but I expect those to sell out very fast. Anderida Books in the UK had 150 signed and numbered copies of Master of Sorrows available for preorder, and they sold out within 12 hours of notifying folks (which is great news for me, but bad news for those not subscribed to their newsletter)! I'll try to keep my own stock of books for future personalizations, but since I'm getting them from the UK, the availability will fluctuate – so follow me on Twitter and pay attention if you want to know when we have books in stock!

That's all. Thanks again to friends and family, and especially to everyone who has purchased a copy of my book (which makes you an honorary friend). I look forward to hearing your thoughts and answering your questions in the forthcoming weeks and months. Cheers!