25 years of Fitz

I've written about this in several other places! Time to update things here.

In October of this year, Bantam Del Rey will bring out an Illustrated 25th Anniversary Edition of Assassin's Apprentice. The illustrator is one whose name you will knw if you enjoy Magic the Gathering. And if you don't play, you can enjoy some of her work here: http://magali-villeneuve.blogspot.com/

I met Magali Villaneuve a number of years ago in France. At one point, she gifted me with an art book of her work, and in the front she had included a pencil sketch of Fitz. And yes, it looked like him.

I've been very fortunate that I've already seen some of the art for the illustrated edition, as well as the sketches in progress. I'm very pleased with them. I suggested some of the moments from the books, and she chose some; I think she captures the emotions of those turning points very well.

The publisher has committed to bringing out all three of the volumes of the Farseer Trilogy in these new hardbacks, and all will feature Magali's art.

The first volume is available for pre order now. If you want to acquire all three volumes in hardcover with Magali's illustrations, I respectfully suggest you buy them as they are published. We all know how quickly hardcovers go out of print, and then become astronomically expensive on e-bay!

For a glimpse of the cover art, here is the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Appr...