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Tor.com publish prologue and chapter one of Brandon Sanderson’s The Alloy of Law

Tor.com have published the prologue and chapter one from Brandon Sanderson’s fourth and latest Mistborn novel, The Alloy of Law, due out on November the 8th, 2011. Here are the first three paragraphs from the prologue: Wax crept along the ragged fence in a crouch, his boots scraping the dry ground. He held his Sterrion [...]

Cover Art and Synopsis for Mistborn: The Alloy of Law

The prolific Brandon Sanderson is at it again with a new book in the Mistborn universe due to be released in November. Set 300 years after the events of The Hero of Ages, Scadrial is starting to move into the “modern era” with rail, electricity and gunpowder helping to shape the world. Read the full [...]

The SFcrowsnest.com top 100 science fiction and fantasy books for 2010

SFcrowsnest.com, the hugely respected online fantasy and science fiction publication, has published its chart for the Top 100 fantasy, science fiction and horror books (as voted for by the readers) of the last year. It is of course the fantasy titles that stand out for us and we would like to lay further praise on [...]

Tor announces acquisitions of two new novels by #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson

Below is the official release from TOR; New York, NY: Wednesday, December 1 2010 Tor Books is proud to announce the acquisition of two new novels by acclaimed fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, whose recent book Towers of Midnight, Book Thirteen in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time®, recently debuted at #1 on the New York [...]

Top 10 fantasy audio-book downloads (November 2010)

Below is a list of the top 10 science fiction and fantasy audio-books downloaded on www.audible.co.uk during November 2010. Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist (Unabridged) Oskar and Eli. In very different ways, they were both victims. Which is why, against the odds, they became friends – and how they came to depend [...]

Extract of Towers of Midnight Chapter One

The 2nd of November will come and bring the release of the penultimate Wheel of Time book, ‘Towers of Midnight’, but if you’re wanting a taste now, Orbit have you covered. “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long [...]

Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings US book tour dates announced

The Way of Kings by fantasy author Brandon Sanderson is an epic fantasy novel due to be released in the US on August 31, 2010 by Tor Books. The novel will be published in the UK on December 30, 2010, by Gollanz. It is the first volume in The Stormlight Archive, a series that will [...]

The Way of Kings introduction by the author and Chapters

TOR.com is giving registered members of their site a chance to read the first three chapters of Brandon Sanderson’s new novel ‘The Way of Kings’. Book one of the ‘Stormlight Archive’ series, the book focuses on three protagonists on the world of Roshar. Brandon Sanderson even took the opportunity to introduce the novel for TOR [...]

Paloppa option film rights on Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy

On January 11, 2010 Paloppa Pictures LLC and Brandon Sanderson announced that Paloppa has taken an option on film rights to Sanderson’s NY Times bestselling Mistborn fantasy trilogy. Sanderson is the most successful new fantasy writer of the past decade, and the Mistborn series, published by Tor Books, is his most successful to date. The [...]

Name of the Wind author organizes charity drive

Patrick Rothfuss, author of the fantasy novel The Name of the Wind, is proving that you don’t have to be wealthy to be a philanthropist. Rothfuss has organized a charity drive through his blog to benefit needy families around the world. Last year, the 36-year-old Wisconsin writer expected to raise a few thousand dollars when [...]