LAUNCH DAY!!!
Today The Desert Spear goes on sale in mass market, and if Peter Brett’s web-site is any indication, he’s pretty freakin’ excited:
You know what’s better than Christmas? Launch day.
You know what’s better than my birthday? Launch day.
You know what’s better than sex? Well… probably nothing. But launch day is really friggin’ close.
That’s right, today, March 1, 2011, The Desert Spear goes on sale in mass market paperback (mmpb) in the US. it feels like I’ve been waiting forever.
I don’t know if I can adequately explain what it feels like to literally spend thousands of hours working on a project, and then, after its finished, wait another YEAR for it to come out. Even then, it was out in hardback, and while tens of thousands of people enjoyed the book in that form, hardback sales are still a traditionally small number compared to the readership of a mmpb.
I am so excited for this broad release. The Desert Spear is, in my mind, the best thing I have ever written. After The Warded Man came out and enjoyed a fair bit of popularity, I was having daily anxiety attacks, wondering if I could create a follow-up that did justice to the first book, but also took the readers someplace new. I didn’t want to just rehash what I’d already written in another book. The result was a book I continue to be incredibly proud of, and my bestseller listings in the US, UK, Germany, and other markets seem to lend a measure of credence to that pride. I often look back at my writing and want to pull a George Lucas and tweak this or that, but I really don’t feel that way about TDS. The book came out exactly as I wanted it to, allowing me to get into the heads of characters near and dear to my heart like Ahmann Jardir, Renna Tanner, Selia Barren and Abban the khaffit, in addition to all the heroes of The Warded Man.
You can read more about what he did to celebrate Launch Day here
As you’ll note in his blog, one of the things he did was sign books–and now you have the chance to win some of them. The details are below, but one lucky winner will receive both The Warded Man and signed The Desert Spear, and four other lucky winners will receive signed The Desert Spears.
Again–if you’ve never read these books, now’s definitely a good time to get into the Demon Cycle, as I’m sure you’ll find it a refreshing and innovative take on fantasy.
Congrats Peter, and best of luck to all of you!
