It’s been a year since I signed the contract with Pyr Books. Now, as the first copies of Shadow’s Son are hitting bookshelves across the country, the feelings are indescribable (not a good state for a writer, I know). The only thing I can compare it to is the birth of our son: you’re happier than you’ve ever been, and at the same time scared out of your mind. Maybe the best news is that two years from now the book isn’t going to be running around the house, destroying everything it can reach.
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In Stores Now
June 1st, 2010Today was a Good Day
May 28th, 2010Hey folks,
A couple nice things happened to me today (well, besides waking up next to the most beautiful woman in the world and spending the day with our son).
First, the Fantasy Book Critic posted a great review for Shadow’s Son which you can find at: http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/.
Then, this afternoon I got a call informing me that we had sold the Shadow trilogy to Polish publisher Papierowy Ksiezyc. That makes seven publishers and counting.
So, thank you all for your support.
Kind Words
May 21st, 2010A couple weeks back, I received copies of the Shadow’s Son ARC (advanced reading copy) from my U.K. publisher, Gollancz. On the first page was written a foreword by Gillian Redearn, Senior Commissioning Editor. I’d like to share it.
She wrote:
“Dear Reader,
Shadow’s Son is an extremely entertaining fantasy novel.
If you want to get caught up in an adventure, if you want a book that can make you feel that pause in time that occurs between an assassing taking aim on their target and releasing the trigger, then you’ve found the novel you’re looking for.
This is the story of an assassin. Caim. He’s good at his job. He likes his job, which helps when you’ve had to infiltrate a castle unseen, lurk in the shadows for a day, climb into the rafters of the great hall and perch there for hours — in the cold, the darkness, the silence — waiting for the perfect moment to take out your mark. Caim likes his life, too, which is a shame because if he wants to keep it, he’s going to have to escape from his cold perch on a rafter inside a great hall inside a castle, and do it with fifty of his target’s servants hot on his heels, all eager to avenge their master.
It’s a lot of fun.
[…]I’m delighted to introduce you to the next bloody, twisty, dark author whose novel you simply must read: Jon Sprunk.
Hell hath no fury like an assassin wronged . . .”
Thank you, Ms. Redfearn, for those kind words.
