Friday, February 15, 2013
GIVEAWAY: Win an ADVANCE READING COPY of Guy Gavriel Kay’s “River of Stars”!!!
Order “River of Stars”
HERE
In his critically acclaimed novel Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel
Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China’s Tang Dynasty. Now,
the internationally bestselling and multiple award-winning author revisits that
land four centuries later with an epic of prideful emperors, battling
courtiers, bandits and soldiers, nomadic invasions, and a woman battling in her
own way, to find a new place for women in the world—a world inspired this time
by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty:
Ren Daiyan was still just
a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate
of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life—in entirely unexpected
ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he
emerges years later—and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles
towards the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north.
Lin Shan is the daughter
of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never
are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life
suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor—and
alienates women at the court. But when her father’s life is endangered by the
savage politics of the day, Shan
must act in ways no woman ever has.
In an empire divided
by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his
gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on
the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events
no one could have foretold, under the river of stars…
Guy Gavriel Kay’s
work has been described as “elegant, sweeping and colorful” (San Francisco Chronicle), “resonant and
powerful” (Washington Post Book World),
and “wonderfully imaginative” (Publishers
Weekly). A #1 bestseller in Canada and an international award-winning
author, Kay has often blurred the
lines of genre. Like A.S. Byatt who
conceives of fantasy as an alternative to—rather than an escape from—everyday
life, Kay uses elements of the
fantastic to examine themes of history. River
of Stars is a grand-scale, emotionally compelling work that evokes a
magnificent period through vividly realized characters.
In support of the April 2, 2013 North American publication
of “River of Stars” by Guy Gavriel Kay, Wunderkind PR is giving away ONE ADVANCE READING COPY of “River of Stars”!!! To enter, please send
an email to fbcgiveaway@gmail.com with
your Name, Mailing Address, and the subject: RIVER OF STARS. Giveaway has ended. Thank you for entering and Good
Luck!
GIVEAWAY RULES:
1) Open To North
American Residents Only
2) Only One Entry Per
Household (Multiple Entries Will Be Disqualified)
3) Must Enter Valid Email Address, Mailing Address + Name
4) No Purchase Necessary
5) Giveaway Has Ended
6) Winners Will Be Randomly Selected and Notified By Email
7) Personal Information Will Only Be Used In Mailing Out the
Prizes to the Winners
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4 comments:
This sucks man!! Only for north americans? Us international readers find it very difficult to get books from our favourite SFF authors. And most of the e-books on amazon aren't downloadable from here, so we have to order in hardcopies from The US with shipping rates far exceeding the price of the book itself. People like GGK just don't publish in smashwords. so, we would sincerely appreciate it if future giveaways are open globally
Hi Darkest Lord. I understand your disappointment. Unfortunately, the ARC is for the North American version of "River of Stars" which is published by Penguin Group (the UK version is published by HarperCollins), and since the book will be provided/shipped not by FBC, but by Wunderkind PR, there are, sadly, restrictions.
The only time we can open giveaways to everyone is if we're shipping the books ourselves, or the publisher is willing to ship worldwide, which is rarely the case. So our apologies, and we'll try and do better in the future...
23I know some people will get insulted, but I just can't understand why people insist on calling the stuff that this guy writes fantasy. His first couple of books were fantasy, and everything after was something pretending to be fantasy.
what would you call alt history with a little magic?
it may not be secondary world fantasy sure but fantasy is a much larger field than that