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I love it when some of my favorite things come together into one great collectible item!

• Peter V. Brett is one of the nicest and most fun writers you will ever meet.
• Subterranean Press is a small specialty press producing some of the highest quality fully illustrated editions of fantasy and science fiction books in the marketplace.
• The Warded Man, titled The Painted Man in the UK, is one of the breakout debut books of 2009.

Put all of those together with a gorgeous cover, and one great book is forthcoming!

Subterranean Press announced today that they will be producing The Great Bazaar and Other Stories, a collection of short stories set in the same demon-ridden world as The Warded Man. It will contain a long new sotyr, as well as several outtakes from the first novel in the series—really, standalone short stories themselves—as well as additional material to flesh out Brett’s bravura storytelling.

In addition to the small trade hardcover, Subterranean Press is producing only 200 signed numbered copies, which, given Brett and epic fantasy’s popularity, are certain to sell quickly!

The Great Bazaar and Other Stories will be released in January 2010.

Also announced today is a very cool limited edition of Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself, the first volume of one of the grittiest, most exciting, bloody epic fantasy trilogies to come down the pike in over a decade. As Joe is also one of the best fantasy writers going right now, read more about the Subterranean Press edition HERE!

I love beautiful special editions! Nice job, Subterranean!

Whew! Talk about an energetic chat, eh? Peter V. Brett and Robert V.S. Redick covered everything from writing and research, inspiration, movie deals, book sequels, and gave us a look at some really awesome artwork! So, maybe you’d like to take them home with you…in chat window form, that is.

Be our guest! You can find the embed code for the archived chat below. Just an FYI, in the future, instead of doing these quick posts with the embed code, I will be adding it to the bottom of the chat window post. So look for it there in the future! In the meantime, enjoy all the goodness that was:

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In just two hours Robert V.S. Redick (The Red Wolf Conspiracy) and Peter V. Brett (The Warded Man, or internationally The Painted Man) will be chatting live here on Suvudu. These two authors represent two exciting new voices in fantasy fiction and we’re thrilled to be able to bring them to you live.

There’s still time to submit your questions early, if you’d like to do so. You can send them in to us at info@suvudu. Or, you can hang out and ask the questions yourself during the live chat. The choice is yours.

So use these next couple of hours to tidy up your loose ends for the afternoon, shuffle your calendar, and get ready to chat with a couple authors (and all around cool guys). We’ll see you there…soon!

Catch the Live Chat here: Peter V. Brett and Robert V.S. Redick Live Chat

Oh, and the legal here: Official Sweepstakes Rules

So, tomorrow Peter V. Brett (author of The Warded Man) and Robert V.S. Redick (author of The Red Wolf Conspiracy) will be live chatting with Suvudu and you! We’re really excited to be able to bring them here as they are, in our humble opinions, exciting new voices in the fantasy genre.

Anyway, how would you like to win a copy of either The Warded Man or The Red Wolf Conspiracy? All you need to do is send in a question for either Mr. Brett or Mr. Redick to be entered into a sweepstakes to win one copy of their book*. To be clear, we’ll be selecting two people from those who submit early questions; one will win a copy of The Warded Man and one will win a copy of The Red Wolf Conspiracy. Pretty cool, no?

Also, be sure to attend the chat to see your questions answered by the authors and/or to follow up with them live. Send yourself a reminder using the form below and we’ll see you back here for the chat tomorrow!

Read the Official Sweepstakes Rules here!

The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett has now made its splash on this side of the pond, in the United States.

And it seems like it was a large enough splash to create more than a few ripples!

A great deal goes into a book release, and even more goes into a great book release both here in the US and in the UK. A fantastic cover in both countries. Check. An artful book layout in both countries. Check. Excellent publicity in both countries. Check. But above all, a great yarn!

Check!

Well, some bloggers out there on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are heralding The Warded Man and I had to share what some of them are saying! Here are some short excerpts from bloggers who have reviewed The Warded Man (titled The Painted Man in the UK) with links to their reviews, followed by some thoughts from Peat about the Wards that make up his series:

• A Dribble of Ink: “As debut novels go, Brett’s The Warded Man stands among the best.”
• Grasping For the Wind: “I cannot recommend The Warded Man highly enough.”
• Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review: “Not only did I enjoy what I’d read but I’m left in the position of eagerly waiting to find out what’s to come…”
• Dave Brenden’s Fantasy & Sci-Fi Weblog: “You will find yourself reading late into the evening, hoping beyond hope that the wards will hold, hoping that you will not be cored when you finish the novel, you may find yourself thinking that the wait for Book Two may be too long.”
• Blood of the Muse: “Let’s get this out of the way first. The Warded Man is the best debut novel since Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind.”

Here is Peat on the magic in his book:

Read a Special Extended Excerpt with introduction from Anne Lesley Groell, Senior Editor Del Rey/Spectra.

Don’t you think it is time to read The Warded Man and see for yourself!

As I’ve said, I am a sucker for a great looking cover. And despite featuring Peter V. Brett several times in the last five or six days—with one more coming tomorrow probably when I talk about booth signings at the NY Comic Con—I just had to do it again today thanks to the UK cover art for The Desert Spear, the sequel to The Painted Man!

I know Peat is one mere chapter away from finishing The Desert Spear, but looking at that cover makes me want the book now!

I wonder what he thinks of the cover art? Are you around, Peat?

Hope you all enjoy it!

One of the best and finest aspects of the internet(s) is the amount of sci-fi/fantasy blogs out there, all catering to the writers, editors and publishers who make up the publishing industry but all bringing their own voice and opinions and ideas to the masses.

I really like featuring them whenever I can.

And this is one of those instances!

Aidan Moher over at A Dribble of Ink has conducted a very amusing, informative and free-flowing Interview with Peter V. Brett, author of the debut novel The Painted Man (UK) /The Warded Man (US).

Definitely go check it out! It is worth the read!