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Showing posts with label Evans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evans. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Iron Elves On the Road

Well, it's really the author Chris Evans, who is hitting the road on a book tour. The last book in his Iron Elves Trilogy, "Ashes of a Black Frost" was just released on the 18th and to promote it, he's doing book signings.Can't make it to one of his stops? Here's a video you can watch where Chris talks about the series, how he got into it and his feelings about it.


Chris will be visiting bookstores around these dates:

Nov 1                                                                      Nov 4
Flint, MI                                                                   Chattanooga, TN
Lansing, MI                                                              Atlanta, GA
BattleCreek, MI

Nov 2                                                                     Nov 5
Kalamazoo, MI                                                       Macon, GA
Ft. Wayne, IN                                                         Savannah, GA
Indianapolis, IN
Louisville, KY

Nov 3
Elizabethtown, KY
Bowling Green, KY
Nashville, TN

 He'll be tweeting while on the road, you can follow along if you like or follow his posts on facebook. Want to know more about the books or about Chris? Try these websites:

www.chrisevansauthor.com

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Winners of The Iron Elves & The Shattered Vine Giveaways


The winner of The Shattered Vine by Laura Anne Gilman is Leigh Ann. Congrats!



The winner of The Iron Elves Trilogy by Chris Evans is Amanda!



Congratulations to the winners. I hope you enjoy the books.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Winners, Winners, Winners!




There are three winners, one for each of the giveaways.

The winner of book 2 of The Vineart Trilogy, "Weight of Stone" by Laura Anne Gilman is Traci Goodwin!

The winner of"The Kingdom of Childhood" by Rebecca Coleman is Melissa (Sat Oct 08 2011)

and, finally, the winner of the "Sleeper's Run" t-shirt is  Melissa Roma!

Congratulations everyone. I've emailed you, remember that I need to hear back from you within 72 hours or I draw a new winner.

Giveaway of The Iron Elves Trilogy by Chris Evans

Thanks to Gallery Books, I have all three books in The Iron Elves Trilogy to giveaway this week.  There's one hardback of "Ashes of a Black Frost", the third and final in the Iron Elves trilogy by Chris Evans, due out October 18th. Also one paperback each of book 1, "A Darkness Forged in Fire", and book 2, "The Light of Burning Shadows". One winner will receive all three books.



Ashes of a Black Frost -
In the bestselling traditions of Terry Brooks, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Bernard Cornwell comes the third novel in the acclaimed epic fantasy series following The Light of Burning Shadows.

Musket and cannon, bow and arrow, and magic and diplomacy vie for supremacy once again in this all-new epic adventure from acclaimed author Chris Evans. As the human-dominated Calahrian Empire struggles to maintain its hold on power in the face of armed rebellion from within, the Iron Elves’ perilous quest to defeat the power-hungry elf witch, the Shadow Monarch, now takes on greater urgency....

Packed with wit, high adventure, and political intrigue, Ashes of Black Frost will hook readers on this bold and exciting series.




The Light of Burning Shadows-   From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. Private Alwyn Renwar of the Iron Elves is having constant, debilitating nightmares of the evil Shadow Monarch-and it's nearly killing him. The magical acorn which the Shadow Monarch planted in the chests of all the reformed Iron Elves during their last campaign carries dark magic, useful in combating the Monarch's minions, but filled with evil and contrary to the nature of elves. In this quick but moving second volume of Evans's Iron Elves series, Private Renwar, Major Konowa Swift Dragon, Sergeant Arkhorn, and the rest of the regiment discover that one of the dark acorn's side effects is turning souls, after death, into ghosts. Private Renwar focuses all his efforts on finding a cure for this curse, while a more worldly battle transpires over a magical falling star, the Jewel of the Desert, which must be found before the Shadow Monarch claims its powers for "Her" own. Evans evokes the era of Napoleon with muskets and slashing swords while neatly mixing in military fantasy, swords and sorcery, and a great deal of success; readers will no doubt end up desperate for the next volume.

A Darkness Forged in Fire-  From Booklist

Konowa Swiftdragon, once commander of the Calahrian Empire’s renowned Iron Elves, is now a disgraced ex-soldier. Though elvish, Konowa is more comfortable with metal and fire than with nature and, like all the Iron Elves, was marked at birth for an ill-omened destiny by the malevolent Shadow Monarch. When a prophetic Red Star falls, awakening lost magic, Konowa is recalled to find it with a new regiment of Iron Elves—except this bunch is the dregs of the military and not even elves. Their journey is plagued by monsters and an unforeseen rebellion, but the worst is to come. The Shadow Monarch’s play for the Star is a ruse masking another intent that Konowa doesn’t see until too late. An earthy, sardonic antihero, Konowa stands uneasily at the crux of a complicated network of loyalties while flanked by a large, colorful cast. Though knotty political machinations confuse the beginning, they eventually add richness to Evans’ militaristic fantasy world, in which magic users mix with musket-wielding soldiers. A truly worrying conclusion hooks readers for book two. --Krista Hutley -
 

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