Hmm… I don’t seem to have anything new and noteworthy to report today. Can anyone point me to something I might have missed over the weekend?
Instead, I’m going to do a shout out to some of the best book blogs that have supported us this past year. This is by no means a comprehensive list but just a quick way to say thanks so much for reading, reviewing, supporting, tweeting, challenging and blogging for Voyager this year!!
Some great books blogs:
Floor-to-Ceiling Books
Book Chick City
The Wertzone
The Speculative Scotsman
A Genteel Blackhole
Wondrous Reads
Book Smugglers
A Dribble of Ink
Walker of Worlds
On the fifth day of Christmas, Voyager recommends to you…
ROYAL EXILE — FIONA MCINTOSH
Recommended by: Amy McCulloch, Voyager Assistant Editor
“A fantastic start to a trilogy, set in a wonderfully realised, exotic locale making this a truly transportative novel from the brilliant Aussie writer. I first read Fiona’s The Quickening trilogy while in Australia and paid more attention to the book than to the Great Ocean Road (sorry Oz); I’ve been an avid fan ever since.” – Amy
From out of the East they spread like a merciless plague — destroying kingdom after kingdom and the sovereigns who had previously mocked the warlord Loethar and his barbarian horde. Now only one land remains unconquered — the largest, richest, and most powerful realm of the Denova Set…Penraven. The Valisar royals of Penraven face certain death, for the savage tyrant Loethar covets what they alone possess: the fabled Valisar Enchantment, an irresistible power to coerce, which will belong to Loethar once every Valisar has been slain. But the last hope of the besieged kingdom is being sent in secret from his doomed home, in the company of a single warrior. The future of Penraven now rests on the shoulders of the young Crown Prince Leonel who, though untried and untested in the ways of war, must survive brutality and treachery in order to claim the Valisar throne.
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Originally from Brighton, Fiona McIntosh moved to Australia in her teens and forged a successful career in travel – running a business with her husband – before becoming a writer. She continues her work and on top of this not only writes at least two books a year, but also spearheads the Fab Fantasy Bookclub – Australia’s premier fantasy bookclub. She lives in southern Australia with her husband, her two lovely sons, two mad dogs and two insane birds.
Want to know more about Fiona McIntosh?
Visit her official website
List of Fiona’s Voyager books
Out now from Fiona McIntosh:
Tyrant’s Blood (Paperback, July 2010)
After a decade of occupation, the Denova Empire is flourishing under Loethar’s rule as he urges the people of the Steppes to integrate with the West. But Loethar is bored with peace – and so is Leo, the usurped heir, who still lives in hiding, eager to stake his claim to the Valisar throne.
Freath continues his double life, secretly loyal to the Valisars but working as sage counsel to the Empire. But he risks all to contact the rebel, Kilt Faris, and finds his life may be forfeit.
A new evil is stirring… and only one person knows that the legendary Valisar Enchantment is rising. Soon the wars and destruction that formed an empire will seem a squabble by comparison to the darkness that threatens…
List of Fiona’s Voyager books
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We have x5 copies of Fiona McIntosh’ s Royal Exile to giveaway this month. Five lucky winners will each receive a copy of her latest novel. Click below to read an extract.
All you need to do is email us at thevoyager@harpercollins.co.uk with the subject line ‘Fiona McIntosh’. Winners will be announced by the end of July.
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Our authors have brought you some wonderful worlds to escape into this year, from favourite destinations, such as Midkemia and the Rain Wilds, to virgin territories like Thesia and The Devona Set; so many in fact, that it would be impossible – ok, annoying – to list them all for you in one newsletter. So here’s just a taste of the adventures Voyager fans enjoyed – or have yet to enjoy – from the year 2009…
Tags: Cory Doctorow, Fiona McIntosh, Galileo's Dream, George R.R. Martin, Jack Vance, Kim Harrison, Kim Stanley Robinson, Little Brother, Midkemia, Neil Gaiman, Peter V. Brett, Raymond E. Feist, Robin Hobb, Songs of the Dying Earth, Stephen Hunt, The Dragon Keeper, The Painted Man, The Rise of the Iron Moon, Tyrant's Blood, Valisar trilogy, White Witch Black Curse
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