Bantam, the publisher of mega-author George R.R. Martin, has just released the official blurb which will appear on the dust jacket of the novel.

It’s a sad day indeed when we have to get so excited as something as small as this, but… well, there it is. It sounds pretty damn awesome, if you ask me and Martin has yet to let me down (A Feast for Crows haters be damned) and this novel has many of my favourite characters (No Jaime = *sad face*…) and I’m looking forward to seeing Martin show us once again why he’s on top of the industry.

The blurb (which contains spoilers for the earlier novels in the series) is hidden after the jump.
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I just thought some of you might be interested in what Jeff is doing over at his blog, Fantasy Book News & Reviews. In the face of a new baby (congrats, Jeff!), he’s decided that instead of spending the little time he has reading and writing reviews, he would instead become an index for all the different reviews available on the myriad of Speculative Fiction blogs out there.

The index is a little sparse right now, but it shows a lot of promise and once he fills out the content with more blogs, it’s sure to be a great resource for those looking to hunt down reviews of the novels they’re looking to read. He’s planning on going back at least two years for each blog, so he’s sure to have a huge breadth of novels in no time!

If you’re interested, you can check out the Author Review Index HERE.

And the winner of the Advance Reader Copy of Terry Brooks upcoming Graphic Novel, Dark Wraith of Shannara is…

*Drumroll*

Teresa Warner

Congratulations, Teresa! I’ll be dropping it in the mail for you on monday! This giveaway was a huge success, with an impressive number of submissions! Thanks to all who entered.

Patrick Rothfuss, acclaimed author of The Name of the Wind, has taken some flak in the recent weeks after it was announced that his second novel, The Wise Man’s Fear, would miss its April 2008 release date. This was especially aggravating when Rothfuss and his publisher, DAW, indicated that the second and third books were finished even before they signed Rothfuss.

Well, Rothfuss has come out with a post on his official blog about the matter and, to be frank, if the delay doesn’t seem fair after reading the reasoning behind it, you’ve no heart at all.

You can find the whole explanation HERE.

My best wishes go out to Pat and his family and I, for one, will be as patient as needed to give Pat the time he needs to make the novel as perfect as possible.

UPDATE – April 13th, 2009: For a more recent look at the delays behind The Wise Man’s Fear click HERE.

In celebration of their tenth year in publishing, EOS, Robin Hobb’s current US publisher, is giving away a free e-version of the first novel in her latest series, The Soldier Son Trilogy, called Shaman’s Crossing

Hobb is one of the premier authors in the fantasy genre and, in my opinion, Shaman’s Crossing, is well worth the read, especially at that price!

You can head HERE to find out more about the book and take EOS up on their offer!