David Anthony Durham is giving away an audio copy of his latest novel, ACACIA: The War with the Mein, over at his blog. ACACIA is well worth the read… er, listen and entering the contest is as easy as signing up for his forum (where you’ll often find me laying down the law!) and entering in a thread there.
I’m confident to say that ACACIA was one of the biggest surprises for me this year. Durham crafted a terrific novel that tackles a lot of topics not often seen in the Fantasy genre. you can find my full review HERE and the interview I did with Durham HERE.
Check out Durham’s blog post about the contest HERE. Good luck!
Brandon Sanderson is a hard working guy. As you’re about to find out, his first published novel, Elantris is actually the 13th novel he wrote! 13! And who said that was an unlucky number? Clearly Sanderson is passionate about what he does (write Fantasy novels) and it shows in his work. Elantris, “was Brandon’s first published book. A stand-alone epic fantasy novel, the book won the Romantic Times award for best epic fantasy of 2005, was chosen by Barnes and Noble.com editors as the best fantasy or sf book of the year, and is forthcoming in fourteen languages (about half of which have been released as of September of 2007.)” (pulled from 
I’m a HUGE fan of R.A. Salvatore’s DemonWars Saga and anything related to it. I still rank the fourth novel, Mortalis among one of the most engaging and emotionally charged novels I’ve ever read. So, it’s understandable that I was pretty darn excited when I saw this on 