{"id":122,"date":"2008-02-05T09:18:46","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T17:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2008-02-05T09:19:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T17:19:52","slug":"an-aside-saga-of-the-first-king-sweepstakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/news\/an-aside-saga-of-the-first-king-sweepstakes\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Saga of the First King Sweepstakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aidanmoher.com\/blog\/covers\/the-ancient.jpg\" height=\"500px\" width=\"329px\" alt=\"The Ancient by R.A. Salvatore\" class=\"author_pic_right\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor-forge.com\/\">Tor Books,<\/a> the publisher of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasalvatore.com\">R.A. Salvatore<\/a>&#8216;s upcoming Corona novel, <strong>Saga of the First King<\/strong>, is hosting a contest over at the Novel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagaofthefirstking.com\/\">official web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Up for stakes?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Phone call from R.A. Salvatore himself<\/li>\n<li>Signed Copies of <strong>The Ancient<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A Signed Extended Author Interview on DVD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m dying to get my hands on a copy of this book (if any Tor publicist&#8217;s are reading this, drop me an email!), but unfortunately it looks like the sweepstakes is only open to those who are a part of a bookclub. Which means&#8230; I&#8217;ve got to go start a book club!<\/p>\n<p>You can find the nitty-gritty about the sweepstakes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagaofthefirstking.com\/sweepstakes.asp\">HERE<\/a> and enter <a href=\"https:\/\/app.e2ma.net\/app\/view:Join\/signupId:16700\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks goes out to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com\">Fantasy Book Critic<\/a> for pointing this out in the first place!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tor Books, the publisher of R.A. Salvatore&#8216;s upcoming Corona novel, Saga of the First King, is hosting a contest over at the Novel&#8217;s official web site. Up for stakes? A Phone call from R.A. 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