The Black Prism is coming to Germany! With a brand-new name (Schwarzes Licht) and a brand-new cover (more in line with The Night Angel Trilogy), you can get it online or in bookstores in October 2011! Take a sneak peek at the cover and pre-order here. For another look at Schwarzes Licht, complete with picture of smiling [...]
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Hear The Black Prism on GraphicAudio!
Got a long plane ride home from holidays with the relatives? Still stuck in your plowed-in Ford Fiesta trying to avoid the 50th round of “I SPY” and “20 Questions”? Time will fly (even if your plane is grounded) if you’re listening to the first audio installment of The Black Prism! Just think of it [...]
2010 Goodreads Choice Award
– is now open for voting! And some strange guy snuck onto the final ballot. Here’s the most important question you can ask yourself this holiday: what can I do to help Brent Weeks? Well, I’m glad you asked. First, egg nog. Second, put The Black Prism at the top of the list as readers’ [...]
This Post is Not Endorsed by Joss Whedon*
Is Joss Whedon your master? Do you believe in goats? Have you ever thought, “This capitalistic society has put far too much money in my pockets!”? Have you ever, once, just once, wanted to Do The Right Thing? Even if he isn’t, you don’t, you haven’t, you can’t imagine such a thing (respectively), you should [...]
Pick a Page, Any Page!
Well, not any page. Page 69, to be exact. If you’ve ever opened up a book, read a random page, and then decided whether or not to buy it — you’ll understand the idea behind The Page 69 Test. Needless to say, the 69th page of The Black Prism offers an intriguing glimpse into the [...]
Far, Far Away — or in Your Backyard?
To everyone who’s ever dreamed of owning The Night Angel Trilogy in Yiddish… Your wait is not over! BUT if you’re looking for a handy guide to the available international editions of The Night Angel Trilogy and The Lightbringer Series - then you’ve come to the right place. We now have an International Editions page, and [...]
Navigate the 7 Satrapies and Midcyru
Wish you could see high-resolution, full-page version of the maps in my books? Frustrated with the resolution on your Kindle or other electronic paraphrenalia? Wish for an excuse to pull out your iPad at random gatherings and show everyone how cool you are? Well, wish no more — we now have maa-aaps! Thanks to the [...]
Moin–or Hola–Europa!
Besides being of at least 1/16th German extraction, I’ve got another reason to love the country – they have lots of fantasy fans! And now I’ve got a killer interview with sci-fi/fantasy German webzine Zauberspiegel. So if you speak German, or even feel vaguely Teutonic during Oktoberfest, come on over here! For those of you non-German [...]
First Place is Second Loser? Hold on…
A while back, I posted about my first book’s leap onto the Locus Best Seller List, where it landed precariously at second place. Well, kids, let this be a lesson to you. Don’t complain about coming in second, or this might happen: (Click to admire my helpful highlighting. Cuz, ya know, it’s hard to find the [...]
New (Spanish) Website!
In Spain, they tell me, el asasino perfecto no tiene amigos, sino objectivos. Thanks to the hard work of our friends in Spain at Random House Mondadori, we’ve got a fantastic new Spanish-language website! It’s got something for everyone: a quiz competition for a FREE copy of the second book (coming out November 19th!), a place [...]
