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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 hard work of the folks at Orbit, they’ve provided us glorious, high-resolution maps of both The Night Angel Trilogy and The Black Prism. Check out Midcyru here, and The Seven Satrapies here. Or you can follow the links from my Extras page here.

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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 speakers, my interviewer, Horst Hermann von Allworden, has graciously provided an English translation here as well!

Oh wait, that’s me talking in English–it just sounds like English run through Google translate and back again. Which reminds me of a classic (possibly apocryphal) example of a phrase run unsuccessfully through the translation grinder:

The vodka is strong, but the meat is rotten!

(The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.)

And on to Spain, land of Cervantes, whom I have it on good authority Random House Mondadori actually rejected. (Okay, I made that up.) Mondadori has just released the 2nd book in the Night Angel Trilogy! (W00t!) To get a copy of Al Filo de Las Sombras in Spain, click here. To just check out my Spanish-as-in-Spain webpage, go here.

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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 item at the top of the list. My name is Brent; I’m here to help.)

I would do an obnoxious end zone dance now, but it’d probably end up like this. (Rest of world: here.)

Quick recap: Locus is the SFF industry mag. In addition to the biggies, Locus also draws from independent and specialty book sellers (where a ton of SFF is sold) and also includes Canadian book stores. And of course, it’s only listing sci-fi and fantasy books! In case you’re feeling cynical, here’s the link to the official Locus Magazine Bestseller List webpage to prove it I didn’t mock up a counterfeit “bestseller” list. As if! (Hmm, counterfeit lists, there’s an idea…)

Seriously, thanks to all of you who bought The Black Prism and helped put me up there. It was quite a shock to find it.

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New (Spanish) Website!

Spanish language cover
(click to enlarge)

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 for reviews & comments, a count-down clock to the release of Al Filo De La Sombras, and links to a Spanish “Weekipedia”!!

As you astute readers might have guessed, the Weekipedia is a spot for Spanish-speakers to indulge their love the Night Angel Trilogy by sharing with factoids on characters, places, and events in the Night Angel universe!

Plus, you can get a peek at the new cover of soon-to-be-released Al Filo De La  Sombras.

(To us Spanish-speaking-ignoramuses, that’s The Shadow’s Edge.)

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Russia Reads the Trilogy

Maybe not ALL of Russia – but the final book of the Night Angel Trilogy is now available for all you Russian readers – or readers with Russian friends !

And they’ve got Kylar Stern surrounded. Hot chick on his right, army on his left, and bad-assed beastie behind him… well, even Kylar Stern could use a little help. Looks like no one’s safe!

Of course, this is Brent Weeks! So we already knew that.

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In Hungarian: Az Arnyak Utjan

Ok, ok, so the above doesn’t have all the cool accents etc. that the REAL Hungarian title does.

For those who can actually read Hungarian – or just like seeing the Trilogy in all its polylingual glory – here’s the Hungarian cover of The Way of Shadows:

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A New Look at Shadows…

When senior design student Herman Chaneco was tasked with designing covers for a book series – which shadowy trilogy  do you think he picked?

Herman Chaneco has managed to pull of some stunning light-and-shadows art here with his own creations for the Night Angel Trilogy covers. As he put it: “Notice that the shadows create two images. One fills in the typography and the other light source creates the character.”

Pretty amazing art!

Here are the three covers, in order, with two shots each so you can see the covers with the light at different angles:

Was it just my imagination, or did that shadow just take a swipe at me with a sword?

The Way of Shadows

Those wetboys… always creeping around on ceilings where you can’t notice them…

The Shadow’s Edge

Somehow, Chaneco managed to make it look like Kylar could be either beyond or in the shadows… at the same time.

Beyond the Shadows

Many thanks to Herman Chaneco for sharing his hard work, I’m pumped I get to share it with you all (and I’m pretty sure he got an A+)!

If any of you has some great original Night Angel Trilogy or Black Prism visual art, feel free to send it to me at brent@brentweeks.com. Mostly because I love to see it–but every once in a while, if I’m confronted with awesome, I may ask your permission to share them with everyone.

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Announcing the Awesomest FAQ Page EVER

Well, maybe not ever. But pretty sweet, regardless. Not only does it have the answers to a lot of your questions, but I’ll go out on a limb and say it’s an entertaining read, too!

Determined to get an autographed copy of The Black Prism? Wondering how to get published? Hoping for help with your homework?

Check out the brand new FAQ page for this… and more!

And no, I don’t think “Awesomest” is a real word. Yet.

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Brent at Powell’s Sci-Fi Authorfest IV

Brent at last year's SciFi Authorfest. Definitely not fungible!

Catch Brent (and many other fun, funky, frequently fungible fantasy fiction writers!) at Powell’s Fourth annual book-signing extravaganza on November 14th at 5pm at Powell’s Books in Cedar Hills Crossing.

Other authors include Lilith Saintcrow, Ilona Andrews, Devon Monk, Gail Carriger, Jay Lake… and the list goes on!

Go here for directions, and here for more info on the event. Hope to see lots of you locals there!

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At the Edge of the Shadow–Russian Cover

… or in Russian, “At The Edge of the Shadow”. As well as I can tell, EKSMO has renamed the trilogy “Masters of Might and Magic”. Many thanks to the alert reader who let us know that the Russian cover for the second book is now available online.  Once again, the artist has pulled things from the book in a great way. Notice the divided background between day and night which puts Kylar right at–well, you know.

Lots more details from the series on this cover. Can’t wait to see what they do for the third book in the trilogy!

*EDIT* Apparently, the “Masters of Might and Magic” is an imprint under which EKSMO publishes foreign fantasy books. Thank you to Aleks for the heads up!

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