Perhaps you've read Paul Kearney before... or perhaps you haven't. Maybe you've wondered about The Macht saga from afar, or ogled the omnibus editions of The Monarchies of God and wondered: would I like this?
Well yes, you would. Or at the very least, you should. I don't think it's spoiling the reviews of Corvus and Kings of Morning you'll be seeing from me subsequently to say that they're terrific books, to a one. Reading through these three volumes over the past three weeks has been a beautiful, bloody, bittersweet experience, and I'm officially on board with whatever Kearney writes next. Up to and including this Spartacus tie-in.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet, because in a rare turn of events, I've got some books to give away. I enjoyed this series so much that I wanted to get it into the hands of a few good folks, and Solaris have been more generous than I could have hoped for. They've offered not one, not two, but three complete sets of all three volumes of The Macht saga.
Which is to say, if you can answer this simple question correctly, you'll be in with a chance of winning copies of The Ten Thousand, Corvus and Kings of Morning, which hasn't even been released yet, here in the UK.
You don't have to be British to stand a chance, either! Entries are welcome from the UK, the US, and Europe too. All you have to do tell me:
You don't have to be British to stand a chance, either! Entries are welcome from the UK, the US, and Europe too. All you have to do tell me:
Which of the United Kingdoms
does Paul Kearney come from?
Simple, isn't it? And if you're not so sure, you'll find the answer somewhere in the text of yesterday's review of The Ten Thousand.
All I'd ask is that you send along your guesses to thespeculativescotsman [at] gmail [dot] com and mark you subject headers "The Macht Saga".
I'm going to let this one run for a week at least, so there's time to get your entries in, and then tell your friends so they can try their hands as well. At the end of that period, our lucky winners will be picked at random, as ever, to the envy of everybody who isn't one.
That's it! Go on, now. You know you want to... and if you don't, well, I beg to differ. :P
### EDIT @16:47 ###
Actually, that thing about a Spartacus tie-in? Turns out that's Amazon trying to make a monkey of me: it's being written by a Mark Morris, and the page only updated today. Never mind I've been secretly excited about it for months.
Anyway, go go giveaway!
### EDIT @16:47 ###
Actually, that thing about a Spartacus tie-in? Turns out that's Amazon trying to make a monkey of me: it's being written by a Mark Morris, and the page only updated today. Never mind I've been secretly excited about it for months.
Anyway, go go giveaway!
This is a trully fantastic giveaway! Thank you so much for giving us a tripple chance to win this great series. I've already sent an email to enter the competition! :)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Paul's had to pull out of the SPARTACUS novel, which is now being written by someone else.
ReplyDeleteHis next project is completing the SEA-BEGGARS trilogy so Solaris can publish all three books in one volume, I believe at the end of this year.
@Antonakis - Well may the best man win. Or woman! But no children, there's too many intestines. :)
ReplyDelete@Adam - Oh. Well that's... actually rather disappointing. He'd have been a great fit, wouldn't he? On the swords and sandals at least; I'm not sure how he'd handle the sex.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll have to be content with The Sea Beggars. A whole new trilogy to me, and I bet that'll be dandy.
Anyway, I've updated the post to reflect the actual facts. My thanks for the save, sir.