A busy morning with much to recommend it

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I awoke this morning to a bit of an email bombardment, due in no small part to some combined forces on Twitter – but it was all good. First of all, I was alerted that John Scalzi is at it again; and by “it” I mean “being very smart, compassionate, and helpful when it comes to his fellow writers.” Thanks tremendously, John – and thanks also to Warren, who plugged my name into the alert as someone you, the readers, can reasonably support by following John’s suggestions and advice.

Next up – I learned that Boneshaker has made it to the Locus 2009 recommended reading list. I’d like to extend my profuse and heartfelt thanks to the Locus folks — for they have been very kind to me.

And speaking of books — just for a moment, books that are not Boneshaker — my marvelous agent reminds me that today is the trade paperback release day for last year’s hardback debut, Fathom. And now I’m going to copy that agent and repost the starred Publishers Weekly review, in the hope that it might entice you to take a chance on it.

“A decidedly dark departure from Priest’s Eden Moore saga (Four and Twenty Blackbirds, etc.), this stand-alone novel is equal parts horror, contemporary fantasy and apocalyptic thriller. During a summer vacation to her aunt’s coastal Florida home, innocent teen Nia sees her cousin Bernice commit a brutal murder and then get dragged into the ocean by a monstrous water witch. Nia becomes inadvertently entangled in a conflict between primordial creatures that endangers the very existence of humankind.

Entombed in stone for countless years, Nia eventually emerges from her cocoon transformed, only to realize that an old god is close to awakening and destroying the world. Priest’s haunting lyricism and graceful narrative are complemented by the solemn, cynical thematic undercurrents with a tangible gravity and depth. This is arguably her most ambitious—and accomplished—work to date.” –Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Because this is a Macmillan title, it is (as yet) unavailable through Amazon.com — but you can grab it in lots of other places!


And finally, speaking of new edition birthdays — my friend Mark Henry‘s debut Happy Hour of the Damned appears today in mass market (pocketbook paperback) form!

Keep your eyes open for this one; and if you like the sound of exquisitely bitchy undead hilarity, then for heaven’s sake, pick this one up.

Click here to discover all the places that sell it — and don’t forget: The same University Book Store that sells signed copies of my books also sells signed copies of Mark’s.

(While you’re poking around on Mark’s page, allow me to recommend preordering his latest, Battle of the Network Zombies. Scroll down here for all the details.)

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