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Posted by Karen

Long-time fan got this incredible tattoo! Check it out!

Sam Lagrandeur shared the progress of his sleeve/shoulder piece with us.

“A closer look at the wards on my arm that surround the angel on my shoulder. If you haven’t read ‘The Demon Cycle’ book series by Peter V. Brett get into it!!! I have a copies of the first 4 novels. so good I got inked like the ward man who kills demons in the night with his bare hands!”

The shading is so impressive and those symbols are are spot-on! Tattoo artist/warder is Bree.

It looks great from every angle!

Gorgeous and powerful ink, Sam. No demon’s going to mess with you!

The Warded Man hardcover is now available online only! Check it out on Amazon or Books-A-Million.

Don’t forget we’re running two contests right now! You can enter O Protegido Ward Contest here and The Great Bazaar Drabble Contest here!

Posted on July 3, 2015 at 8:00 am by Hannah
Filed under Craft, Fan Art, Fans, Karen, Tweephole, Uncategorized, Warded Art, Warded Man
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Want to win a signed copy of O Protegido, the Brazilian translation of The Warded Man? Then, join this fan contest we are doing with the Brazilian blog INtocados. You can check out the original post here.

To participate, you must:

• Live in Brazil! No outside entries, please.
• Draw a ward on yourself! This can be as simple or as creative as you want.
• Take a creative photo of it (e.g. somewhere outdoors, around objects, animals or people … the possibilities are endless!)
• Send your picture to contest@www.petervbrett.com no later than July 16th.

For prizes, we will be giving away 2 signed copies of O Protegido plus some awesome warded dice and some English copies of The Great Bazaar & Brayan’s Gold.

Need some inspiration? You can find the full grimoire of wards and their descriptions in this public Facebook album: https://t.co/8eD7TIccER.

Or check out this fun walk through of Demon Cycle books Peat did at the JABberwocky offices:

Also, be sure to check out the Drabble contest (open to everyone!) to win more awesome Demon Cycle prizes.

Posted on July 2, 2015 at 1:00 pm by Hannah
Filed under Brazil, Fan Art, Fans, Karen
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Posted by Karen

Hi everyone! I’m Karen, Peat’s new assistant. I’ll be taking over as Meg goes to pursue her MFA (Masters in Fighting Alagai). Best of luck, Meg!!

I want to jump straight into a contest with a giveaway of Peat’s The Great Bazaar & Brayan’s Gold, new paperback edition, on sale July 7, 2015 from Tachyon Publications!

The Great Bazaar is the exciting tale of how Arlen found the lost city of Anoch Sun.

The book contains other Arlen adventures, a glossary, and for the first time ever in print, a complete, up-to-date ward grimoire. It’s a must-have addition to The Demon Cycle. Also there are snow demons. It’s awesome.

Intrigued?

For this contest, we’re asking you to craft a drabble. A drabble is…

“A short work of fiction, about one hundred words, not including the title. A drabble is all about brevity, testing the author’s ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.”

We’re very excited about this contest. We’ll be picking several winners. Can’t wait to see your entries!

Entering is easy. Just follow three simple steps…

Step 1: Write a drabble set in The Demon Cycle world that contains an original character or original demon (or both).

Step 2: Send your drabble to Contest@www.petervbrett.com by July 8, 2015. The drabble should be a MAXIMUM of 100 words.

Step 3: Prosper.

This contest is international. Everyone is encouraged to enter! If  you need inspiration, check out this quick overview of the Demon Cycle world: https://www.petervbrett.com/creations/

Winners will receive a paperback copy of The Great Bazaar and bragging rights!

Good luck!

You can also pre-order The Great Bazaar and Brayan’s Gold here!

Posted on June 29, 2015 at 8:00 am by Hannah
Filed under Brayan's Gold, Contests, Great Bazaar, Karen, Tachyon, Writing
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Posted by Meg

It’s here!! The fourth book in the Demon Cycle, The Skull Throne Part 1 or Tron z czaszek Ks. I  has been released in Poland!

You can purchase your copy of Tron z czaszek Ks. I  today!

The Polish editions of the books are always special to us, because accompanying the translated story are many beautiful illustrations crafted by artist Dominik Broniek.

Publisher Fabryka S?ów has allowed us to feature some of the initial sketches on facebook.

Here you can see the illustration process from sketch to finished piece:

The Warded Man hardcover is now available online only! Check it out on Amazon or Books-A-Million.

The Skull Throne is now on sale in the U.S./U.K.! Order the U.S. edition here or visit Waterstones or UK Amazon for the U.K. version.

Posted on June 26, 2015 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Meg

Peat travels to Phoenix ComicCon, works on The Core and looks forward to the release of The Great Bazaar and Brayan’s Gold from Tachyon on July 14th.

• @PVBrett – The opening chapter of The Core may make some people’s heads explode.
• @PVBrett – So @laurenalexg borrowed my suitcase for #phxcc. I forgot & jumped when I opened it and found this. #cosplay

• @PVBrett – So, like, what do y’all do in Phoenix when not hanging out with nerds in a convention center?
• @PVBrett – Tequila is like an awesome one-night stand that leaves you with the clap.
• @PVBrett – Reader: I love your worldbuilding. How do you do it? Me: It helps to have a god complex and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• @PVBrett – Found 2006 stepsheet for a book called Mind Demons, which eventually became Desert Spear. In it I’d shipped Rojer & Leesha. So bizarre now.
• @PVBrett – Lots of people confused about my use of “ship”. I am hip to the kids’ lingo. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shipping …
• @PVBrett – The mass market of The Great Bazaar & Brayan’s gold comes out from @TachyonPub June 14. So close I can smell it. https://www.blackgate.com/2015/06/02/future-treasures-the-great-bazaar-brayans-gold-by-peter-v-brett/ …

• @PVBrett – Impossible to explain to a 6 year old why Empire Strikes Back is better than Return of the Jedi. Some things you learn when you’re older.
• @PVBrett – We limit ourselves when we confuse “can’t” with “won’t”.
• @PVBrett – Oh, the sweet thrill of weeding out a new POV before it can fully take root… #thecore
• @PVBrett – No school for teacher conference day, so I am home-schooling Cassie about IHOP. http://t.co/teAldQ66RI

• @PVBrett – Cassie calls this my Speter Marker shirt, and that is just awesome. http://t.co/xdXmdVum9T

• @PVBrett – Don’t get how NYC psychic storefronts stay in business when rent crushes everyone else. Mob fronts? Drug deals? Precognitive investments?
• @PVBrett – So @laurenalexg has never heard of Time Bandits. I searched my DVDs, Amazon instant video and iTunes to no avail. Did I just imagine it?
• @PVBrett – Renna’s beautiful knife made by @FreijyaMc was left in UK so TSA wouldn’t confiscate. Finally home where it belongs. http://t.co/XFTibo7BZ2

• @PVBrett – Over 100 questions in my Reddit/Books AMA yesterday, and I answered them all. If you missed it, they’re all here: http://t.co/DXnw8kekqR
• @PVBrett – Spent the afternoon in a restaurant completely filled with family sprung from my immigrant grandparents. Amazing.
• @PVBrett – That moment when you give up trying to figure out who’s first, second, third, or removed, and just call everyone “cousin”.
• @PVBrett – I am not unaware of its flaws, but Wheel of Time is one of the few series that even now can bring tears to my eyes with a few key sentences.
• @PVBrett – I have always wondered if Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police was about Sauron.
• @PVBrett – It took me four months to realize my new iMac doesn’t have a DVD drive.
• @PVBrett – Stepsheet for The Core is done. 103 pages of bulleted notes. So psyched about this book. Start on prose Monday.
• @PVBrett – Father’s Day is on Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year when demons are weakest. Coincidence?
• @PVBrett – I’m pretty sure Cassie has never seen me in a tie. #geekdadproblems

The Warded Man hardcover is now available online only! Check it out on Amazon or Books-A-Million.

The Skull Throne is now on sale in the U.S./U.K.! Order the U.S. edition here or visit Waterstones or UK Amazon for the U.K. version.

Posted on June 22, 2015 at 8:00 am by Hannah
Filed under Events, Meg, Phoenix ComicCon, Tachyon, The Core, Tweephole
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