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It was a tough decision, but the winners for the Warded Contest have been picked!

Grand Prize

The winner will receive a full U.S. Demon Cycle collection: The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, The Daylight War and The Skull Throne as well as the novella, The Great Bazaar and Brayan’s Gold and Messenger’s Legacy. 

Simon and his daughter Alyah win for this beautiful entry of a ward circle:

They also submitted this fantastic warded boomerang. Great to see the whole family work on this together! Fantastic job.

First Prize

Winners will receive a signed copy of the brand new Warded Man hardcover. The book is also now on sale only on Amazon and Books-A-Million.

Lucek wins for his beautifully crafted warded quiver. Stunning.

Jamie wins for his badass palm tattoo. Tattoo work done by Ashleigh Webb.

Helena wins for this lovely spear book, wards inside and out:

 Second Prize

Winners will receive a signed U.S. or U.K. Skull Throne. 

Anna wins for her warded book box, complete with quote and Daylight War!

Emily wins for her lovely dama’ting tea party!

Sarah wins for her homemade pottery piece:

Congrats to all the winners and to everyone who entered the contest! You can check out everybody’s entry here.

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 May 21, 2015 at 3:00 pm by Hannah
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The Warding Contest is now officially closed! Check out our final entries:

Lucek submitted a warded quiver for his contest entry:

Stunning! The black wards on the red background is very striking.

Nicholas explores two worlds colliding in this Dr. Who/Demon Cycle mash-up sonic screwdriver:

The Doctor must be prepared for alagai in case the TARDIS lands on Ala.

Awesome idea! Demons, aliens … same stuff! The Doctor and Arlen would make an interesting team-up.

Paulina chose to ward fruit. Here’s why:

I tend to mark my food with Impact rune so no “Lunch stealing” demon can put it’s claws on it. If it tries…well. We all know what happens. Today it’s a banana.

Those pesky lunch stealing demons!

Olga has a new product to market. Check out her pitch:

This coreling charmer will knock plenty of otherworldly (hypothetical) socks off with a haunting tin whistle melody. Bound to confuse the average coreling enough to evade and escape. Available for hire. Enquire at the Half Moon Inn.

I will take three!

Michael submits his ambitious entry … Anoch Sun!

Beautiful. I love the wards, the detail of the spear and the quote that completes it all!

We will be picking winners this week! Stay tuned.

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 May 20, 2015 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Hurry! Today is the last day of the Warding Contest! If you’ve got a person, place or thing you want to ward, send it in by midnight tonight! We will be picking winners later this week.

Here are some of the fantastic entries we have already received:

From Judd:

I have warded a dart board, against Dwarves trying to steal my darts. it’s more of a problem then one would think. The runes may be out of sync but the power in old words…the first words remains.

Complete with a demon! Awesome, Judd. Thanks for entering!

Next, Mat enters with a new warding concept altogether …

No longer are we at the mercy of overworked warders. With stick-on-wards, even a drunk can turn everyday items into protections from the night. So set up your ward circle, curl up with a good book, and prepare yourself for a long night.

Hilarious, yet effective.

Polish fan celebrates Juwenalia with the full Arlen.

All I can say is  …. awesome. What a fantastic cosplay.

All the way from Portugal, Helena’s boyfriend made her this beautiful warded box and weapon:

Wow! What a magical gift. Thanks for sharing, Helena.

Check out these adorable and delicious looking warded cookies from Marilag:

I thought about sending a picture of the old warded cookies I’d posted up on my blog, but figured they needed an upgrade, chocolate being a key component that was missing in the previous manifestation. I kind of like these warded cookies better. They taste like those glazed chocolate munchkins in Dunkin Donuts but in the form and texture of Soft Cookie, and pack quite a punch (’cause, you know, some of these are offensive wards, har har). I even made two versions of Arlen in The Warded Man (for no other reason than the fact that I was scared I’d mess him up the first time–which I did, since he was more adorable-looking and less crazy-intimidating).

I am not sure I could bring myself to eat those beautiful cookies! Especially the adorably stubborn looking Arlen versions! Well done!

And finally, from Dakota, another stunning tattoo:

Wow. So many fantastic entries to the contest. It’s going to be very difficult to pick winners!! You can check out all the entries so far over on our Facebook Album.

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 May 19, 2015 at 9:00 am by Hannah
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The Warding Contest will be coming to a close this week, but we’ve still got a bunch of stellar entries to show off. Check ’em out:

Simon, who entered last week, helped his daughter with her awesome contest entry:

My 9 year-old was so enthused by the entry i put in earlier in the week that she wanted to enter one herself. She picked the object to ward and what wards she liked best and where to put them (she showed a scary aptitude for where the cutting ones should go). I drew the outlines for her and she coloured them in. For when you are feeling peckish and have those demons on the run I give you the antipodean demon hunting boomerang. Fully operational.

That’s one useful weapon! I love the detailed black wards against the red-painted back drop.

Basia used her culinary skills to create some delightful, magical treats:

Delicious and chock full of power!

David warded his favorite bag:

Messengers everywhere will want one!

Justin wanted to keep his fish safe after nightfall:

I love these wards! So cool how they come alive at night.

And finally, something very special! Polish fan Marzena and her fiance Mateuz created some spectacular geeky invites to their upcoming wedding. And the invitations were sealed with some wax wards for extra protection!

As my entry, I would like to present something that is very special to me – my wedding invitations! Along with my fiancé Mateusz Hoppe, we have designed and printed out our own geeky-themed invitations inspired by some of our favorite fandoms, such as the Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, and of course the Demon Cycle.

The front of the geeky invitation! Can you spot all the fandoms?

Warded wax seals!

Polish Fan Club!

Thank you, Marzena, for entering and congrats on your upcoming wedding!

Contest ends on Tuesday, so be sure to get your entries in by then!

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 May 18, 2015 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Fans have been warding all kinds of things for our latest Warding Contest, going on now! Check out these beautiful warded objects:

Sarah warded this piece of pottery:

And one with Diesel the dog!

Incredible! The wards are very elegant and the black is very striking against the neutral brown of the pottery. Thanks for entering Sarah!

Anna created this graphic box to store her most precious possessions, including her books!

Love the quote and the black and white wards! Thanks for sending in this entry Anna! May those wards protect all your favorite books.

Contest ends on Tuesday, so be sure to get your entries in by then!

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 May 15, 2015 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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