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Tony Jones from, teacher at the Emanuel School in the U.K., hasn’t read a lot of fantasy in recent years. However, after reading The Painted Man, he was inspired to share with students at his school. These devoted book club members came up with a way to remain anonymous while exhibiting their excitement for The Painted Man!

While he wasn’t able to make the meeting, Peat sent some encouraging words to the young readers:

Hi Everyone! I’m thrilled you’ve chosen The Painted Man as your Psychotronic Book Club read this month. It’s a fantastic time to be a reader, with so many amazing authors to choose from, so it means a lot to me that you’re giving my work a chance. The Painted Man is a fantasy story, but I think you’ll find it has a lot to say about the real world, as well. I hope you enjoy it. I’ll be touring the UK in the coming February/March, and hope to meet some of you while I’m on your side of the pond!

The Daylight War will be released on February 11, 2013 in the U.K. and February 12 in the U.S. Click here for more information and to pre-order the book.

Check back to the blog soon for Peat’s upcoming book tour in 2013. And don’t forget to enter the current video contest to win your very own Daylight War ARC.

Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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New York Comic Con was a busy weekend for Peat. Multiple signings at the Random House booth, a panel on epic fantasy, meeting and greeting fans and authors as well as his announcement of writing more Red Sonja at the Dynamite panel.

The beautiful exterior of the Random House booth

An image of all the authors/series featured on the Random House booth

At Peat’s Friday signing

The never-ending line

Huntress takes a break from crimefighting to pose with her signed Warded Man

Even Supergirl wants to horn in on Arlen’s fame.

Awesome super fan Mia getting her book signed

Mia’s awesome warded present for Peat!

Peat hard at work signing copies of The Warded Man

Hanging out backstage at Myke’s signing

Peat speaking at his Saturday panel: Heroes Quest

Peat and his fellow fantasy author panelists

Peat and Myke with author Kevin Hearne

Peat and Kevin with Peat’s publisher Tricia

Peat and Myke with blogger Garrett from Ranting Dragon

Peat and Myke with superfan Shecky.

Want to see more of Peat’s adventures at nycc? We’ll be posting a Facebook Album soon so you can see them all! Also see Myke’s blog post on Comic Con here.

Posted on November 28, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
Filed under Appearances, Daylight War, Desert Spear, Events, Fan Art, Fans, Meg, Warded Art, Warded Man
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It’s here! The very first entry to the Daylight War ARC Contest! The entry comes from Roger.

Awesome job! The monologue is beautifully written and delivered. Check out what Roger had to say about his entry:

Here is the link to my ARC Contest video entry. I do hope you enjoy it! All of the images were found searching Creative Commons Licensing image threads that stated their work could be used. I do not personally own them. The monologue is performed and written by myself and inspired by “The Demon Cycle.” You’ll notice I make mention of three heroes, essentially excluding one of the major book protagonists from being mentioned. This is done intentionally as I meant for the story to have the appearance that the Jongleur “Rojer” was not present at that time and is in fact responsible for the stories existence at the time of this telling.

Want to read The Daylight War before everyone else? Know a special someone who would love it as a holiday present? The contest for Daylight ARCs has just begun! You can check out the rules here. Click here to pre-order the book.

Posted on November 27, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
Filed under Contests, Daylight War, Desert Spear, DW ARC Contest, Fan Art, Fans, Meg, Warded Man
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Luke Fielding, who has done some breathtaking Demon Cycle art in the past, amazes us again with an array of coreling creatures.

Luke’s unique vision of what the Mind Demon looks like. In a word, terrifying. This teeth and eyes do not look friendly. Here’s what Luke had to say about his Mind Demon art:

The illustration is a combination of my sculpture of the mind demon, Peter V. Brett’s POV chapter art and inspired by Dominik Broniek’s amazing illustration.

It features a mind ward developed by Peter V. Brett and Lauren Cannon.

Here is Luke’s sketch of a clay demon.

Luke also created a cat-like fire demon:

It looks like there is a fireball waiting to erupt from that coreling’s mouth! Beautifully done!

Be sure to check out Luke’s stunning prize winning entry to the Daylight War Cover Contest and, for more art, his Deviant Art page.

Posted on November 26, 2012 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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The U.S. cover for The Daylight War is here at long last, and it’s breathtaking.

If Warded Man is Arlen’s book and Desert Spear is Jardir’s, Daylight War is very much Inevera’s, and I am so thrilled with how the cover came out. It is exactly what I asked them for and captures the character of Inevera perfectly. Artist Larry Rostant and art director David Stevenson did an amazing job. I thought it would be impossible to love a cover more than Desert Spear, but Rostant has raised the bar again.

I was floored to have Entertainment Weekly break the story on Wednesday with an exclusive excerpt. As you know, SF often gets short shrift in mainstream press. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to click through and read. Please also take the time to like or comment on the article, and help show that genre readers are a force to be reckoned with. I would be thrilled to see this sort if thing happening with other genre books.

Done? OK. Now back to awesomeness. Check out the front and back covers together. You may notice these images are slightly different from the cover that debuted in EW. Rostant made some nice finishing touches.

I love the flow of the robes in the darkness. Those are going to look amazing in the ANIMATED BOOK TRAILER we’re working on. If you haven’t already, check out the Daylight War prologue teaser featuring Inevera.

What do you think of the new cover? Let’s us know in the comments or check out our new Daylight War forum for further discussion.

Posted on November 23, 2012 at 11:23 am by PeatB
Filed under Craft, Daylight War, Fans, Sales, The Daylight War, Warded Art
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