The Sun is Setting…
On the first edition US hardback of The Warded Man.
As those of you who have purchased the book in paperback have seen, the plainer design (above) has been abandoned, and the covers for the Warded Man paperback and Desert Spear hardcover now use the amazing paintings done by Larry Rostant for the UK Voyager editions. The change has been really positive, as sales of The Warded Man in paperback have soared. Del Rey is going into their FOURTH printing this week, and the book has barely been out a month. Incredible.
And now the original Warded Man hardback is going out of print, and its like will not be seen again. Already, most bookstores have sold out and stopped reordering, and Amazon and some other online bookstores have exhausted their inventory. Even the Random House cupboard is bare, and they will not be making any more. If you’re a book collector or fan and you see one, you might want to grab it. Could be worth something one day.
Thanks to Samantha in Iowa for the amazing photo. She sent a bunch to me a couple of weeks ago, DSAC style. I will post the rest soon.
Gasp! Shouldn’t that book have a safety harness? Or an inflatable target on the ground below? Or… is that merely a stunt double up that high? Would hate to see a good book taking such dramatic risks! 🙂
Nice pic! Beautiful view, right-wing compound style.
Grats on the success Peat, you deserve it!
Make me glad that I got a hard back copy of the first book and a first edition of the second!
Great books and really glad they are having the success they deserve!
Samantha, that photo looks like it was taken from the ladder railing of a grain silo. Is that right?
@ Doug – I should have had a safety harness for the book. Almost immediately after, a gust of wind hit and my book plummeted 75 ft. Luckily it survived the fall intact with just a barely banged up corner.
@Myke – Yup, exactly right.