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Hi All,

Thank you everyone for your patience on this contest. Even though (almost) no one has complained, I want to own the delay. I don’t have an assistant these days, and while the kids help, a lot of stuff just falls to me.

I had all the best intentions, but back to school month got hectic, and then we had a sick kid in the house, and then sick adults, and then everyone scrambling to catch up on work, and things just snowballed from there. When I had time to work, I focused first on meeting my word count goals. The Hidden Queen is almost finished, and I hope to turn it in by year’s end!

But!

There have been AMAZING entries, and I’d like to call out the seven book winners, and let everyone else know to look for signed bookplates coming in the mail. This is one of those contests where I want to give everyone a prize.

Andrea Mameli in the UK was the first person to put in an entry, and in the end it remained arguably the best. Look at all the little details, from the artful page folding to the cool lighting. Really A+ stuff.

Cátia Costa from Portugal’s book fort won a lot of votes in the Brett family, but the beautiful but deadly cat demon Carlota might have had something to do with that…

Joanna Kordowiak’s fort is a work of art. It’s symmetry and design transport you to a soothing world of order and beauty. So satisfying.

Cats were really into this game! Dominika Szabóová built an amazing model of the Krasian Maze, but it was haunted by the spectre of Alagai Cat.

Chi Chi Millaway is from NJ. Typically frenemies with New Yorkers, but how could I have beef with her fort’s custom Demon Cycle book jackets? They are are just… chef’s kiss.

Another entrant that really went the extra way was Timothy Bromley down in Ashville. His fort is guarded by powerful greatwards and the avatars of three legendary heroes.

But this has only been a tiny fraction of the entries, and the sometimes multiple photos of each fort offering close-ups and varying angles/lighting. I made a facebook album of all these masterpieces you can find here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.641540430867841&type=3

Signed books will ship out this week for the named entrants above, but I will be sending signed bookplates to everyone as a special thanks for entering.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated. You are my true friends.

-Peter

Posted on October 29, 2022 at 10:27 pm by PeatB
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Hi!

I’m Phoenix (they/them), Peter V. Brett’s first child, and I am here to tell you about a new contest while my dad finishes The Hidden Queen. 

This contest is for a Desert Prince paperback! Our house is overflowing with author samples of US trade paperbacks, UK A and B format paperbacks to the point where my sister Sirena and I made a fort out of them! Building the fort was fun but we need to give some of the books away before we run out of space.

Speaking of forts, to enter the contest, you must build a book fort! If you do not know what a book fort is, it is basically a structure made out of books. Your fort does not have to be made out of Peter V. Brett books, but it helps. Here is an example:

Your fort can be any size or shape. This one was made out of 15 books and took about 30 minutes. It was also made by a fourteen year old who had never made a book fort before. You can do it, too. I believe in you!

Here are the rules for the contest:

1) Anyone from any country may enter

2) The fort must be made entirely out of books

3) Fort must be made for this contest (previously made forts will not count)

4) Email your entry (or a link to it, if it’s too big to attach) to contest@www.petervbrett.com along with a mailing address for a prize, should you win one. Submit entries by September 26

You are of course free to post to your own social media and tag my dad. We will almost certainly see and share it. You can find him @www.petervbrett.comrett on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, Reddit & Pinterest

However, we will use the emails to pick a winner, so it is an important step to make sure we receive all of the entries

5) As mentioned we have US and UK paperbacks to give away, all signed of course, featuring the amazing new Olive Paper cover by artist Larry Rostant and model Xhenet Zen! We also have a few extra of the rare advance read copies for special winners, and signed bookplates for every entry, win or not!

6) Winners will be announced once we have received and reviewed all entries. Prizes will ship (reasonably) soon after.

We will post entries here on the blog as they come in, and share them across social media.

Beginning… now!

Posted on September 12, 2022 at 9:57 am by Phoenix Brett
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Hey! I will be a guest at @phoenixfanfusion in Phoenix, AZ next weekend, May 27-29! If you’re planning to attend, here are my scheduled events. I will have some limited #DemonCycle swag with me so if you see me say hi! #phoenixfanfusion pic.twitter.com/1oOp32eale

— Peter V. Brett (@PVBrett) May 19, 2022

Posted on May 23, 2022 at 3:40 pm by Hannah
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Anna Tess from niestatystyczny.pl interviewed Peter about his body of work, the challenges of writing a story 15 years in the future, and how he keeps so many plots intertwined. You can read the full interview here!

“The goal of starting the Dark Cycle fifteen years later was to create a distance from the first series so that both could function in my beloved world, but each on their own rules. I did not want new characters and their problems to in any way underestimate the great achievements of their ancestors. On the contrary, at the beginning of the Dark Cycle, Olive, Darin, and others must face life in the shadow of these great deeds. It was also very important to me to enable new readers, unfamiliar with my previous books, to catch up with “The Dark Cycle” without having to catch up on the previous series. “

Posted on May 11, 2022 at 12:57 pm by Hannah
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Get a look at these beautiful Illustrations by @dominikbroniek for The Painted Man 10th-anniversary edition from @harpervoyager_uk.

While hard to choose, the last one is a personal favorite of mine. I can feel Arlen and Renna’s strength through their tight grip.

Posted on May 6, 2022 at 11:04 am by Hannah
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