Latest Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm news

The US edition of Forest Mage was officially released two days ago and is also shipping from Amazon. Check your local bookshops!

The Times recently reviewed Forest Mage in an article named Natural magic of the brave and good. It is quite spoilerish in nature, so do not click if you haven’t read the book yet and don’t want to know what happens to Nevare.

You can read an excerpt from the very beginning of Forest Mage by downloading The EOS Reader from Harper Collins site (eosbooks com, defunct now). It is a PDF file and contains excerpts from other upcoming scifi and fantasy novels as well—and if you live in the US, you can participate in a competition to win all the books it advertises.

SerpentBlanc emailed to tell us that the second split part of the French translation of Mad Ship is out in paperback with the name Prisons d’eau et de bois and has appearead at the amazon.fr top sales list at 14.

Just like last year with Shaman’s Crossing, you can order a signed and personalized copy of Forest Mage through signedpage.com. Please note that this is the US copy of the book and won’t be available until the mid September.This is a great opportunity for those who can’t attend Robin Hobb’s upcoming book tour—signedpage.com also accepts international orders.