Orbit Books has just made a special offer of Hidden Empire, the first book in my "Saga of Seven Suns," as part of their One Dollar Orbit program. Here's your chance to try the opening novel for a buck. If you enjoy Hidden Empire, all the rest of the volumes are available in paperback, audio, and e-book formats. Also, I was just Guest Editor at Audible.com's science fiction page, with a new essay. Audible has quite a few of my titles available. The first Terra Incognita book, The Edge of the World, continues to garner great reviews, such as these from...
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From Publishers Weekly: The Winds of Dune Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Tor, $27.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2272-2 Set immediately after Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah (1969), this satisfying tale from Herbert’s son and Anderson (Paul of Dune) follows Jessica, the mother of galactic emperor Paul Atreides, as she returns to the desert planet Dune for her son’s funeral. Paul’s suicide after his mistress’s childbed death leaves his sister, the insane and brutal Alia, as regent for his twin children. Alia releases Princess Irulan, Paul’s wife and biographer, from house arrest on the condition that she present Paul as a god,...
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A decade ago, Books on Tape produced an unabridged audio edition of House Atreides, House Harkonnen, and House Corrino on cassette, which has long been difficult to find (and difficult to use, unless you have an old cassette player around the house). At last we have entered an arrangement with Tantor Audio (who produced the spoken version of The Last Days of Krypton) to produce new unabridged audios of the trilogy. Scott Brick, whose excellent, award-winning voice has graced all of our other Dune novels, will be the narrator. Expect to see them released within a year. Cover art for...
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After overwhelming fan response and surveys, Tor Books has decided to adapt the UK version of the WINDS OF DUNE cover for the US release. Most of the feedback I've received from readers who compared the two was that they found the UK version much more striking. Stephen Youll has done an incredible job for us on the past ten DUNE covers, and his painting for WINDS was up to his usual excellence. However, after more than a decade of using the same cover design, with the small-format painting in a foil window, the publisher wanted to try a fresh...
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