Last Day: Epic Fantasy Audible Sale

Audible put more 470+ titles on sale for $4.95 - $6.95, including the first two books in my Riyria Chronicles (The Crown Tower & The Rose and Thorn). A few days ago I picked out some titles that I though my readers might enjoy, but since then they added 116 more! It's difficult to go through the whole list, so I set my search to the Epic Fantasy category and went through the first few hundred top-sellers. Here is what I found on sale. But if you want to get any of these titles. Act quickly, sale ends today at 11:59 PM PT.

Here's some information about the titles I'm highlighting to help you decide which ones to pickup. But you have to hurry. The sale ends 11/29 at 12:00 Pacific Time.

Title	Author	Series	Sale Price	Release Date	Rating	# of Reviews
Fellowship of the Ring	J.R.R. Tolkien	Book 1 Lord of the Rings	$4.95	10/9/12	4.7	14,470
Warbreaker	Brandon Sanderson	N/A	$6.95	12/3/15	4.6	2,738
Wise Man's Fear	Patrick Rothfuss	Book 2 King Killer Chronicles	$6.95	3/3/11	4.7	26,601
Elantris	Brandon Sanderson	N/A	$6.95	10/24/08	4.3	9,269
The Never Hero	T. Ellery Hodges	Book 1 Chronicles of Jonathan Tibbs	$4.95	5/20/15	4.3	2,632
Dragonflight	Anne McCaffrey	Book 1 Dragonriders of Perl	$4.95	6/17/08	4.3	2,255
The Crown Tower	Michael J. Sullivan	Book 1 Riyria Chronicles	$4.95	8/6/13	4.7	6,474
The Two Towers	J.R.R. Tolkien	Book 2 Lord of the Rings	$4.95	10/9/12	4.8	10,012
Wizard's First Rule	Terry Goodkind	Book 1 Sword of Truth	$6.95	10/15/08	4.3	7,364
The Crystal Shard	R.A. Salvatore	Book 2 Icewind Dale	$4.95	5/7/13	4.5	2,717
Dragonvein	Brian D. Anderson	Book 1 Dragonvein	$4.95	7/14/15	4.3	2,676
Grace of Kings	Ken Liu	Book 1 Dandelion Dynasty	$4.95	4/7/15	4.1	441
Hidden Masters of Marandur	Jack Campbell	Book 1 Pillars of Reality	$4.95	2/10/15	4.5	3,877
Legacy	Lois McMaster Bujold	Book 2 Sharing Knife	$4.95	9/10/07	4.3	832
Beguilement	Lois McMaster Bujold	Book 1 Sharing Knife	$4.95	7/19/07	4.1	1,097
Magic Study	Maria V. Snyder	Book 2 Study	$4.95	9/29/06	4.3	2,054
The Rose and the Thorn	Michael J. Sullivan	Book 2 Riyria Chronicles	$4.95	9/17/13	4.7	5,262
Stone of Tears	Terry Goodkind	Book 2 Sword of Truth	$6.95	5/13/08	4.2	4,561
Blood of the Fold	Terry Goodkind	Book 2 Sword of Truth	$6.95	5/13/08	4.4	3,547
Dragonvein	Brian D. Anderson	Book 2 Dragonvein	$4.95	10/20/15	4.5	1,664

Multi-author Cyber Monday Book Sale

I'll admit, I'm not a "Black Friday" shopper. I certainly don't want to deal with traffic, parking, or fighting someone for limited quantities of deeply discounted merchandise. So I had a nice relaxing day after Thanksgiving staining doors for the cabin.

I am, however, a big fan of Cyber Monday, and almost all of my holiday shopping is performed from the comfort of my computer. For the second year in a row, I've joined with a group of fellow authors to offer some fantastic holiday deals. Discounted books are always a good thing, but we've gone a step further and are providing signed copies--something that can be really hard to get unless you travel to the various conventions where we hang out.

I should mention that because all of us are selling books (and for some, merchandise) directly from private websites, we're cutting out the middle men. Yes, our publishers will get their cut (we buy the books from them), but by eliminating the retailers, more of your generous support goes to us, the people who actually create the stories. So, not only do you get signed and discounted books, but we earn a bit more coin than if you purchase online or from brick-and-mortar stores.

The deals are set by each author, so they'll vary from site to site. Click on each author's name to see their discounts. 

Bradley P. Beaulieu	10% - 70% off 19 items	Lays of Anuskaya Series    Song of the Shattered Sands Assorted Short Stories
Wesley Chu	30% off 4 items (use code:  bythepowerofgrayskull)	The Tao Trilogy The Rise of IO Time Salvager Books
Kevin Hearne	20% off 8 item  (use code: SHENANIGANS)	Iron Druid Chronicles
Jason Hough	33% - 66% off 2 items	Zero World The Dire Earth Trilogy
Brian McClellan	10% - 40% off 7 items	Powder Mage Novels Powder Mage Novellas Unbound Powder Keg Silver Pin
Michael J. Sullivan	20% - 60% off 12 items	Age of Myth Riyria Revelations Riyria Chronicles Hollow World
Brent Weeks	15% - 25% off 3 items (use code: CYBER)	The Black Prism T-shirts

You can use this link to see all books on sale.

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For my part, I'm offering 20%- 50% savings on print editions and a 60% savings on ebooks. Click here to get your special savings. Whether you want to stock up on some great fantasy and science fiction for yourself or are looking for a special gift for your favorite avid reader, check out the savings and act quickly. The sale ends December 15th.

Book	Series	#	Format	Discount	Regular Price	Sale Price
	Legends of the  First Empire	1	Hard Cover	20%	$26.00	$20.80
	Riyria Chronicles	3	LIMITED EDITION (Signed, Dated, & Numbered)	25%	$50.00	$37.50
	Riyria Revelations	1 & 2	Trade Paperback	20%	$16.00	$12.80
	Riyria Revelations	3 & 4	Trade Paperback	20%	$17.00	$13.60
	Riyria Revelations	5 & 6	Trade Paperback	20%	$17.00	$13.60
	Riyria Chronicles	1	Trade Paperback	20%	$16.00	$12.80
	Riyria Chronicles	2	Trade Paperback	20%	$16.00	$12.80
	Riyria Chronicles	3	Hard Cover Paperback ebook	50% 50% 60%	$25.00 $15.00 $7.99	$12.50 $7.50 $3.20
	N/A	N/A	Trade Paperback ebook	20% 60%	$15.00 $7.99	$12.00 $3.20

Audible Black Friday Sale Ends 11/29 at 11:59 PM PT

With 472 discounted audiobooks, it'd be tough not to find something on your wishlist as part of Audible's Black Friday Sale. I'm so pleased that one of mine (The Crown Tower) is one of them. With so many for sale, it's hard to choose which ones to focus on, but here are the ones that caught my eye, and hopefully one or more of them will be books you've been considering.

Here's some information about the titles I'm highlighting to help you decide which ones to pickup. But you have to hurry. The sale ends 11/29 at 12:00 Pacific Time.

Title	Author	Series	Sale Price	Release Date	Rating	Review
The Crown Tower	Michael J. Sullivan	Book 1 Riyria Chronicles	$4.95	8/6/13	4.7	6,452
Wise Man's Fear	Patrick Rothfuss	Book 2 King Killer Chronicles	$6.95	3/3/11	4.7	26,528
Fellowship of the Ring	J.R.R. Tolkien	Book 1 Lord of the Rings	$4.95	10/9/12	4.7	14,433
The Queen's Poisoner	Jeff Wheeler	Book 1 Kingfountain	$4.95	4/1/16	4.5	1,182
Dragonvein	Brian D. Anderson	Book 1 Dragonvein	$4.95	7/14/16	4.3	2,658
The Fifth Season	N.K. Jemisin	Book 1 Broken Earth	$4.95	8/4/15	4.3	1,610
Calamity	Brandon Sanderson	Book 3 Reckoners	$4.95	2/16/16	4.7	14,312
Warbreaker	Brandon Sanderson	N/A	$6.95	12/3/15	4.6	2,728
Elantris	Brandon Sanderson	N/A	$6.95	10/24/08	4.3	9,265
The Crystal Shard	R.A. Salvatore	Book 1 Icewind Dale	$4.95	5/7/13	4.5	2,707
The Scottish Prisoner	Diana Gabaldon	Book 3: Lord John Grey	$4.95	11/29/11	4.4	2,571
Hexed	Kevin Hearne	Book 2 Iron Druid Chronicles	$4.95	6/7/11	4.6	12,848
Hammered	Kevin Hearne	Book 3 Iron Druid Chronicles	$4.95	7/5/11	4.6	11,398
Grace of Kings	Ken Liu	Book 1 Dandelion Dynasty	$4.95	4/7/15	4.1	439
Dragonflight	Anne McCaffrey	Book 1 Dragonriders of Perl	$4.95	6/17/08	4.3	2,249
Neverwhere	Neil Gaiman	N/A	$4.95	10/23/07	4.4	12,077
Graveyard Book	Neil Gaiman	N/A	$4.95	9/30/14	4.7	4,561
Nice Dragons Finish Last	Rachel Aaron	Book 1 Heartstrikers	$4.95	11/18/14	4.4	3,316
Otherland	Tad Williams	Book 1  Otherland	$5.95	10/30/14	4.4	544
Princess of Landover	Terry Brooks	Book 6 Magic Kingdom of Landover	$4.95	8/18/09	4.1	499
Beguilement	Lois McMaster Bujold	Book 1 Sharing Knife	$4.95	7/19/07	4.1	1,097
Legacy	Lois McMaster Bujold	Book 2 Sharing Knife	$4.95	9/10/07	4.2	832
Wizard's First Rule	Terry Goodkind	Book 1 Sword of Truth	$6.95	10/15/08	4.3	7,355
Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe	C.S. Lewis	Book 1 Chronicles of Narnia	$4.95	5/10/05	4.5	5,315
The Magician's Nephew	C.S. Lewis	Book 6 Chronicles of Narnia	$4.95	5/10/05	4.5	2,888
Spell or High Water	Scott Meyer	Book 2 Magic 2.0	$4.95	6/17/14	4.5	9,997
Howl's Moving Castle	Diana Wynne Jones	N/A	$4.95	11/14/08	4.6	2,264
Master Magician	Charlie N. Holmberg	Book 3 Paper Magician	$4.95	6/2/15	4.4	1,194
Golden Son	Pierce Brown	Book 2 Red Rising	$4.95	1/6/15	4.7	12,932
Wool	Hugh Howey	Book 1-5 Wool	$4.95	8/27/12	4.2	2,347

Amazon editors pick the 20 best fantasy & sci-fi novels of 2016

It's that all important time of the year when the "best-of" or "most-anticipated" lists start popping up. I was honored that Age of Myth was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award (my 5th), and today I learned of another list. I'm pleased to say Age of Myth was also picked by Amazon as one of the 20 best fantasy and science fiction novels of 2016. It's pretty amazing company to be in, and I'm both honored and humbled. Here are the books:

For those that prefer text rather than pictures, here are the books along with some data about their release date, rating, and number of reviews.

Title	Author	Series	Book #	Release Date	Rating	Review
Death's End	Cixin Liu	Remembrance of Earth's Past	#3	Sep 20, 2016	4.7	184
The Diabolic	S. J. Kincaid	-	-	Nov 1, 2016	4.2	42
The Hike: A Novel	Drew Magary	-	-	Aug 2, 2016	4.3	140
The Obelisk Gate	N. K. Jemisin	The Broken Earth	#2	Aug 16, 2016	4.6	114
The Wolf Road: A Novel	Beth Lewis	-	-	Jul 5, 2016	4.4	146
The Invisible Library	Genevieve Cogman	The Invisible Library	#1	Jun 14, 2016	4.2	141
Morning Star	Pierce Brown	Red Rising Trilogy	#3	Feb 9, 2016	4.8	1,705
All the Birds in the Sky	Charlie Jane Anders	-	-	Jan 26, 2016	3.8	194
Age of Myth	Michael J. Sullivan	The Legends of the First Empire	#1	Jun 28, 2016	4.6	232
Every Heart a Doorway	Seanan McGuire	Wayward Children	#1	Apr 5, 2016	4.3	235
The Burning Isle	Will Panzo	-	-	Nov 1, 2016	4.4	5
The Summer Dragon	Todd Lockwood	Evertide	#1	May 3, 2016	4.8	134
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife	Meg Elison	The Road to Nowhere	#1	Oct 11, 2016	4.4	112
Ninefox Gambit	Yoon Ha Lee	-	-	Jun 14, 2016	4.0	89
City of Blades	Robert Jackson Bennett	The Divine Cities	#2	Jan 26, 2016	4.6	131
Company Town	Madeline Ashby	-	-	May 17, 2016	4.2	51
The Dark Side	Anthony O'Neill	-	-	Jun 28, 2016	4.1	28
Skinner Luce	Patricia Ward	-	-	Jan 12, 2016	4.5	14
Star Nomad	Lindsay Buroker	Fallen Empire	#1	May 26, 2016	4.5	460
Machinations	Hayley Stone	-	-	Jul 26, 2016	4.2	59

If you're like me, these lists are great for growing the TBR lists.  And Christmas is just around the corner, so if you see something you like, tell Santa. Who knows, he might just stuff your stocking with some good reads.

Narrators' Greatest Hits

It's been nearly two years since Audible took stock of their best narrators, and when they did, Tim Gerard Reynolds made the list!

Ray Porter Andi Arndt George Newborn Tim Gerard Reynolds      Emily Woo Zeller Oliver Wyman

Tavia Gilbert Rosalyn Landor Bronson Pinchot Gabra Zackman Grover Gardner Therese Plummer

Anyone who knows me is familiar with my undying respect for Tim's work. I consider myself honored to have him as a fellow collaborator. There's no doubt he is the voice of Riyria. Wait, I take that back, because it's too limiting. Tim is also rocking the voices for the Legends of the First Empire series, so I guess I have to call him the voice of Elan.

Tim's body of work has grown by leaps and bounds since his first release in July 2010. Theft of Swords was Tim's 6th recording and it was released in March 2012. Today he has more than 90 titles!

It must have been difficult for Audible to pick from all those works to get Tim's Top 10, and I'm honored that two of the Riyria books made the list:

So, if you've not heard Tim Gerard Reynolds yet, what's holding you back? If you have, then you already know how awesome he is. Either way, try one of these or any of the other books he's narrated. I haven't found any that aren't absolutely fabulous.

1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown
2. Dawn of Wonder by Jonathan Renshaw
3. The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan
4. The Red Sea by Edward W. Robertson
5. Faithful Place by Tana French
6. Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
7. Shift by Hugh Howey
8. Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia
9. Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
10. Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence

2016 Goodreads Choice Award - Final Round

Well, Age of Myth didn't make it to the final round, but it was an honor to be included at all. Ten books  had to go, and  I'm consoled by the fact that even after being cut, it was among some amazing company:

And their stats:

Title	Series	Author	shelved	rating	reviews
Age of Myth	Legends of the First Empire #1	Michael J. Sullivan	36,172	4.30	5,097
Blood Mirror, The	Lightbringer #4	Breng Weeks	21,797	4.29	2,876
City of Blades	Devine Cities #2	Robert Jackson Bennett	10,210	4.25	3,149
Every Heart a Doorway	Wayward Children #1	Seanan McGuire	35,031	3.88	8,963
Obelisk Gate, The	Broken Earth #2	N.K. Jemisin	12,458	4.42	4,461
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, The		Ken Liu	14,458	4.33	1,988
Staked	Iron Druid Chronicles #8	Kevin Hearne	19,135	4.21	9,533
Stiletto	Checquy Files #2	Daniel O'Malley	16,512	4.18	6,232
Vampire Girl	Vampire Girl #1	Karpov Kinrade	13,485	4.07	4,593
Wheel of Osheim, The	Red Queen's War #3	Mark Lawrence	13,000	4.38	3,886

So that leaves 10 books in the final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards including:

And a bit about each of them:

Title	Series	Author	shelving	rating	reviews
All the Birds in the Sky		Charlie Jane Anders	40,102	3.60	10,574
Bands of Mourning , The	Mistborn #6	Brandon Sanderson	48,566	4.47	23,889
Bird and the Sword, The		Amy Harmon	23,679	4.39	9,593
Curse of Tenth Grave, The	Charley Davidson #10	Darynda Jones	15,861	4.44	6,515
Feverborn	Fever #8	Karen Marie Moning	32,410	4.15	12,161
Fire Touched	Mercy Thompson #9	Patricia Briggs	35,068	4.35	18,811
Gathering of Shadows, A	Shades of Magic #2	V.E. Schwab	53,967	4.36	20,022
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Harry Potter #8	J.K. Rowling	468,668	3.83	270,688
Magic Binds	Kate Daniels #9	Ilona Andrews	21,588	4.61	8,654
Marked in Flesh	The Others #4	Anne Bishop	20,886	4.32	10,859

This round of voting will go through the 27th. And then we'll have our winner!  Don't forget to vote for your favorite of 2016! More than 2,400,000 people already have.

Goodreads Semi-Final Round

Voting for the U.S. Presidential election is over, but the second round of the Goodreads Choice Awards has opened. Five books were added through write in, and even if you voted in round #1, you can vote again for round #2. Here's the new list of 20 books in the running.

I was interested to get some stats on the 20 books in the running, so Robin was nice enough to pull that data for me. Interesting stuff in there!

Title	Series	Author	shelving	rating	reviews
Age of Myth	Legends of the First Empire #1	Michael J. Sullivan	35,410	4.31	4,965
All the Birds in the Sky		Charlie Jane Anders	39,345	3.60	10,459
Bands of Mourning , The	Mistborn #6	Brandon Sanderson	47,932	4.47	23,645
Blood Mirror, The	Lightbringer #4	Breng Weeks	21,048	4.31	2,178
Bird and the Sword, The		Amy Harmon	22,623	4.40	9,382
City of Blades	Devine Cities #2	Robert Jackson Bennett	9,925	4.25	4,108
Curse of Tenth Grave, The	Charley Davidson #10	Darynda Jones	15,451	4.44	6,394
Every Heart a Doorway	Wayward Children #1	Seanan McGuire	33,479	3.89	8,835
Feverborn	Fever #8	Karen Marie Moning	32,074	4.15	12,074
Fire Touched	Mercy Thompson #9	Patricia Briggs	34,674	4.35	18,665
Gathering of Shadows, A	Shades of Magic #2	V.E. Schwab	53,142	4.36	19,773
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Harry Potter #8	J.K. Rowling	463,069	3.83	265,772
Magic Binds	Kate Daniels #9	Ilona Andrews	21,111	4.62	8,288
Marked in Flesh	The Others #4	Anne Bishop	20,616	4.32	10,772
Obelisk Gate, The	Broken Earth #2	N.K. Jemisin	12,023	4.42	4,246
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, The		Ken Liu	13,868	4.33	1,928
Staked	Iron Druid Chronicles #8	Kevin Hearne	18,889	4.21	9,421
Stiletto	Checquy Files #2	Daniel O'Malley	16,204	4.18	6,116
Vampire Girl	Vampire Girl #1	Karpov Kinrade	12,489	4.08	4,457
Wheel of Osheim, The	Red Queen's War #3	Mark Lawrence	12,708	4.38	3,803

This round of voting will go through the 13th. And then the field of 20 will be narrowed down to 10 for the final round. You don't have to vote for my book, but please vote for your favorite of 2016!

And we're done! Thanks for making The Death of Dulgath Kickstarter such a huge success.

Thanks to all the amazing backers that not only made The Death of Dulgath Graphic Novel a reality, but their generous support also made the project a huge success. More than $37,000 was raised from 801 backers!! The final two days saw nearly $8,000 in additional support, so we hit the $35,000 stretch goal. As always, the Kickstarter was a great time, and I'm so glad that the backers will not only get an exclusive version of the book, but also some great bonus swag.

Now we need to get the book produced. The team is solid and I can't wait to see what they come up with. Thanks again for all the backers, and if you missed the Kickstarter, there may be ways you can pre-order the book through a separate store. More on that soon.

Author Writing Advice

I think aspiring authors are always looking for good advice. Jay Dee Archer recently asked a bunch of authors to relate our best advice,  and he compiled it all in a post you can find here.

There's a lot of good stuff mentioned and not just from me. Stop on over to find advice from Mark Lawrence, Djano Wexler, and over a dozen more. Good stuff all.

Age of Myth is a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee!!

Have I've mentioned lately how much I love Goodreads and the bibliophiles on that site who are so passionate about books? I'm thrilled that 2016 brings me my 5th nomination!! (Also nominated in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014).

Here's a breakdown for those who prefer text rather than pictures.It's a pretty amazing line up, and I'm honored to be included.

Title	Series	Author
Age of Myth	Legends of the First Empire #1	Michael J. Sullivan
All the Birds in the Sky		Charlie Jane Anders
Bands of Mourning , The	Mistborn #6	Brandon Sanderson
Bird and the Sword, The		Amy Harmon
Curse of Tenth Grave, The	Charley Davidson #10	Darynda Jones
Feverborn	Fever #8	Karen Marie Moning
Fire Touched	Mercy Thompson #9	Patricia Briggs
Gathering of Shadows, A	Shades of Magic #2	V.E. Schwab
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Harry Potter #8	J.K. Rowling
Magic Binds	Kate Daniels #9	Ilona Andrews
Marked in Flesh	The Others #4	Anne Bishop
Obelisk Gate, The	Broken Earth #2	N.K. Jemisin
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, The		Ken Liu
Staked	Iron Druid Chronicles #8	Kevin Hearne
Stiletto	Checquy Files #2	Daniel O'Malley

There will be three rounds of voting:

• Opening Round Nov. 1 - 6
• Semifinal Round Nov. 8 - 13
• Final Round Nov. 15 - 27

During the opening round, Goodreads will be accepting "write-ins" and five more books will be added to the list for the semifinal round of voting. So if you don't see your favorite, consider telling Goodreads about it. The only requirement is publication date and it should be from Nov 2015 to Oct 2016. The second round will see voting for the full group of 20. Then the field will be narrowed to 10 books for the final round. I don't expect to win, being nominated is honor enough, but if possible I would like to make it to the final round. We'll see if that happens.  

I'm not going to ask for your vote. I want you to pick the book that you think deserves to win (no matter what that is). But please do vote in all rounds so your favorite book has the best chance at being named the best fantasy book of 2016. As far as I know, this is the only award that is a "people's choice" (selected based on votes of readers). As such, it is the most important award that I can think of.