books of the change reborn

[adelaidesean]

Fans of The Crooked Letter and the Books of the Cataclysm in the United States have often asked about my first series set in that world, the Books of the Change, which was only ever published in Australia. Finally, I have some good news. The first novel, The Stone Mage & the Sea, is being released by E-Reads this week, making it available in electronic and POD form for the first time. Described by Jonathan Strahan in Locus as "an alchemical blend of elemental magic, tragic romance and the coming of age of a young boy ... poised between Earthsea and Mad Max, where the magic of fantasy meets the wonder of science fiction" (more reviews here) this novel is my "entry point" book for people interested in my work who never normally read SFF. Spanking new cover below. A different take on Shaun Tan's original, and I like it very much!

The subsequent books in the series, The Sky Warden & the Sun and The Storm Weaver & the Sand (which was recommended by Locus and won the Aurealis Award in 2003) will be following soon.

Comments

[tillianion.livejournal.com]

Wow - I wasn't aware those books weren't in the US. Hope they grab onto the ebooks, cause I looooved that trilogy.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope they do well too. :-)

[mikandra.livejournal.com]

this is great news, because I love that trilogy and can now recommend it to friends in the US

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That would be excellent. :-)

[catsparx.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[strangedave.livejournal.com]

That's great news! No longer with foreigners be deprived of what I think is a very fine trilogy indeed, and probably the best jumping in point for the whole saga.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

I agree. Fingers crossed and all that.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Good news indeed.

Those covers are very pretty, but I'm not giving up my originals. They were signed by some guyI met at a con once....

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

:-)

I've got one of the new ones coming from the States for the brag shelf and I'm keen to see how it looks in the flesh. For photographic covers, I think they've come up well and are bang on theme. A whole different look to the Tan versions, which I absolutely love.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

I love the Tan covers. Really, the photographic covers are nice, but don't haul me into the books the way Shaun's work does.

And he is such a nice guy too.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Nice *and* a genius. A role model for artists everywhere.

[tamerlane1.livejournal.com]

Woooo! This has just made my day. I have been wanting to read this series for the longest time but have not had access to them.

Thank you so much! <3

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! My pleasure. :-) I hope you enjoy them.