Well, golly. This is a lovely way to close out the year.
It’s that time of year when many folks are putting together their best-of-2012 reading lists. And, gosh, several of those lists include The Coldest War.
Category: Publishing
My New Project: The Clakkers Trilogy
So, hey, Internet, how’s it going? Long time no see. I’ve been a bit of a stranger here on my own website. Life has been crazier than normal the past few months. Like, super!crazy. How have you been?
What’s that? Why has it been crazy? Oh. Well, since you ask—I’m working on a brand-new trilogy for the awesome folks at Orbit Books.
I’ve been sitting on this news for months, and I’m delighted beyond words to finally announce the project. Hooray! But paperwork has been signed and countersigned, so now I feel comfortable talking about this in public. (I’m superstitious, you know.)
New Covers! Orbit UK Editions of THE COLDEST WAR and NECESSARY EVIL
I had my first sneak peak at the Orbit UK covers for Milkweed #2 and #3, THE COLDEST WAR and NECESSARY EVIL, last week. And I’ve been bubbling over with excitement ever since. It feels like it was a terribly long wait until the covers were officially revealed, even though it was only a few days.
But anyway! Yes! The entire Milkweed Triptych has cover art for its Orbit editions. And it’s all incredibly awesome. As can be seen here, here, and in close-up here. Man alive, I love these covers.
The ORIGINAL Cover Sketch for The Coldest War
Now that The Coldest War is officially out in myriad forms (okay, 3), I thought it would be fun to share the original cover-art concept for the book. I’ve never posted this before.
Below the cut: a glimpse of publishing history as it might have been.
Release Day: The Coldest War is Officially Out
OK—as you might notice from reading Boing Boing this morning, today’s the day: at long last The Coldest War is finally in US bookstores and ebookstores today! It’s now available in hardcover and DRM-FREE ebook editions. Hooray! [The Orbit UK/ANZ edition is scheduled for February, 2013. And the US/UK editions of Necessary Evil are both scheduled for April, 2013.]
It seems like a strange thing to celebrate, since the audiobook has been available from Audible since January, and since copies of the book arrived in readers’ gardens as early as last week. But today makes it about as official as it can get. So again, hooray! I’ve been waiting a long time for this, so I’m just pleased as pleased can be. And The Coldest War is as published as a book can be.
Purchase links, and more about DRM-free ebooks, below the cut.