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la_marquise ([personal profile] la_marquise) wrote2011-04-03 06:06 pm

A book, a very fine book

Desdaemona, by the inimitable Ben Macallan, is now available for pre-order and well worth pre-ordering. What can I tell you? It's a haunting, daunting, twisting roller-coaster of a book, a glimpse through icy windows into fog-shrouded Otherlands, a trip, a trap for the unwary, spell which you can enter. You want this book. You need this book. This book will haunt and delight you.
And what can I tell you of Ben, who I have known, now, for a while. On and off, as his his nature: sometimes warm, sometimes cold, always intriguing. You've met him too: he's that guy you caught in the corner of your eye, the one with the lean face and the watchful eyes and the smile, the one that caught your hat and handed it back when it blew from your head on that windy bridge, the one who brushed past you in the cobbled back alley and left behind him a trace of wintergreen, the one who bought the last slice of lemon meringue pie ahead of you in the queue, then offered to split it with you.
There are more details here
And you can pre-order it here, for those in the US
Or here, in the UK.
Go on, you know you want to.

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2011-04-03 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh I hope they put out a Kindle edition . . . if not, will grab in paper!

[identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com 2011-04-03 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in pursuit of a Kindle edition. No word yet.

(But if you go to the UK Amazon link above, just below the cover pic is a box that says "Tell the publisher you want a Kindle edition! Click here!" or words to that effect. The more people click that box, the more likely they are to hurry it along...)

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2011-04-03 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Going to do that right now.

[identity profile] klwilliams.livejournal.com 2011-04-03 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I want you to do publicity for me someday, and make me sound that cool.

[identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com 2011-04-06 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, right?

[identity profile] queenoftheskies.livejournal.com 2011-04-03 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the book rec. It sounds like a good read.

[identity profile] themis1.livejournal.com 2011-04-03 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Ordered mine several hours ago - who can resist?

[identity profile] much-of-a.livejournal.com 2011-04-04 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you - I've got a note that he has books coming out "anon", but wouldn't have noticed until it was out (if then). Duly preordered.