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First Rebellion Competition Winners
The 91 entries in my Facebook comp have been judged and the three winners are: 1st (the Rebellion audiobook): Kerry Dries, Australia 2nd (the Rebellion trade paperback): Matthew Haber, USA 3rd (another Rebellion trade paperback): Gerda van Roon, Netherlands. And there are 3 Honourable Mentions (get 3 HMs and you also win): Derek Cooper (UK), Jim Davis, Kym Nolen (Australia).…
Rebellion Review
Rebellion, Book 2 of The Tainted Realm, had its first review recently, in AurealisXpress. For those who aren't subscribers to Aurealis (Australia's longest running and most influential SF/fantasy magazine) I've posted the review here, minus the first section which contains spoilers about Book 1, Vengeance. "To tell much more would spoil the story, but believe me, there unfolds a rich, vividly…
3 Days Left to Win Rebellion
I’m giving away 2 copies of the Aussie trade paperback of Rebellion, plus a copy of the Rebellion audiobook on CD (19 CDs, 23 hours of mystery, magic, adventure, terror and tragedy) and anyone in the world can win. To enter, just go to my Facebook Author Page, Like it if you haven’t already, then enter via the Promos tab…
The Tainted Realm, Book 3, Justice – The Story so Far
I'm on the 9th draft of my outline for Book 3 of The Tainted Realm, Justice. 25 pages so far. I'll start writing it in a few days. The first draft will be done by Christmas and it'll go for its initial edit on March 2, 2013. Justice will be published in Australia October 1, 2013, with US and UK…
Why I’m Writing The Tainted Realm (and why it’s taken so darn long)
Between 1998 and 2008, 11 of my bestselling fantasy novels in the Three Worlds sagahttp://www.ian-irvine.com/threeworlds.html were published, but the last of them, The Destiny of the Dead, came out in three years ago. Why the inordinate delay, I hear people ask? Has Ian Irvine retired to count his millions (LOL)? Has he lost the plot? Is he doing a George RR Martin? When is…