First look at DAWNBREAKER final copies!
I just got a big box of my newest book
One of the perks of being the author of a book is that I get to see the finished copies . . . almost first. Like, after the printers and binders, after the warehouse workers, and probably after my editor and publisher, who sometimes receive their copies before mine are shipped.
But other than all those people, I get to be first.
You get to be second. Sort of. I’m just sending you some photos, so it’s not quite the same. And you’re second after all the people I showed yesterday, like my husband, my agent, half a dozen friends.
But other than all those people, you are second.
BEHOLD:
It’s a real book! I held it in my hands for a long time yesterday. I took a bunch of photos. I cried a little bit. And my cats sat on a copy.
So yeah. My fourth (solo) series and second duology is finished!
In a few weeks.
DAWNBREAKER releases on November 7, which is not that far away. And the exciting mail didn’t stop there. I’ve also received the bookmarks and stickers designed by Cade at Hey Atlas Creative. They are stunning! And if you have the items from NIGHTRENDER, you will recognize that these match perfectly.
There will be plenty of opportunity for you to receive these — along with the other items that are almost ready! Your best bet is to preorder DAWNBREAKER from one of the independent bookstores listed below. Then you’re sure to get all the swag.
What is all the swag, you ask? Well, a custom enamel pin, a letter (from me to you <3), a signed bookplate (unless it’s a store I’m visiting in person, and then I will sign and personalize — if you want — the book itself), and of course the custom art, bookmark, and sticker. I’ll share all the new goodies with you as they arrive!
And while we’re here, pretend like I’ve written and entire paragraph about how important preorders are for books, authors, bookstores, the health of the industry, and so on. I don’t really want to write that paragraph this morning, and I’m sure you don’t want to read it, so let’s just say we both did those things so we can move on.
Not sure what the Salvation Cycle is about?
Nightrender
Kingdoms will fall, gods will die, and hearts will be broken in this sprawling new fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Jodi Meadows.
In the middle of nothingness is the Island of Salvation.
Reality bends easily here. Villages disappear. Forests burn forever. Pockets of inconsistent time are everywhere, their boundaries strung with yellow ribbon. And the three kingdoms of Salvation have been at war for a thousand years.
But the greatest threat is the Malice, an incursion from the demon plane slowly tearing its way through the world’s weakest seams. Seams that—once split—will lead to the total unraveling of night and day, light and dark, life and death.
Not that the human world takes much interest. Of more concern is the upcoming marriage of Rune Hightower, Prince of Caberwill, and Johanne Fortuin, Princess of Embria—the serpent bride, a girl of famous cunning—which offers a possible end to the ancient conflict. But Rune has noticed the growing darkness, and he is determined to summon mankind’s only defense: Nightrender, the hammer of the gods, an immortal warrior more weapon than girl.
There is only one problem. The last time she was summoned, she slaughtered every royal in Salvation, and no one knows why. Will she save humanity from the Malice… or plunge it deeper into the fires of eternal war?
Download the Book Club reading guide here!
Order NIGHTRENDER:
Audiobooks.com (60% off for a limited time!)
Dawnbreaker
The king is dead. The world is lost. Long live the queen.
The thin membrane of magic separating the human and demonic planes has been destroyed. Nightrender, the immortal warrior of the gods, must find a way to rebuild it, but Hanne—the serpent girl, always too cunning to be trusted, too hungry for power—has become High Queen, and is too consumed with ambition to cooperate. Meanwhile, Rune—married to Hanne, but in love with Nightrender—is lost in the realm of demons after a disastrous battle, wandering alone in a twisted landscape of mercury seas, black-glass spires, and winds blowing ash … In this second and final installment of the Nightrender duology, the circle will close, and the world will be saved—or burnt to a cinder.
Preorder DAWNBREAKER:
One More Page (signed and personalized copy! all the swag!)
Gibson’s Bookshop (signed bookplate and all the swag!)
Book Dragon Shop (signed and personalized, all the swag!)
Schuler Books (signed bookplate and all the swag!)
Okay, let’s have one more look, this one with my hand clearly straining to hold up the weight of years and years of my love and hard work, my hopes and dreams, all packaged into two deceptively slim books:
Button things (if I don’t add the subscribe button, Substack gives me the side eye, and I don’t want to be judged this morning — not by my newsletter service):
Beautiful!!!
Those books are looking good! Congrats on getting them finished 😁