A little while back, I alluded on Twitter (@Pyr_Books) to being about to make someone’s day with an offer. Well, that someone was debut novelist Jon Sprunk, and that offer was for his wonderful fantasy trilogy, of Shadow’s Son, Shadow‘s Lure, and Shadow’s Master. Sprunk is a Pennsylvania-based author with several small-press short story publications to his credits. He impressed me with the strength of his world-building, how he conjured credibility from a a few impressive details, and with his characterizations and imagination.
The first book, Shadow’s Son, is the story of an assassin thrust into the middle of a political and religious upheaval that threatens to topple the last bastion of civilization. It’s got everything that Pyr fantasy is coming to represent – great action, grit & grime, morally ambiguous characters, strong females who are more than foils, complex politics, actual magic, and lots and lots of swordplay. The first book will be out around Summer 2010, which is a while to wait, but I think you guys are going to like it.
Meanwhile, you can visit Jon’s website and his Facebook page.
Sounds great! I look forward to reading it. Although, a slightly different genre, I just finished reading Ian McDonald's Brasyl, which was fantastic.
Ah, Brasyl… what more can one say.
Congratulations to Jon. I linked this story with a little blurb about Pyr over at http://yetistomper.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the kind words Patrick, much appreciated. Since Jon has to write these novels, they'll be coming out once a year – which is as fast as we can. But we'll shortly have James Barclay's Chronicles of the Raven trilogy out on the one-a-month schedule you like. I'm glad to hear that's working!