This is what I’m talking about right here.
Seriously, along with George R.R. Martin’s a A Dance with Dragons this is the book I’ve been anticipating the most for years. The blogosphere is full of situational hyperbole, but I’ve got this documented, baby! In January 2007 where I also mention it was on my list the year before!
This is what we are talking about…
Over at BookSpotCentral I have posted an exclusive look at Caine Black Knife the third book featuring Caine by Matthew Stover being published by Del Rey later this month! An excerpt of the first part can be viewed elsewhere, but we have that and the second part, Gifts.
Everybody who had read Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle knows the deal - hard-hitting, intense, smart SF/F from the NY Times Bestselling novelist of the novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (where he restored childhoods!)
I’ll have a review up very soon (within a week) - I just love this guy, and I have to thank Zach over at the BSC forums for leading me to the Stover books some years ago. Some time ago I reviewed - and did no justice -Blade of Tyshalle here.
I want to thank Del Rey/Random House for choosing BookSpotCentral as a venue to bring this beauty to readers!
2 responses so far ↓
1 Zach H. // Oct 9, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Good memory! I think that was back on the RAS forum that I remember you catching on to my Stover recommendation. I think we’re about even, though, given that you’re the primary voice that led me to Peake, Moorcock, and VanderMeer, just to name a few.
On the new Caine, I can’t believe it’s almost here. I’ll have to get used to saying “His Father’s Fist” when the ol’ most anticipated book question comes up from now on.
- Zach
2 jaytomio // Oct 9, 2008 at 5:45 pm
The read is excellent, in many ways it’s Stover’s most direct, but it seems very much so fitting (which I’d gather you get when you read).
It’s hard for me to compare as I kind of bring Erikson’s whole saga with me when I read every new book, but Caine Black Knife is definitely right there as my favorite read this year.
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