The Bodhisattva

Well, Damon has been raving about this book so now for the people I bringeth 5 copies for the BookSpot Central readers! That’s right, we have 5 copies of The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks up for grabs!

Synopsis:
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city’s most accomplished artist.
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I’m reading this now and I just love how Stephenson demands - doesn’t ask - for a reader’s complete attention. So why not share the goodness? Over at BookSpot Central I have 5 copies of Anathem, the latest from Stephenson!

Synopsis:
Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and [...]

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Back with the third week of the Dark Sword Miniatures/BookSpot Central contest. You have one day left to get in on last week’s (that kicked this off) figure, Loras Tyrell! This week we bring Sandor Clegane - the Hound!
Every Monday at BookSpotCentral will be Masterworks Monday and we will announce a new figure from Dark [...]

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Yesterday over at BookSpot Central I announced a contest for what’s being called the first true sequel to Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card! Ender in Exile is set to hit U.S. shelves next week and I have a copy signed by Card up for grabs!

Synopsis:
Orson Scott Card returns to his best-selling series with a [...]

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You could just have a Small Beer Press library and you would be pimp as hell. Tell the truth, if you walk into someone’s house for the first time and they are flexing Kelly Link, Sean Stewart, Crowley etc, etc you know that person is somebody you may need to keep in the circle of [...]

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Back with the second week the Dark Sword Miniatures/BookSpot Central contest. You have one day left to get in on last week’s (that kicked this off) figure, Jon Snow! This week we bring Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers!
Every Monday at BookSpotCentral will be Masterworks Monday and we will announce a new figure from Dark [...]

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Over at BookSpot Central I just announced a contest for all of those Wheel of Time fans that want to scout the guy that’s going to be ending their saga! What they are going to find is some solid work by Brandon Sanderson and here is chance to grab four of his books - signed! [...]

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Yesterday over at BookSpot Central I announced a contest that will award a winner ever week for the next 20 weeks - that’s also a George R.R. Martin’s fan’s delight! Dark Sword Miniatures and BookSpot Central join forces for the betterment of Westeros fans!
Every Monday at BookSpotCentral will be Masterworks Monday and we will announce [...]

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Yesterday over at BookSpot Central I announced a contest opportunity for a a copy of Caine Black Knife by Matthew Stover! I reviewed this book earlier this month and we have the exclusive 2-part excerpt for you to sample!!
It’s just a continuation of Caine goodne. . . badassness and this copy will be signed by [...]

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Okay peeps, this is going to be real busy week starting today in terms of content/feature at BookSpot Central so stay tuned (I have two features I don’t even have titles for yet!) and we are going to kick it off with a chance to win some books by writer who is also contributor at [...]

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I’ve always wondered why a lot of these ‘franchise’ books weren’t always going after top writers from the beginning - I mean who better to write alien badasses on earth than some of the best speculative authors on the planet (psssst…some of which who are also the best writers of fiction today). Dark Horse, in [...]

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From fast ships and black sails to the Black Library and back, over at BookSpotCentral I just announced something to make Monday better!
We are talking 9 books each for two winners! Horus Rising by Dan Abnett, False Gods by Graham McNeill, Galaxy in Flames by Ben Counter, Fulgrim by Graham McNeill, Descent of Angels by Mitchel [...]

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There’s quite a bit of Star Wars material out there on the bookshelf (as one could imagine) but you won’t find many pockets explored and uncovered better than the contributions by Karen Traviss. Traviss, besides being a fine writer (check out her own, non-SW book for great SF) has just been able to not only [...]

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No case of Mondays here, as over at BookSpotCentral for those feeling a bit down due to the economy, work, or more importantly your favorite football team losing over the weekend, Jay Boogie is is back to give everybody a chance at some good reading by one of the best in this business. Jeffrey Ford [...]

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Over at BookSpotCentral I just announced another chance to score some more Autumn reading. Something for the fans of short fiction, A Field Guide to Surreal Botany, an anthology published by Two Cranes Press and edited by Jason Erik Lundberg and Janet Chui.

To get more information on how to get in on this contest and [...]

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