April 23, 2007
Press release from Tor Books
Tor sent out the following press release regarding "Darkness of the Light
DARKNESS OF THE LIGHT
By Peter David
A Tor Hardcover
ISBN: 0-7653-1173-9
On-Sale Date: June 12, 2007
PW Gives Darkness of the Light a Starred Review!
Praising this "clever, fast-paced fantasy," the review lauds David as "a master at juggling multiple characters and plot lines."
Check out this and other Tor reviews in the April 23d issue of Publishers Weekly.
Full Review:
(I've taken the liberty of putting the full review below the cut since it's vaguely spoilerish)
Bestseller David sets this clever, fast-paced fantasy on the Damned World (formerly Earth), home to a handful of enslaved humans, a greatly feared Overseer and the exiled inhabitants of the Twelve Races. Having nearly destroyed humanity, a variety of strange creatures now battle each other. Jepp, a freed human slave, joins a mixed-race band of scavengers. The king of the Cyclops orders Jepp's group to steal the Orb of Light from the trolls, believing its magic will destroy the bloodsucking vampires who have stolen his niece. Meanwhile, the Overseer investigates why hotstars, the energy source for most of the tech on the Damned World, are fading out. As Jepp discovers her own hidden powers, the Overseer realizes that the Twelve Races must understand humanity's place in their universe or risk annihilation. David ( Knight Life) is a master at juggling multiple characters and plot lines-and, in what one hopes is the first in a new series, breathes new life into some well-worn mythic tropes. (June)
Posted by Peter David at April 23, 2007 04:39 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingWell, I just pre-ordered for in-store pick-up at Bordersstores.com. As soon as it gets there I get a call so I can get it right away.
It's about time. You first teased the series on the blog almost two years ago now.
A few clicks of the mouse at Deepdiscount.com will be putting mine on pre-order as soon as I'm done here. Can't wait.
reviews reshmooo's, Not to blow sunshine up your rapidly dimishing tuccuss, but I will never trust a reviewers statements about one of your books... For I will make a proficy that at the end of your career the worst book you publish wil still be better than 90% of the other books out there... So even if a reviewer says it is total crap I will still be at the bookstore hastling the stockboy to hurry up on release day
John
YAY!! New PAD Book. I agree with John Connor and think his 90% comment might be a bit conservative.
So, after all that other business of co-writing books that you hadn't, is this really a book written by you?
Looks like a good start to the book's run, PAD. Congrats -- I'll be reserving a copy m'self as I soon as I figure out which store to use!
TWL
I just want to know whom we have to mass email to get another Sir Apropos novel. (Yeah, I know that there is a short story in a collection; but if the novels sell well then there should be more of them. "Wisdom of the marketplace" Yeah, right.)
I forgot to ask: Did your wife, Diane Duane, have any input? ;)
cap10rob
calling someone conservative in here is fighting words...lol
Looking forward to the book, although the review has mainly got me wondering what a non-bloodsucking vampire would be like.
Yay, a new series! Hopefully, the publisher won't yank the carpet out from underneath you the way other publishers have with your original works, and maybe, just maybe, you'll get a movie deal out of this one!
Cameron, it could be an energy sucker, OR it could be one of my ex-girlfriends.
Oh, no, wait, she didn't suck energy, she sucked all the joy outta every room she went into. What the hell was I thinking?
Am I the only one, reading the review, who feels like they just walked into the middle of a fairly long and complex story?
When does it come out? My current read is a book I got for $1 at B&N's post Christmas fire sale...meaning I don't mind reading it, but I'd never have paid real money for it, and I'm desperately looking for something new while my other series' authors all conspire against me to not have any new (to me) material for me to buy. Honestly, how can 10ish writers ALL not have something I've not read and want to read on the stands?
Twelve races? That came to Earth? To enslave mankind?
Okay, I see. This is the real story behind the original Battlestar Galactica. And everybody thought Dirk Benedict was so cute.
Am I the only one, reading the review, who feels like they just walked into the middle of a fairly long and complex story?
Star Wars was like that, it seemed to work out fine for them.
Post Apocalyptic Future Earth with Vampires? I am so f-in there. Any usage of robots would rule as well.
I just got a "Peter David Bulletin" from Barnes & Noble letting me know about this book.
I'm serious, by the way. The subject line says "Peter David Bulletin."
But it's okay. I like getting "Peter David Bulletins."
What I'm impressed by is that he got Terry Brooks to blurb it! Terry doesn't blurb that many books.
Lee