Finally, a MAP!

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Today, MWT posted on her tumblr feed: "The Thief was published twenty years, four months, and 23 days ago. Twenty years, four month and *21* days ago, people started asking me for a map. The wait is almost over. My editor says she is sending it to me tomorrow and I will post it here."

Later in the day, she posted the image below. Is this the map we've been waiting for (It is not completely clear to me)? It looks AH-MAYZ-ING.


Artist: Maxime Plasse

So, the inscription on the side says (to the best of my understanding), "This map of Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis was prepared for Her Highness Gitta Kingsdaughter by her tutor, Tykus Namikus for her reference while reading the books of the Queen's Thief."

So....if this IS the official map...who is Gitta? Royalty, obviously, but from which family/country? DISCUSS.

Hardcover editions?

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Has anyone heard yet whether or not the newly released covers will be available in hardcover for ALL of the books, not just the new one?

I want to buy the new covers, but I'm distressed at the thought of having the same problem I had with the LAST new covers: only able to get paperbacks of the first book, which don't match the latest book.

Any word?