Eddis, Attolia, Sounis

Just as I was peering out the door, humming “Oh oh the Wells Fargo wagon is a-comin’ down the street, oh please let it be for me,” the Amazon van pulled up and delivered my precious book.

It’s beautiful! And the drawing on the endpapers made me smile. But no spoilers, so you’ll have to see for yourselves.



Who else got their copy?

Months ago, in the Conspiracy Room chats, semperlego and I discovered that we live relatively close to one another. We've met several times since then at this lovely restaurant/bakery/coffee shop that has a beautiful outdoor seating area. in May, Semper was off to England and Scotland, and I was bound for Italy. We each had fantastic--and long awaited, many times delayed--vacations and, or course, those vacations involved hunting around for Queen's Thief books. So, when we met last week, we had gifts for one another!



I'm now the proud owner of The Thief with its beautiful new UK cover, and Semper has the gorgeous recent Italian Thief.  And, hey, if you're ever in North Carolina, let me know and maybe we can all chat over a scone and chai latte.

Now, on to recent reading! Tell me what you've been reading lately. Semper and I exchanged the titles of lots of books the other wasn't familiar with. How about you??

Someone was asking about Paul O. Zelinsky's excellent artwork in RotT, and also about the map on the inside covers, since the ebook really doesn't include clear images of them. I took pictures of both, for those who want to see.

It's not great quality but I couldn't find the pictures online and I couldn't bear to squish my beautiful hardback book in the scanner.

See the map here.

See the illustration here.