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James P. Mallory ([personal profile] merlinscribe) wrote2024-10-10 02:05 pm
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DELIVERANCE OF DRAGONS Update

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The link above goes to a thumbnail of the cover. I'm sorry the image is so small; I cannot think of any way to embiggen it. But: News! Tor did not ask for a revision cycle, so I have done the copyedit (in which the CE wonders whether Vieliessar would actually LIE to anyone, and the author falls about laughing) and we're still on track for a May release.
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Yay!

[personal profile] sagacitylost 2024-10-11 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Oh WOW! I have a good imagination for cover art and based on the prior ones this one is going to be amazing 😍 I was able to find the pre order on Amazon! Can't wait! Hoping for an audiobook release soon after the hardcover 😊

(Anonymous) 2024-10-11 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
YESSSSSSSSS I look forward to learning more Elven history in the coming months!
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[personal profile] chichiri 2024-10-14 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
A cover reveal, even a tiny one, makes it more real! I'm getting excited now. 😁
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Re: Yay!

[personal profile] chichiri 2024-10-14 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Pre-ordering is up?! I had better get on that. :)

[personal profile] romertaylor 2024-10-19 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Preordered hard cover
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[personal profile] merlinscribe 2024-10-23 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] merlinscribe 2024-10-23 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too! Only one more step to go in the editorial process, and that's the proof pages.
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[personal profile] merlinscribe 2024-10-23 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
There's more of that in this book than I thought, and far less than I wanted to include, alas.
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Re: Yay!

[personal profile] merlinscribe 2024-10-23 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Who knows? Depending on the number of pre-orders they may increase the size of the print run.
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Re: Yay!

[personal profile] merlinscribe 2024-10-23 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Audiobook will be released at the same time as the book.

[personal profile] starwind40 2024-11-19 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Pre-ordered ebook. Can't wait!

(Anonymous) 2024-11-22 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Pre-ordered! Thank you
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[personal profile] chichiri 2024-11-30 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Finally got my hardcover pre-order in. I can't wait until May!

(Anonymous) 2024-12-13 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
How exactly did the knowledge of paired Bonding disappear/fall out of use as with Harrier and Tiercel? It seems that this capacity to extend a dragon’s life theoretically indefinitely would have removed one of the largest temptations the Endarkened had to corrupt mortals bonded to dragons. As an aspect of maintaining their existence as a species I feel like this would have been of real importance to the existing dragons to pass along to further generations?
I may well be forgetting, but my own 4 month old baby Kellen has definitely ruined my recall ability.
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[personal profile] merlinscribe 2025-01-09 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
In the 14,000 years since Dragons came into the world a number of things have happened. It's important to remember that for a classical triple Bond (two Elves/humans, one Dragon) there has to be someone available and suitable (ie, a Lightborn or someone capable of being one) for the dragon to choose. When the last Elven Dragonmage died, all the bonds were Dragon/Lightborn. Lightborn spells cannot be written down or passed orally. All it would take would be a few missed connections for the Triple Bond itself, and then the knowledge of it, to disappear.

(And BTW, I think that Kellen is a wonderful name for a baby.)
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