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While I (Farseer) am well known to most users of the forums, especially after having helped Mervi with mod duties for the last twelve months, I am new to the ‘main news page’ side of things and so thought a quick introduction may be in order. From now on, I will be helping with updates on here, as well as within the forums, so you will see me here from time-to-time. That all having been said, onward to the updates…

Following their previous release of the prologue for City of Dragons, the upcoming third Rain Wild Chronicles novel, HarperVoyager has recently posted a follow-up pdf file of the first chapter.

Also, over on HarperCollins, you can now browse through City of Dragons, previewing snippets up to the end of the third chapter, as well as other goodies.

Enjoy!

Farseer

HarperVoyager has posted a PDF file of the prologue for the upcoming third Rain Wild Chronicles novel City of Dragons. So head over to their site to have your sample of what’s to come!

The US hardcover edition of City of Dragons will be out February 7^th and you can preorder it for example from bookdepository.com or amazon.com The ebook should be available the same day. And if you’d like to own a signed copy, visit the Signed Page.
The UK hardcover edition will be out April 23^rd (bookdepository.com, amazon.co.uk).

Have you always wanted to own a signed Robin Hobb book but have never been lucky enough to attend any book tour events or conventions? Well here’s your chance! Shawn from the Signed Page is again going to have signed Hobb books available, and they’re pretty special too: the US hardcover of City of Dragons and the limited Subterranean Press edition of The Inheritance and Other Stories (also a hardcover). Head over to Signed Page to learn more!

City of Dragons, the third part of Rain Wild Chronicles will be published as a hardcover edition in the US in February and in the UK in April. For the first time, both editions will feature the same cover art by Jackie Morris, the US on a golden background and the UK one on a green. Robin will also do a US book tour in February, check the cities in the side bar on the left and visit robinhobb.com for more details.

You can already preorder the book on popular online stores, so here are the traditional plentynet affiliate links:
US hardcover edition of City of Dragons, out February 7^th, ISBN 9780061561634
bookdepository.com amazon.com

UK hardcover edition of City of Dragons, out April 23^rd, ISBN 9780007273805
bookdepository.com amazon.co.uk

The fourth and final part of the Chronicles is tentatively titled Blood of Dragons and is scheduled for publication in May 2013.

Robin is also going to attend several conventions in the US and Europe, including Michigan, Arizona, Washington and the Netherlands. So keep an eye on the appearances calendar on the official site if you’d like to meet her in 2012!

Robin did another round of questions and answers over at reddit, this time about Dragon Keeper. Big spoilers if you haven’t read the book, otherwise click away!

First of all, my sincerest apologies for the lack of updates during the past few months—the reason is a mixture of real life events and computer problems. I hope to do some serious news blogging this week to catch up! For now, the most current news to take note of:
Robin Hobb will be joining /r/fantasy on Reddit on Wednesday, October 19^th at 8:00PM (Pacific) for an “I am Robin Hobb—Ask Me Anything” session. Check out how that converts to your local time and join the chat!

ETA: You can now go here to read the Q&A session.

Subterranean Press (the publication company behind A Fantasy Medley) have announced they will release a special limited edition of the Inheritance and Other Stories later this year. This will be a edition of 1000 signed copies, 800 of them cloth bound copies with the trade edition dust jacket and 200 leatherbound copies, with a different dust jacket and exclusive full-color endsheets. The dust jacket and interior illustrations will be done by Tom Kidd. You can preorder the book already and if you preorder before May 13^th (extend until May 20^th), you’ll get a discount. See their press release for details.

Props to Raija for finding out about this first! :)