How Cool Is This?

Courtesy of my brave andnoble agent:

Starred review from Publisher’s Weekly:
Prospero Lost L. Jagi Lamplighter. Tor, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1929-6

Lamplighter’s powerful debut draws inspiration from Shakespeare and world mythology, infused with humor and pure imagination. Four centuries after the events of The Tempest, Prospero’s daughter Miranda runs Prospero Inc., a company with immense influence in the supernatural world. When she discovers a mysterious warning from her father, who has gone missing, Miranda sets forth accompanied by Mab, an Aerie Spirit manifested as a hard-boiled PI, to warn her far-flung, enigmatic siblings that the mysterious Shadowed Ones plan to steal their staffs of power. Every encounter brings new questions, new problems and a greater sense of what’s at stake. Featuring glimpses into a rich and wondrous world of the unseen, this is no ordinary urban fantasy, but a treasure trove of nifty ideas and intriguing revelations. A cliffhanger ending will leave readers panting for sequels. (Sept.)

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    • A star and a good review! They don’t always go together. I know of books that PW has given a star to and then said rather negative things in the review…so I’m really lucky!

      John had the same thing happen his first book…a really nice starred review. He even once got a note from the reviewer, later, saying how much he liked it. Unfortunately, we lost that note when we switched computers at one point, and we can’t remember the fellows name. A shame.

      Thanks, though!

    • That would be really nice of you, thanks! (Maybe next week, when the book is actually out.)

      I haven’t seen the book yet, but I hear one is on its way to me and should arrive in the next two days.

  1. A star and a good review! They don’t always go together. I know of books that PW has given a star to and then said rather negative things in the review…so I’m really lucky!

    John had the same thing happen his first book…a really nice starred review. He even once got a note from the reviewer, later, saying how much he liked it. Unfortunately, we lost that note when we switched computers at one point, and we can’t remember the fellows name. A shame.

    Thanks, though!

  2. That would be really nice of you, thanks! (Maybe next week, when the book is actually out.)

    I haven’t seen the book yet, but I hear one is on its way to me and should arrive in the next two days.

    • Frankly, I don’t know. They don’t tell us these things. I suspect you’ll have to order it online. Usually before it goes overseas, there’s a separate contract…but that’s for a different language. Not sure what they do with English overseas versions. No one has told me.

  3. Frankly, I don’t know. They don’t tell us these things. I suspect you’ll have to order it online. Usually before it goes overseas, there’s a separate contract…but that’s for a different language. Not sure what they do with English overseas versions. No one has told me.

      • lol. I was seriously thinking that, actually. Is three how many there will be? Have you written them yet? I’ll have to buy the first one right away to encourage the publisher to print the other ones. (That is, once I can afford to buy books again). I did really enjoy the excerpt that you put up on this blog once.

        • Alas, I think the excerpt I put up was for the series I haven’t written yet. Was it about Miranda or about a girl talking to a wizard? Maybe I did put the first bit of the Miranda story up, come to think of it. I should do it again.

          Yes, it is all written, except that the third volume needs a bit of polish.

          (If you do buy the first one and really like it. I could send you the rest by email…if you care to read things that way.)

          • Mmm, I liked the couple versions you put up of the girl-talking-to-wizard one, too. But I was thinking of the 400-year-old-lady who’s father goes missing story. (I remember there being a description of a detective of sorts, and the explanation of why the accusation that the wayward brother might have raped a girl had a special horror for the main lady).

            Would you really email me the later books? I might take you up on that. :) I do prefer paper books to digital ones, but if it means not having to wait for them to be published, I think I might be able to handle the visual format. :)

          • Yep…Miranda is the 400 year old girl. Mab is the detective, and the other guy was Caliban, the misshapen creature from the Tempest raised by Prospero.

            >Would you really email me the later books?

            Sure! And you could let me know if you found any obvious mistakes. ;-)

  4. lol. I was seriously thinking that, actually. Is three how many there will be? Have you written them yet? I’ll have to buy the first one right away to encourage the publisher to print the other ones. (That is, once I can afford to buy books again). I did really enjoy the excerpt that you put up on this blog once.

  5. Alas, I think the excerpt I put up was for the series I haven’t written yet. Was it about Miranda or about a girl talking to a wizard? Maybe I did put the first bit of the Miranda story up, come to think of it. I should do it again.

    Yes, it is all written, except that the third volume needs a bit of polish.

    (If you do buy the first one and really like it. I could send you the rest by email…if you care to read things that way.)

  6. Mmm, I liked the couple versions you put up of the girl-talking-to-wizard one, too. But I was thinking of the 400-year-old-lady who’s father goes missing story. (I remember there being a description of a detective of sorts, and the explanation of why the accusation that the wayward brother might have raped a girl had a special horror for the main lady).

    Would you really email me the later books? I might take you up on that. :) I do prefer paper books to digital ones, but if it means not having to wait for them to be published, I think I might be able to handle the visual format. :)

  7. Yep…Miranda is the 400 year old girl. Mab is the detective, and the other guy was Caliban, the misshapen creature from the Tempest raised by Prospero.

    >Would you really email me the later books?

    Sure! And you could let me know if you found any obvious mistakes. ;-)

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