I am pretty jazzed to report that Robin Hobb, one of my favorite fantasy authors, has released her novel
Shaman's Crossing as a free e-book! In fact, her publisher Eos (imprint of HarperCollins) is
giving away a new free e-book every two months for 2008. About the book:
Quote:
Book One of the Soldier Son trilogy, SHAMAN'S CROSSING tells the story of Nevare Burvelle, destined from birth to be a soldier.
The second son of a newly anointed nobleman, he must endure the rigors of military training at the elite King's Cavella Academy--and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classmates--before joining the King of Gernia's brutal campaign of territorial expansion. The life chosen for him will be fraught with hardship, for he must ultimately face a forest-dwelling folk who will not submit easily to a king's tyranny. And they possess an ancient magic their would-be conquerors have long discounted...a powerful sorcery that threatens to claim Nevare Burvelle's soul and devastate his world once the Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares.
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You can download it in various tastes, including Adobe PDF, Microsoft LIT, and Mobipocket.
Download Link (read the small print; use the coupon code EOS1).
[via
FantasyBookSpot]