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China Miéville on “City of Ruin”

February 28th, 2010 · 10 Comments

File this somewhere under ‘happy fanboy’:

“Newton combines strange and vivid creations with very real and pressing concerns with estimable commitment and passion.”
— China Miéville on City of Ruin

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Tags: City of Ruin · review

New Two-Book Deal

January 29th, 2010 · 14 Comments

Seems as though I’m late to my own party. Whilst the interwebs was busy fluttering with this news, I was getting my haircut and buying new shoes, and then I’ve got to cook dinner for four tonight. But anyway:
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PRESS RELEASE – 28th January 2010
SECOND TWO-BOOK DEAL WITH TOR UK FOR MARK CHARAN NEWTON
Julie Crisp, Senior [...]

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Tags: City of Ruin · Nights of Villjamur · news

Early Reactions To City Of Ruin

January 29th, 2010 · No Comments

A few comments starting to roll in already for City of Ruin.
Between Two Books says:
in this second book of Legends of the Red Sun series, Newton is braver. He mixes the same ingredients he let us taste in Nights of Villjamur but his elixir is bolder this time. I imagine there’s a risk in being [...]

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City of Ruin — Two Chapter Extract

January 24th, 2010 · 5 Comments

I’ve yet to finish the copy edit, but here’s a flavour of City of Ruin. The prologue was first posted elsewhere, but chapter three hasn’t been seen yet. It’s new and shiny, and introduces a new character.

Prologue
It entered the deep night, a spider reaching taller than a soldier. Street by street, the thing retched thick [...]

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Exclusive Preview of “City of Ruin”

December 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The first extract from Book Two is available at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. Here’s a snippet:
It entered the deep night, a spider reaching taller than a soldier. Street by street, the thing retched thick silk out of itself to cross the walls, using the fibrous substance to edge along improbable corners. Two, then four legs to [...]

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City of Ruin: Author Notes

September 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

So it seems that most people loved, though some hated, the new artwork. I’ll be amazed when something appears online and receives a harmonious response.
There’s a vague plan to alter the cover of Nights of Villjamur for the paperback, too. The current idea was feature the character Randur as a cover model, and I [...]

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City of Ruin

September 7th, 2009 · 22 Comments

Bringing back the weird… Art by Benjamin Carre.

That’s Brynd, for any of you wondering. There’s a little more work to be done to the face apparently, but this is pretty much it. City of Ruin, the second book in the Legends of the Red Sun series.
My draft attempt at a blurb:
Villiren: a city of [...]

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