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News from Outremer
Chaz'z newest book is the return of an old book, in an irresistible shiny new edition: the Wizard's Tower Press reissue of Chaz'z fantasy classic The Books of Outremer has reached its fourth volume, Feast of the King's Shadow. This is a single novel in six volumes, so if you have not read its predecessors, don't start here: go back to the beginning. You'll find ordering details on the publisher's website for The Devil in the Dust (and more besides). But if you are up to date with the story so far, now you can find out what happens next (after the bombshell revelation which closes book 3); and if you have already read to the end of the tale, now you can re-immerse yourself in the world of Outremer, in a text completely revised by the author.
Our heroes have arrived at the desert city of Rhabat, where they will be guests of the Sharai leader, Hasan. Whether they will be safe there is another matter. Morakh, the leader of the Sand Dancers, is still on the lose. And then there is the matter of what the ‘Ifrit are up to in the Dead Waters.
Marron may be coming to terms with becoming the legendary Ghost Walker, but many Sharai are still resentful of a Patric having that honour. Meanwhile Marron still has his relationship with Jemel to sort out. As for Julianne, she has to decide what to do about Hasan’s offer of marriage, given that in theory she is married already.
Publisher Cheryl Morgan says: "I read the Outremer series in 2004. At the time, Crusader imagery was regularly utilised in support of the war in Iraq, and depiction of queer relationships in fantasy was still a rarity. Consequently the series was a breath of fresh air in a world just starting to go mad. I'm delighted to be able to bring these books back to the reading public."
Mary Ellen, Craterean!
June 20th is Publication Day, yay! for Mary Ellen, Craterean!, the third book in the Crater School series. Here is a link to the page which will tell you anywhere and everywhere you may order it from, apart from your own preferred bookshop (which, y'know, is also fine): everything you need to know, Wizard’s Tower Press will tell you here.
Also, you should probably know that Chaz is hurtling, aye, hurtling along with volume four, Radhika Rages at the Crater School. That's half done already. You can follow along, as ever, at Chaz'z Patreon, for the price of a cup of coffee.
Chaz explains The Big Idea behind Mary Ellen, Craterean!.
Mars Imperial home page.
News of an old friend
Chaz announces on FaceBook that "You can now grab an e-book of my first acknowledged novel, The Samaritan, on Kindle! This is also the first of my serial-killer thrillers, written and published pre-Silence of the Lambs and thus ahead of the market, which is why it of course vanished without trace. (I do of course have reasons for why every single one of my books vanished without trace; it's kinda fun, honestly.)
Anyway: go forth and buy from from Amazon.com and from from Amazon UK), gimme a slightly early birthday present or something. It's fun; did I mention a serial killer?
The Best of Chaz
Everything in All the Wrong Order, the Best Of collection of Chaz'z short stories, was published by Subterranean Press on 31st August 2021, and has been gathering rave reviews.
The Table of Contents has now been announced - thirty two brilliant stories of all lengths, plus an introduction by Elizabeth Bear. Publishers Weekly calls Chaz "gifted, prolific" and, in a starred review, says "Every entry enhances creative plots and plausible characterizations with outstanding writing."
Included in the 2021 Locus Recommended Reading List.