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You’ve already seen the great cover art by Lauren Saint Onge for The Venusian Gambit (out May 5!), but there was just one thing missing…and now it’s there.

That awesome blurb is from the super-talented writer Beth Cato, author of The Clockwork Dagger and, coming June 9, The Clockwork Crown, both from Harper Voyager. Here’s the non-squinting version:

“Everything the finale of a trilogy should be — constant suspense, genuine characters…. If you start this at bedtime, don’t plan on getting any sleep until you hit The End.”

Beth has been a fan of the Daedalus series since The Daedalus Incident came out, and readily agreed to give Gambit an early read. She’s been extraordinarily generous with her time and her recommendation here, and I’m very, very grateful. You should definitely check out her books and her blog, which not only features a lot of magical steampunk goodness, but also some of the best baking recipes on the Internet.

Seriously, she as a recipe for baked French vanilla mini-donuts up today. I’m hungry just looking at them.

Thank you, Beth, for your kind words and all your support. Everyone go buy her books!

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Oh, it’s so nice to see a book in near-book form. It’s happening, people. The Venusian Gambit is happening.

I just got the advance ePub files for book three of the Daedalus series this morning from the good folks at Night Shade Books/Skyhorse. And I immediately sent them out to a big list of reviewers and authors, because I’m excited for folks to read it and enjoy it and, ideally, say nice things about it.

I’ll also note that it’s an advance uncorrected proof. So there’ll be a few spelling errors, undoubtedly. The ePub file isn’t all prettied up. You get the idea.

If for whatever reason you feel you should’ve gotten a copy and did not, first…check your spam folder. If it’s still not there, drop me a line. If I know you, I’ll rectify the matter expeditiously. If I don’t know you, you may have to make your case as to why you get a free book, because, you know, I want to put my kid through college.

Printed ARCs will be coming very soon, but there aren’t that many, and most are already earmarked for folks. I’ll do my best to cadge one and, maybe, do a giveaway or a charity bit for it. Stay tuned.

And be on the lookout for the final cover. I expect it any day now, and it will be glorious. Promise.

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I’ve been fortunate enough over the past month to visit two of the world’s great independent SF/F bookstores – Borderlands in San Francisco and Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego. And because I was in those particular neighborhoods, I signed some books.

Signing books, by the way, never gets old.

Now, I’m not in everybody’s neighborhood, so the chance of finding signed copies of my books at your local bookstore is pretty slim. Thankfully, these two bookstores do a brisk business in mail order and e-commerce, so if you’re inclined to give the gift of Daedalus and Enceladus this holiday season, you’re in luck. And I’d be mighty grateful and flattered.

Here’s the thing, though. Both stores have a limited supply. I signed probably a dozen of each at Mysterious Galaxy, but that was back in early November. And I signed roughly half that at Borderlands on Friday. So you can certainly take a chance and order online from either place, but there’s a risk you’ll end up with an unsigned copy.

So here’s what you do: Drop them an e-mail or give them a call. It’s that simple. Just click on their sites (linked above) for the contact info, and ask if they have any left. If they do, go ahead and pull the trigger on that purchase.

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