Bastard Giveaway: The Iron Elves by Chris Evans

Here's the perfect opportunity to catch up to The Iron Elves series by Chris Evans with the next book, Ashes of a Black Frost, coming out tomorrow October 18, 2011.

Thanks to the generosity of Simon & Schuster, one lucky winner will come away with the first two books of the series, A Darkness Forged in Fire and The Light of Burning Shadows. Also, you can complete the series by entering Seak's giveaway of Ashes of a Black Frost on Only The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy blog.


Participants have to be 18 years of age or older to participate. Void where prohibited by law. Giveaway rules are subject to change. 

The giveaway is open for US mailing addresses only (sorry, but no PO Boxes), and it will run from October 17, 2011 until 11:59pm ET on October 21, 2011.

How to participate:

• To enter the giveaway, just place a comment in this post and declare intention to participate.
• One entry per person, or face disqualification.
• Make sure to provide an email address to which I can contact you.
• Entries accepted until 11:59pm ET on October 21, 2011
• Winners will be chosen by random sorting entries, and then using a random number generator.
• There will be one winner, who will get both prizes.
• Will have to confirm email to be considered a winner within a week after October 21, 2011.

 Additional entries may be had by doing the following:

• Follow me on my blog publicly so that you appear on Google Friend Connect.
• Follow me on twitter, @BastardBooks. Make sure to provide your twitter username in your entry.

If you do the steps above, and only by doing those steps, you'd end up with the possibility of 3 total entries:
+1 Comment Entry
+1 Google Friend Connect (Mention your GFC username)
+1 Twitter Follower (Mention your twitter username)

Even though you don't get an additional entry, consider subscribing to my Facebook Bastard Books page.

Thanks, and good luck!

Bastard Promotion: Ashes of a Black Frost by Chris Evans

The Iron Elves series is one that I've been very curious about, seems like a fun one. As always, time restraints have prevented me from trying the series out. With a new book, Ashes of a Black Frost, coming up soon, seems like now is the perfect opportunity to do so. Hopefully, I'll manage to catch up soon. First two books in the series are A Darkness Forged in Fire and The Light of Burning Shadows.

Of interest, don't miss out on a live chat on Twitter with hashtag #NYCC with @simonschuster & @CEvans_Author next week on October 13th. It will be from noon until 4pm EST.

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Title: Ashes of a Black Frost: Book Three of the Iron Elves
By: Chris Evans
ISBN: 9781439180662
Format: HC
Price: $25.99/$29.99 CAN
On Sale: 10/18/11

Description

Bones jutted from the sand at angles—not odd angles, though, for that would suggest that there were ways bones could protrude that made sense—and the eyes of those still living stared and saw nothing.

Amidst a scene of carnage on a desert battlefield blanketed in metallic snow, Major Konowa Swift Dragon sees his future, and it is one drenched in shadow and blood. Never mind that he has won a grand victory for the Calahrian Empire. He came here in search of his lost regiment of elves, while the Imperial Prince came looking for the treasures of a mystical library, and both ventures have failed. But Konowa knows, as do the Iron Elves—both living and dead—that another, far more important battle now looms before them. The campaign in the desert was only the latest obstacle on the twisted, darkening path leading inexorably to the Hyntaland, and the final confrontation with the dreaded Shadow Monarch.

In this third novel of musket and magic in Chris Evans's Iron Elves saga, Konowa's ultimate journey is fraught with escalating danger. A vast, black forest finds a new source of dark power, spawning creatures even more monstrous than the blood trees from which they evolve. The maniacally unstable former emissary of the Shadow Monarch hungers for revenge, leading an army of ravenous beasts bent on utterly destroying the Iron Elves. A reluctant hero, Private Alwyn Renwar, struggles to maintain his connection to this world and that of the loyalty of the shades of the dead. And in a maze of underground tunnels, Visyna Tekoy, whom Konowa counts among those he has loved and lost, fights for her life against the very elves he so desperately wants to find.

And so Konowa sets off from this Canyon of Bones, pursuing his freedom from a curse that has cast his life in darkness. For though his long, violent trek may indeed lead him to his destiny, he is ill prepared for the discovery he will make . . . with the fate of the Iron Elves, and the world, hinging on the courage of one wrathful elf.

To get caught up with the Series click here http://chrisevansauthor.com/ or visit simonandschuster.com

Live Twitter chat! Join @simonschuster for a Live Twitter Chat with @CEvans_Author on Thursday, October 13th from noon-4PM EST.  Hashtag #NYCC