A Quote From "Beauty and the Werewolf"

From Mercedes Lackey's Facebook

Here's a quick quote From "Beauty and the Werewolf" ... I liked this one. Did you know that that wasn't my first choice of title? The publisher pushed for it :)

His features were even, but not especially handsome, and in this Kingdom at least, most of the nobles were dazzlingly good looking. There was none of the unconscious arrogance in his expression that she was accustomed to see in the few nobles she had met. All of the girls that the twins associated with, for instance—one and all, they carried with them an air that said If I choose to order you, you will obey. This young man’s expression said Please don’t stab me with a fork, especially a silver one.

Exciting!

News and Notes

From Mercedes Lackey's Facebook:

Quick book news: I turned in Book 2 of Secret World Chronicle: The Hunt. James and I turned in Obsidian Book Dragon Prophecy. I will shortly turn in 500 Kingdoms: Beauty and the Werewolf.

She and Larry Dixon ware the Guests of Honor Ad Astra in Toronto, Ontario April 8, 9, and 10.

Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle is available for pre-order from Amazon!

Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle is available for pre-order from Amazon!

The world had become used to the metahumans—people sometimes perfectly ordinary,but sometimes quite extraordinary in appearance—who mostly worked with their governments as high-powered peace officers, fighting crime, and sometimes fighting rogue metahumans who had become super-criminals. Then that comfortable world ended in just one terrifying day.

Suddenly, all world governments were simultaneously attacked by soldiers in giant mecha robotic suits with the swastika symbol of the Third Reich on their metal arms. If these were Nazis, where had they been hiding since the end of World War II? And where had they gotten armor and weapons far in advance of anything on the planet? Weapons against which even the metahuman heroes seemed to be helpless . . .

Book News!

From Mercedes Lackey's Facebook:

Ever wonder how far ahead of publication authors sometimes run? I just turned in the second book for the Shadow Grail series.... and I bet you guys don't have the first one yet :-)

Many were asking about Diana Tregarde - that's going to be in Trio of Sorcery, with Ellen and Jenny. Now working on the next Elemental Masters book Unnatural Issue.

Ms Lackey's bibliography (by publish year) is here. As always, you can purchase her books via Firebird Arts and Music.

Limited edition ebook available!

Smashwords.com writes:

Secret World War: White Bird: A limited edition ebook version of some of the most popular stories from the Secret World Chronicle podcast, Secret World War: White Bird describes how the World War II pilot Jeanne Blanchette became Le Faucon Blanc. One of four official Secret World War short stories from the authors of the Secret World Chronicle.

The cost is 99 cents, and it comes in many formats including HTML, Kindle, and plain text.

Happy reading!