Peace Talks will be released on July 14, 2020. That’s a Tuesday.
Pre-order it here.
(I’m sure we’ll have a post about it about a week after it comes out.)
(Featured image is “Jim Butcher” by Gage Skidmore. Used under creative commons license.)
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Ah, excellent. Between this, the last expanse book and the last Interdependency book, this is a good year for fantasy and sci fi.Report
I heard a rumor that Winds of Winter is also coming out this year.
But until we get a date, we should probably assume that it won’t be.Report
Insert squee noises here.Report
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Don’t you understand how shounen series work? You never fight the last guy, because that would be the end!Report
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Charlie Stross has remarked that one advantage of framing the Laundry Files books as post-action write-ups by Laundry agents is he can blame any minor inconsistencies between the books on the characters’ faulty recollection of events.Report