An envelope with an old key opens . . .
The Rifter
a new serial novel by Ginn Hale, available on March 8th @ weightlessbooks.com
“Hale is a master storyteller”
—Jessewave Reviews
“The true sorcery here is in Ginn Hale’s writing, which is by turns funny, fierce and lyrical. I can’t say enough good things about her work. Rifter is an astonishing story: terrifying and yet romantic. I was bewitched from the first sentence.”
—JOSH LANYON
Weightless Books is proud to present a favorite fiction format revitalized once more for the digital age by award winning author Ginn Hale.
When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key. Instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world.
Written over five years, The Rifter is award-winning author Ginn Hale's new ten-part serialized novel that follows two men transported from modern America to a theocratic world in the throes of a revolution.
The first episode, The Shattered Gates, will be released on March 8, 2011. New installments will be released on the second Tuesday of each month. Singles installments and subscriptions are available.
Praise for Ginn Hale
“An intricate world, well-integrated social issues, believable sexual encounters, and an interesting mystery make this dense, languorous tale appealing for any fan of romantic fantasy.”
—Publisher’s Weekly
“Lushly detailed, with believable, fully developed characters, this fantasy with homoerotic overtones is reminiscent of Mercedes Lackey’s Vanyel novels and should appeal to a similar readership.”
—Library Journal
“This ingenious fantasy romance continues to resonate in my imagination.”
—Drewey Wayne Gunn, Lambda Literary Report
“Hale is a natural storyteller, and knows how to plot. It’s hard to believe that this is a first effort. I found both sections of the novel unputdownable.”
—Craig Gidney, Fantasy Book Spot
“Wicked Gentlemen... is so sharply observed, so uniquely constructed, so original, and so touching in places that I have to give it a high recommendation.”
—Janine, Dear Author
About the Author Ginn Hale lives in the Pacific Northwest, donates blood as a pastime, and tinkers with things. She is the author of The Lord of the White Hell (Blind Eye Books), Wicked Gentlemen (Spectrum Award Winner; Lambda Award Finalist; Blind Eye Books), “Feral Machines” in Tangle (Blind Eye Books), “Touching Sparks” in Hell Cop (Loose Id), “Such Heights” in Hell Cop 2 (Loose Id), and “Shy Hunter” in Queer Wolf (Queered Fiction). She is currently working on a sequel to Wicked Gentlemen.
Visit the author’s web site: http://www.ginnhale.com
About Weightless Books
Weightless Books is a DRM-free ebookstore launched in 2010 to provide a new center of gravity for independent publishers. Weightless features a growing band of publishers such as Small Beer Press, Featherproof Books, Prime Books, Blind Eye Books, Lethe Press, Bull Spec, Damnation, Fairy Tale Review, Senses Five, and more every week. Weightless also offers online subscriptions to some of the most popular online and print journals including Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Realms of Fantasy, Fantasy Magazine, Bull Spec, and LCRW, with more journals being added each month. Weightless Books is run by Gavin J. Grant, who is also the publisher of Small Beer Press, and Chief Technical Officer, Michael J. DeLuca. · Contact: Gavin J. Grant · 857-540-6285 · weightlessbooks@gmail.com ·
Visit the site: http://www.weightlessbooks.com
Ginn Hale
The Rifter
$3.99 per monthly installment; $29.95 subscription / ~100 pages per installment / PDF/mobi/epub/lit / March 8, 2011
Published by Blind Eye Books: www.blindeyebooks.com
Distributed by Weightless Books: www.weightlessbooks.com
Isn't this exciting news? I adore Ginn Hale's work and can't wait to read what she has in store for us this time.
Nicole Kimberling of Blind Eye Books has been incredibly generous with the Island once again and is offering to giveaway, to one lucky winner, a free subscription of The Rifter.
That's 10 months of installments - free. Woohoo!
Leave your name and your email address in a comment to be entered.
Contest ends tonight at 11:59pm (pacific)
22 comments:
A serialized novel? Sounds fascinating. Count me in please. :)
lilygcs@comcast.net
I'm intrigued - count me in, please!
I would love to win a book by Ginn Hale .
dekad1(at)hotmail(dot)com
wow! It's like the holy grail of prizes!
Love Ginn Hale!
Name: Hilcia
email address: hilciasuarez (at) gmail (dot) com
Bring it on!
I'd love to win!
apincus2@gmail.com
Jason - we'll need your email address to enter you. ;)
I really enjoy Hale's writing. Great contest ladies!!
thriftyreader at gmail dot com
:)
I love Ginn Hale!
kristen(at)fantasybookcafe(dot)com
I have been (im)patiently waiting for this serial to be released ever since I read the excerpt. I adore dark fantasy...and Ginn Hale's writing, and the two together...sounds like bliss *grin*
If I'm not too late (not sure about the time zones) please count me in :)
orannia (at) gmail (dot) com
This sounds interesting, please count me in. :)
Oh, I love Ginn Hale and I'd love to win this one - definitely count me in!
(justacat66 at gmail)
Sounds great! Count me in please :)
johnsonmlisa@gmail.com
~ Monica
I've never read Hale before, so I'm very interested. Thanks for the contest!
Sorry, forgot email:
adara(a)adaraohare*com
(reposting... weird bloggy glitch I think!)
I would LOVE to be entered for this! Love Hale, love serial fiction, love the offer. Thanks for making this available
Damon Suede
DamonSuede@gmail.com
Cool! Count me in too!
I loved Lord of the White Hell so much, been hanging out for a new one :)
And the winner is:
Hilcia
Congratulations!
This contest is now closed.
Congrats Hilcia!
Thank you ladies! Thank you Nicole Kimberling and Blind Eye Books. :)
I've heard good things about this author. please count me in.
kaetrin67@gmail.com
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