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Ulrika Rydberg sent several pictures of Oath in Uppsala, all of which would have made a good picture here, but the bust of Carl von Linne did it for me.

Photo courtesy of Ulrika Rydberg

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First, many thanks to all of you for observing the “no spoilers” warning for the first two weeks after the US release.   Your courtesy is appreciated not only by me, but by those who haven’t yet finished (or started) Oath of Fealty.

And second, here’s the promised Spoiler Thread.   So for anyone who does not want spoilers, Do Not Read This Thread.   You’ve been warned.  This opening post won’t have any spoilers in it, but comments undoubtedly will, so…DO NOT READ THIS THREAD.

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Kings of the North has now traveled down the hall (so to speak) from Editorial to Production, as Editor called yesterday with one last tweak–and then approved the tweak I provided.    A few more things need to be sent off–the front matter stuff, dedication and the like, and a map specific to this book–but basically it’s now on the cog railway towards its emergence next year as a book on the shelf.

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…and in a bookstore, no less.   Mari Kurisato found Oath listening to recorder music (those musicians down below) at a Recorder Faire in The Tattered Cover bookstore  in Denver, Colorado:

Photo courtesy Mari Kurasato

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Oath having lounged on a sandy beach now explores a rocky one–but has eyes only for the famous lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia:

Photo courtesy of Jim McNeill

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Just to break the chain of really fun photos of Oath traveling the world,  I thought you might like an update on what book-related work has been going on.  I think I mentioned when the revisions went in.   I’ve also done a couple of interviews (one phone, one email) and answered a UK copy-editor’s questions about that edition of the Gird/Luap omnibus.   The map for Kings of the North is still to do.

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In Kindle dress, Oath appears to be gazing at the Manhattan skyline from Roosevelt Island:

Photo courtesy of Mike Giroux

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Oath gazes with interest at the Perth city skyline in Western Australia, no doubt unaware that this image gives its writer a touch of nostalgia…been there twice, loved it both times.

Photo courtesy of Marian Foster

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Terie Garrison, somewhere in the UK, sent a whole slew of hilarious pictures of her cat Marzipan “claiming” the book, but this was my favorite for the cat’s expression of bliss:

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At my web designer’s  Oath was found gazing at its own website…

(Photo thanks to R. Duhon of Willowbrook  Designs.)

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