Giveaway: Late Eclipses - Seanan McGuire.

So this week (# 8) as part of my 16 weeks of giveaways to celebrate the releases of The Bitter Seed of Magic (out now UK!) and The Cold Kiss of Death(US edition out 26th April) I'm giving away Late Eclipses (#4 October Daye sereies) by Seanan McGuire! And one of the things, or I should say characters, I love most in the October Daye books is Tybalt - King of the Cats!
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Now, I'm not as familiar with Shakespeare as I could be (so I know I probably miss some of the wonderful references that are woven through the October books when I read), but I do know that Tybalt is a character in Romeo and Juliet, and in one of those six degree* (or less) things, I give you a gratuitous picture of Alan Rickman (not playing Tybalt) hugging a statue's head *g*.

Continuing on with the six degrees connections and gratuitous pictures, here's a gorgeous one of a Maine Coon Cat!

*What, you think I should've come up with something wittier? Yeah, me too, but sadly my brain is fried, I have a bad back, the Hound is moaning, Mr Mc is vacuuming (for which I love him, but ... noisy much!), and my deadline is near enough to block out the sun, so with all the 'O' woe is me' going on, this is what you're getting. ;p

So now we've established that October Daye, Alan Rickman, Shakespeare and Maine Coon Cats are all connected* ...

It's on with the giveaway! Yay!

Which is Late Eclipses the 4th October Daye book by Seanan McGuire (out now US and UK!)

"October "Toby" Daye is half-human, half-fae-the only changeling who's earned knighthood. But when someone begins targeting her nearest and dearest, it becomes clear that Toby is being set up to take the fall for everything that's happening."

"These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us . . ." King Lear - Shakespeare

Yay! Can't wait to read this! Methinks that the title taken from that quote will no doubt be extremely apt for Toby :-D

So, for a chance to win your own copy of Late Eclipses* all you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what type of pet you have, or which is your favourite Alan Rickman character from TV or film. Personally I can't decided whether it's Severus Snape or the Sheriff of Nottingham *g*.


How to enter:

Leave a comment with your type of pet, or your fav Alan Rickman character.
 
Please leave a way to contact you (email in comment: Please remember to replace @ with [at] to forestall spam - or your twitter name - no way to contact you - no entry).

Giveaway is international and closes end of day (GMT time) 10th March 2011


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And don't forget to check out the Giveaway Schedule here. And so you don't miss out on a chance of winning any of the wonderful books in the coming weeks, why not follow me? (following is not a condition of entry).

Please note: My usual blog policy is that I try to reply to all comments on the blog, but for ease of admin I won't be replying to any comments made on any of the giveaway posts during the 16 weeks. Sorry, but it makes it much harder to sort out the winner. I will still continue to reply to comments on any other post, so if you have a question for me, leave it on one of those, thank you :-)


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* Or, winner can choose any of the previous books in the October Daye series, either for themselves, or to be sent to a friend :-).
x/posted to LJ. Comment here or there. One entry per person.