Announced for June! Image is a mockup, and will change prior to publication.

Sounds very cool.

YAY!

Also interesting that this is off the quarterly pattern established for Tales so far. Is this a one off, or is the line going to be more frequent?

YAY!

Also interesting that this is off the quarterly pattern established for Tales so far. Is this a one off, or is the line going to be more frequent?

There's no official frequency set for the line yet, but we do intend to pick up the pace a bit.

Wow! I need to check the official list of upcoming books a bit more often than once every 3 months! This looks interesting. I enjoyed Certainty when I read it sometime last year, though I remember it being rather bleak.

I like stories of redemption, though. Redemption is always good!

finally something about Nidal, tough I've seen this type of story before

The ISBN listed previously was incorrect. Fixed.

Definitely looks cool!

Heeyyy how did I not see this until now.

I like that mock-up art a lot; it actually works pretty well for the book.

Ooh. Gonna be a long wait 'til June. Having read Heaven's Needle I can say that Liane + Nidal is a combination I'm very eager to read the result of.

(Also, nice mock-up cover.)

Are these the winged humanoids going to be strix?

This sounds great! I'm expecting good book again! Now, Dave Gross should do the next novel and continue Varian's and Radovan's adventures :D

Are these the winged humanoids going to be strix?

Based on the seminar at last year's PaizoCon (which I, purely by happenstance, was listening to this saturday morning), I'd say odds are they're strix.

Strix was my first guess as soon as "Cheliax" and "winged humanoids" showed up in the text. :)

Really eager to see a character written with a Nidalese mindset, to get inside the head of that culture.

Yup, strix.

Turned in the revised manuscript last night.

I think this was the most fun I've had writing a book. I'm not promising it'll be any GOOD, mind you, just that I had fun scribbling on it.

I like Nidal. <3

I like Nidal. <3

If I wasn't already sold on this novel, that right there would have done the trick. :D

ORDERING

Yup, strix.

Turned in the revised manuscript last night.

I think this was the most fun I've had writing a book. I'm not promising it'll be any GOOD, mind you, just that I had fun scribbling on it.

I like Nidal. <3

*makes note to make darn sure not to ever upset Liane*

I will purchase and read this book. I not promising that I'll ENJOY it, mind you, just that I'll read it and write a review.

:D

This will be my first experience reading this author's work, so I'm looking forward to it.

-Aaron

For those of you who've been waiting to see Nidal, I can safely say that Liane was the perfect author to tackle it. I think you'll all be quite pleased (and perhaps a little freaked out) by her portrayal of Pangolais...

Certainty was brillig, definitely looking forward to this.

quite pleased (and perhaps a little freaked out) by her portrayal of Pangolais...

Sounds like she hit that Nidal/Kuthonite sweet spot then!

"Wow, this is really interesting, and I can see where these people are coming from to a degr- OH GOD!"

I will purchase and read this book. I not promising that I'll ENJOY it, mind you, just that I'll read it and write a review.

:D

This will be my first experience reading this author's work, so I'm looking forward to it.

-Aaron

You can actually get a look at her work here for free

Yup, strix.

Turned in the revised manuscript last night.

I think this was the most fun I've had writing a book. I'm not promising it'll be any GOOD, mind you, just that I had fun scribbling on it.

I like Nidal. <3

No, no, no Liane. You're supposed to say "This is gonna be AWESOME."

It's not self-aggrandizement . . . it's marketing.

Looking forward to it.

Final product description and cover are now up.

Beautiful cover!

Nidalese fashion is exactly as festive and vibrant as I expected. :)

So... there's gonna be shadow-thingies in this, yes?

(Also, who is the cover by?)

So... there's gonna be shadow-thingies in this, yes?

(Also, who is the cover by?)

Cover by Tyler Walpole

Durn! I should have learned to recognise his stuff by now.

I LOVE THAT COVER

I will tell you a secret: I've never actually liked any of the covers my books have gotten. UNTIL NOW.

(And yes, there will be shadow thingies. I'm told they are getting their very own special Bestiary entry in an upcoming product.)

I kinda liked the one for Heaven's Needle. Bitharn looks like she means business.

I am so looking forward to this! Finally! N I D A L!

Oh, and shadowcaller. Is that a neat-o superflavorful version of Golarion's summoner?!

Oh hey this is out!

In my hurry to get the ARG I missed this release. ORDERING.

Ah, this should be fun. I've always loved shadow magic. Looking forward to the "shadow thingies."

Woot! I love Strix. I've wanted to see them fleshed out since the Inner Sea World Guide!

Ah, this should be fun. I've always loved shadow magic. Looking forward to the "shadow thingies."

Agreed!

The technic league and then shadow magic, right after each other? I'm in heaven.

I have to say that I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I am. I am in chapter 6 now and haven't been able to put it down.

I've been curious about the role of the strix since I ran council of thieves. This book was quite good. The most wizardy book in the pathfinder line so far, and done very well.

Though I feel the Scrysphere was kinda just dropped as were other things. It seems generally you introduce those sorts of things to create plot points of interest later in the story, here they were just used to illustrate what a wizard in the position would actually cast/do.

-> A very good read.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Generally the rule is that if it's not on the page then it's not in the story, but since I can't resist the temptation to over-explain...

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Generally the rule is that if it's not on the page then it's not in the story, but since I can't resist the temptation to over-explain...

** spoiler omitted **

Thanks for the explanation! That makes more sense.

Myself and a friend are finding some serious editing errors in the book. Has anyone else noticed these or are we mistaken?

Myself and a friend are finding some serious editing errors in the book. Has anyone else noticed these or are we mistaken?

Could you be specific?

I didn't notice an unusual number of errors, but I was reading like I typically do (at a high rate of speed, scanning rather than. reading. every. word. individually. :)

I do recall there being one where a character's name was wrong in a sentence and I had to read it several times before I figured out it was a typo rather than me completely misunderstanding, but that was minor overall.

Nothing like when I read Masterminds of Mars and there were several pages that were a duplicate of the previous several pages (and therefore several pages were outright missing), and which was NOT a printing error (since it started repeating in the middle of a page) but was some kind of horrific editing error.

Yes, I also remember that sentence where the character's name had been obviously swapped with another, but I cannot remember where exactly.
Some minor typos can be found too.

Nothing that has stopped me from giving it a five star review.

Page 92, paragraph 4. "What happened to Isiem..." should be "What happened to Loran..."

I really could've done without the graphic depictions of torture. If the author's intent was to make the reader hurl, then she succeeded. I hurled the book across the room. I am not sure I will finish reading it.

@Snapdragon: Don't ever read Gerald's Game. Just sayin'.

Another error I noticed was at the bottom of page 46. Written about a one-armed woman: "She raised her other hand..."

That and the one gbonehead and snapdragon mentioned were the two biggies. In both cases, I had to go back and re-read a little bit to make sure I hadn't missed something. Once I realized it was just an editorial gaffe, I happily went on reading the book (which I gave a 5 star review - I thought it was amazing). But for those two instances, my immersion was disrupted. Punctuation mistakes don't take me out of the story like that.

That said, I can't say enough good things about this book. I've read all of the Pathfinder Tales, and this and Death's Heretic have been my two favorites. I really, really hope Ms. Merciel writes for the line again!!!

Another error I noticed was at the bottom of page 46. Written about a one-armed woman: "She raised her other hand..."

That threw me as well.

but...

That said, I can't say enough good things about this book. I've read all of the Pathfinder Tales, and this and Death's Heretic have been my two favorites. I really, really hope Ms. Merciel writes for the line again!!!

I also agree completely with this.

This is a wonderful book. The prose is elegant and poised, the characterisation believable and intriguing.

The magic is especially good, I could recognise most spells that were cast but they still felt like natural products of Isiem's training and were never awkward.

At the end, I couldn't help comparing it to Homeland (Salvatore's Drizzt origins story), both are tales of people raised in evil societies and expected to be impressive members of that society who instead reject it and seek an opportunity to escape. However, Isiem is a more conflicted and believable character, his redemption less neat but more satisfying and his relationships more intriguing.

After two books in the line that left me hesitant (the central character in Song of the Serpents was utterly unlikable, City of Fallen Sky was poorly written) Pathfinder Tales has been completely redeemed and hit a real winner with Nightglass.

I really, really hope that Liane Merciel writes more for Paizo, she is my second favourite Pathfinder Tales author, narrowly pipping Laws, Sutter and Jones (equal third) and only falling behind Gross because of his light, deft, playful wit.

You know what would be awesome?

If this book actually showed up at one of the bookstores in my city. Chapters has the release date as tomorrow. When it's been out since what, the 3rd or so?

June 20 was the official release date, though the book trade usually adds 13 days. Not sure why they added 20 this time...