Here at last is the book cover for my upcoming
novel THE PEARLS, due in stores at the end of November 2007. Continuing with
some of the characters in THE RUBY THRONE trilogy recently reissued
by Ace Books, THE PEARLS is the first of a two-book story featuring
Lea, sister to the new emperor Caelan Light Bringer, and her tribulations
when she is abducted by his political enemies. Her captor
is Shadrael, an embittered former legion commander who lost his
army commission under the new regime. Turned vicious mercenary,
Shadrael remains sworn to shadow and lives as a bandit entangled
by his past. All he has to do is capture Lea and carry her
off to where she’ll be held for ransom. But nothing
is simple. More than one villain wants possession of Lea
and all are competing to pay Shadrael well for her delivery. Lea
herself is no ordinary damsel. Her sweet nature and beauty
enthrall him, even as her magic drawn from light repels his drawn
from shadow. What should be a quick mission stretches into
one that’s complex and dangerous, as enemies close in from
all sides. For Shadrael’s tricks to dodge pursuit are
thwarted again and again by Lea, and all the while her brother’s
soldiers are hot on their trail, intent on rescuing her before
she comes to harm.
SCHEDULED APPEARANCES 2008
February
9 -- Oklahoma Speculative Fiction Syndicate, Oklahoma City, OK
June
6-8, SoonerCon, Oklahoma City, OK
July
25-27, Conestoga, Tulsa, OK
THE CROWN, the forthcoming sequel to the
recently released THE PEARLS, is tentatively scheduled for publication
in November 2008. My apologies for the long wait in how Lea's
and Shadrael's story
turns out.
Please check back for further updates as
they become available, and thanks – as always – for
your interest and support!
INDUCTED INTO THE 2004 WRITERS HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA.
Novelist
Deborah Chester was inducted into the 2004 Writers
Hall of Fame of America, along with John Steinbeck, Constance
Levy and Dale Freeman, at a celebration banquet Wednesday,
April 21, on the campus of Southwest Missouri State University
in Springfield, Missouri.
Established
in 1994, the Writers Hall of Fame of America is a nonprofit
organization with a three-fold mission to recognize those
who have made major contributions to writing, encourage interest
in writing among all people, and inspire lifelong passion
for writing. In the past nine years since its inception,
the Writers Hall of Fame of America has selected nearly 40
inductees, including Mark Twain, Robert Frost, Barbara Taylor
Bradford, Janet Dailey, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, Ernest
Hemingway, Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Don Coldsmith
and William Least Heat Moon.