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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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 Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 03:19:13
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Got a little announcement to make: THE SERPENT'S DAUGHTER, my first FR novel in several years.
Few elf maidens looked toward a future as bright as Azariah Craulnober's. Raised in the court of Evermeet as a royal ward, heir to the Craulnober moonblade, a skilled dancer and a promising scholar and bard, she was considered an ornament to the court and a likely choice of a second bride for the recently widowed Prince Lamruil.
All that ended the day she sailed for Evermeet in the company of her father, her half-elven swordmistress, and a human bard. When her world quite literally vanished in the cataclysm she later learned to call the Spellplague, her only chance of survival lay in convincing her "rescuers" that she could cut them in on her father's latest venture. They readily agreed, believing that the serpent's daughter would be much easier to outwit than her infamous father.
Their mistake.
There are very few "caper" novels in the Realms. I've long wanted to try my hand at one, and I loved the notion of Azariah Craulnober being forced into the family business and finding that, in many ways, she truly is her father's daughter.
This novel has been in development for quite a while. and after this week I'll be going full steam ahead. Here are all the specifics I can give you at this time: The length is 90,000 words, which is about average for a Realms novel; the first draft will be delivered on September 1 and a final version on November 15; publication will be sometime in 2012. I'll share more information as matters progress.
I'm delighted to be returning to the Realms with a new generation and new characters. Azariah is turning out to be, hands down, my favorite protagonist yet. If you're a fan or a foe of Elaith Craulnober, keep an eye out for The Serpent's Daughter!
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Edited by - ElaineCunningham on 18 Jun 2010 03:32:19
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 03:56:31
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This is some awesome news, Elaine. Hardcover or soft, I'll be buying this novel.  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 03:57:18
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| On a related topic... Is this book going to contain any of the things we would have seen in Reclamation? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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R0GUE
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 04:23:23
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| Ok, this might get me back on the wagon. |
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
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Zireael
Master of Realmslore
Poland
1190 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 09:37:20
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a likely choice of a second bride for the recently widowed Prince Lamruil.
Ooh, I so love that!!! How old is she then? I counted her age to be a little too young for marrying Lamruil...
And on the topic - you just made my day, Mrs. Cunningham! I'll stop pestering you with questions about Azariah, since I'll have most of them probably answered in this book!
Oh, I'm going to tell my friends now!
Drat only the fact that is two years of waiting... |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 11:48:23
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
On a related topic... Is this book going to contain any of the things we would have seen in Reclamation?
Not really. The prelude is set several years after the events of Reclamation, and the main story is in current time. Though there are obvious ties to the past, this will be a new start. |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 11:50:13
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
This is some awesome news, Elaine. Hardcover or soft, I'll be buying this novel.
Good to know. As for format, I assume it'll be a mmpb release. |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 12:00:34
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Originally posted by Zireael
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a likely choice of a second bride for the recently widowed Prince Lamruil.
Ooh, I so love that!!! How old is she then? I counted her age to be a little too young for marrying Lamruil...
Azariah would be very young when the Spellplague hit--the elven equivalent of a teenager. She was a "toddler" when she made her first appearance in Elfsong, which took place in 1362. Her age at that point was 5. The Spellplague hit in 1385, which would make her 28.
Young for marriage, yes, but a reasonable age for a beginning of a long betrothal. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 12:38:14
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I just marked out for this Elaine!
2012 needs to get here and fast! |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 13:44:12
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This is the best news since Paul Kemp drifted back into FR.
I am very pleased to hear thi and can't wait to put my $ on a pre-order! |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 13:45:14
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Now I know why THO was teasing us with Evermeet Lore is on the way.
NDA and all that jazz. |
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to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
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Ashe Ravenheart
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sfdragon
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 14:13:51
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| Elaine is AWESOME!!! |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 14:51:09
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 15:02:08
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| This is fantabulastic news. It's like a big band aid to cover up the wound of losing out on Reclamation. |
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gomez
Learned Scribe
Netherlands
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 15:42:27
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| So, is this set in the past? |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 15:47:02
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Originally posted by gomez
So, is this set in the past?
The prelude is set in 1385, but the story itself is in present time. |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 16:06:27
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The best thing I heard all day.
Is it 2012 yet? |
I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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Hawkins
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 16:57:28
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| Wooohooo!!! This makes me so very happy!!! |
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Jelennet
Learned Scribe
Russia
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 17:09:59
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| Exellent news! Elaine, you are one of the best fantasy writers that I know! |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 22:10:51
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YES!!!
Absolutely awesome! First Paul Kemp and now Elaine... seems 4e novels will after all get at least some money from me. |
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Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 18 Jun 2010 : 22:51:35
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| Such amazing new, starlight and shadow is easily one of my favorite FR series. So excited, but honestly 2012? that is a lonnnng time away lol |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 19 Jun 2010 : 05:15:15
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Elaine this is fantastic news! It is so great to have you return to the Realms. I'm very intrigued with the idea of a caper novel. This is the next best thing to finding out that "Reclaimation" is no longer cancelled.
I do however have a sense of dread for the fate of Arylin and Danilo in prologue with the spellplague. At least we would know however, unlike the fates of most other pre-spellplague characters. |
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Zireael
Master of Realmslore
Poland
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Posted - 19 Jun 2010 : 14:29:24
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Originally posted by jornan
Elaine this is fantastic news! It is so great to have you return to the Realms. I'm very intrigued with the idea of a caper novel. This is the next best thing to finding out that "Reclaimation" is no longer cancelled.
I do however have a sense of dread for the fate of Arylin and Danilo in prologue with the spellplague. At least we would know however, unlike the fates of most other pre-spellplague characters.
Don't jinx it, please? Elaine, are the above worries founded or not? |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 19 Jun 2010 : 14:44:54
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Originally posted by Zireael
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Originally posted by jornan
Elaine this is fantastic news! It is so great to have you return to the Realms. I'm very intrigued with the idea of a caper novel. This is the next best thing to finding out that "Reclaimation" is no longer cancelled.
I do however have a sense of dread for the fate of Arylin and Danilo in prologue with the spellplague. At least we would know however, unlike the fates of most other pre-spellplague characters.
Don't jinx it, please? Elaine, are the above worries founded or not?
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2010 : 14:51:51
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| Great news... |
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Elfinblade
Senior Scribe
Norway
377 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2010 : 15:00:34
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As i said earlier. Splendid news indeed! 2012 seems to be too far away at the moment though  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36803 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2010 : 16:00:36
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| Elaine, do you know if we'll get any reprints of your prior books, at the same time? I'm thinking it's not likely, but one can always hope... |
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 20 Jun 2010 : 00:21:53
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I believe this calls for only one reaction: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
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