SEVEN KINGS: The Cover

Feast your eyes! Orbit Books today revealed the cover to my next novel SEVEN KINGS.

The Second Book of the Shaper hits bookstores across the planet in January 2013. That’s a mere 9 months away! It’s just like having a baby. Well, not quite … but Richard Anderson’s cover art is a thing of beauty, especially as the focus of Art Director Lauren Panepinto’s clever design. 

As for the book itself? I finished the final revisions about a month ago. I don’t want to say too much about the plot, but you will see much more of Khyrei and its poisonous crimson jungles than in the first book.

Plus: More Giants…

BLACK GATE on SEVEN PRINCES

“SEVEN PRINCES is bold, brash, and big. This is a novel written with bright strokes of character and setting, bursting with world-shaking adventure, intrigue, and conflict.
It reads big, and feels big, and it’s unrepentantly so.”

– Brian Murphy, blackgate.com 

http://www.blackgate.com/2012/03/29/seven-princes-by-john-r-fultz-a-review/ 

Cosmic Thoughts: IV

“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
― C.S. Lewis

 

“The Gnomes of Carrick County” in ST #116

http://spaceandtimemagazine.com/wp/

Off the Shelf

“… exciting and delightful … thoroughly entertaining …
characters you want to read more about…”

– MyShelf.com on SEVEN PRINCES

 http://www.myshelf.com/scifi_fantasy/12/sevenprinces.htm

“Strange Days in Old Yandrissa” @ Orbit Short Fiction

My latest short story “Strange Days in Old Yandrissa”
is now available for downloading at Orbit Short Fiction:
http://www.orbitshortfiction.com/2012/03/strange-days-in-old-yandrissa/

This tale is what I lovingly call a “weird fantasy.” It involves a mad singer who may or may not be a wizard in a land where the laws of nature have begun to shift, melt, or disappear. And there’s a trio of nasty demons along for the ride…

Only $1.99 for 6400 words of fantastical adventure.

Peace,
John

PRIMORDIA: The Original “Stone Age Faerie Tale”

How about a nice graphic novel?

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here: The ultimate hardcover collected edition of PRIMORDIA, the “stone-age faerie tale” written by me and illustrated by the amazing Roel Wielinga.

The original series was released by Archaia in 2007, but the hardcover is the ultimate edition of the tale. It also includes tons of extras: a new wrap-around cover, a new short story by Yours Truly, new illustrations and sketches from Roel, a groovy pin-up gallery. my original PRIMORDIA ashcan, and other behind-the-scenes goodness, as well as an introduction by the great Kat Rocha (Titanium Rain).

The hardcover hit comic shops across America yesterday, but is available right here from Amazon for a cool 15 bucks: http://www.amazon.com/Primordia-John-R-Fultz/dp/1932386262/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331856517&sr=8-1

Here are some preview pages — yes, the entire book is this gorgeous. Roel is a genius!

 

Primordia pg. 6

Primordia pg.61

Primordia pg.17

Primordia pg.12

Cosmic Thoughts: III

“See beyond your limited situation.
Take as your first principle that you are a child of the universe.”
–Chopra

A Human Tale

“John goes beyond the tropes and conventions of big fantasy; he makes them his own with original twists, and he always, always tells a human tale, the story of characters that engage us.”

– Frederic S. Durbin on SEVEN PRINCES

Full review: http://www.fredericsdurbin.com/?p=1664

Cosmic Thoughts: II

“Embrace your uncertainty and insecurity and you will find the seed of creativity.”
– Chopra