January 15, 2008

Tigerheart cover is up

The entry for "Tigerheart" at Amazon.com now has the cover up, along with some pre-pub review comments from Terry Brooks and Bob Salvatore. Actually, it's just the front part of the cover; the final version is a wraparound.

PAD

Posted by Peter David at January 15, 2008 10:32 AM | TrackBack | Other blogs commenting
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Posted by: Rob Markowitz at January 15, 2008 11:23 AM

Peter,

Is this book intended for adults or is it acceptable for younger readers? I'm only asking because I think my girlfriend's precocious 9 year old would enjoy this.

Posted by: Peter David at January 15, 2008 12:55 PM

Absolutely no problem for a nine year old.

PAD

Posted by: Luigi Novi at January 15, 2008 12:57 PM

Nice cover. I just pre-ordered the book, Peter.

Posted by: Marc Grant at January 15, 2008 06:59 PM

Pete, is this a stand alone tale? Something along the lines of Apropos or the 'Knight' series?

I ask because I enjoy your writing, but was soured from the cliffhanger/wait times between books like the New Frontier series (you're busy, I know, and the time you take crafting your works is a credit to you).


Posted by: Joseph Matthews at January 15, 2008 07:16 PM

Ageless boy? Could it be Peter Pan?

Posted by: Peter David at January 15, 2008 08:26 PM

Pete, is this a stand alone tale? Something along the lines of Apropos or the 'Knight' series

Yes. Beginning, middle, end. Is there potential for a sequel? Sure. But there's no cliffhanger involved.

Ageless boy? Could it be Peter Pan?

Its a pastiche. There's a character who's simply referred to as The Boy.

PAD

Posted by: Kevin at January 15, 2008 09:45 PM

When I first read the title, I thought it said, "Tigerheart Cover Up". And then I was trying to think what "Tigerheart" was, what I missed in the news, and why was it being covered up....

D'oh!

Anyway, this will be a "must buy" for me. It looks like fun!

Posted by: TallestFanEver at January 16, 2008 05:04 AM

Peter Pan prequel? Man, say THAT three times fast!

Even if I'm off about the core concept, looks like a cool read anyway. Extremely classy cover, by the way. Love the mermaid-ness.

Speaking of good PAD reads, where in the heck is that Sir Apropos short story? I can't find it anywhere. "Knight In Training" novel? Izzat it?

Excelsior!

Al DeSantis

PS - Forgive the incompressible rambling-ness of my reply. I saw the Leafs win tonight live in person and got all excited and drunk. And it was good.

Posted by: Peter David at January 16, 2008 09:58 AM

It's not a prequel, actually. The Disney stuff is prequels; this takes place after the events of "Peter and Wendy."

The Sir Apropos short story is in the collection "Heroes in Training."

PAD

Posted by: Jeffrey S. Frawley at January 16, 2008 01:43 PM

A pastiche, avoiding character names and book titles, is a far more attractive approach to existing properties (discussed on another string) than authorized or unauthorized sequels - which are much less disturbing than revisions of the original work. If not for pastiches of "Gladiator," "The Scarlet Pimpernel," "Frankenstein" and a few others there would be virtually no comics characters and a much reduced number in other media.

This sounds like an interesting novel.

Posted by: Josh Pritchett, Jr at January 17, 2008 05:13 AM

I like it.

Posted by: John Zacharias at January 17, 2008 10:08 AM

Cool. Now write more !!! Please =)

Posted by: Brother to Vorlons at January 21, 2008 05:55 PM

"(you're busy, I know, and the time you take crafting your works is a credit to you)"

Agreed. Understanding that, I nevertheless I need to ask: What's the status on the The Damned World novels. I see mixed reviews, but nothing about when or if further installments are coming out.