Our final treat in the run-up to First Lord's Fury is the long-awaited map of Alera, illustrated by our Priscilla Spencer.

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Shout-outs go to forum members Belgarion, Kokolores, and Tsunami for their exceptional work on the fan-made map, which served as a great reference point for the project.

Pre-order First Lord's Fury (or catch up on the previous novels in the series) from the Jim-Butcher.com store!

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Dog Eared Books are once again doing a Virtual Signing for First Lord's Fury! Fans can pre-order signed, personalized copies of First Lord's Fury and the new paperback version of Princeps' Fury.

Deadline for all orders is Sunday, November 22, 2009.
The ship date is expected to be no later than November 27, 2009.

Get all the details at the Dog Eared Books website! Please direct any questions to Tina.

If you're not interested in a signed copy, you can pre-order a regular copy through the Jim-Butcher.com store.

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Our prologue-plus-five-chapter preview of First Lord's Fury begins tonight just before midnight on the West Coast. We'll release another chunk of it (usually a chapter's worth) every Tuesday from now until early November.

Tune in and enjoy this preview of the final installment of the Codex Alera sextet (and don't forget to place your preorder for the book)!

Want to talk about this? Find the forum discussion here:

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,14062.html

Subterranean Press, publishers of Backup and the illustrated limited editions of Storm Front and Fool Moon, are now offering Grave Peril for preorder! Order today for a $15 discount. From their website:

Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher
(preorder—to be published in December)

Limited: $75 -- Special Price $60
Lettered: $250 -- Special Price $235

Length: 384 pages

Subterranean Press is proud to announce the third of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files novels, in a deluxe collectible hardcover, meant to give a lifetime of enjoyment.

Our edition of Grave Peril will be printed on 80# Finch Opaque, our preferred paper for higher-end limited editions, with a number of full-page interior illustrations, as well as a full-color dust jacket. Vincent Chong will once again be handling the full-color cover and number of black-and-while interior illustrations.

Given the size of the print run, we expect Grave Peril to sell out well in advance of publication. The only way to guarantee you'll receive a copy is by ordering direct from Subterranean Press.

Limited: 500 signed numbered hardcovers
Lettered: 26 signed cloth- and leather bound copies housed in a custom traycase

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Last month, Jim and Shannon attended the Romance Writers of America conference in Washington, D.C. While there, they filmed a brief interview for Project Paranormal, discussing their experience as married writers. View the interview here! You can also check out their video archive, featuring many big names of the genre.

Discuss the interviews on the forum here!