Heir of Novron

The New Empire intends to mark its victory over the Nationalists with a bloody celebration. On the high holiday of Wintertide, the Witch of Melengar will be burned and the Heir of Novron executed. On that same day the Empress faces a forced marriage, with a fatal accident soon to follow. The New Empire is confident in the totality of its triumph, but there's just one problem--Royce and Hadrian have finally found the Heir of Novron and they have their own holiday plans.

And so concludes the final tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend.

When author Michael J. Sullivan self-published the first books of his Riyria Revelations, they rapidly became ebook bestsellers. Now, Orbit is pleased to present the complete series for the first time in bookstores everywhere.

BOOKS IN THE RIYRIA REVELATIONS

• Theft of Swords (contains: The Crown Conspiracy & Avempartha)
• Rise of Empire (contains: Nyphron Rising & The Emerald Storm)
• Heir of Novron (contains: Wintertide & Percepliquis)

Michael J. Sullivan has been successfully published in all three publication paths: small press, self-published, and traditional (big-six).  His debut series, The Riyria Revelations has sold 70,000 copies when self-published and combined with his traditionally published sales is now over 265,000 as of mid 2013. The series has also been translated to thirteen foreign languages including: German, Dutch, French, and Japanese.

Michael's work has been well received by critics and readers alike, earning him hundreds of positive reviews, and more than 50 "best of" or "most anticipated" list mentions. He has attributed much of his success to the fantasy book blogging community. Dubbed "the little indie that could" he found his books pitted as the only independent in major competitions such as the 2010 goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy and the 2009 Book Spot Central's Fantasy Tournament of Books, which he won. As a traditionally published author he was named to both Library Journal and Barnes and Noble's Blog Best Fantasy of 2011 lists. In 2013 his debut novel Theft of Swords was a finalist for the Audies for best fantasy audiobook.

Michael is currently about 80% completed with the first book in a new series: Rhune: The First Empire. As with Riyria Revelations, he plans on writing all three books before releasing any of them. Michael has a number of books slated for release including:

• The Crown Tower: book #1 of The Riyria Chronicles (released by Orbit Aug 6, 2013)
• The Rose and the Thorn:  book #2 of The Riyria Chronicles (released by Orbit Sep 17, 2013). 
• Hollow World (releasing January 20, 2014)

In addition Michal has short stories in the following anthologies:

• Burning Alexandria in The End Anthology 
• Traditions in Triumph Over Tragedy 
• The Jester in Unfettered
• Autumn Mists in The Fantasy Faction Anthology (release date to be determined)