Robert Redick - Red Wolf S/L/D & hand-drawn Ed Miller!! Start Price GBP 139.99 Current Price GBP 139.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 05, 2008 End Time Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Location Barry See more about 'Robert Redick - Red Wolf S/L/D & hand-drawn Ed Miller!!' Description Increase bids and sales with Vendio Gallery for eBay UK          Presenting a signed, lined and publication-dated HARDBACK  FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION copy of                           The Red Wolf Conspiracyby Robert V.S. Redick  PRESS RELEASE – Del Rey to publish Red Wolf and The Chathrand Trilogy in U.S. Susan Howe, Rights Director at Orion, has sold US rights to the Chathrand Voyage Trilogy to Random House's Del Rey imprint for a substantial six-figure sum, after a hard-fought auction negotiated by Editor-in-Chief Betsy Mitchell. One of only 800 hardback first editions, this is a stunning fantasy debut (the first of a projected trilogy) and represents the flagship title for 2008 from Gollancz - decent near-mint hardback copies (even unsigned) are difficult to find - this copy has done a round trip to the US to be treated by the author (a UK visit was not on the cards) so these will not last long. These first edition, first impression (with full number sequence) copies have been signed by the author to the title page, and publication-dated 1st February 2008. He has also handwritten a quote from the book next to his signature - a beautiful treatment by the hand of this exciting, talented and emminently collectable debut novelist.  In addition, this particular copy has been signed and dated by the cover artist Ed Miller, who has also hand-illustrated this copy with a large pen-and-ink drawing - absolutely stunning! Synopsis Told with infectious joy and enthusiasm by an immensely talented new writer this is a landmark fantasy debut. The Chathrand - The Great Ship, The Wind-Palace, His Supremacy's First Fancy - is the last of her kind - built 600 years ago she dwarves all the ships around her. The secrets of her construction are long lost. She was the pride of the Empire. The natural choice for the great diplomatic voyage to seal the peace with the last of the Emperor's last enemies. 700 souls boarded her. Her sadistic Captain Nilus Rose, the Emperor's Ambassador and Thasha, the daughter he plans to marry off to seal the treaty, a spy master and six assassins, one hunderd imperial marines, Pazel the tarboy gifted and cursed by his mother's spell and a small band of Ixchel. The Ixchel sneaked aboard and now hide below decks amongst the rats. Intent on their own mission. But there is treachery afoot. Behind the plans for peace lies the shadow of war and the fear that a dead king might live again. And now the Chathrand, having survived countless battles and centuries of typhoons has gone missing. This is her story.      Publisher and industry reviews Jacket review "This outstanding debut novel centres around the Imperial Merchant Ship Chathrand, the mightiest vessel in the fleet of the Arqual Empire. With its colourful cast of inhabitants, which include a band of tiny, Lilliputian style warriors, sentient rates and archetypal ancient evil the Shaggat Ness, the Chathrand brings to mind The Scar's fantastical floating city, Armada. But while Redick shares Mieville's taste for the macabre he's not so willfully weird." -- Stephen Jewell SFX "The result is hugely impressive - a concoction rich in subtext and subterfuge and above all, adventure, and high seas adventure at that, which I'll gladly wager is the very best kind." -- John Berlyne SF REVU "Intelligently crafted, highly imaginative, and undeniably charming." FANTASY BOOK CRITIC "It seems every year Gollancz discovers another new writing talent. So following on from Scott Lynch and Joe Abercrombie comes American Robert VS Redick with The Red Wolf Conspiracy. Firmly set in the contemporary fantasy heartland it neatly dissects Lynch and Abercrombie's work by combining both a strong protagonist narrative within the rich framework powered by the geopolitical intrigue of two warring empires - tremendously action packed. The fantasy revival continues." -- Jon Jordan EDGE "The Red Wolf Conspiracy is an extremely enjoyable epic fantasy tale set in a vivid , constantly inventive world. The Chathrand itself comes across as the ocean-going equivalent of Gormenghast, whilst its crew seem to have assembled variously from the works of Charles Dickens, Jack Vance and Scott Lynch, but with a style that is undeniably Redick's own. I suspect that Redick will be 'the' big new fantasy author of 2008, and deservedly so." THE WERTZONE "For a debut novel this was pretty good and very readable, and I'll certainly be picking up the sequels." SANDSTORM REVIEWS "The Red Wolf Conspiracy is an enthusiastic novel that combines tales of pirates with legends of imprisoned Lovecraftian gods, hidden treasure and general skulduggery. Part Master and Commander, part On Stranger Tides, this fantasy debut from a relatively new author has much to be admired." -- Mark Yon SFFWORLD.COM      About the author Fact file Name: Robert VS Redick Date of birth: 4th December 1967 Place of birth: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Current Home: Rural Western Massachusetts (near Amherst), USA Education: MFA Fiction Writing, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, N.C., 2001. MA Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1995 - Concentration: Tropical Conservation and Development. BA English Literature, University of Virginia, 1990. Awards: Winner, First Prize, New Millennium Writings 2005 Creative Nonfiction Contest for Uncrossed River (published in New Millennium Writings 15th, June 2005). Literary novel Conquistadors was a finalist for the 2002 AWP/Thomas Dunne Novel Award.        American SF phenomenon and charity, human rights and conservation worker... Robert von Stein Redick studied fiction writing with Jim Shepard, Wilton Barnhardt, Judith Grossman and John Casey. A lifelong writer of both fantasy and mainstream fiction, he has also studied and worked in the field of tropical conservation policy and politics. Redick launched, and edited for three years, Oxfam America's Spanish and French websites. He also taught composition on the International Development and Social Change Program at Clark University. His award-winning fiction and non-fiction has been published in Puerto del Sol, New Millennium Writings and other journals. Redick has also taught courses in fiction writing and science fiction, at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. Redick's experience in South America is extensive. In 1992 and 1993, he worked in Argentina with the country's National Parks Administration and various provincial and non-governmental organisations in a study of park personnel and careers. The work included interviews with some fifty rangers in sixteen parks and protected areas. In Cali, Colombia, he taught literature in a private school, English language to human rights workers and volunteered with the Fundación Habla/Scribe, documenting the territorial rights and claims of Afrocolombian peoples. He has also travelled and written in Chile, Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. In 1999 Redick returned to Argentina for research on Conquistadors, his first novel. The work included revisiting all the backcountry areas described in the novel, and conversations with survivors of Argentina's period of lethal state and guerrilla violence known as the Dirty War.        Payment is accepted via secure credit card at Paypal.Com, postal orders (registered mail only), or by cheque (UK 7 days, elsewhere, 14 days clearance). Buyer pays shipping - please contact me re payment method and for shipping prices. Thanks for looking, and good luck with your bid!  Pay instantly with your debit or credit card through PayPal. Place a Bid!