Percepliquis: The Riyria Revelations: Volume 6 - Softcover

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS...THE ELVES HAVE CROSSED THE NIDWALDEN. TWO THIEVES WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE.

"I saw a great journey. Ten upon the road, she who wears the light will lead the way. The road goes deep into the earth, and into despair. The voices of the dead guide your steps. You walk back in time. The three-thousand-year battle begins again. Cold grips the world, death comes to all, and a choice is before you." -- Fan Irlanu, Tenkin Seerer of Oudorro Village

Percepliquis is the final installment of the epic fantasy, The Riyria Revelations. In this saga that began with The Crown Conspiracy, two thieves caught in the wrong place at the right time were launched on a series of ever escalating adventures that have all led to this moment. Three thousand years have passed and the time for Novron's heir to act has arrived.

BOOKS OF THE RIYRIA REVELATIONS (Ridan Publishing)
The Crown Conspiracy (October 2008)
Avempartha (April 2009)
Nyphron Rising (October 2009)
The Emerald Storm (April 2010)
Wintertide (October 2010)
Percepliquis* (January 2012)

OMNIBUS VERSIONS of RIYRIA REVELATIONS (Orbit Publishing)
Theft of Swords (11/2011)
Rise of Empire (12/2011)
Heir of Novron (1/2012)

*Limited edition release

AWARDS AND NOTABLE LISTS
2012 Fantasy Book Critic’s Top 5 Anticipated Releases for Q1 (Heir of Novron)
2011 Civilian’s Reader 6 Most Anticipated Reads for Dec (Rise of Empire)
2011 Library Journal’s Best Books for Fantasy/Sci-Fi (Theft of Swords)
2012 Civilian Reader’s Top Five List for January (Heir of Novron)
2011 Library Journal’s Fantasy/Sci-Fi Debut For September (Theft of Swords)
2011 Civilian’s Reader’s 5 Most Anticipated Reads for Nov (Theft of Swords)
2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top 25 Novels (Emerald Storm and Wintertide)
2010 Only the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy’s Top 10 Reads (Crown Conspiracy)
2010 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee (Emerald Storm)
2010 Fantasy Book Critic Top Independent Novels (Emerald Storm and Wintertide)
2010 Bookworm Blues Best Overall Read (Avempartha)
2010 Iceberg Ink Best Read Award (The Crown Conspiracy)
2009 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Fantasy (Avempartha)
2009 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Fantasy (Nyphron Rising)
2009 Dark Wolf Award (The Riyria Revelations)
2009 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist for Fantasy (Crown Conspiracy)
2009 Dark Wolf Top 5 books of First Half of 2009 (Crown Conspiracy)
2008 ReaderViews Literary Award Finalist for Fantasy (Crown Conspiracy)
2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Fantasy (Crown Conspiracy)

CONTACT
Twitter: @author_sullivan
Email: michael.sullivan.dc@gmail.com
Blog/Website: www.riyria.com

After finding a manual typewriter in the basement of a friend's house, Michael inserted a blank piece of paper and typed: It was a dark and stormy night and a shot rang out. Well, he was just eight years old at the time, so we'll forgive him that trespass. But the desire to fill the blank page and see what doors the typewriter keys would unlock wouldn't let him go. For ten years Michael developed his craft by studying authors such as Stephen King, Ayn Rand, and John Steinbeck...just to name a few. During that time he wrote ten novels, and after finding no traction in publishing, he gave up and vowed never to write creatively again. Michael discovered that never is a very long time, and he ended his hiatus from writing after a decade. The itch returned when he decided to create a series of books for his then thirteen-year-old daughter, who was struggling in school due to dyslexia. Intrigued by the idea of writing a series with an overarching story line, he created the Riyria Revelations. Each of the six-books were written as individual episodes but also included intertwining elements and mysteries that develop over time. Michael describes this endeavor as something he did "just for fun with no intention of publishing." After presenting the first manuscript to his daughter, he was chagrined that she declared, "I can't read it like this, can't you get it published?" So began his second adventure on the road to publication, which included: drafting his wife to be his business manager; signing with an independent press; and later creating a small press. After two and a half years, the first five books sold more than 60,000 copies and ranked in the top twenty of multiple Amazon fantasy lists. In November 2010, he leveraged his success and received his first commercial publishing contract for three novels from Orbit Books (the fantasy imprint of Hachette Book Group, USA). In addition, Michael reached international status with 7 foreign translations. Michael's work has been well received by critics and readers alike, earning him hundreds of positive reviews, interviews, and articles. 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 2010 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy and the 2009 Book Spot Central's Fantasy Tournament of Books, which he won.