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spacer Discover the origins of Durzo Blint in this original novella set in the world of Brent Weeks’ New York Times bestselling Night Angel trilogy. “I got a bit of prophecy,” the old assassin said. “Not enough to be useful, you know. Just glimpses. My wife dead, things like that to keep me up late at night. I had this vision that I was going to be killed by forty men, all at once. But now that you’re here, I see they’re all you. Durzo Blint.” Durzo Blint? Gaelan had never even heard the name.

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Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father; a careful, quiet, simple man. He’s also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Over the centuries, he’s worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity, and all too often he’s become a hero, his very names passing into legend: Acaelus Thorne, Yric the Black, Hrothan Steelbender, Tal Drakkan, Rebus Nimble. But when Gaelan must take a job hunting down the world’s finest assassins for the beautiful courtesan-and-crimelord Gwinvere Kirena, what he finds may destroy everything he’s ever believed in.

Word count: ~17,000

 

WHERE TO BUY THE STORY:

ORBIT: SF and Fantasy imprint Orbit has published this new novella by New York Times bestselling author Brent Weeks simultaneously in the US and the UK, in both e-book and digital-audio editions. Go here for more information and to purchase Perfect Shadow for e-reader or digital-audio download.

As Brent has said elsewhere, “When I wrote Perfect Shadow, I was afraid it was going to fall into a publishing no-man’s land: too short to be distributed as a novel, too long to be sold as a short story. Orbit’s digital publishing has given me a way to get this story out. More than that, it’s given me the artistic freedom to write a story exactly as long as it needs to be.”

Orbit’s unabridged audiobook version, available for digital download, is voiced by the incredible James Langton. (You can hear more samples of his work here.)

SUBTERRANEAN PRESS: And for all collectors, Perfect Shadow will also be coming in a limited print run special edition from Subterranean Press, signed and numbered by Brent. Subterranean Press is taking pre-orders now! This pre-order page has been misread by a number of people that this is sold out — but that’s only the lettered edition! The limited edition is still available. Complete with interior illustrations and a leather cover, this collector’s item is due to be published this fall. (We’ll announce who the artist is as soon as we have that confirmed.)

*UPDATE* Both the Subterranean Press lettered edition and limited edition of Perfect Shadow are now sold out. Thanks to all who ordered!

GRAPHICAUDIO: If you love dramatic audio performances, check out GraphicAudio’s release of Perfect Shadow. It’s directed and scored by the talented Johann Dettweiler, and voiced by Dylan Lynch and an array of other well-spoken actors. You can go here to listen to samples of GraphicAudio’s work, if you haven’t had a chance to listen before. Americans, you can go here to download Perfect Shadow, and international audiences, you can go here.

 

HOW TO READ PERFECT SHADOW WITHOUT AN E-READER:

The truth is you do need an e-reader — just not a physical one. If you own a PC, a Mac, an iPad, an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or an Android phone… you can get an e-reader app for free. And once you’ve got that done, you can download Perfect Shadow instantly — and for cheap (about $3.00/£3.00, though markets vary). Perfect Shadow is now available in all these formats, both in the U.S. and internationally. I hope the following tutorials make life a little easier for those of you who are ready to cautiously dip your toes into the new world of e-publishing.

* To download Nook for PC go HERE.
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