Jade Man's Skin
Moshui, the Books of Stone and Water
In this second volume of his soaring epic, Daniel Fox weaves the ancient myths and legends of feudal China into a fantasy world of brutal war and brittle passion, immortal gods and mystical creatures.
"Readers who enjoyed Fox's delicate descriptions and leisurely prose will be thrilled to find more of the same, along with greater depth of story as the numerous characters are pulled together by schemes and destiny."
"Buy the books. Immerse yourself in [Daniel Fox]'s world. And then find all the jade you can to ensure that he gets the magic he needs to complete — and publish — the story.."
"Fox's love of all things Chinese shines through this sequel to Dragon in Chains, which should appeal to fans of Asian-themed fantasy such as Lian Hearn's Across the Nightingale Floor and Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds."
"This is both a stand-alone story and an excellent continuation of Fox's previous novel. Set in a richly detailed, feudal, Asian-style empire, the plot revolves around rebellion, betrayal and bonds. At times some characters seem to be two-dimensional, but this occasional thinness is easily overlooked in the midst of the dense, multilevel plot. All told, it is a tale that's hard to put down until the last line."
Romantic Times (Five star review)
"Jade Man's Skin is an excellent and highly recommended sequel. Filled with action and conflict, and moving the story forward on several fronts, it will leave readers anxious for more."
Hilary Williamson, Bookloons
Meet the Author
Daniel Fox will be in California to promote Jade Man's Skin(which was published on February 16th) from the end of February till 22nd March 2010. During this time he will be attending a series of events. Already confirnmed are:
- Saturday 6th March, 12.30pm
- reading/signing at Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego
- Saturday 13th March, 3.00pm
- reading/signing at Borderlands, San Francisco
- Saturday 13th March, 7.00pm
- reading/signing with Malinda Lo at SF in SF, San Francisco
- Monday 15th March, 8.00pm
- Attending the regular meeting of the Bay Area Science Fiction Association in Sunnyvale - not reading or signing or anything in particular, just hangin' out.
- Saturday 20th March, 3.00pm
- signing at Dark Carnival bookstore, 3086 Claremont Ave, Berkeley
Other dates may be added to this schedule - and anyone who has ideas for events or contacts at other bookshops in the Bay Area, .
Jade Man's Skin is ISBN 978-0-345-50304-6; use this to help your local bookstore (don't know your local independent bookstore? Ask IndieBound!) order it for you, or order your copy now from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, from Powell's Books or direct from the publisher, in a trade paperback or e-book edition.
Read an extract from Jade Man's Skin
Read more about Dragon in Chains
Daniel Fox is a British writer who first went to Taiwan at the millennium and became obsessed, to the point of learning Mandarin and writing about the country in three different genres. (Read what Daniel Fox told Sci-Fi Wire about Taiwan; and more on this subject in John Scalzi's Whatever). Before this he had published a couple of dozen books and many hundreds of short stories, under a clutch of other names. He has also written poetry and plays. Some of this work has won awards.
Daniel Fox was interviewed at Flycon, the online SFF convention on Sunday March 15th 2009; read the interview here.
Moshui, the Books of Stone and Water, a new fantasy series from Del Rey
DRAGON IN CHAINS JADE MAN'S SKIN HIDDEN CITIES
A new short story from Daniel Fox, The Pillow Boy of General Chu, set in the same universe as the Books of Stone and Water, appears in Lace and Blade 2, an anthology of previously unpublished romantic fantasy, edited by Deborah J. Ross.
Lace and Blade 2 published on February 14th 2009 by Norilana Books (ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-1-934648-99-5); order a copy from Amazon.com, or from your local bookstore.
Artist Robert Hunt describes how he created the cover image.
