Are you as addicted to Jean Johnson‘s Sons of Destiny series as I am? We’re halfway through this series of 8 books about 8 Warrior/Mage brothers (4 sets of twins) in an alternate universe similar to our medieval times except magic is the norm. A prophecy about the disaster(s) that will happen as each brother falls in love prompts their people to exile them to an isolated island.

My favorite so far is The Master, book 3 (Dominor and Serina), but I’ve enjoyed every one of them and can’t wait for the mysterious Rydan’s story.

Huge congrats go out to Jean for this announcement she made on her Yahoo Group, MoITWF (Mob of Irate Torch Wielding Fans). Not only are The Sons of Destiny being printed in German, but they’re launching an entirely new imprint:

Yes, proof positive I’m being translated and printed in Germany!

My first book “The Sword”, has been retitled “Sons of the Isle” in German (because they have this cultural thing about how military terms and romance novels just don’t mix very well), and is being launched as part of an entirely new book imprint, “Penhaligon”.

…I’ve had to sit on this news for a couple of weeks now, because Maria Duerig, one of the senior editors at Randomhouse.de, wanted me to wait until the Penhaligon book line was officially announced through her publishing house before letting the word get out through other means. This week, she gave me the go-ahead, and so I’m going ahead by sharing this beautiful cover with all of you, yay!

I must say, -this- is very close to how I originally pictured the cover of The Sword to look–I am very pleased with how it came out! Sure, it doesn’t have any sexeh-chest-bits, but isn’t that a gorgeous cove? Straight off the rockier stretches on the west side of Nightfall Isle, I swear…

Anyway, for those of you who speak German, the website for the imprint is http://www.penhaligon.de and the website for my book in particular is: http://www.randomhouse.de/book_new/edition.jsp?edi=280654…and they’ve labeled it “Romantasy”…which I think is a particularly good way of describing the genre for the SoD series!

Don’t you just love that label, ROMANTASY? It’s perfect for these surprisingly sexy Sword-and-Sorcerer-lite books. My favorite part about these books? The characters actually use the bathroom! In fact, in book 1, The Sword, Saber and Kelly bond over a mutual bout of raging diarrhea. No, seriously!

Watch for the re-release of the previous Sons of Destiny books in mass market paperback:



And in trade:
Followed by The Storm (2 Sep 08), The Flame (2 Dec 08), and The Mage (3 Mar 09)