CAST IN HONOR release day

November

Posted in Books, Elantra, writing, Mira.

Today is release day for Cast in Honor.

For some reason, I thought it was the 27th, which is not today. This is the state of the writer’s brain =/.

This isn’t a spoiler thread, as the book just came out — I’ll start a separate spoiler post in a few days.

In other news, I have finished the first draft of Grave. I am working on War and Cast in Flight, and neither of those books is trying to murder me, for which I am profoundly grateful. I have just received page proofs for the mass market of Oracle, and am revising Grave for submission to my long-suffering (more long-suffering in my case than any author should have any right to expect) editor, Sheila Gilbert at DAW.

And yes, I know I never did put up the cut Sigurne section, and I apologize for that. Grave ate most of my writing life for far too long. I will try to get that done after Grave is submitted and is not, for a few months, entirely my problem >.>.

33 Responses to CAST IN HONOR release day

Hugh S. Myers says:

November 24, 2015 at 2:18 pm

Got mine! Will add trade pb to my stack in a bit…excellent thanksgiving present :)
Laura Nichols says:

November 24, 2015 at 2:19 pm

Having “Cast in Honor” pop up on my Kindle app early today was like getting a Christmas present early!
Jake Langthorn says:

November 24, 2015 at 2:20 pm

I have just started Honor. I love the slightly changed voice. It feels like the atmosphere of the story is different, in a growing and maturing kind of way. You used family names for Teela, Taine and Moran, and that is a first? At least as I recall. And the Winding Path! How cool to have a new place in the story. And then Gilbert. Very nice, Michelle — very nice.
Hugh S. Myers says:

November 24, 2015 at 2:21 pm

Almost forgot…thank you for the butterflies :)
Tchula says:

November 24, 2015 at 2:41 pm

Yay, I’m happy you’ve been able to finally get through a draft of Grave! You must be so relieved to get it done right before the holiday rush! :-P

Amazon has shipped my copy of Cast in Honor – I get it on Kindle, too, but I like to read the book first in paperback if I can, in case there’s any weird formatting issues with the ebook. Hopefully I’ll get it today or tomorrow. Congrats!
Zia says:

November 24, 2015 at 2:52 pm

Congrats on finishing a draft on Grave! Hopefully things have settled down for you a little bit.

I got Cast in Honor (copy #1) yesterday evening and absolutely loved it! Thank you for writing it. My kindle copy arrived this morning and my second copy should arrive today as well.
lensaddiction says:

November 24, 2015 at 3:32 pm

Not available on Kindle for me in NZ
Melinda says:

November 24, 2015 at 3:37 pm

We Australians have to wait another week for our Kindle release — but it will be worth the wait.
Michael says:

November 24, 2015 at 4:00 pm

Just finished. (Not a speed reader — got an early copy a couple of days ago courtesy of Amazon Vine.) I enjoyed the book very much. The ontology gets a bit heavy, but I suspect that the fan base is nerdly enough to take that in stride. I have to wonder whether a publisher not known for deep thoughts (Harlequin) knew what it was getting into when it signed you up! Anyway, thanks for struggling through to keep the story going!
SueM says:

November 24, 2015 at 6:18 pm

Yes, worth the wait, but frustrating all the same, lol!
ElizabethN says:

November 24, 2015 at 7:12 pm

Got it. My darling spouse drove our whole trip so I could read.
Mich Li says:

November 24, 2015 at 9:59 pm

A perfect end to a very long day of meetings, arguments and discussion.
David Youngs says:

November 24, 2015 at 10:09 pm

Thank you Michelle. I’ve had mine for nearly a week (and the store had copies out on the shelf as well). I may make comments after I re-read it. Kettea is a brilliant girl.
Stephanie Rahl says:

November 24, 2015 at 11:46 pm

Just finished Honor. Then wrote 2500 words for my nanowrimo project. So good. Still desperate for more Nightshade. As usual. Does it say something that his morality seems totally reasonable to me?
Frankiikii says:

November 25, 2015 at 12:25 am

My copy just arrived this afternoon~!!! Best surprise coming home. X3
brenden11 says:

November 25, 2015 at 1:59 am

got Kindle release and then got the book 14 hours later. Read Kindle
first and finished it up by the time the paperback got here so I could read it again in real paper.No spoilers-loved the story-line add all sorts of different plots lines to get every body’s brief attention span and away we go. Good job on the story. only problem now is the wait for cast in flight a year from now. Hope I’.m still around to read it. Loved the book A+
Estara Swanberg says:

November 25, 2015 at 3:06 am

*is happily reading away* So nice to be able to get up in the morning and download the .epub right away ^^ — no waiting for the postman.
Sharon Brodbeck says:

November 25, 2015 at 8:48 am

Yes, I noticed the family names too and had not remembered seeing them before.
Sharon Brodbeck says:

November 25, 2015 at 8:52 am

Finished the first rad through last night and am starting back more slowly today. All I’ll say, “Is Elantra going to survive another Kaylin story in Cast In Flight”?
Raeann Schurter says:

November 25, 2015 at 2:26 pm

Started it late last night (internet connection issues) and counting the hours until work day is over. I listen in my car to and work and am hoping for a long traffic jam today! You may have addressed this and I just missed it.…but is there a possibility of the Sun Sword series being released in Audible version? I think that is usually a “publisher” decision but I was just wondering. I LOVE listening to the books and my mom (who is 73) can’t hold books anymore. She is the one who introduced me to your Elantra series by the way. Thanks and I love your blog!!
Charissa says:

November 25, 2015 at 7:24 pm

I absolutely loved it — as I have loved the whole series. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!
Alan says:

November 25, 2015 at 8:03 pm

I enjoyed the book but it felt rushed towards the end, which robbed it of some of the pay off, and I think the blurb is a bit misleading.

Just in case you’re arguing with MIRA about length. I would have liked slightly more space for you to flesh out the conclusion and reactions.

In other news, I was ambivalent about Severn previously but at this point I really want him to go date a non-kaylin girl and get over her. He’s an interesting character, just the tension feels forced.
tal13nDiana says:

November 26, 2015 at 12:25 am

I loved the story but was a little disappointed only because I thought this book was to deal with the reason Nightshade was made outcaste (I still think it was because of kaylin, after all he had been waiting for her for a very long time). I don’t see why she can’t have both, Severn and Nightshade! What I would really like is a list of all the different colour eye shade for the Barrani, or at least all the different ones that have shown up to date, it’s hard to remember the rarer colours and it can help to understand the situation at the time. Like sky blue, or the purple/lavender that Nightshade showed to Kaylin.
Skadi says:

November 26, 2015 at 5:31 pm

Generally I lover my home country… but having to wait an undefined amount of time till the book is finally shipped hereis really taking a toll on me.
Bee says:

November 27, 2015 at 10:29 pm

Oh, I totally agree with you about the list! Because of the tone when we first encountered purple, I never could decide on what it meant I totally forgot about the sky blue! I was thinking the whole time I was reading Honor that it would be great to have a master list of the colors. Maybe I’ll make my own when I start the series over again after the first (I reread the series every year leading up to the new book). I was craving a good deal more Nightshade in this one. Even with the direction the books are going with Nightshade’s view of Kaylin, I still prefer him to Severn!
Bee says:

November 27, 2015 at 10:32 pm

Have you tried checking Google books? I was able read the first 3 chapters about a month before the book was released before I started hitting cut sections. It helped hold me over on the later release date. :)
Misha says:

November 30, 2015 at 2:19 pm

There actually is a list of Leontine, Barrani and Dragon eye colors on the forums :) It’s in the section Things for & from Michelle, in the thread called Reference.
Skadi says:

December 1, 2015 at 3:19 pm

Yes, I did… still it’s hard. Well the book arrived today so I am very happy right now :D
Alisa Stein says:

December 1, 2015 at 11:25 pm

Had two buy two copies… one for me (kindle) and one for my hubby and my son (paperback) to minimize fighting. Lots of lost sleep while reading.… I need MORE!!!!
HIDA says:

December 1, 2015 at 11:44 pm

Ordered it months ago from Amazon in book form with first day delivery; and the Nook from Barnes & Noble to have it immediately. Amazon messed up; sent me an email saying there was a problem with the Kindle delivery, for me to provide them again with my K number. Difficult to get back to them and let them know (all by computer) I have no Kindle, that I ordered my BOOK with one day delivery. It took 2 days but I got with free delivery. So Amazon came through; but I’m overwhelmed here, so haven’t finished it yet. Can read only at night. Is it my impression that it’s the more serious/profound/complex book in the Cast series? Needs to be read slowly. Very interesting so far.
Vinn says:

December 5, 2015 at 5:34 pm

Dear Michelle,
cast in honor is a wonderful book — once again. There is so much truth hidden within this story.
I would like to use this opportunity to let you know one thing of which I am not sure if you are aware of it: the German translations of your books are simply horrible. Honestly, if I would have read the translation first, I would not be “hooked” now. These translations do not do your books justice!!!!
Kind regards,
Vinn
Mark says:

December 21, 2015 at 9:33 pm

I always read the cast series from the beginning whenever a new one comes out. It actually gets better with each read. Although i don’t always manage to time it so I am ready to read the new book the night it comes out anymore, the cast series totally made my thanksgiving weekend.
Ann says:

January 13, 2016 at 5:50 am

I have just reread the entire series again, and had forbidden my self to even think of starting Honor before finishing the series, and finally this morning in the bus. Fantastic series, I love the complexity of the characters and the depth of the world. Tonight I will start reading Honor, and I can barely wait to get home from work.