Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Big Country, "Just a Shadow."

That's the night that the lights went out...

Submitted for by my publisher for your approval...

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Yesterday, io9 published an excerpt of Blackout, the final book in the Newsflesh trilogy. Today, an intrepid Newsie hacked into the CDC computer system and liberated another file. For this one, though, you'll have to do a little digging...

Below is a puzzle whose answer reveals one of the five codes you'll need to access the second, top-secret document.



Rumor has it that you should be hanging around these other blogs to gather the other four:



Once you've gathered all five codes, you can access the encrypted document at the Orbit Books site. WARNING: Massive spoilers for Feed and Deadline ahead!

Blackout will be available May 22nd.

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I'll be talking more about that release date in a bit, but for now, you can totally trust it: May 22nd is accurate and good.

But wait! There's more! Comment on THIS POST for the opportunity to win one of two copies of Blackout. These will not be signed, as they will be sent by Orbit directly. This contest is open to US, Canada, and UK residents. I'll select the winners next Wednesday night, following my usual random number generator party rules.

GAME ON!
Tags: blackout, giving stuff away, mad science, mira grant, zombies
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smoooom

April 26 2012, 09:47:26 UTC 5 years ago

Hope any sort of comment works here. I love the idea, but I do not own any of those other books. I know nothing about them and it seems a little unfair to spend $40 odd on books to get a free preview. I get that Orbit is promooting others books and that's awesome. It just seems like an expensive promotion.

Sigh, June 1st (or May 22 isn't THAT far)

I know this is orbits promotion Seanan and I'm not grumbling at you, I get why they are doing it, and like I said the germ of it is actually a kind of cool idea.

Heather

smoooom

April 26 2012, 09:50:27 UTC 5 years ago

So sorry Orbit. It's 5:45 in the morning I am not awake yet. Really really cool promotion.

smoooom

April 26 2012, 10:56:01 UTC 5 years ago

That took longer than I like to think about. But holy cow well worth the effort. May 22nd is way too (to?) far away.

Thank you Orbit.

seanan_mcguire

April 26 2012, 12:59:56 UTC 5 years ago

...huh?

I am confused. :(

smoooom

April 26 2012, 15:25:03 UTC 5 years ago

I was confused. In my defense it early I wasn't awake yet, I had checked on my hawks and flipped through my other tabs. I thought the other clues were in other books. Then I clicked on a tab just in case and found what what actually there.

It was early, my brain wasn't awake yet. Really,