The Orcs Domain
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Following the success of my Orcs: First Blood trilogy, which has sold around a million copies worldwide to date, I’m currently writing a sequel trilogy entitled Orcs: Bad Blood. The first volume of the new trilogy, Weapons of Magical Destruction, is due for UK publication by Gollancz in Autumn 2008. At time of writing I don’t have a finished cover, but over on the right is a provisional version (which for convenience uses the title of the first volume of the original trilogy). Orcs: Bad Blood is published in Germany by Heyne. The first volume, with a title that roughly translates as Blood Revenge, appeared in December 2007 and reprinted in January 2008. Here’s the cover: |
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German edition. |
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The French editions will be published by Bragelonne, and there are going to be American editions from Orbit and Italian editions from Mondadori; publication dates to be announced.
The working title for the second volume of Orcs: Bad Blood is Army of Shadows
THE FIRST TRILOGY
Orcs: First Blood was originally published in the UK in trade paperback editions by Gollancz in 1999/2000. Here are the first edition covers:
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Cover art: Chris Baker (“Fangorn”) |
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Chris Baker’s cover art for Bodyguard of Lightning and Legion of Thunder.
In August 2004 the trade and mass-market paperback editions of the First Blood trilogy were superseded by an omnibus edition, which as of March 2008 had been reprinted ten times:
Orc helm by Scott Maple/Kropserkel
Excepts from the first Orcs trilogy can be read here.
When the trilogy was originally published, a promotional brochure was produced for the retail book trade, containing Chris Baker’s depictions of the principal characters …
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Stryke |
Coilla |
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Jup |
Alfray |
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Haskeer |
We also produced a coaster in the form of an orcs’ shield, and bottles of “Orcs Black Ale”. |
FOREIGN EDITIONS
AMERICA
Publisher: Orbit US
BULGARIA
Publisher: Bard Publishing House
CHINA
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Bodyguard of Lightning |
Legion of Thunder |
Warriors of the Tempest |
Publisher: Orient Publishing Centre |
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CZECH REPUBLIC
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Publisher: Fantom Print |
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Jan Patrik Krasny’s cover artwork All images © Jan Patrik Krasny |
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GERMANY
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Trade paperback omnibus |
Mass market paperback omnibus |
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Trade paperback |
Trade paperback |
HOLLAND
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Publisher: Luitingh-Sijthoff |
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Dutch sampler |
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Omnibus edition |
FRANCE
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Publisher: Bragelonne |
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Here are some preparatory sketches Didier made for the covers
All images © Didier Graffet
French omnibus edition Bragelonne / Art: Didier Graffet
ITALY
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Publisher: Mondadori |
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Italian omnibus edition |
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POLAND
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Publisher: Amber/Merlin |
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RUSSIA
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Publisher: Eksmo |
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Russian omnibus |
Russian omnibus (second edition) |
SPAIN
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Publisher: Timun Mas |
Due to some quirk, Timun Mas published only the first volume of the trilogy, in May 2000. But another Spanish publisher, EDHASA, will be issuing the entire trilogy on a date to be announced.
AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB
The SFBC published the trilogy as individual volumes, then, in November 2002, issued this omnibus edition:
THE TAKING
I’ve always intended writing a series of Orcs short stories based on the characters in the trilogies. So far, I’ve managed only one - The Taking. It originally appeared in the anthology Swords Against the Millennium, edited by Mike Chinn (Alchemy Press/Saladoth Productions; September 2000).
The Taking was short-listed for the 2001 British Fantasy Award, and has since been reprinted in a number of magazines and anthologies worldwide (see Bibliography for full listing). These include …
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December 2001 issue |
Bragelonne, 2005 |
(Legion of Immortals) |
