Finished copies of The Heart at War

14/5/2015

The other day, I had just finished work for the evening when a mysterious box arrived from Penguin Random House. Here's roughly what happened...

'I wonder what's inside this box...'

'Hmm, looks like some kind of book...'

'Oh wait, I recognise this!'

My editor hadn't told me that the books were on their way, so it was a wonderful surprise to discover that the box contained the first finished copies of The Heart at War. Here's a closer look:

The publication date is May 26th, so it's hardly any time before these will be on shelves. Meanwhile, the first thing I did, after admiring the beautiful cover design Penguin Random House have made, was put the first copy of the book on my shelf next to The Eyes of a King and Voices in the Dark, in the space that has been waiting for it a very long time...

14 Comments

Melanie

16/5/2015 04:19:06 pm

I have been waiting so patiently for this and now it's almost here! =D
Do you already have an idea if there is going to be a dutch translation?

Catherine Banner link

26/5/2015 05:03:04 am

Hi Melanie! There should be a Dutch translation, but it will probably take at least a few months before I know for sure what the final date for Dutch publication will be. I'll keep you updated... If not, it should be possible for you to get hold of an English copy in the Netherlands but I will ask my publishers about this!

Kevin Dijkshoorn

4/7/2016 08:59:30 pm

No Dutch translation so far.

Melanie

4/7/2016 09:15:55 pm

Sadly not. But I finally received an English copy a few weeks ago and I loved reading it!

Kevin Dijkshoorn

6/7/2016 07:06:53 pm

Thank you for the reply, I can order one on a site in the Netherlands, but it will take 8 weeks. If I can order one from you how long would that take?

Angela

22/12/2016 08:40:18 pm

I have the first two copies of the book but I cant find the last one, I cant buy via Amazon because they dont ship to the Netherlands. I hope to go to England one day and buy it there, I loved the first two and I want to know how it ends.

Kevin Dijkshoorn

4/7/2016 09:28:51 pm

Waar heb je het boek besteld? Via bol.com?

Catherine Banner link

5/7/2016 11:08:18 am

Hi Kevin and Melanie,
Unfortunately, there still aren't any immediate plans to translate The Heart at War into Dutch (a lot of my international publishers treat the three volumes of the trilogy as separate books, and so many of them have decided to publish only the first or second - although this might seem like a strange choice, unfortunately I don't have any say in whether or not they choose to publish the third book, though of course I have tried very hard to persuade them it would be a good idea!). But meanwhile my English-language publishers and I have been working on this problem, and we have made the English translation available worldwide via online retailers. I'm sorry it's not available in Dutch, but I hope you can at least manage to find the English version online. And if you have any problems getting hold of it, let me know, because one thing I can definitely do is follow up with my publishers and make sure you get an English copy!
All the best, and thanks for your patience and support for the book,
Catherine

Catherine Banner link

11/7/2016 05:33:34 pm

Hi Kevin,
Unfortunately I can't usually sell books directly to readers (my publishers just send me a couple of free copies for friends and family, and occasionally I've sent one of these to a reader if they can't get hold of the book any other way, but unfortunately I don't have any to sell). But I know that most European readers have been ordering it directly from amazon.com and it has an international shipping option which has arrived a bit more quickly than eight weeks - do you think that will also work in the Netherlands? Sorry it has been proving difficult to get hold of a copy!
All the best,
Catherine

Kevin Dijkshoorn

11/7/2016 05:40:47 pm

Well, thanks for taking the time to answer unfortunately amazon doesn't shil to the Netherlands. But I will order it for the other webshop.

Thanks again,

Kevin

Jess

20/6/2015 11:53:40 pm

I've been enthralled with this series since I picked up the first book! But I can't find the third book anywhere even though it's supposed to have been published almost a month ago?? Please let me know where it can be found!

Catherine Banner link

16/7/2015 11:25:29 am

Hi Jess, thanks for your message, and thank you so much for your interest in the book! I have been investigating this, and there does seem to be a bit of a problem with ordering the book internationally. My Canadian publishers are in charge of distributing The Heart at War this time around, but this means that currently it is only available via Canadian retailers (like amazon.ca). It is possible for you to order it from there, but if you are a UK reader it could take a few weeks to get to the UK and the shipping costs would be around £8. I am talking to my publishers to see if there is any way around this and will write a blog post with information as soon as I know more! All the best, Catherine

Lucia

12/7/2018 12:55:01 am

Do you already have an idea if there is going to be an italian translation?

Catherine Banner link

12/7/2018 11:04:42 am

Hi Lucia, I'm sorry - there won't be an Italian translation of this volume in the trilogy. It's available in English but my Italian publishers took the decision just to publish the first two books in the end...

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