I had never heard of Stan Nicholls, a British author responsible for a trilogy of novels about ... Orcs. I also didn't know that Orcs were not invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, but have been making frequent appearances in fantasy and legend for ages, just like elves and goblins. Orcs are always badasses, but Nicholls apparently gives them their due. (His efforts remind me of the late, great John M. Ford's extraordinary 1984 Klingon novel, The Final Reflection.)
Anyway, I learned all this because Orbit books just published an omnibus paperback edition of the trilogy, appropriately entitled Orcs. They sent me a copy, accompanied by a note from Alex Lencicki, Orbit's incredibly resourceful Marketing and Publicity Director. The card, as you can see here, was short and to the point — the shortest publicity pitch I've ever gotten, in fact, and now my official all-time favorite!
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