Just a reminder that! Accepting the Lance, the twenty-second novel in the long-running and much-feted Liaden Universe® created and co-written by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, will be published in hardcover and ebook editions*on December 3, 2019.

Uncle Hugo’s SF Bookstore will once again be taking pre-orders for signed and/or personalized copies.  The order page will go live after Labor Day.

We know from the volume of email we’re getting that there’s a lot of pent-up demand for this title.  No, sorry, we cannot “push for an earlier release**,” nor are we open to “selling our draft.”  Waiting is, and patience definitely is.  December will happen soon enough.

However!  We have heard from an early reader of the book and we thought it only fair to share her reaction to it, so here you are:

Here is your link to the eARC edition of ACCEPTING THE LANCE: https://www.baen.com/accepting-the-lance-earc.html

A SPOILER DISCUSSION PAGE has been opened at for those who have read . . .LANCE and want to talk about it...

Need Liaden Gear? Of course you do! Offworld Designs has a 50% off sale on all Tree-and-Dragon t-shirts, polo shirts, denim (black and blue), AND! the ever-popular Tree-and-Dragon coffee mug:

Here’s your link.

The latest Liaden Universe® InfoDump has been posted here.

The I Dare t-shirts are on the move — here’s Barb at Offworld Designs  in the midst of your support ….

Remember when I said, Oh, back in April, that I was tidying up Splinter Universe in preparation for the posting of a Very Long Splinter?

Well, the time has come to start posting.  But before I do, I need to tell you a couple Things, and you need to read them.

Herewith, the Things.  Please do read them.

1  I, Sharon Lee, representing Lee-and-Miller, will be posting the False Start of an actual novel, that novel being Accepting the Lance.  This presents some small amount of difficulty, which will be discussed in. . .

. . .1a  Naturally, those who have not yet read Accepting the Lance are Strongly Cautioned, but!  those who have read Accepting the Lance are also Strongly Cautioned:  Despite its length (approximately 44,000 words) the material to be posted is a SPLINTER; it is NOT CANON

Chapter Three of The Wrong Lance is now available for you — yes, you! — to read.

Here’s your link

Chapter Five of The Wrong Lance is up and waiting to be read.

Here’s your link