David Dalglish

David Dalglish (born April 2, 1984 in Fort Lauderdale ) is an American writer in the field of fantasy literature .

life and work

Dalglish studied and graduated from Missouri Southern State University with a degree in mathematics in 2006. He lives in Missouri and has had various jobs in addition to his writing activities. In 2010 he published his first novel The Weight of Blood in self-publishing . Until 2013 he published a total of 15 novels as e-books in self-publishing, before he signed his first contract with Orbit Books to professionally publish the already partially self-published The Shadowdance Series . In the same year he signed a deal with 47North , an imprint of Amazon Publishing , to run his new series The Breaking World .

In 2014, the first volume of the shadow dancer series was published under the title The Dancer of Shadows in Germany by Blanvalet Verlag in the Random House publishing group . As a result, four more volumes were published, some only as eBooks.

All of Dalglish's novels are set in the fictional world of Dezrel, and most of them are self-published by him: The Half-Orcs is a series inspired by the works of RA Salvatore . It is about a brother pair of half-orcs. The Shadowdance Series is a series whose main characters are thieves and assassins . The Paladins and The Breaking World , published by 47North , deal with the creation of the world and the war of the gods and have many references to the earlier series. Dalgish was also the editor and lead author of the A Land of Ash short story collection , which deals with a Yellowstone eruption .

Works

The Half-Orcs series (self-published)

• The Weight of Blood (January 31, 2010)
• The Cost of Betrayal (March 25, 2010)
• The Death of Promises (May 30, 2010)
• The Shadows of Grace (October 7, 2010)
• A Sliver of Redemption (January 19, 2011)
• A Prison of Angels (November 29, 2012)
• The King of the Vile (January 26, 2015)

The Shadowdance Series

• A Dance of Cloaks (Self-published 2011, with Orbit Books October 8, 2013)
  • German: The dancer of shadows. Blanvalet Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-38322-1
• A Dance of Blades (Self-published 2011, with Orbit Books November 5, 2013)
  • German: The dancer of blades. Blanvalet Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-7341-6028-8
• A Dance of Mirrors (Self-published as A Dance of Death 2012, with Orbit Books December 3, 2013)
  • German: The dancer of the shards. ISBN 9783641185244
• A Dance of Shadows (Self-published as Blood of the Father 2012, with Orbit Books May 20, 2014)
• A Dance of Ghosts (Orbit Books, Nov. 11, 2014)
• A Dance of Chaos (Orbit Books, May 12, 2015)
• Cloak and Spider: A Shadowdance Novella (Orbit Books, December 3, 2013)
  • German: The revenge of the spider. Blanvalet Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-14757-0 (eBook)
  • German: The crown of the spider. Blanvalet Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-14756-3 (eBook)
  • German: The call of the spider. Blanvalet Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-14755-6 (eBook)

The Paladins (self-published)

• Night of Wolves (May 31, 2011)
• Clash of Faiths (July 24, 2011)
• The Old Ways (December 30, 2011)
• The Broken Pieces (August 19, 2012)

The Breaking World (47North, with Robert J. Duperre )

• Dawn of Swords (January 14, 2014)
• Wrath of Lions (April 22, 2014)
• Blood of Gods (October 14, 2014)

Web links

• Literature by and about David Dalglish in the catalog of the German National Library
• David Dalglish homepage
• David Dalglish in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Devi Pillai: Press Release: Orbit announces acquisition of bestselling self-published fantasy series. Orbit Books press release, February 15, 2013; accessed on October 11, 2015.
2. ^ ^{A b} From Pizza Hut To Easy Street: The David Dalglish Story . Interview in the blog Let's go digital , February 28, 2013; accessed on October 11, 2015.
3. ↑ Gareth Hughes: A Dance Of Cloaks by David Dalglish book review . SciFi Now, October 1, 2013; accessed on October 11, 2015.
4. ↑ The Dancer of Shadows  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   at the Blanvalet publishing house; accessed on October 11, 2015.
5. ↑ David Dalglish  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   at the Blanvalet publishing house; accessed on October 11, 2015.