In the mail: “Children of Earth and Sky.”

Guy Gavriel Kay’s latest, set in his not-quite-Europe just after the fall of the derived-from-Byzantine Empire to the squint-and-they-look-like-Ottomans. Part of the birthday Amazon extravaganza: all praise the glories of pre-ordering, hey? – At any rate, there appear to be analogues to the Holy Roman Empire and the Venetians involved, so hopefully Kay is going to rack up quite the stylish body count in this one. Guess we’ll see…