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Free Book Friday: The Alchemaster’s Apprentice by Walter Moers

JK Evanczuk / Friday, January 1, 2010 View Comments

Welcome to this week’s Free Book Friday, wherein we give you the best titles in indie publishing for the low low price of nothing. Congrats to last week’s winner SA for snagging a free copy of The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill.

The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers

This week, we are giving away a copy of The Alchemaster’s Apprentice by Walter Moers. The first three books set in Zamonia—the mythical land created by the genius of Moers, whose work has been compared to J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein—have achieved raucous critical acclaim and created hundreds of thousands of die-hard fans here and all over the world. Now Moers returns with a fourth “relentlessly whimsical” fantasy (Library Journal). When Echo the Cat’s mistress dies, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render his fat, which he hopes to brew into an immortality potion. But Ghoolion has not reckoned for Echo’s talent for survival and his vast ability to make new friends.

This week’s Free Book Friday is sponsored by The Overlook Press. The Overlook Press is an independent general-interest publisher, founded in 1971. The publishing program consists of nearly 100 new books per year, evenly divided between hardcovers and trade paperbacks. The list is eclectic, but areas of strength include interesting fiction, history, biography, drama, and design.

To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is comment in the space below. Make sure to tell us your email address so we can contact you if you win! We also recommend doing the following:

Winner will be chosen randomly at 12pm on Friday, January 8 and notified via email. The winner must respond to our email within 48 hours, or a new winner will be randomly selected.

Good luck!

EDIT: Giveaway now closed. Congrats to this week’s winner JSPAD. Try your luck again with Billy Lombardo’s The Man with Two Arms in the new Free Book Friday.

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  • Manjima

    Would love to have it!

  • http://12frogs.com/12/ jspad

    I loved The City of Dreaming Books, it would be great to read another Moers book.

  • J.R. Monahan

    Love trying different/new authors! Give me a chance!!

  • http://wisb.blogspot.com/ SMD

    Never heard of it, but definitely curious.

  • susan beamon

    I enjoy reading all sorts of books/stories. I love seeing what others have to say and how they can weave ideas. Let me read this one and add it to my library.

  • Gillian

    Yes please!

  • Dorie

    I have a spot waiting for this great book!

  • Barbara S.

    I would love to read this great book. Thanks.

  • Olivia

    Sounds great, I´d like to give it a try :) .

  • http://WindowsmailorOutlookExpress Rita Brock

    I don’t know what you’d call my
    “website”. but I’d like to get a free book from you! I love to read all kinds of books, mostly about people from other cultures in present day more than historical settings. I travel a lot, and like to see the areas the characters have in their lives.
    Rita Joanne Brock

  • Sue

    Sounds great – please include me. Thanks!

  • Meghan

    Hey I saw the thing you did at TRT book club!! I thought I would check you guys out. Glad I did!
    Thanks so much for all of the giveaways!

  • sanjay kini

    put me also into the hat….would luuuv to win the book….

  • http://www.litdrift.com JK Evanczuk

    Sweet–thanks for stopping by!

  • http://www.lulu.com/bencmapbell Ben

    Can’t overlook The Alchemaster’s Apprentice…raucous critical acclaim. I’m in. Oh, and I’ll review it with my happy face on.

  • Kenneth McMurtrie

    This would compliment my copy of Captain Bluebear nicely :)

  • http://jphollis.com Josh Hollis

    Love your site! Put my name in the hat as well… thanks!

  • Traci

    I would love this book!

  • Grant Z

    Douglas Adams is one of my favorite authors — If Moers is anything like him this will be a great book.

  • http://tweezlereads.blogspot.com Theresa

    Would love to find a series that matches to Rowling’s!! This sounds like it could be it. Please enter me. Thanks so much!

  • http://entomologyofabookworm.blogspot.com Kerry

    I’d love a chance!

  • Stri Longanecker

    yay for free books!

  • Deb

    This book sounds fascinating! I’d love to be the one to win it. My e-mail is waugh.deb@gmail.com.

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