As announced this morning in USA Today, the third book in the Kane Chronicles, The Serpent's Shadow, will be released May 1 with a U.S. first printing of two million copies.Wow, that's a lot of hieroglyphs and papyrus. Full details of the tour are below. This time around, we're focusing on the Northwest. I'm really looking forward to all the events! Remember, I don't set the tour. I let Disney do that, because it would be too hard for me to pick between so many awesome places, and sadly we can't go everywhere because, you know, I have to keep writing!
We start in the Bay Area with a live webcast on release day, May 1, from the amazing Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose. Their Egyptian collection is unbelievable, and I'll even be doing a reading down in the tomb . . . Creepy! You can join us online. Link to sign up is below.
After that, my first visit to Provo, Utah in many, many years. The last time I was there I had a fabulous time. Then I follow, more or less, in the footsteps of Percy, Hazel and Frank on their quest in Son of Neptune, visiting some of my favorite cities: Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. And even (drumroll) my first ever event in Alaska, at Barnes & Noble, Anchorage. This is an *extremely* rare event, and I have no idea if or when I'll be back, so if you're an Alaskan fan, please come out and say hi. It seemed only appropriate to go, since the state played such an important part in Son of Neptune.
If I'm not coming to your town on this tour, my apologies, but those writing deadlines are pretty unforgiving. I know the most important thing to you guys is that I get the books out on time. Sadly, that also means no international travel. It pains me to turn down tours to all these wonderful countries where the fans would like to say hello in person, but there just isn't time. Maybe one of these years! The next tour will be in October for Mark of Athena. More info. on that tour and book as we get closer to the release date, but it's still much too early to share anything more.
For now, I hope you enjoy The Serpent's Shadow when it comes out May 1. Carter and Sadie are in for a wild ride!
Tuesday, May 1
Time: 1pm EDT
Join me for a LIVE webcast from the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium in San Jose, California
Tuesday, May 1
Time: 7:00pm
Fox Theatre
2223 Broadway Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
*Event presented by Kepler’s Books
Wednesday, May 2
Time: 7:00pm
Timpview High School
3570 Timpview Drive
Provo, Utah 84604
*Event presented by Provo City Library
Thursday, May 3
Time: 7:00pm
Hellenic Centre
4500 Arbutus St
Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Event presented by Vancouver Kidsbooks
Friday, May 4
Time: 6:00pm
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
Saturday, May 5
Time: 1:00pm
Barnes & Noble
200 E Northern Lights Blvd
Anchorage, AK 99503
Monday, May 7
Time: 7:00pm
Beaumont Middle School
4043 NE Fremont St.
Portland, OR 97212
*Event presented by A Children’s Place
Wednesday, May 9
Time: 6:00pm
Barnes & Noble
15900 La Cantera Pkwy, Ste. 3340
San Antonio, TX 78256
Friday, May 11
Time: 7:00pm
The Wittliff Collections @ Texas State University-San Marcos
LBJ Student Center Ballroom