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So much exciting news for PM Freestone’s Shadowscent duology! Here’s an update on what’s been happening.

The Darkest Bloom translated into four languages and counting

The Darkest Bloom, the first book in the series is now available in German (with a beautiful new cover), French, Spanish and Russian, with Hungarian, Czech and Polish to come. I am very excited to see how Aramteskan words have been given grammatical gender and case markers across the different translations! I’m possibly even more excited to see how things got transliterated into Cyrillic for the Russian.

Crown of Smoke pre-orders for 2nd of April 2020

The Shadowscent story is wrapping up with book two Crown of Smoke out on the 2nd of April. US readers can order from the UK, as UK Scholastic will be handling all orders. It’s a fun and face-paced adventure with the future of the empire at stake and I’m looking forward to holding this beauty:

Map of Aramtesh from Virginia Allyn

Crown of Smoke readers will get to see Virginia Allyn‘s map of Aramtesh. This map featured in the US print of The Darkest Bloom (’Shadowscent’ in the US). It’s full of so much wonderful detail.

The Darkest Bloom... as a fragrance!

Finally, 4160 Tuesdays is a small perfume house in the UK and they have teamed up with P.M. Freestone to create The Darkest Bloom, a fragrance inspired by the world of Shadowscent. I’m beyond excited to smell this. This must be the first fantasy world with its own scent-based conlang, map and fragrance.

TBT Review: Shadowscent by PM Freestone

✨ ICYMI: Today we dropped some gorgeous Fall 2019 cover reveals on Twitter! 🍁Check them out! 😍📚

COVER REVEAL #1: Caster by Elsie Chapman

COVER REVEAL #2: Shadowscent by P.M. Freestone

COVER REVEAL #3: Creep by Eireann Corrigan

COVER REVEAL #4: Fake by Donna Cooner

COVER REVEAL #5: Rated by Melissa Grey

COVER REVEAL #6: Tarnished are the Stars by Rosiee Thor

COVER REVEAL #7: Take the Mic edited by Bethany C. Morrow

COVER REVEAL #8: Diamond & Dawn by Lyra Selene

P. M. Freestone’s debut novel The Darkest Bloom (Book 1 in the Shadowscent duology) celebrated its book birthday on the 7th of February. You can get it at any good bookseller. the blurb:

In the empire of Aramtesh, scent has power.

When disaster strikes and the crown prince lies poisoned, long suppressed rivalries threaten to blow the empire apart.

It’s up to a poor village girl with a talent for fragrances and the prince’s loyal bodyguard to find an antidote.

To succeed, the unlikely pair must uncover secrets – cryptic, ancient tales as well as buried truths from their own pasts – in an adventure that will ignite your senses!

The book features the first few snippets of Aramteskan, a language I created to be unlike any existing human language, which places smell at the centre of people’s experience. All the names in the book are from the language, and you’ll even catch some lines of dialogue.

The book will also be published in these countries (with translation), I’ve added dates where known:

USA: Scholastic (Fall 2019)

Australia/NZ: Scholastic

France: Editions du Seuil

Spain: Roca Editorial

Russia: Eksmo

Hungary: Maxim

Czech Republic: MOBA

If you are in one of these places and have to wait, trust me it’s worth it! I’m already looking forward to seeing how Aramteskan is transliterated into Cyrilic for the Russian, and how it’s going to look with case marking in a bunch of languages! I’ll be posting more about the mechanics of Aramteskan when the book is out in more places!

See also:

P. M. Freestone’s website

P. M. Freestone’s mailing list