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M.A. Carrick (Marie Brennan + Alyc Helms)
@macarrick.bsky.social
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Joint authors of the Rook and Rose trilogy and the upcoming duology, The Sea Beyond! https://www.macarrick.com/
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M.A. Carrick (Marie Brennan + Alyc Helms) @macarrick.bsky.social · Jun 27
The pattern deck is HERE, y'all, and it is every bit as gorgeous as we hoped!!! HUGE thanks to @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social , @aliellkok.bsky.social , and @blueludebar.com for their gorgeous, gorgeous work in bringing this dream to life.

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a photo of a pattern deck in its box, showing Emiko Ogasawara's back design of a spindle, shuttle, and shears joined by violet threads and ribbons a photo of the pattern cards spread out so you can see Hundred Lanterns Rise, The Face of Stars, and Turtle in Her Shell
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What a better way to start a Monday than with the third part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"?

Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):

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JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
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December 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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effies.bsky.social
this book is super fun!
swantower.bsky.social Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 15d
TODAY ONLY (12/21), The Mask of Mirrors ebook is discounted to $2.99 on Kindle as an "Editor's Pick Goldbox" deal! (US customers only; my apologies to the rest of the world.) Affiliate link:

www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1) eBook : Carrick, M. A.: Kindle Store
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December 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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julesanew.bsky.social
Oh wow. This is a great deal on book 1 of one of my favorite series of the last few years. If I didn’t already own it, I’d be all over this.
swantower.bsky.social Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 15d
TODAY ONLY (12/21), The Mask of Mirrors ebook is discounted to $2.99 on Kindle as an "Editor's Pick Goldbox" deal! (US customers only; my apologies to the rest of the world.) Affiliate link:

www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1) eBook : Carrick, M. A.: Kindle Store
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December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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lizmck.bsky.social
This is such a fun series. You should read it if you haven't already! 📚
swantower.bsky.social Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 15d
TODAY ONLY (12/21), The Mask of Mirrors ebook is discounted to $2.99 on Kindle as an "Editor's Pick Goldbox" deal! (US customers only; my apologies to the rest of the world.) Affiliate link:

www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1) eBook : Carrick, M. A.: Kindle Store
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December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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aahabershaw.bsky.social
This is a *great* book and you should get it.
swantower.bsky.social Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 15d
TODAY ONLY (12/21), The Mask of Mirrors ebook is discounted to $2.99 on Kindle as an "Editor's Pick Goldbox" deal! (US customers only; my apologies to the rest of the world.) Affiliate link:

www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1) eBook : Carrick, M. A.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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craigshackleton.com
This is also CAD $2.99 on Kobo books!

I highly recommend it!
swantower.bsky.social Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 15d
TODAY ONLY (12/21), The Mask of Mirrors ebook is discounted to $2.99 on Kindle as an "Editor's Pick Goldbox" deal! (US customers only; my apologies to the rest of the world.) Affiliate link:

www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1) eBook : Carrick, M. A.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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swantower.bsky.social
TODAY ONLY (12/21), The Mask of Mirrors ebook is discounted to $2.99 on Kindle as an "Editor's Pick Goldbox" deal! (US customers only; my apologies to the rest of the world.) Affiliate link:

www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...
The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose Book 1) eBook : Carrick, M. A.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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macarrick.bsky.social
For years we've had a widget on our website where you can lay out a pattern reading for yourself -- but great news! Now it has the pretty, pretty art by @blueludebar.com, @aliellkok.bsky.social, and @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social!

www.macarrick.com/pattern/
The back of a card from the Rook and Rose pattern deck, showing a golden spindle, shuttle, and shears linked by violet thread twining into a ribbon. These overlie a subtle labyrinth background and are surrounded by an intricate frame of ribbons and cord.
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
macarrick.bsky.social
For years we've had a widget on our website where you can lay out a pattern reading for yourself -- but great news! Now it has the pretty, pretty art by @blueludebar.com, @aliellkok.bsky.social, and @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social!

www.macarrick.com/pattern/
The back of a card from the Rook and Rose pattern deck, showing a golden spindle, shuttle, and shears linked by violet thread twining into a ribbon. These overlie a subtle labyrinth background and are surrounded by an intricate frame of ribbons and cord.
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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blueludebar.com
last but not least: special character + clan cards. thanks again for having me help illustrate the official ROOK & ROSE oracle deck @macarrick.bsky.social !
ten cards from the official oracle card deck based on the world of fantasy novel trilogy ROOK AND ROSE by M.A. Carrick. this batch depicts special animals symbolic of the clans in the books and some of the main characters. imagery includes a white horse on a cliff surrounded by crashing waves, black owls with white faces on a nearly-bare tree branch, a group of rats climbing strands of red woven rope out of a fire, a spider weaving a geometric shape against a jewel-green background, a dashing fox in a tree fending an opponent off with a rapier, a raccoon on a midnight rooftop carrying a sack of loot, a mysterious bird with a slender curved beak enfolded in an iridescent swirl of feathers, the seven Vraszenian clan founders, the Rook and the Rose together in a shadowy grey cloud of smoke and fire, and Vargo standing in a run-down alley near a canal.
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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swantower.bsky.social
Since I have a BackerKit store for the Rook & Rose pattern deck *anyway*, I might as well add more things to it! So if you want signed bookplates for the Memoirs of Lady Trent or foreign language editions of both my books and M.A. Carrick's, check it out!

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Pre-order Rook and Rose Pattern Deck on BackerKit
Oracle cards for divination and games -- shipping now!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
macarrick.bsky.social
We have spiffed up the BackerKit store for the Rook and Rose pattern deck with new images of the actual products (as opposed to the Kickstarter mockups), and also SIGNED BOOKS! Check it out:

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Pre-order Rook and Rose Pattern Deck on BackerKit
Oracle cards for divination and games -- shipping now!
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October 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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mizzelle.bsky.social
Rook and Rose pattern deck and guidebook with dark green drawstring bag. Kickstarter rewards from @macarrick.bsky.social!
Rook and Rose pattern deck and guidebook with dark green drawstring bag.
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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swantower.bsky.social
LAST CALL for copies of @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social's special edition of the Rook and Rose trilogy! Once these gorgeous volumes are gone, that's it, there's no more!

Signed and numbered: thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/roo...

Unsigned: thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/roo...
Rook & Rose - Tier 1 Leftovers
Please be aware that this is the last of our stock! We estimate shipping to take place in late July 2025.  Product Details Signed & Numbered Limited to 1,500 sets New Cover Art by Patricia Gutierr...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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swantower.bsky.social
We'll be closing our BackerKit store to pre-orders on JULY 22ND, and while we may have a setup for selling the remaining decks afterward, that won't be available for a while. So if you want a Rook & Rose pattern deck by M.A. Carrick, get it while you can!

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Pre-order Rook and Rose Pattern Deck on BackerKit
Oracle cards for divination and games
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July 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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thebrokenbinding.bsky.social
The sale will take place on Thursday 3rd July in the Dragon’s Hoard.

Tier 1 sets will go on sale at 7pm BST and cost £120 + shipping.

Tier 2 sets will go on sale at 7.15pm BST and will cost £100 + shipping.
June 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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thebrokenbinding.bsky.social
We are holding a sale for leftover sets of The Rook and Rose trilogy by M.A. Carrick! 😍
June 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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blueludebar.com
haha, that one is very lovable! i'm so glad Marie asked to keep the face the same as in the thumbnail sketch.
June 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
macarrick.bsky.social
The pattern deck is HERE, y'all, and it is every bit as gorgeous as we hoped!!! HUGE thanks to @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social , @aliellkok.bsky.social , and @blueludebar.com for their gorgeous, gorgeous work in bringing this dream to life.

pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
a photo of a pattern deck in its box, showing Emiko Ogasawara's back design of a spindle, shuttle, and shears joined by violet threads and ribbons a photo of the pattern cards spread out so you can see Hundred Lanterns Rise, The Face of Stars, and Turtle in Her Shell
June 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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swantower.bsky.social
We are just TWO WEEKS out from @baycon.org (which is also Westercon this year), where @alychelms.bsky.social and I, as @macarrick.bsky.social, are among the Guests of Honor! We'll have sample pattern decks to show off and so much more -- hope to see you there!
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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otomesol.bsky.social
Damn! I was so sure! Thanks for answering though!

I finished the last book a few days ago, and I was LOCKED IN the whole time! So many twists and turns! I am normally really good at guessing upcoming story beats, but this series constantly surprised me. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm hyping it up to everyone I know. 😆
June 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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baycon.org
Our next BayCon 2025 Guests of Honor to join our amazing lineup are @swantower.bsky.social and @alychelms.bsky.social , AKA, @macarrick.bsky.social !! ✍️📚

We’re excited to have them join us for this years BayCon!
June 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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swantower.bsky.social
Final hours! (And we are at a Norman Conquest of backers: 1066 at time of posting!)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...
The Memoirs of Lady Trent Vol 1 - Illustrated Deluxe Omnibus
Books 1-3 of Marie Brennan's Hugo-nominated study of dragonkind comes to Wraithmarked!
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May 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
macarrick.bsky.social
BIG NEWS: the Rook and Rose pattern deck is about to go into production! We have not yet locked our BackerKit orders, so there is still time to get your own beautifully illustrated deck of cards:

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Pre-order Rook and Rose Pattern Deck on BackerKit
Oracle cards for divination and games
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May 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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aliellkok.bsky.social
At last, I've finished this series and can start sharing them. For @macarrick.bsky.social Rook and Rose pattern deck (shoutout to @alychelms.bsky.social and @swantower.bsky.social, the dynamic duo themselves).

Each Face/Mask are the twin visages of the Vraszenian gods. First up: Mask of Mirrors!
A mirrored mask floats in a beige void, reflecting shadowy figures. The mask is plain, smooth, and lacks a mouth.
May 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM