The Creation of Wrath Suvane

Welcome to the website of fantasy author Joshua Palmatier.




































The city of Amenkor on the Frigean Coast of Wrath Suvane is the setting for the fantasy novel The Skewed Throne and its two sequels, The Cracked Throne and The Vacant Throne. Here you can find interesting little tidbits about the books, the author, and upcoming projects. There are also links to other websites of interest related to the writing of science fiction and fantasy, as well as to author friends of Joshua Palmatier. If you want more detailed information about the author or the daily progress of writing novels, check out his Live Journal. There's also a link for conferences and conventions Joshua will be appearing at, as well as the time and location of signings. All of those links appear on the right of the screen, above the incredibly cool dragon.

The Skewed Throne Chapter 1-6 now available for perusal!

I got permission from my editor to post the first six chapters of my first novel, The Skewed Throne, the first book in the Throne of Amenkor series, over the course of six weeks. The idea is to give readers a chance to read a significant portion of the book to decide whether or not they might like the book, and hopefully entice them into buying the book as well. Here's the fifth chapter (along with the link to the first four as well). You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download here) in order to read it, since it's a pdf file. I found that it wouldn't open in AOL, but it does open in Explorer. It seems to work on most browsers actually.

I'd appreciate it if you could post a link to this website in your own blog or website or on Facebook, to help promote the postings of the chapters. Thanks!

These are the actual page proofs from the book, if you're interested in seeing what those look like.

Skewed Throne: Chapter One
Skewed Throne: Chapter Two
Skewed Throne: Chapter Three
Skewed Throne: Chapter Four
Skewed Throne: Chapter Five
Skewed Throne: Chapter Six

Chapter Six, the final chapter to be posted, is coming in one week! Keep watch!

Holiday Sale!!!

First, I thought I should mention that all three of the books are available on Kindle now (where before only book 3 was available, which made no sense). Here are the links to the kindle versions: The Skewed Throne, The Cracked Throne, and The Vacant Throne.

Also, I have two deals running this holiday season, one for hardcovers and one for paperbacks:

Hardcover Deal: You can buy all three hardcovers of the books for a total of $30! That includes shipping.

Paperback Deal: You can buy all three paperbacks of the books for a total of $20! That includes shipping as well.

If you're interested in any of these deals, contact me at jpalmatier@sff.net and we can arrange payment and get address info, etc. Individual hardcovers and paperbacks are available as well at $15 and $8 respectively (shipping included). Just let me know what you're interested in! All shipping is for the US only. I can give you a quote for international shipping if you get in touch with me.

The Skewed Throne released in German!

The German foreign language rights for the entire Throne of Amenkor trilogy have been sold to Lubbe and The Skewed Throne has been released in Germany under the new title "Die Assassine". Check out the awesome new cover art by F. Fiedler for the book here:

And here's cover art for the German edition of The Cracked Throne, which is scheduled for release in January 2010 under the new title "Die Regentin". Check it out! (Also done by the cover artist F. Fiedler.)

PS: All artwork on this site, including the cool dragon, is by artist Steve Stone (Skewed Throne, Cracked Throne), Larry Ronstat (Vacant Throne), or F. Fiedler (German edition of Skewed Throne, Die Assassine), except for the JBP logo at the top of the page. Check out more of all of the artist's artwork using the link under their names in the Interesting Links location.

The JBP logo at the top of the page is done by friend and artist Ariel Guzman. Link to his Live Journal in the Interesting Links location.

Also, this webpage would not have been possible without help from a friend and fellow author Jennifer Dunne. Check out her website using her link in the Interesting Links location.


Read an excerpt from The Skewed Throne, book one of the Throne of Amenkor series.

Read an excerpt from The Cracked Throne, book two of the Throne of Amenkor series.

Read an excerpt from The Vacant Throne, book three of the Throne of Amenkor series.

If you'd like to contact Joshua, use the email: jpalmatier@sff.net.