Kristen Callihan's Winterblaze, book 3 in her Darkest London series, is on many readers' must-buy-get-outta-my-way-no-really-move-it shopping lists this week, and to celebrate the release, she and her publisher, Hachette, have put together a really spiffy prize pack.
Here, have a look:
The winner will receive:
- 1 pink fan (this one can NOT be used for beheadings)
- 1 bottle of Sephora by OPI nail polish in “Shiny Dancer” (dark silver)
- 1 leather notebook (such as the one Winston used to tell his story)
- 1 sterling silver necklace and topaz snowflake pendant
- A set of the Darkest London books signed by Kristen Callihan
The items are all related to various characters in the series – and I rather covet that pendant.
Plus five runners-up will receive a complete set of the four books in the Darkest London series in digital format, including the prequel novella, which is digital only:
To enter, leave a comment sharing your favorite or funniest unexpected weapon (and if it's a fan, awesome!). I'll select the winners at random on Friday 1 March.
Standard disclaimers apply: void where prohibited. Open to international residents to the extent permitted be law. Must be over 18 and ready for some kind of battle to win. Measure twice, cut once. The film may have been modified from its original version to fit your screen. Do not write below this line.
Good luck!
A big ol’ bouquet of foxglove and yew. Deadly, for the right victim. Heh.
A hat-pin – unassuming but scary when employed.
Kitten to the face.
Love the shapened chopstick-like hair ornaments as weapons.
For years we’ve been discussing which items could never be a murder weapon. So far we’re undecided on a straw wrapper.
My favorite(s): things that have inspired airport security to pull me aside while they empty and analyze my carry on. The latest incident was because I had stacked my iphone on top of my kindle, on top of my nook, on top of my ipad.
A steel knitting needle can do a lot of damage….
Real life weapons (that have sent me to emergency rooms):
Thumbnail to the eye; a frozen turkey (not lamb, but close); an unexpected speed bump.
I really, really want one of these prizes…
A regular playing card. If a tornado can embed one in a palm tree, anyone can use it to stop a thug.
I like using real life examples and my most recent need for protection I grabbed a sturdy hand strainer from pampered chief. It turns out my cat knocked over a plant, but I was ready. The holes of the strainer gave it a very aero dynamic whooshing sound.
I have always been very intrigued by the gun cane. It’s a cane, and then it’s a gun! Pure genius. Can’t wait to read Winterblaze! I loved, loved, loved the other books! 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway.
Listerine (a popular mouthwash brand here in NZ). I mean, have you ever been startled while gargling and accidentally swallowed some of that stuff? OMG. It’s not pretty. (Ask me how I know this.) So I reckon you load up your nifty water-gun with Listerine and the bad dudes wouldn’t stand a chance.
Post it notes, they’re surprisingly dangerous
I remember a 90s TV show where the hero beat someone with a couple of fish (a la nun-chucks) at a fish market. I think my favorite book weapon was a knitting needle. It’s just a classic!
The word “Ni!”
definitely have to say it’s the pen that turns into a sword in the Percy Jackson series.
jazz hands!
Oooh, I’ve never heard of this series. I gotta check it out now. As for best weapon, nothing beats a thrown shoe! “That really hurt! Who throws a shoe? Honestly?”
For me I think it’s a tie between a pen, truly mightier than the sword, and a fork. The fork might have the tiniest bit of an edge. After all, if it’s good enough to kill the president of Paraguay, it’s good enough for me.
As a weapon I sort of like the commerical with convenience store sushi – now that is a weapon.
All time fave weapon would be a peanut (unshelled!) which was used by Bullseye (the uber-villian) to choke a woman to death in the truly awful movie Daredevil. Bonus lame-o superpower: really really good aim.
Knitting needles
Favourite unexpected weapon – glass of milk.
I’m always a fan of the cane sword.
I’ve actually got one! I found it at a flea market and it’s even got a dragon head handle… unfortunately, when I was actually handicapped and needed a cane, I didn’t think it was a good idea to actually carry that around all the time.
My favorite weapon would probably have to be the always available and very breakable vase. Take out the flowers, dump the water on the assailant, and then bash him or her unconscious with said vase.
I would have to say DEATH BY PIGEONS! It’s from Julia Quins’ novel within a novel Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron, written by the character from Ten things I hate about you – Sebastian Gray! It was referred to in at least 3 of her books that I know of, but never explicitly described HOW it happened, which of course made me think about it for days and suspiciously ogling pigeons!
Knitting needles, ebony preferred. Don’t ask me how I know it would work…
Sorry, that was Ten things I Love about you! One of my favorite movies is lurking in my sub-conscience…
A dishwasher. Oh, Sayid….
Mine is also birds, maybe also pigeons—from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when Dr. Jones excites the birds with his umbrella and they fly into the bad guys’ airplanes.
Sword cane
Sharpened hair sticks. I don’t remember where I read about them, but they struck me as an excellent weapon.
My brother got mad at my mom once and threw a devil dog at her, which missed and splattered all over the cabinets (a devil dog is a sandwich cake with devils food chocolate and cream filling).
I threw the remote control at my brother once when we were kids. It was what was in my hand.
I’m crossing everything on this one I wanna win so badly.
Something else I’ll likely to lose. Umm my favorite weapon, or my ideal weapon would be a camera 😀 photo evidence doesn’t lie hehe
The most creative I’ve ever actually used would be a tie between a milk bone dog treat and a wet towel…when whipped, both are surprisingly effective at bringing much larger/stronger brothers to their knees! As for read probably a lucky rabbits foot that turns your luck unbelievably bad (like dead within minutes) once you lose it, and you always lose it.
I can seriously imagine a hero/heroine obsessed with golf to challenge someone to a duel and then pull out a golf club instead of a sword.
The pen from Grosse Point Blanke, was actually my favorite unexpected weapon. Simple, accessible. It had a certain efficiency that you have to respect. Plus, it was wielded by John Cussack. Hard to beat that.
The pencil in the Batman movie
I remember when Bunsen Honeydew invented the banana sharpener on the Muppet Show, as a way to help you store bananas. Since the sharpened banana would look just like a pencil, you could just stick the point in a wall or something. Eventually, of course, the sharpened bananas were thrown as weapons (at a gorilla, I think?)…it’s one of my favorite sight gags of all time.