No sooner do I spin down from my London tour than I’m gearing up to head out to WorldCon. I’ve been hearing from a lot of folks who either can’t make it this year or are heading to Drag­onCon instead (which has been con­ve­niently sched­uled for the same weekend).

So, I fig­ured this would be a good time to show my love to all and sundry by doing a give­away, cour­tesy of my UK pub­lisher, Head­line. Since SHADOW OPS is a mil­i­tary story (and a spe­cial oper­a­tions story in par­tic­ular), I fig­ured I’d make this con­test all about sit­u­a­tional aware­ness. Put on your ninja-caps and get ready:

For those of who can make it to WorldCon: The first person who can get a sticky note on my bag *without* me noticing (and without run­ning, screaming, smacking any­thing hard, or actu­ally STEALING my bag, etc … it’s about STEALTH and fun, folks) wins.

For those of you who can’t make it to WorldCon: The person who sends me the best shot of a sticky note any­where else (can be stuck to any­thing. KEEP IT CLEAN AND DON’T HURT ANYBODY, FOLKS), wins.

And this is a pretty great give­away: Not only will you receive an auto­graphed copy of the British edi­tion of CONTROL POINT, but I’ll throw in one of Oscar Britton’s dogtags!

So, get your sneak on and let’s see how this goes. Hope to see some of you at WorldCon! I’ll be watching for you VERY carefully …