It’s time to give away some books.

Black Gate has five copies of the brand new Pathfinder Tales book from Dave Gross, author of Prince of Wolves, Master of Devils, and Queen of Thorns, compliments of the great folks at Paizo Publishing. And we want to get them into your hands.

To avoid the usual methods of selecting winners (hand-to-hand combat, best impromptu rendition of Aragon’s speech at the Black Gate of Mordor, etc.), we’ve decided to award the copies to five randomly-selected qualifying entrants. How do you qualify? Easy! Just send us a one-paragraph review of your favorite Pathfinder product, novel, or  short story.

Unfamiliar with Pathfinder? No problem! You can check out the latest right here at Black Gate — including the first chapters of both King of Chaos and Queen of Thorns, Bill Ward’s complete four-part story “The Box,” and the 4-part mini-epic “The Walkers from the Crypt” by Howard Andrew Jones. If you want to try a complete novel, may we suggest Howard’s Plague of Shadows, or Tim Pratt’s Liar’s Blade?

You can read Dave’s introduction to King of Chaos here, and his free stories “Killing Time” and “The Lost Pathfinder” at Paizo.com. In fact, check out the complete collection of free Pathfinder Tales web fiction, with stories from Elaine Cunningham, Richard Ford, Tim Pratt, Ari Marmell, Robin D. Laws, James L. Sutter, Monte Cook, Ed Greenwood, Erik Mona, Richard Lee Byers, and many others.

To enter our contest, just send an e-mail to john@blackgate.com with the title “King of Chaos,” and your one-paragraph entry, before October 1, 2013.

All entries become the property of New Epoch Press. No purchase necessary. Must be 12 or older. Decisions of the judges (capricious as they may be) are final. Terms and conditions subject to change. Sorry, US entrants only. Not valid where prohibited by law. Eat your vegetables.