As Tacitus wrote in his Germania, the German people are–

No, no, never mind… Let’s just do this the easy way…

Hey, everyone! News! I Hunt Killers — guaranteed to be the cuddly, heart-warming, feel-good novel of 2012 — has just sold in Germany! Blanvalet (an imprint of Random House Germany) picked up the first two books in the series.

[INSERT SOUND OF DRUNKEN SINGING AT BEER HALL HERE]

Am I thrilled? You betcha! My thanks go out to the folks at Little, Brown and Blanvalet, as well as the agents in the States and in Munich who made this happen. Sauerbraten for everyone!

It’s very cool, by the way, to be able say, “Hey, I just got a message from a German agent.” It made me feel like James Bond.