a long shot I know but my mates from D.C. are coming over for a visit on Friday so if any Watchers see a copy of AATE in the D.C. area before then please give me a shout.
why does the U.K. have to wait another 9 days it's just not right !
You may want to tell your friend to check the airport bookstores. I got Fatal Revenant two weeks early in 2007 when I found it at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Airport bookstores have very little storage space so they tend to shelve the books as soon as they arrive.
I found the book on the shelf at a Books a Million store yesterday, but when I tried to buy it, their register returned an error, informing the sales girl she was not allowed to sell it until Tuesday (Grrr)
I just hope our bookstore gets it out this week. The local Barnes and Noble where I live is notorious for dawdling about getting new releases shelved.