Book Barbarian

PEOPLE,

There's this website called Book Barbarian that sends out a daily email with heavily discounted SciFi and fantasy books--always super high quality stuff. As an author you can't just submit any old book to them as it's highly curated. Only the cream of the crop stuff from them.

That said (ahem), today they picked up my 99c sale on Chains of Destiny, and also mentioned the fact that if you sign up for my newsletter, you get The Terran Gambit for free. What a nice surprise to wake up to!

You should go check them out! I'm signing up for their newsletter as soon as I finish writing this.

Bookbarbarian.com

The USS Whatitsname

My spaceship designer, Adam Kopala, has been busy. Here's another one he's made for me that I haven't named yet.

In other news, I'm working on a new military SciFi trilogy. No, I'm not dropping Pax Humana--I just found that I needed to work on something fresh in between episodes, so I decided to start another trilogy to keep my sanity. Book 4 of Pax Humana will be finished shortly enough, but first you'll get something a little different. And even more awesome.

Fierce

Big news!

As some of of you may know I also write fantasy. A few months ago I was invited to be in a boxset with a handful of bestselling fantasy authors, including the legendary Mercedes Lackey! And today, USA Today is doing a cover reveal for us!

And just look at that artwork:

For a limited time only! 

Join epic fantasy legend Mercedes Lackey and fifteen additional New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling authors on the adventure of a lifetime! 

Over one million words and sixteen realms of fantasy brought together for your reading pleasure. Discover courageous characters fighting for justice and order. Journey between kingdoms of dragons and lands of anarchy as tales of magic and mayhem unfold.

About the stories included in Fierce:

Moving Targets by Mercedes Lackey. Stuck watching over four Herald trainees on circuit, Elyn is at her wits' end — and that's before a town asks for help with a ghostly infestation.

The Blacksmith's Son by Michael G. Manning. A journey to discover the secrets of his past reveals a magical heritage and embroils Mordecai in a deadly battle for the future of mankind.

Chosen by K.F. Breene. Prophecy has foretold that when war threatens the world, the Chosen will appear to help the Shadow Warriors reclaim their stolen freedom and lead them out of the Land of Mist.

A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice. Thorgin, an outsider and a dreamer, fights to become a warrior in an epic quest that finds him at the center of a maelstrom of royal plots and counterplots that threaten him and everyone he loves.

Whill of Agora by Michael James Ploof. When Whill learns the truth of his lineage, he sets out to face his father's murderer, but what he learns along the way will change his life—and the realm—forever.

Requiem's Song by Daniel Arenson. Weredragons, men call them. Monsters. Cursed ones. People who can turn into beastly reptiles. Together they will forge a nation.

Bound by Kate Sparkes. When a young woman accidentally saves the life of an enemy Sorcerer, she finds herself drawn into a world of magic that's more beautiful, more seductive, and more dangerous than she ever imagined.

The Pariahs by David Adams. Two sellswords — a half-elf and a half-orc — find their war over before it even begins. But trouble is stirring on the home front, conflict which threatens more than just their lives.

The Fire Seer by Amy Raby. Taya must use her fire visions to investigate a series of murders, but the Coalition of Mages has partnered her with her old nemesis, the man who used to bully her when they were young.

Magic of Thieves and Betrayal of Thieves by C. Greenwood. In a province where magic is forbidden, young Ilan, born with the powerful gift of her ancestors, has only one hope for survival — concealment.

The Weight of Blood by David Dalglish. When half-bloods Harruq and Qurrah Tun pledged their lives to a death prophet, they only sought escape from their squalid beginnings. Instead, they become his greatest disciples, charged with leading his army of undead.

Bear Heart by K.J. Colt. In the savage lands of Ruxdor, young Klawdia must fight the champions of four rival clans to defend her future as the first female chieftain.

Poison by Shae Ford. A bandit girl is taken from her home and thrust into a complex world of lords and ladies, where she learns that she must kill to survive.

The Maskmaker's Apprentice by Endi Webb. Masks of legend. Masks of power. Those who dare to wear them trifle with the old powers and risk ruin and mayhem. But a young apprentice maskmaker cannot contain his curiosity, and accidentally unleashes a deadly terror upon an unsuspecting world.

The Dark Citadel by Michael Wallace. A slave boy and a young queen lead an alliance of spies, servants, and merchants to stave off the encroaching armies of a dark wizard.

Blades of Magic by Terah Edun. As an unstoppable war breaks out, a young girl enlists in the military to unravel the secrets surrounding her father's execution.

Look for the preorder on iTunes in a few days, and at Amazon on March 1st!

Just hours away from EPISODE 3!

I've been informed by my editor that she is in the final stages of editing Into the Void, Episode 3 of the Pax Humana Saga. We go back and forth a lot during editing: she'll call or email me with a question to clarify something I've written, and she'll just fix it based on my answer, such that when I get the edited manuscript back there's not much left for me to do beyond upload to the retailers, upload the cover, and click publish. Have I showed you the cover yet? I didn't? Well here it is:

As always, mailing list subscribers get a special deal on the new release. Most of my books will be $4.99 (waaaaaaay cheaper than most books you'll find in a bookstore), but for the first 2 days after release it'll be $2.99, and basically only mailing list subscribers get to know about it. So sign up now!

You'll also get all my short stories for free--I'll point you to a secret page on this website where you can download them all--there's currently 4, but I add to them throughout the year.

This book was fun to write. I took little longer on this one than I did with The Terran Gambit and Chains of Destiny, mainly because I needed a little break from writing the same characters. So I took some time off to write Initiate, and work on some other writing projects, and when I came back to writing Into the Void I was fresh and ready to go. There's motorcycle chases, more space battles than you can shake a phaser at, gunfights, fistfights, verbal sparring--yeah, lots of conflict. And I finally get to reveal certain things about certain characters, which I'll build more on in the coming books. Let's just say not everyone in The Pax Humana Saga is who they seem to be. That's why I love military space opera--it's an excuse to let your tech imagination run wild, and still bring it back to humans caught in an intergalactic drama. Very fun stuff.

What else is new? The Initiate series is coming along nicely. It's a new novel I'm writing about an assassin nun in space, but I've decided to split it up into 4 parts and publish them every month or so. The first episode is exclusively in the Stars and Empire multi-author boxset, which is currently rocketing up the charts at amazon!

Let's see, what else am I up to....

I'm writing a super secret Space SciFi book involving Nasa, the orion, mariner, pioneer, and voyager spacecraft, aliens, ships, UFOs, conspiracies, and lots of action-y goodness. Stay tuned--I don't know if I'll announce it here since I might publish it under a new name, so sign up for that mailing list if you want to get an announcement when it's published.

Ok, you ask, what's the deal? Why am I so actively pushing people to my mailing list? The answer is simple--it's really hard to get visibility on Amazon (or any other retailers) these days. If a book does not perform well during it's first month, chances are the internal algorithms at Amazon will decide it's not worth promoting to its customers. So I need to make as many sales during that first month as humanly possible to encourage Amazon's algorithms to do just that: promote the book to its other customers. I hate spam with as much of a fiery passion as you do, so I promise not to send you email after email after email. I only use it to announce a new release. Honestly, I think I've sent 4 this whole year. And I never give out your email address to anyone. So what are you waiting for? Free stuff!

New Novel: INITIATE

Now on Amazon, another multi-author boxset: Stars and Empire 2!

For this one I wrote an entirely new story, INITIATE, which is the first book of a 4 part novel about an assassin nun in space. It's a little different than my military space opera stuff, but I hope you like it! 

Also, Into The Void, book 3 of the Pax Humana Saga is DONE, and with the editor. I think it'll release either this weekend or early next week! Stay tuned....

I'm a USA Today Bestselling author!

Sorry, just had to tell someone.

Behold:

In case you're not following the writing industry, this is a big deal. In the past two years there has only been 1 other indie SciFi author to hit the USAT bestseller list. That was Hugh Howey. My co-authors and I are happy to be in such good company :)

But most of all, thank you, readers, for taking a chance on an unknown author! At the end of the day, all that matters is the experience of my readers. Thanks for your support!

Stars and Empire!

Now available- Stars and Empire: 10 Space Opera Novels from 10 bestselling SciFi authors!

Each author has contributed a novel, as well as exclusive new content such as short stories and deleted scenes. I wrote a little short called The Bernoulli Equation, starring my favorite half-mustached scientist from The Terran Gambit. It's hilarious. You should totally read it.

For 99 cents on Amazon and other retailers.

AND.....

If you want it for FREE on Barnes and Noble, email me your email address and I'll gift it to you. Don't have a Nook? Easy peasy... just install the Nook app on your device.

Email me at authorendiwebb@gmail.com for your free Barnes and Noble Nook copy