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Black Friday Sale, Plus "The Thief" Gets a Gold Star

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Black Friday Sale, Plus "The Thief" Gets a Gold Star

I am so excited to share that THE THIEF has won the Indie Author Project 2025 Award for Best SciFi Book! The Thief and Eren have gotten so much love, and I could not be happier about it.

What’s the Indie Author Project? It’s a national library program (Canada, too) dedicated to connecting local libraries and the readers that use them with great indie-published books. In addition to the Awards program, they sponsor Indie Author Day every year, which is 2 weeks of events at libraries across North America. You can learn more about the program and see all the award winners here: Indie Author Project 2025 Awards

So what all did The Thief win? There was an online awards ceremony, and I got to record a little acceptance video, which was too cool. Should you want to see it, the video is available here: Awards Ceremony (I’m at 15:22). The book will be featured in the “Best of Books” issue of Library Journal, an actual physically printed magazine. I’ll have an interview with IAP up in a few weeks as well. Oh, and I won some money! Neat.

I want to shout out to my local libraries for all their support of indie authors: Coeur d'Alene Public Library and the Community Library Network (the CDA suburbs network of libraries). I’m excited to be doing a local author event at the Hayden library (part of CLN) this weekend, in fact. Libraries are awesome, guys, and they are doing great work to keep books in people's lives, no matter a person's means. If you haven't hooked up with your local library in a while, give them a visit.

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Writing updates! THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING is coming along quite nicely, while shaping up to be another beast of a book. I’ve just about finished up the cover for it, and I am head-over-heels in love with it - I can’t wait to share it with you. Also, Pyper is about 2/3 finished with the LIMINAL SPACE audiobook - I’ll let you all know as soon as it’s available.

Now about that sale. From now through next Tuesday—Black Friday, Cyber Monday and everything in between—the first two omnibus collections in the Amaranthe saga are on massive sale over at my store. Get AMARANTHE I: RISE (3 huge novels, 2 short stories plus bonus materials) for all of 99 cents, plus AMARANTHE II: REBELLION (3 more novels and a short story plus yet more bonus materials) for 50% at $4.99. Tell your friends, and get them utterly hooked on this universe.

GO TO THE SALE

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How are you enjoying Liminal Space? Plus a quick question for you.

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How are you enjoying Liminal Space? Plus a quick question for you.

Technically a second question, I suppose - we’ll get there in a second. If you haven’t grabbed LIMINAL SPACE yet, you can find it at your favorite retailer in ebook and print now. GET LIMINAL SPACE

If you’ve picked it up already, I certainly hope you are enjoying it! Let me know. What are readers saying so far?

  • “How I'm still invested after 23 books, I have no idea. But somehow, the stakes are higher than ever, the adventure is exciting, the plot threads feel new, and the bad guys are ultra bad. I couldn't be more pleased with this book!”

  • “Wow - what a start to the final arc in this epic tale. I wasn’t ready for the book to end and can’t wait for the next one.”

  • “I had a lot of fun with the smaller, more contained stories in the Cosmic Shores novels, but reading this book felt like being reunited with a bunch of old friends. I hadn’t realized how much I missed the full Amaranthe cast!”

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I’m exited to share the newest Kickstarter from my friend and stellar scifi writer C. Gockel. NOBLE SAVAGES is the finale in the Convergence cycle (part of her epic Archangel Project universe). I know I shared the first book in the story, Beasts in the Garden, with you all a while back - but if you missed it then, no worries. You can pick up the first and second books as part of the new Kickstarter. CHECK OUT THE NOBLE SAVAGES KICKSTARTER

And on that thought, my other question: have you ever bought a book (ebook or physical) through Kickstarter? I’ve never gone the Kickstarter route, because, hey, you guys are all already here. But after Shadows & Light, I’m going to be launching an entirely new universe, and it might be time to mix things up a bit. For now, I’m simply curious. If you have more thoughts than simply ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ comment and let me know how you found the experience.

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LIMINAL SPACE Is Here

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LIMINAL SPACE Is Here

The final battle to save the universe from destruction is here. LIMINAL SPACE is now available in ebook, paperback and hardback! GET THE BOOK

If you pre-ordered the ebook, it should be waiting for you right now on your ereader device or app. (Note: if you pre-ordered directly from my web store, you should have an email from BookFunnel with a link to download your book; if not, go to my.bookfunnel.com and login with the email you used to pre-order.)

You can get the paperback and hardback from Amazon, Barnes & Noble’s website and many other online bookstores, or you can order a signed copy directly from me.

Audiobook listeners: Pyper Down has already started recording! If you want to listen to the chapters as she records them, you can join my Buy Me A Coffee (Concord level).

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Cosmic Shores Audio & A Dragon Con Weekend

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Cosmic Shores Audio & A Dragon Con Weekend

It’s a busy summer over here. First off, LIMINAL SPACE will be in your hands in a few short weeks! I can’t wait for you to dive back into this epic universe alongside the full cast. In case you missed it, I wrote a blog post about the Shadows & Light trilogy that you should definitely read: “For All The Marbles”

Have you pre-ordered Liminal Space yet, so it will show up automagically on September 26th? PREORDER

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Next, I’m thrilled to announce that the COSMIC SHORES COLLECTION audiobook is here. Though Medusa Falling, The Thief, and The Universe Within each feature different protagonists, they all take place in the same one-month period, offering a glimpse at a few of the many wild and dangerous adventures our friends in Amaranthe get up to in their free time. Now you can enjoy the vocal stylings of Pyper Down as she brings these fun, exciting stories to life.

COSMIC SHORES AUDIOBOOK

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Who’s going to Dragon Con next week? It runs Aug. 28-Sept. 1 in Atlanta, and is one of the world’s largest celebrations of all thing sci-fi and fantasy: movies and TV, comics, games, art, of course books, and so much more. Get your tickets here.

In addition to speaking on several intersting panels, I will have my own vendor booth in the main vendor hall (3rd floor) for the entire convention. If you're going to be there, come see me! You don't need to buy a paperback, promise - just stop by and say hello. I’d love to meet you.

SEE MY SCHEDULE AND LOCATION

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Liminal Space Has a Release Date! (and a Bonus Audiobook Sale)

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Liminal Space Has a Release Date! (and a Bonus Audiobook Sale)

For 22 books, the Amaranthe saga has swept you across multiverses: from Alex's dimension-defying explorations and Caleb’s world-saving heroics, to Nika's kyoseil-fueled rebellions and Miriam's strategic machinations. You've witnessed sentient planets awaken, AI-human symbioses redefine life, and unlikely alliances overcome impossible odds. Now, the cycle culminates in Liminal Space—Book One of the final trilogy, Shadows & Light.

LIMINAL SPACE will arrive in your hands on ** SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 ** in ebook, paperback and hardback. You can pre-order the ebook from your favorite retailer today, and it will be waiting for you in your ereader / app on the 26th: PREORDER LIMINAL SPACE

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More great news: for the next 2 weeks, all the Amaranthe Collection audiobooks are on ridiculous sale over at Chirp: CHIRP SALE

Fancy buying them from my direct store instead? I’d appreciate that so much, I’m matching the Chirp sale, plus a little extra. Use the coupon “50_OFF” at checkout for 50% the Collection audiobooks: DIRECT STORE SALE

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Who Wants a Cover Reveal?

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Who Wants a Cover Reveal?

Update from my writer’s loft: work on LIMINAL SPACE is going fabulously. It’s over 145K words now (putting it on track to be the third-longest book in the series); I’ve finished the comprehensive, deep edit, and am now going back through it again for an extra layer of polish and shine - then it’s off for some formal editing.

I’m not quite ready to set the final release date yet, but from here, mid-to-late September or early October is looking entirely doable. I’ll keep you posted.

But today, I’m so excited to share the final cover with you! Quite mysterious and ethereal, isn’t it? As I always try to do, this art conveys the the theme and tone of the book, as well as the meaning of the title (or rather meanings, plural - you know how I love to sneak in more than one connotation). Let the speculation begin!

SEE THE COVER

* I’m excited to share that Kobo is featuring THE THIEF and THE UNIVERSE WITHIN as part of its Kobo Plus SciFi & Fantasy Feature this month.

What’s Kobo Plus, you ask? Well, it’s a sort of “Netflix for books.” Much like Kindle Unlimited (KU), except it’s cheaper for readers ($7.99 for ebooks vs $11.99 in the US), it includes audiobooks as well as ebooks, it’s available in a bunch of countries, and it’s fairer to authors. How? Well, in order for a book to be in KU, Amazon requires it to be published exclusively on Amazon and no other retailers (this is why my books aren’t in KU). Kobo Plus, however, has no such requirement. This means all my books and audiobooks are available in Kobo Plus - and so are offerings from a ton of talented authors.

Best of all? The first month’s free, so you can try it out and see if you like it. Kobo has a great free reading app you can install on your phone, tablet or computer, just like Kindle. So check out these featured scifi and fantasy ebooks and audiobooks on Kobo Plus today (just a small samplling of the many titles available). Click on a book that catches your fancy, and you’ll be prompted to start your free trial. Enjoy!

KOBO PLUS SCIFI & FANTASY FEATURE