Einstein was right. Time is relative. When you’re a kid and waiting for Christmas, the days seem to last a liftetime. When you have lots to do and a deadline to meet, time speeds past like Usain Bolt at the Olympics.
(Just kidding! I do know that isn’t what Einstein meant. Please don’t write and tell me, though you’re very welcome to write to me about other things.)
Among the less interesting things in my schedule this week has been completing a form to avoid paying VAT on my cat entering the UK. Who knew domestic moggies are subject to tax? What is 20% of a cat worth?
Watch this space to find out. No, don’t do that because I don’t know and I’m not about to look it up.
Anyway, you might remember reading about my plans to offer my books directly to you, bypassing all the bookstores. The plan has progressed, and I’m proud to announce my Patreon page! Pop over here to see what it’s all about.
If you’re waiting to find out what’s happening at Space Colony One, I can let you know that the next book in the series is called Interstellar Mission. But that’s as much as I’m saying on that for now.
I have a couple of cracking bargains for you this week. Ashen Stars by Glynn Stewart is 99 cents or less at most online bookstores, and Mercury Blade by James David Victor is another great deal at Amazon.
Ashen Stars
Ashen Stars by Glynn Stewart
A Captain shielded by his mother’s rank.
An enemy determined to buy freedom with blood
A battle no one expected to fight
Captain Isaac Gallant is the only son of the dictator of the Confederacy, his career slowed by a dozen measures to protect his reputation and safety alike—but he has no intention of being a pampered child and is determined to do his duty.
An attempt to force his crew to acknowledge their own duties puts his ship in a unique position to intervene when an overwhelming rebel attack is launched on one of the Confederacy’s most critical facilities.
The rebels didn’t expect to fight anyone. The Confederacy didn’t expect Isaac Gallant to fight at all.
All of them were wrong.
Pick up your copy here.
Mercury Blade
Mercury Blade by James David Victor
One ship will save the galaxy…or bring it tumbling down.
It was supposed to be a simple double-cross.
When things go wrong, Eliard Martin, captain of the infamous Mercury Blade, and his crew find themselves caught between two opposing forces trying to rule the galaxy. They must ally with one to defeat the other and save themselves. In the end, they just might find that their interests don’t align with either. Can the crew of the Mercury Blade fly their way to freedom or will they be crushed by the opposing forces seeking rule them all?
The Mercury Blade Boxed Set includes the first three books in the Valyien Far Future Space Opera. If you like fast-paced space adventures, the rogue crew of the Mercury Blade are your kind of heroes.
Download the Mercury Blade Boxed Set here.
Enjoy your books!