Mars Born, Shadows of the Void Book 8
Just a quickie this week. I’m spending every spare moment writing Shadows of the Void book 8, Mars Born. Do you like my lovely new cover? This episode in the serial includes a rather unusual starship, and aliens!
If you’re wondering what happens to Jas and her friends after their narrow escape in book 7, Trapped, you should be able to find out in the last week of March.
To keep your reading needs met in the meantime, I have a couple of very special books and two promotions.
Patty Jansen’s much-anticipated book 6 in her Ambassador series, The Enemy Within, appears this week! To celebrate the book’s publication, book 1, Seeing Red, is reduced to 99 cents.
Check out both books below.
24 October 2114: the day that shocked the world.
Young diplomat Cory Wilson narrowly escapes death in the assassination of President Sirkonen. No one claims responsibility but there is no doubt that the attack is extraterrestrial.
Cory was meant to start work as a representative to Gamra, the alien organisation that governs the FTL transport network, but now his new job may well be scrapped in anger.
Worse, as Earth uses military force to stop any extraterrestrials coming or leaving, as 200,000 extraterrestrial humans are trapped on Earth, as the largest army in the galaxy prepares to free them by force, only Cory has the experience, language skills and contacts to solve the crime.
But he’s broke, out of a job and a long way from Earth.
Download your copy here.
Two men went on a surfing trip in a remote area. Only one came back, accused of murdering the other.
Sounds simple, right?
Not quite, because the alleged murder happened on another planet, the accused is a member of the secretive Pretoria Cartel of super-rich business tycoons–with illegal off-Earth ventures–and the only person who can remotely be called a witness is an alien, the elder Abri from the Pengali Thousand Islands tribe.
Diplomat Cory Wilson is asked to accompany Abri to the Nations of Earth court, but when he and his team arrive there, their contacts have been moved to different cases, their rooms are bugged and their movements restricted. No one is answering their questions, but it is when a lawyer is murdered and Cory’s team captures a mysterious stalker that things get interesting.
Just as well they are prepared in the usual way: alert and highly armed.
Pick up your copy here.
Instafreebie’s free scifi and fantasy book offering includes over 100 books this week. Browse the books here.
At the same time, a parallel promotion of 99-cent book is running. Many of the free books’ sequels are included in the 99-cent promotion. Select your favourites here.
Both promotions finish on the 19th of March, so don’t delay.
As well as Mars Born, I’ll be revealing my new website to you very soon.
Also on the cards is a reader survey, which I’m hoping to include in next week’s newsletter. I’ll be quizzing you on what you’ve read and what you liked and didn’t like about the books.
Finally, I’m looking forward to introducing you to a couple of great new anthologies in the next few months. Both contain stories from some amazing scifi writers.
But that’s all in the future. For now…
Happy reading!