I was overwhelmed with the response to the publication of The Scythian Crisis. It’s always a nice feeling to publish another book in a series but it’s even nicer when readers buy it. Many thanks if you bought or downloaded a copy. The book rose to the low thousands in the rankings on Amazon and has already received several kind reviews.
And now on to other things. I’m currently redrafting Troy, getting ready to send it to M.D. Cooper. One of the action sites in the book is a huge marine safari park, and consequently I’ve been reading lots about octopus, ancient monsters of the deep and other fascinating aquatic creatures. I posted an amazing photo of a stingray migration on our Facebook page.
Now that Christmas is coming up I’m going to begin posting my Christmas competitions next week. Thanks if you sent in or posted your preferences for prizes. Signed paperbacks were the most popular, and I have quite a few of those so I hope you’re lucky!
Do check out the 99-cent science fiction book offers below in the meantime. As well as another popular Aeon 14 series, I’m including an anthology with stories from several authors you might recognise, such as yours truly.
Rika Outcast
Rika Outcast
Rika is mech-meat, a cyborg killing machine, created by the Genevian military and cast aside when the war was lost.
Now she slings cargo on Dekar Station, falling deeper in debt as she struggles to make enough money to keep her cybernetic body functioning. The local gangs would love to have her join their ranks, and the takings would pay her bills, but the only thing Rika hates more than what she’s become, is killing for others.
But morals don’t buy repairs and she’s at the point of utter desperation when her loan holder cashes in her debt and sells her to the highest bidder.
When Rika wakes, she’s in a warehouse on a planet she’s never heard of, and a trio of mercenaries are reassembling her body. Their mission is to kill the world’s president, and her mods and abilities are just what they need to get the job done.
Whether she likes it or not, Rika is in the business of killing once more as she joins the ranks of the Marauders.
The Officer
Snag your copy here.
The Officer
Being an officer means balancing many conflicting demands. Making the wrong decision can have serious consequences. It takes a special kind of person to cope with the responsibility.
The Officer is an anthology of eleven science fiction short stories by writers from across the globe. It is part of the Newcomer series of scifi anthologies.
The stories are:-
Duty by Alasdair Shaw
Patchworker 2.0 by M Pax
Totaled by Benjamin Douglas
Lucky Star by A R Knight
There Comes a Time by J J Green
Red Fortitude by Eddie R Hicks
Pithos by Mark Gardner
A Step on the Path by Tom Germann
Rituals by Rick Partlow
First Generation by Adrien Walker
The Grape Thieves by Corrie Garrett
Pick up your copy here.
Enjoy your books!