I'm serializing Ghost Warrior

 I've decided to try something a little different, as I've mentioned in a past announcement. I'm going to serialize the Ghost Warrior story. What that means is I'll be putting one to two chapters up per month. As for where I'll be putting them?

Patreon

SubscribeStar

Substack

So I will be turning on Subscriptions on Substack. I will be setting the rate there as low as they'll let me. On the other two services, the story will be available to all Paid subscribers. I've already started on this, the first chapter is now up.

As for why I'm doing this, two reasons. The 1st is that I got asked by a lot of people to continue Ghost Warrior, as I did have plans for several more novels in that series. While the first two books did poorly, enough people asked that I thought I would give it a try. I am not currently planning on publishing the following books on Amazon - though I do have a contractual obligation on book 3 for an audiobook. That may or may not come to fruition based on what the audio sales of the prior two books were. Especially if I decline to publish book 3 on Amazon. Being as I'm not planning on putting them on Amazon, that allows me to be a bit more creative or strange, with the story telling. There are things that Amazon doesn't care for Indy authors writing.

The 2nd is that I've been dealing with a fair bit of writer's block the last two months. I'm hoping this will help me get past it. This is more or less how 'Shadow' came about. I'd work on it in small pieces when I was just not able to write.

So if you're interested, you can subscribe at the lowest paid tier on any of the services listed above. Comments will be more than welcome.

The first post will be a brief synopsis of books 1 and 2 of the series, so you have an idea of what's going on if you haven't read them. That will be followed almost immediately by the first chapter, which has already been written. Oh, not of this has been proofread or copy edited. So expect typos.

Also, this will definitely be R rated. Maybe even a soft X in spots? Just Fair warning.

Shoulder Surgery

 On April 18th at 7am I had my right shoulder joint replaced. I have mentioned this elsewhere, but I think I neglected to mention it here. Ten days later I'm starting to type with both hands again, and I'm hoping to be out of the sling by the middle / end of May. But we will see.

I'm now doing Physical Therapy (PT) and most of the time the shoulder hurts less than it had before the surgery. I've yet to have had it hurt more. Yeah, I really needed it. Doc told me the arthritis in there was really bad. I got that from an accident over 20 years ago, which started that whole process, it just took time to get to a point where I didn't want to live with the pain anymore.

So yes, my schedule is once again messed up, but I'm going to spend the rest of the year working to catch back up. I can't type for long periods, yet, but I'm hopefully I'll be back to being able to do that soon enough. 

Dan's Inferno, Book V & Preorders for Manifest Destiny in AudioBook!

 Hello everyone! We've got a couple of things on the grill here this morning!

First is the 5th book from the Dan's Inferno Series. As many of you may not know, Dan's Inferno had been intended to be a five book series, but with the lock-downs and associated BS, sales on Book IV took a hit as all of that stuff ended and everyone had to go back to work and get their lives back in order.

However, over time the sales on Book IV came back, and when a number of people asked about Book V, I decided to put up a KickStarter to see if there was still an interest. Well, there was! So now that it's been written and everyone on KickStarter has their copies (I'm waiting on the paperbacks so I can sign and send out those, sometimes Amazon is slow - like when you make a big order) the rest of you can see it too!

Dan's Inferno: Book V - Dominance

Sorry, it's not in KU and won't be. There are a couple of reasons for that, but at $4.99 I don't think it's that big of a hardship to buy a copy.

Next up is the fifth audiobook in the Wolfhounds Series: Manifest Destiny. That is now available for pre-order on Audible! 

Manifest Destiny on Audible

So yes, there's a lot going on this week. Enjoy!

The Full Un-Serialized Version of Misplaced is Now Live!

 Yes! That's right! For those of you who wanted to buy the ebook as a single file, or wanted to read the KU or Paperback Versions, Valley of Fire, Book 1: Misplaced, is now live!

So please feel free to check it out!!

(Or please feel obligated to check it out! I don't care, just as long as you buy it ;-) )

You know you want to read it! 

What's Happening This Month!

 

Hello to all of my fans and good morning to you! There's a lot going on this coming week, as well as a lot already going on! First up I have TWO new books coming out next week! That's right TWO!

The first is the sequel to Summer's End -> Sometimes In The Fall come out 3/4/25!

Sometimes in the Fall

(published by Baen books and available on Amazon and in bookstores)

Sometimes In The Fall is the continuing story of Dave Walker (now Dave Doyle) who having finally emigrated from Earth and settle on Ceres wants nothing more than to build Doyle Shipping and eventually get his engineer 2nd certification. But when you're now a recognized member of one of the richest families in the Solar System, and your step-brother may well be on the way to figuring out the secrets of FTL travel, well—while Dave may be done with Earth, Earth is by no means done with Dave.

And some people just need to be taught a lesson.

 

Second is the first book in my new trilogy! Misplaced is book 1 in Valley of Fire and comes out 3/4/25!

 

Misplaced (Serial 1)

(Published by Raconteur Press and available on Amazon NOTE: Misplaced will be released as a serial first, in three installments. After that it will be released as a full novel - including paperback)

Misplaced takes place in my Wolfhounds Universe and starts about two years after the events of book 6 (End Game - coming 5/1/25). It is the story of one Eric Wolfram, aka Wolf. Eric and his older sister are both orphans, whose parents were murdered while fleeing from the DPRS when Eric was barely 6 years old. Having been raised by Dartanion, the owner of a large salvage yard, he's learned all about hard work and what it takes to get ahead. As Dar is also one of the largest fences on Teleios, Eric's also learned a lot about crime. He's also learned not to share his biggest secret: that his murdered parents were nobles and he has an interface. A high-level interface.

 

Nikki's Origin: A Portals of Infinity Novella

 

For those of you who are fans of my Portals of Infinity series, the story of how Will's sister Nikki ended up a champion is available in Print and Audio! The Audio version (as well as links to the print version on Amazon) can be found on my website:

johnvanstry.com

The audioversion link here

 

Audiobooks!

Necessity: Ghost Warrior, Book 2 is now available on Audible!

 

 Ghost Warrior :Necessity - On Audible

And, if you didn't know:

War Child: Wolfhounds Book 4 is also available on Audible!

 

 Wolfhounds: War Child - On Audible

Last but not least!

The Kickstarter for Book Ten of Valens Heritage has funded! So that book will be getting written sometime after May of this year! The kickstarter is still running, so if you'd like to get some of the things that are currently only available there, check it out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnvanstry/valens-heritage-book-10-paying-back

 

Yes, it's been busy and things are going to continue to be so for the rest of this year!

I hope all is well with you!

Wolfhounds #5 - Manifest Destiny is Now Live on Amazon.

 Manifest Destiny - Wolfhounds Book 5

 

 

The Kickstarter for Valens Heritage, Book 10, is now live!

 It's Live and here's the link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnvanstry/valens-heritage-book-10-paying-back/

Check it out!