Valens Heritage, Book 10 : Pay Backs, is now live

 The tenth and final book of the Valens Heritage series (and the 28th Valens Book by me - 31 if we count Peter's three) is now up for sale on Amazon:

Pay Backs - Valens Heritage #10

This will very much be the final Valens book that I will write. The series had an amazing run, seeing as it made it to 28 books (18 first series, 10 follow on, plus some anthologies). But the truth is that sales have gone incredibly soft in the last couple. 

Part of that was my fault, Amazon was pressuring people writing in a 'certain genre' with fears and rumors of being banned. So I slow rolled the last couple of books in the series as I watched to see how things played out. Apparently that pressure was from individuals and not corporate, because the threatened bans never took place. In fact the genre is far larger now than when I first helped to create it.

(I know some folks claim I was the sole person who created it - but I think there's two people who definitely were there with me at the beginning).

I am hoping to write a new series, totally unrelated to this one, once I get caught up on the work my surgery caused to be postponed. I do hope you enjoy this book. I also hope you tell all of your friends to read this series, if they haven't already.

Valley of Fire, Book Two - To Hand is now out in full Novel Length.

 Valley of Fire, Book Two : To Hand

 

 In a fractured galaxy ruled by AI-powered ships and their interfaced crews, ex-privateer Wolf and his enigmatic partner Mariella join the King's Navy to secure their future. Wolf's rare interface, a clue to his heritage, fuels his unmatched piloting skills, while Mariella grapples with her noble past. As interstellar war looms, they navigate alliances and cunning enemies. Reunited in the heat of battle, their bond faces the ultimate test. With battleships rising and unlikely allies emerging, Wolf and Mariella stand at the heart of a galactic storm.

In this thrilling sequel to MISPLACED, love, loyalty, and hidden powers collide in a saga of cosmic intrigue and valor.

Wolfhounds Book 6 - End Game is now Out!

 Wolfhounds Book 6 - End Game is now live!

(Paperback to follow soon!)

Wolfhounds End Game 

 

 

Book Sale!

 

I'll be running a sale from July 30th to Aug 4th in conjunction with another group.

 

Black Friday (Jan Stryvant) will be 99 cents

Portals of Infinity - Champion for Hire (bk1) will be 99 cents

Stand Alone (Wolfhounds BK1) will be $1.99

 

https://basedbooksale.substack.com/p/based-books-for-male-readers-sale

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!