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AO: Retribution Audio

Since so many people have messaged me privately, I just wanted to clarify that audio for AO: Retribution should release at roughly the same time as the ebook on October 31, 2017.   However, this isn’t an exact science since ACX has a variable processing time.  A delay is possible, but that’s out of my hands.  Funny story, the AO2 audiobook released before the ebook back in March – a product of my amazing timing!

Anyway,  I thought you all might also be interested to hear the first chapter of AO: Retribution.  Here’s a super helpful link.  As someone who has personally listened to most of the audiobook at this point, I feel like David killed it again – quite literally in some sections.

Finally, we only have about two more weeks until AO: Retribution releases and I’m in the home stretch getting things formatted and ready to hit publish.  I can’t wait to hear what you guys think!

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AO: Retribution and Stuff

Hey all!  So it’s been a little while and I’ve got a bunch of news on a few different books/stories.

First off, Awaken Online: Retribution has a tentative release date for October 31, 2017.   This is a side novel taking place after book two and following Riley – focusing on her bow quest.  It’s a full-sized novel and clocked in at about 75K words.  I’m aiming to have the audio release around the same time (it’s underway now), but ACX doesn’t make it easy for me to give a precise date and it might be off by a few days.   Some early chapters are available on my Patreon and the first chapter is available for free now.  I’ll release a chapter a week for free until the end of the month – probably on Monday mornings.

I’ve also written a short story called Awaken Online: Apathy and it’s up on my Patreon.  It’s around 20K words and was intended to be a little side project to flesh out a side character that appears in book three – it’s entirely from her perspective.  I wasn’t really planning to publish it, but a bunch of people seem to like it.  So I could probably see myself fleshing it out and publishing it as another side novel – around 75K words as well.  I just have no idea when I plan to do that!

Some of you all have also been asking about my new sci-fi novel, A War of One.  This story is completely independent of AO and is a space opera with lots of space combat and dogfighting.  I’m super excited about this one!  I got inspired last year after playing Everspace – which is a super fun rogue-lite space game.  I hesitate to describe the story too much for fear of giving away the plot (and I still need to craft a good blurb), but I’ll try to spitball something kind of neutral here.

After an accident testing a revolutionary nueral interface system for a fighter-class spacecraft, Jack Reynolds’ mind is left fractured and broken – his memories slowly slipping away.  Meanwhile, he’s been shoved into forced early retirement and he’s not certain how he will be able to take care of his family.  To top it all off, none of the treatments have worked and he’s definitely getting worse.

Which is why Reynolds leaps at the opportunity his doctor offers him – an experimental treatment that might be his last ticket to repairing his mind.  The catch?  Each night as he goes to sleep, he enters a simulation.  He’s in the cockpit again, but this time he’s alone in a strange, broken ship and fighting off an unknown alien threat.  It will take everything he has to keep moving forward, but there is no turning back.  His life and his family’s future hang in the balance.

A bunch of early beta chapters are already up on my Patreon and the draft is complete.  I’m starting the editing here in October.  I’m not quite certain on a release date yet, but it’ll probably be sometime in 2018 or right at year-end most likely.

And, finally, Awaken Online 3.  There isn’t as much news to report here.  I’ve made a bunch of progress on the first draft, but I don’t have a precise ETA yet.  Mid-2018 is looking realistic.

Whew, that was a lot of information!

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AO2 on Sale!

And the sale train keeps chugging along.  Awaken Online: Precipice is on sale for the next week for $1.99 – in both the U.S. and the U.K.  Hope you all enjoy the books!

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Dragon Con!

So I’m about to head to the airport to head to Dragon Con, but I thought I’d provide a quick update.

Awaken Online: Retribution (side novel following Riley) is getting close to finished in the editing phase (maybe a couple more weeks).  In the meantime, I’ve been working on ironing out the audio production.  I tried something a little different this time, and, hopefully, it pans out!  The first five chapters are up on my Patreon already.

Oh, and Awaken Online: Catharsis is on Sale through Monday for FREE.  So tell all of you friends to grab a copy – and maybe explain that this is sort of like the handbook for building an undead army and conquering a virtual world…  That usually works.

I hope to run into some of you guys at the con!

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Just a Quick Update

Hey guys! I wanted to provide a brief update.

I’ve finished a draft of a side story for AO – taking place after book two. I’m calling it Awaken Online: Retribution.  I had this story in the works when I published the last book and so it didn’t take much time to finish.  I figured this would tide you all over while I work on book three.  I’m guessing maybe a month or so before I formally hit publish.

I’ve been posting some early chapters on my Patreon for subscribers and a few chapters of another side story involving a character from book three that I wanted to flesh out a bit.  Let me know what you all think!

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Awaken Online – Free for a Limited Time!

Hey guys.  I hope you all are having a great summer!  I’ve been hard at work writing but I thought I would take a little break to hold a sale.

Awaken Online: Catharsis is currently available for FREE from June 29 – July 3.

This is a great opportunity to pressure your friends and family into reading about the undead and the benefits of cultivating an evil empire.  Think of it sort of like a public service announcement!

 

 

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Audiobook Giveaway!

Apparently, while I wasn’t paying attention, the audio book for Awaken Online: Catharsis slipped past 3,000 ratings on Audible!

In honor of the occasion, I’m throwing a giveaway for ten copies of the first two audio books.   Your chances of winning are pretty high all things considered, so you should check it out at this link.

Even if you’ve already purchased the audio books, please feel free to enter.  You can always give the redemption codes to a friend!

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Reddit AMA: Awaken Online

Hey guys.  So the mods over at r/litrpg have asked me to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) this coming weekend.  They must think I have something interesting to talk about.  I guess the joke is on them!

This is a chance to ask me anything about Awaken Online or writing in general.  Of course, I’m going to try to keep the conversation spoiler free – at least with regard to book three.

The AMA starts at 1:00 PM CDT on June 3rd.  Here is a link.   I expect the moderators will pin the post to the top of the subreddit.

I look forward to talking to you all this weekend!

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Awaken Online: Catharsis On Sale!

To commemorate the release of Awaken Online: Precipice, I’ve put the first book on sale for $.99.  If you’ve been bugging friends and family to try out the story (you probably haven’t, but here’s hoping), now might be the time to nag them some more.  The sale will last for a week!

I can’t wait to see what you guys have to say about Awaken Online: Precipice!

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Awaken Online: Precipice is Live!

The long awaited day is finally here!  Awaken Online: Precipice is live (or undead I suppose)!

If the print and audio haven’t shown up yet, just know that they are on the way.  I’ve already approved them through ACX and Createspace, but they are slow moving companies.  Please also direct all your hate mail to those companies!

I hope you guys enjoy the book.  Remember to leave a review and/or shoot me an email and let me know what you think.  I’m only slightly nervous…

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