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September 22, 2022
Corrupted Time on pre-order!
If you haven't heard yet, Corrupted Time is now on pre-order for September 30th! In book 2, the Fox-turned-Dungeon Core moves her time-looping dungeon to an entirely new region with new monsters and traps to contend with.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFWB3SQY
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𝐎𝐧 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞-𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥…
After Tempara successfully saved three of her Greater Temporal Fox family members from the clutches of a dangerous temporal ritual located in the Frozen Reaches, the Fox-turned-Dungeon Core travels south to an entirely different Wildlands region in hopes of freeing even more of her family. While it was treacherous in the cold, northern region where she called home, the new region is unlike anything she has ever encountered before.
The darkness-shrouded Nightgloom Swamp is not for the faint of heart.
Full of large pools of stagnant water where powerful, unknown creatures prey on those trying to cross over their domain, as well as narrow land bridges that connect different islands located inside the Swamp, the real danger comes from the dungeons that reside nearby. Out of those dungeons roam the undead in numerous hordes, and only those versed in the ways of the formerly living can successfully navigate their way through it without falling victim to the dangers lurking around every dark corner.
Will Tempara be able to brave this new and unknown region, or will she be frightened by the undead hordes waiting to pounce on some fresh meat?
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝐷𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒, 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑅𝑃𝐺/𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝐿𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑁𝑂 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑠/𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦.
September 20, 2022
Frozen Time is now on audiobook and Corrupted Time is now on pre-order!
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞, the first book in my Time Core series, is now available on audiobook! Podium and Tess Irondale did an awesome job of producing and narrating my story about a Dungeon Core stuck in a time loop!
Audible US: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BBWMTTB8
Audible UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BBWGKFW6
In addition, the 2nd book (which I just finished writing), is up for pre-order for the eBook and comes out on September 30th!
Corrupted Time (Book 2): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFWB3SQY
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𝐀 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐱 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲….
Throughout the Kingdom, Defenders constantly fight against incursions of dungeon monsters rampaging over the border the Kingdom shares with the Wildlands. To keep the danger to their citizens low, they periodically sweep through these untamed areas filled with natural beasts and roaming dungeon monsters, destroying as many Dungeon Cores as they can find.
Tempara was practically a newborn when Defenders from the Kingdom snatched her away, only to be forced to watch in horror as tragedy fell upon the rest of her pack. Then, against her will, the Greater Temporal Fox kit was forced to bond with a Defender and become their familiar; soon after, she and her new master were sent to destroy a Dungeon Core in the Frozen Reaches, an area of the Wildlands located far to the north of the Kingdom. Sadly for them both, an unfortunate accident gained them their untimely deaths… but the young Greater Temporal Fox gained an opportunity, as well.
With her untethered soul somehow sent back in time, Tempara now has the chance to save her pack from the horrendous tragedy that would befall them in just a few short weeks. But first, she has to figure what a Dungeon Core is and why, oh why, did she just become one….
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝐷𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒, 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑅𝑃𝐺/𝐺𝑎𝑚𝑒𝐿𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑁𝑂 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑠/𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦.
August 18, 2022
$0.99 Sale on Omnibus Editions
To celebrate the release of my newest book, Core Convergence, I've put all of the original series that are included in the Dimensional Dungeon Core series on sale for $0.99 in the US and UK through Sunday, August 21st! Not just the individual books, but omnibus editions of Station Cores, Dungeon Crafting, and Dungeon World!
Station Cores Books 1-5 $0.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082FSYVD4
Dungeon Crafting Books 1-3 $0.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P7SSL7G
Dungeon Crafting Books 4-6 $0.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KS9P71H
Dungeon World Books 1-5 $0.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F2TQHY1
Also, check out the Dimensional Dungeon Cores series page here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HQY1MTW
Core Convergence is now available!
The 3rd book in my Dimensional Dungeon Cores series, Core Convergence, is now available on eBook, paperback, and hardcover! This series is a continuation of the Station Cores series, but it also crosses over with Dungeon Crafting and now Dungeon World.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9J2R28L
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B9J2R28L
In an effort to stop their enemy, the Station Core needs to investigate a strange dungeon world…
The Heliothropes have opened up another dimensional wound, and now it’s up to Milton and his crew to locate the Stabilizing Anchor holding the wound open and destroy it before the connection between two dimensions stabilizes completely. It shouldbe fairly easy, as they had done the same thing on Sandra’s planet, but there’s a problem.
They can’t seem to find a single trace of the enemy.
Due to the unusual energy coming permeating the world Haven Station is orbiting around, their sensors cannot penetrate the outer atmosphere. The same sensor issues soon become evident on the planet itself, so Milton resorts to manually searching for the Heliothropes; in the process, he learns more about the world full of millions of dungeons and the strange way everything operates.
But will he be able to locate and destroy the Anchor before it’s too late?
It’s too soon to tell, but there is a distinct possibility that Milton is going to need some help from those in charge; and who would be better than the one person that brought the Dungeon Cores of the world to their figurative knees?
Dimensional Dungeon Cores is a continuation of the Station Cores, Dungeon Crafting, and now Dungeon World series, though it can be enjoyed without having read the previous books. This story contains LitRPG and GameLit mechanics, Dungeon Core elements including dungeon construction and defense, and optional stat tables in the form of footnotes. Contains no foul language, no harems, and no sexual content.
August 14, 2022
Core Convergence on pre-order for August 18th!
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9J2R28L
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B9J2R28L
August 12, 2022
The Crafter's Dungeon is FREE August 12-14
Get the 1st book in the Dungeon Crafting series FREE today through Sunday, August 14th! If you like dungeon construction, unique dungeon monsters, and crafting, The Crafter's Dungeon is for you!
Amazon (US): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T72VCHH
Amazon (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07T72VCHH
Sandra had been a merchant traveling through the human lands of Muriel, though that wouldn’t have been her chosen profession. What she would’ve loved to become was a crafter, producing wondrous creations with her own two hands; however, she didn’t want to become a master in just one craft – she was interested in them all.
Unfortunately, Sandra was born with a deformity in her hands that made them appear frozen in a claw-like pose; as a result, she couldn’t grip anything with any sort of strength or dexterity, meaning that she wasn’t able craft anything but the most simple of things that required very little in the way of hand-based manipulation. To top it off, while most people could access and manipulate at least one or two of the basic elemental energies, she could see them all – but was unable to manipulate a single one.
Despite these setbacks, Sandra spent the majority of her twenty-six years of life visually learning the processes, techniques, and secret formulas for every aspect of crafting she could discover. And it was that pursuit of knowledge that ultimately led to her untimely death.
Reborn in the shape of a tiny Dungeon Core, Sandra learned about the purpose behind dungeons and Cores from an assigned dungeon helper; at the same time, she also discovered that she had much more freedom than most other Dungeon Cores. The repercussions of her mere existence could end up being far-reaching, but the most important thing she learned had nothing to do with the other Cores, the different races, or even the real purpose behind her being brought back to life as a strange glowing gem.
Sandra didn’t care about any of that, though – all she cared about was that she could finally do some crafting.
This Dungeon Core story contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics and leveling and a heavy crafting emphasis. No profanity and no harems.
July 21, 2022
Dungeon of Chance Complete Series FREE!
From today until Sunday, July 24, the Dungeon of Chance Complete Series eBook is FREE! If you haven't checked out the series full of probabilities, loot box mechanics, and dungeon construction/defense, now is your chance to do it for absolutely no cost to you!
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W1Q4LTZ
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09W1Q4LTZ
Contains all 3 books in the Serious Probabilities Series:
Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds
Dungeon of Chance: Double or Nothing
Dungeon of Chance: All-In
In a dangerous world dictated by probabilities, Clay falls well outside the standard deviation….
Thousands of Heroes protect the land, defending against the periodic incursions by gigantic monsters known as World Threats. This was the way it had always been and Clay Shuntwise was perfectly fine with that. Running deliveries for his family’s shop in the sleepy town of Renton, the young teenager barely even thought about Heroes and their role in keeping the world safe.
That was, at least, until a World Threat came crashing down on him.
Reborn into the brand-new and unfamiliar form of a Dungeon Core, Clay struggles as he learns more about Heroes and the dungeons they delve through to get stronger. According to the odd dragonling guide that tries to help him understand his new life, since he was a former Hero, Clay should already intuitively know most of what he needed to succeed. All of the finer parts regarding the relationship between Heroes and dungeons, including information about probabilities and drop rates, should be common knowledge to former Heroes.
The problem? Despite wishing that he had been that lucky in his past life, Clay had never been chosen to be a Hero. Now, though, he might be forced to become one, though not quite in a way he ever expected.
This book contains Dungeon Core, LitRPG, and GameLit elements including dungeon construction and defense, monster summoning, character progression, and a game-like interface. In addition, many of the probabilities the world is based upon are similar to Gacha-type mechanics. Contains no profanity, harems, or explicit sexual content.
July 13, 2022
Core Establishment Kindle Daily Deal and Station Cores FREE!
Today, Amazon has selected 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 as a Kindle Daily Deal for $0.99!
To go along with the deal, I also put the Station Cores series on sale -- for FREE! Now you can pick up the entire Station Cores series, all 5 individual books, for free before you read Core Establishment for $0.99!
Here is the series page for Station Cores --
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KBGDSJS
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KBGDSJS
Core Establishment --
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HQB38JD
June 29, 2022
Independence Core audiobook now available!
June 27, 2022
Independence Core is now available!
Independence Core, the 4th book in my Holiday Dungeon Core series, is now available on eBook, paperback, and hardcover! The audiobook is already pending publication, narrated by the awesome Miles Meili, and should be available at any moment.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3TWNX8X
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B3TWNX8X
Red, white, and blue are the best colors to use in the defense of a dungeon….
After a harrowing experience with a Soul Manipulator after he created his Easter section, Elmer Robbins is back and developing a brand-new area based on another holiday. With enough Life Force gained from the Adventurers perishing throughout his dungeon over the last few months, the Dungeon Core decides to implement the holiday of Independence Day as his newest addition to his dungeon defenses.
Cooking on a grill, playing with water during hot summer days, and setting off fireworks are some of the best things about the Independence Day holiday he remembers from back on Earth, and he wants to translate those experiences into his dungeon. At the same time, he needs to discover a way to prevent the same thing that happened with the Soul Manipulator from occurring again, because the last thing he wants is his soul captured and used against his will.
However, the danger to his Core won’t come from another Soul Manipulator. Instead, it will present itself in the form of an old enemy, as well as from an entirely unexpected direction….
Independence Core is a short, 37k-word novella set in a unique universe that contains LitRPG and Dungeon Core elements such as stats and character progression. Contains no foul language, explicit sexual content, or harems.
