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New Book Release: Redshift Runners 1: Parallax

I'm very happy to announce the release of my space opera novel REDSHIFT RUNNERS: PARALLAX from Aethon Books! This is the first of a trilogy, and the beginning of my RUNNERS universe. The back blurb:

There is fortune to be made across the stars. If it doesn't kill him first.

When Deadeye, a hotshot space jockey, is captured by pirates, he decides to join the motley group called the Redshift Runners. Maybe they can help him get rich.

These Runners aren’t typical interstellar bandits, however. They risk their lives delivering food and supplies to starving colonies in the outer rim.

Deadeye gains the favor of their captain, Talon, a driven woman whose schemes will lead them to the ancient boundary separating the colonies from mythical Earth—and guarded by Parallax, a mysterious effect that renders the area unnavigable.

​Yet the cost of traveling the stars exacts a heavy toll. Due to the mental link with their ships, jockeys gradually lose their memories…and Deadeye risks forgetting everything to satisfy Talon’s ambitions.

PARALLAX is available from Amazon in ebook, print, and audio. 

Hero Dawn Online LitRPG trilogy to appear in YONDER app!

I'm pleased to announce that my LitRPG HERO DAWN OLINE trilogy will be serialized in the upcoming YONDER app. It was too good a deal to pass up, and I'm excited for this opportunity with @yonderstories. I'll be featured alongside many fine Aethon authors, such as Kevin J. Anderson, Alexa Lee, Rhett C. Bruno, Lou Diamond Phillips, and many others. The app is live; my work isn't on it yet, but many other Aethon titles are. Please check them out!

New Medium essay: The Rings of Power: Reforging Tolkien's Epic

My latest Medium essay: The Rings of Power: Reforging Tolkien's Epic : ​https://tinyurl.com/2eu3rd4n

Two new contracts signed!

I'm thrilled to announce that I have signed two contracts for two trilogies with Aethon Books!

The first, DELTA DESPERADOES, is a space western trilogy set in my REDSHIFT RUNNERS universe, and will show the lives of those who struggle on all of those lawless, barren worlds across the Orion Spur. 

The second, HERO DAWN ONLINE, is a LitRPG trilogy set in a fantasy MMO, where a character tries to find a meaningful existence inside--and outside--the game. 

​Both of these should be slated for a 2023 release, so stay tuned!

New Medium essay - Tron's 40th Anniversary: An Optimistic Vision of AI

Here's my thoughts on the anniversary of this 80s scifi gem: ​https://tinyurl.com/2p9e888x

New Medium essay - Blade Runner: Tears in Perpetual Rain

Here's the fourth and final of my Blade Runner essays, 'Tears in Perpetual Rain'. Writing these has been a journey not only into what the film means to me, but what my own life means to me right now. Thanks to everyone who has read these! 

​Link: https://tinyurl.com/mwy4jcd5

New Medium essay - Blade Runner: Blush Response

The third of my essays on the science fiction classic, Blade Runner, is now live on Medium: ​https://tinyurl.com/yc7jzrx7

New Medium Essay - Blade Runner: Deckard Is(n't) a Replicant

The second of my essays on Blade Runner, 'Deckard Is(n't) a Replicant, is now up on Medium. 

Link: ​https://tonypeak78.medium.com/blade-r...

New Medium essay - Blade Runner: A Dystopia of Convenience

Here's the first of four Medium essays I wrote about the 1982 science fiction masterpiece Blade Runner, coinciding with its 40th anniversary release this month. 'Blade Runner: A Dystopia of Convenience'.

Link: ​https://tonypeak78.medium.com/blade-r...

New Medium essay: DUNE's Prescient Nightmare: Science Fiction's Greatest Cautionary Tale

I discuss the warnings inherent to Frank Herbert's epic saga and why it's more timely than ever: ​https://tinyurl.com/5n6buwms