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November's Newsletter Drawing

This month's newsletter giveaway is coming up on Thursday. To be in the running, all you have to do is sign up for my newsletter before then, and you'll have a chance at one of five Audible codes I'm giving away for the Powder Mage Novella Collection. Best of luck!

The Powder Mage RPG Kickstarter is Live!

Good morning, everyone! As promised, the Powder Mage Roleplaying Game is now up on Kickstarter! This is your chance to help make it happen. As you can see, we already have a cover and a huge amount of the art done (or under commission), and we'll be posting more as the Kickstarter progresses.

A couple notes: first, we're only printing 100 hardcovers (with the rest of the books in softcover), so if you want a hardcover of the rulebook make sure you select the Grand Powder Mage pledge level early! Second, there are only five spots at the GenCon play-through with me and Alan, and one is already gone. So again, grab early!

Thanks again for all the support. You guys are awesome!

Sneak Peek

Hey guys! The Kickstarter for the Powder Mage Roleplaying Game goes live tomorrow! Here's a little sneak peek at the cover art by Rene Aigner.

Newsletter Drawing #1

Hey everyone! I did my first newsletter drawing last night, and the winner is joniverson@*.com. I've dropped you an email asking for your name and address so I can send you your books, so please get back to me ASAP.

As for the rest of you, I'll do another drawing next month! I haven't decided on a prize yet, but I'm leaning toward one of the silver Powder Mage keg pins from Badali Jewelry. If you haven't signed up for the newsletter yet, you can do so on the sidebar of the website or by clicking HERE.

Announcing the Powder Mage Roleplaying Game

Brian McClellan, author of the wildly-popular Powder Mage Trilogy (Orbit Books), and game designer Alan Bahr of Gallant Knight Games are delighted to announce the forthcoming Powder Mage Roleplaying Game, a play guide for Brian’s flintlock fantasy universe.

The Powder Mage RPG will immerse players in a world of muskets, intrigue, sorcery, and revolution, set against the backdrop of an industrializing fantasy world. Players can make themselves the heroes of their own narratives, with tools and resources that draw on the gunpowder magic and mind-bending dark arts that made the series an instant standout. The game will make use of the award-winning Savage Worlds rule set to create a player-driven story dynamic that can accommodate a campaign of any scope or size: personal dramas in the Adran countryside, political machinations in the palaces of Adopest, or full-scale battles for the very fate of the Nine.

The Powder Mage RPG will launch on Kickstarter on October 18th, 2016, with a target delivery date of August 2017. The goal of the Kickstarter is to acquire funding for a top-quality final product, consisting of a core rulebook/world book and accessories, including art from René Aigner, Grace Fong, Isaac Stewart, Ben McSweeney, and Piotr Chrzanowski; as well as book design by Robert Denton.

About the Series/Author

The Powder Mage Trilogy (Promise of Blood, The Crimson Campaign, and The Autumn Republic) has sold over a quarter of a million books and been translated into ten languages. It has landed author Brian McClellan with the coveted Morningstar Award for best debut fantasy and multiple nominations for the Goodreads Choice Awards. Brian is an avid gamer who lives on the side of a mountain in Utah with his wife, cat, and two dogs. His next series continues the adventures in the Powder Mage Universe and begins March 7th, 2017 with Sins of Empire from Orbit Books.

Join Brian's Newsletter for a Chance to Get Free Stuff!

Happy Halloween month, everyone! I'm sure that plenty of you have already signed up for my newsletter, but just in case you haven't here's a new thing that might sway you over to a subscription: starting next week, I'll be giving away free stuff every month to a random subscriber. It may be a book, or an audio code, or even a piece of powder mage jewelry.

For the first month, I'll be giving away a signed trade paperback set of the Powder Mage Trilogy. This is available worldwide.

You can sign up using the form on the right sidebar of this site, or by clicking here. Best of luck!

Audio for the Powder Mage Novella Collection

Hey all! Remember when I took all the Powder Mage novellas and stuck them all in a bundle, so they're easier and cheaper to get a hold of? Well, the audio for that bundle is finally ready! It includes Forsworn, Servant of the Crown, Murder at the Kinnen Hotel, and Ghosts of the Tristan Basin, and all four stories are narrated by the wonderful Julie Hoverson. You can now pick up it up on Audible or iTunes. Enjoy!

The "Missed Brian at Salt Lake Comic Con" Sale

I had an awesome time at Salt Lake Comic Con last weekend, thanks to all the awesome fans in the area. If you follow me on twitter or Facebook, you'll know it was my first time doing my own booth, and that it turned out far better than I had expected. I sold and signed books, talked to fans, saw all the cool cosplay and convention setups, and generally had a good time.

I also got a lot of messages from fans bemoaning they couldn't be there, so I thought I'd run a sale for those that had conflicting schedules or just lived too far away. All the books will, of course, be signed by me! You can check out my whole bookstore here.

Powder Mage Novella Hardcover Bundle: 15% offPromise of Blood Hardcover: 33% offCrimson Campaign Hardcover: 33% offPowder Mage Trilogy Bundle: 10% offThe Unbound Anthology: 10% offIn the Field Marshal's Shadow: 10% offGhosts of the Tristan Basin: 10% off

 

Cover for Sins of Empire

Missed the cover launch last week? Have no fear! Here's the fantastic cover for the next powder mage novel, Sins of Empire.

The book is due out March 7th, 2017. Here's the cover copy:

A world on the cusp of a new age…
The young nation of Fatrasta is a turbulent place — a frontier destination for criminals, fortune-hunters, brave settlers, and sorcerers seeking relics of the past. Only the iron will of the lady chancellor and her secret police holds the capital city of Landfall together against the unrest of an oppressed population and the machinations of powerful empires.

Sedition is a dangerous word…
The insurrection that threatens Landfall must be purged with guile and force, a task which falls on the shoulders of a spy named Michel Bravis, convicted war hero Mad Ben Styke, and Lady Vlora Flint, a mercenary general with a past as turbulent as Landfall’s present.

The past haunts us all…
As loyalties are tested, revealed, and destroyed, a grim specter as old as time has been unearthed in this wild land, and the people of Landfall will soon discover that rebellion is the least of their worries.

You can order here:

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Sins of Empire Cover Launch

We can finally show you the cover for Sins of Empire, the next powder mage book! The launch is being hosted by my favorite webcomic, Howard Tayler, over on Schlockmercenary.com. Head over and check it out! For those of you looking to pre-order, you can do so at any of the following links!

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