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Cover Reveal and Release Dates for Death's Good Intentions, The Man with the Devil's Tongue, and Blood Child
It is finally time to reveal some cover art and release dates for the first books in my new dark, urban fantasy series The End of the World and Some Other Things.
Available September 9th
DEATH'S GOOD INTENTIONS
THE END OF THE WORLD AND SOME OTHER THINGS
BOOK 1
Trey Decarr used to be a well-respected hitman. He kept his clients happy, limited civilian casualties, and lived his life with a moral code that allowed him to think that what he was doing was just. Along the way, Decarr must’ve impressed someone up on high, because the next thing he knows the world’s a lot weirder than it used to be. . .
Demons walk the streets. Angels hover up above. Vampires hunt like wolves. And some jackasses in nice suits are saying that Decarr’s been chosen.
Decarr is to become Death, the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse.
But then Decarr does something that they never expected. He resists. Instead of accepting his role in the end of days, he decides to hunt down his Horsemen brethren in a crazed attempt to save humanity.
Hell now views him as an enemy and Heaven sees him as a reckless wildcard that threatens to undo prophecy.
April Frausini, a young recruit in a secret order within the church, is tasked with finding Decarr and stopping him before things get out of control.
April’s orders are simple: kill Death. However, April is conflicted, and senses purpose in Decarr’s violent rampage. When she meets this man called Death, will she pull the trigger? Or can she reason with him and perhaps make the Pale Rider into a powerful ally in the fight to save the world from annihilation?
In addition to Death's Good Intentions, there will be two prequel stories. These books can be read before or after Death's Good Intentions as they tell separate stories from the main arc of the series, but they will be released in the weeks prior to DGI.
Available August 5th
THE MAN WITH THE DEVIL'S TONGUE
A Prologue to The End of the World and Some Other Things
April Frausini can see ghosts. When she was younger, her parents had treated her like a child with a broken brain. They took April to doctors. The doctors sent her to specialists. The specialists put her on drugs. And when the drugs failed to stop the visions, the specialists zapped her brain.
After that, April told them that the ghosts had gone.
She lied.
Now she’s in college and trying to forge a future for herself, but a chance encounter with a dark spirit in a bar puts a bit of a hold on things.
A man named Jameson Talbot reaches out to her, explaining that there are worse things than ghosts to be afraid of. The spirit she saw the other night was no mere ghost, but the Devil himself in spectral form. If she chooses, Talbot promises to teach her to control her gift of sight, so that they may help others who have been tormented by these spirits, and potentially put a stop to whatever the Devil has planned.
April must choose. Go back to a life where nobody understands her or her visions? Or follow Talbot, find a purpose, and walk down a dangerous path in search of the Devil himself?
Available August 26th
BLOOD CHILD
A Prologue to The End of the World and Some Other Things
Ivan Tarkovsky was one of the Soviet Union’s finest soldiers in World War II. A warrior feared by the Nazis and his own men, he was set loose upon the battlefields of Europe with the sole purpose of putting Hitler’s decapitated head on a pike. However, upon reaching Berlin, he led his men into an ambush. Tarkovsky was the only survivor.
Taken hostage by the Nazis, Tarkovsky was hauled into Hitler’s bunker and told a most unbelievable fantasy: Hitler was gathering the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Tarkovsky was believed to be the Pale Rider himself.
They told him he was a man of great purpose, a man with a destiny. He told them he didn’t want a destiny and had to cut their throats to stop their jabbering. . . He did not escape Berlin alive.
Tarkovsky fell to the deepest pits of Hell where the Devil labeled him a traitor. For decades, Tarkovsky was tortured and twisted until he became a self-made demon, one filled with regret over the misuse of his time on earth.
Now Tarkovsky has learned that the modern Death, an American named Trey Decarr, is repeating similar mistakes. Tarkovsky decides it is time to leave the comforts of Hell, take hold of Decarr’s soul, and set him on the proper path. . .
Some time before the September 9th release date of Death's Good Intentions I hope to have a giveaway program up on Goodreads. I will also be looking for reviewers interested in ARCs. Keep checking back here for updates!
And thanks for reading.
Available September 9th
DEATH'S GOOD INTENTIONS
THE END OF THE WORLD AND SOME OTHER THINGS
BOOK 1
Trey Decarr used to be a well-respected hitman. He kept his clients happy, limited civilian casualties, and lived his life with a moral code that allowed him to think that what he was doing was just. Along the way, Decarr must’ve impressed someone up on high, because the next thing he knows the world’s a lot weirder than it used to be. . .
Demons walk the streets. Angels hover up above. Vampires hunt like wolves. And some jackasses in nice suits are saying that Decarr’s been chosen.
Decarr is to become Death, the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse.
But then Decarr does something that they never expected. He resists. Instead of accepting his role in the end of days, he decides to hunt down his Horsemen brethren in a crazed attempt to save humanity.
Hell now views him as an enemy and Heaven sees him as a reckless wildcard that threatens to undo prophecy.
April Frausini, a young recruit in a secret order within the church, is tasked with finding Decarr and stopping him before things get out of control.
April’s orders are simple: kill Death. However, April is conflicted, and senses purpose in Decarr’s violent rampage. When she meets this man called Death, will she pull the trigger? Or can she reason with him and perhaps make the Pale Rider into a powerful ally in the fight to save the world from annihilation?
In addition to Death's Good Intentions, there will be two prequel stories. These books can be read before or after Death's Good Intentions as they tell separate stories from the main arc of the series, but they will be released in the weeks prior to DGI.
Available August 5th
THE MAN WITH THE DEVIL'S TONGUE
A Prologue to The End of the World and Some Other Things
April Frausini can see ghosts. When she was younger, her parents had treated her like a child with a broken brain. They took April to doctors. The doctors sent her to specialists. The specialists put her on drugs. And when the drugs failed to stop the visions, the specialists zapped her brain.
After that, April told them that the ghosts had gone.
She lied.
Now she’s in college and trying to forge a future for herself, but a chance encounter with a dark spirit in a bar puts a bit of a hold on things.
A man named Jameson Talbot reaches out to her, explaining that there are worse things than ghosts to be afraid of. The spirit she saw the other night was no mere ghost, but the Devil himself in spectral form. If she chooses, Talbot promises to teach her to control her gift of sight, so that they may help others who have been tormented by these spirits, and potentially put a stop to whatever the Devil has planned.
April must choose. Go back to a life where nobody understands her or her visions? Or follow Talbot, find a purpose, and walk down a dangerous path in search of the Devil himself?
Available August 26th
BLOOD CHILD
A Prologue to The End of the World and Some Other Things
Ivan Tarkovsky was one of the Soviet Union’s finest soldiers in World War II. A warrior feared by the Nazis and his own men, he was set loose upon the battlefields of Europe with the sole purpose of putting Hitler’s decapitated head on a pike. However, upon reaching Berlin, he led his men into an ambush. Tarkovsky was the only survivor.
Taken hostage by the Nazis, Tarkovsky was hauled into Hitler’s bunker and told a most unbelievable fantasy: Hitler was gathering the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Tarkovsky was believed to be the Pale Rider himself.
They told him he was a man of great purpose, a man with a destiny. He told them he didn’t want a destiny and had to cut their throats to stop their jabbering. . . He did not escape Berlin alive.
Tarkovsky fell to the deepest pits of Hell where the Devil labeled him a traitor. For decades, Tarkovsky was tortured and twisted until he became a self-made demon, one filled with regret over the misuse of his time on earth.
Now Tarkovsky has learned that the modern Death, an American named Trey Decarr, is repeating similar mistakes. Tarkovsky decides it is time to leave the comforts of Hell, take hold of Decarr’s soul, and set him on the proper path. . .
Some time before the September 9th release date of Death's Good Intentions I hope to have a giveaway program up on Goodreads. I will also be looking for reviewers interested in ARCs. Keep checking back here for updates!
And thanks for reading.
Now Available: The Man with the Devil's Tongue
My newest release, The Man with the Devil's Tongue, is available now on Amazon!
The current price is $0.99 for Kindle and $5.69 for paperback.
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Paperback at Amazon.com
For now, the novella is available exclusively at Amazon, but other online retailers will follow shortly.
The current price is $0.99 for Kindle and $5.69 for paperback.
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Paperback at Amazon.com
For now, the novella is available exclusively at Amazon, but other online retailers will follow shortly.
Death's Good Intentions ARCs
Hello, my fellow internet wanderers. If you’ve been following my posts lately, you might be aware that I’m releasing some dark fantasy books in August and September. These books are The Man with the Devil's Tongue (available now), Blood Child (available 8/26), and Death's Good Intentions (available 9/9).
One of the common ways to drum up sales and support for a new novel is to offer an advance-review-copy (also known as an ARC) to readers who are willing to post a review in exchange for the freebie book they receive.
So! I am offering free ARCs of Death’s Good Intentions to anybody willing to write an honest review and post it to Amazon (if you want to post it to some other additional site -- like, say, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, your blog, etc. -- that’d be excellent, too). I repeat: an honest review. If you wanna give the book five stars, then great! I’m always happier to receive positive feedback as compared to being dragged through the mud and kicked in the gut. But I’m not asking for fake praise here.
Heck, if you’re interested in all the upcoming books, I’d be happy to give you The Man with the Devil’s Tongue and Blood Child, too (of course, The Man with the Devil’s Tongue is already widely available –- but the offer stands anyway!). It should be noted that I would be supplying an ARC in ebook form, not as a paperback. I can send either a pdf, a mobi, or an epub file –- your choice.
If you’re interested in one or all of these books, all you gotta do is CLICK HERE and fill out the form.
I’m leaving this offer open for a while. Depending on how many bites I get, I may close this before too long. So, if you’re interested, let me know!
Thank you for your time!
RESUME ALL REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING.
--Kyle
One of the common ways to drum up sales and support for a new novel is to offer an advance-review-copy (also known as an ARC) to readers who are willing to post a review in exchange for the freebie book they receive.
So! I am offering free ARCs of Death’s Good Intentions to anybody willing to write an honest review and post it to Amazon (if you want to post it to some other additional site -- like, say, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, your blog, etc. -- that’d be excellent, too). I repeat: an honest review. If you wanna give the book five stars, then great! I’m always happier to receive positive feedback as compared to being dragged through the mud and kicked in the gut. But I’m not asking for fake praise here.
Heck, if you’re interested in all the upcoming books, I’d be happy to give you The Man with the Devil’s Tongue and Blood Child, too (of course, The Man with the Devil’s Tongue is already widely available –- but the offer stands anyway!). It should be noted that I would be supplying an ARC in ebook form, not as a paperback. I can send either a pdf, a mobi, or an epub file –- your choice.
If you’re interested in one or all of these books, all you gotta do is CLICK HERE and fill out the form.
I’m leaving this offer open for a while. Depending on how many bites I get, I may close this before too long. So, if you’re interested, let me know!
Thank you for your time!
RESUME ALL REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING.
--Kyle
DEATH'S GOOD INTENTIONS available now
Release day! My new book DEATH’S GOOD INTENTIONS is now available for sale. You can find the ebook for $2.99 at Amazon.com and £1.85 at Amazon.co.uk.
Death’s Good Intentions is Book 1 of the dark, urban fantasy series The End of the World and Some Other Things. The series is about the man chosen to become Death, the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse. Death rejects his role in the coming Apocalypse, making himself an enemy of both Heaven and Hell. While he hunts down his Four Horsemen brethren, Death is unaware that he is also being hunted. A secret order called the Gatekeepers believes Death must be destroyed. However, the woman leading the hunt is conflicted, believing that Death could become a formidable ally...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Intentio...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deaths-Intent...
- Kyle
Death’s Good Intentions is Book 1 of the dark, urban fantasy series The End of the World and Some Other Things. The series is about the man chosen to become Death, the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse. Death rejects his role in the coming Apocalypse, making himself an enemy of both Heaven and Hell. While he hunts down his Four Horsemen brethren, Death is unaware that he is also being hunted. A secret order called the Gatekeepers believes Death must be destroyed. However, the woman leading the hunt is conflicted, believing that Death could become a formidable ally...
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Intentio...
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deaths-Intent...
- Kyle
Death's Good Intentions & Kindle Unlimited
I have decided to give Kindle Unlimited a try for my latest book. If you’re a subscriber, you can now read Death’s Good Intentions for free on your Kindle device.
Why this is cool: Kindle Unlimited is sort of like a Netflix service for ebooks. If you’re a subscriber, you can read as many books as you want, and now Death’s Good Intentions is part of the catalog. I’ll also have some promotional tools at my control, like the Countdown deals, which I’ll put to use later.
Why it’s not so cool: For an indie author to have their ebook in the Kindle Unlimited catalog, the ebook must be taken down from other sites. This means that Death’s Good Intentions is no longer available for Nook, iBooks, Kobo, or Smashwords. That sucks. I wish it were another way, but it ain’t.
So why did I decide to make my book an Amazon exclusive? Well, I wanted the goods they were offering… and to be perfectly honest, sales have always been pretty poor on the other sites. For the moment, it doesn’t feel like such a bad trade. However, I don’t expect Death’s Good Intentions to be an Amazon exclusive forever. If and when things change, I’ll let you know.
For now, allow me to direct you to the book’s Kindle listing. Amazon US & Amazon UK.
And don’t forget the novel is also available in paperback.
Why this is cool: Kindle Unlimited is sort of like a Netflix service for ebooks. If you’re a subscriber, you can read as many books as you want, and now Death’s Good Intentions is part of the catalog. I’ll also have some promotional tools at my control, like the Countdown deals, which I’ll put to use later.
Why it’s not so cool: For an indie author to have their ebook in the Kindle Unlimited catalog, the ebook must be taken down from other sites. This means that Death’s Good Intentions is no longer available for Nook, iBooks, Kobo, or Smashwords. That sucks. I wish it were another way, but it ain’t.
So why did I decide to make my book an Amazon exclusive? Well, I wanted the goods they were offering… and to be perfectly honest, sales have always been pretty poor on the other sites. For the moment, it doesn’t feel like such a bad trade. However, I don’t expect Death’s Good Intentions to be an Amazon exclusive forever. If and when things change, I’ll let you know.
For now, allow me to direct you to the book’s Kindle listing. Amazon US & Amazon UK.
And don’t forget the novel is also available in paperback.
The Man with the Devil's Tongue is now free for Kindle at Amazon.com
My novella The Man with the Devils Tongue is now FREE for Kindle at: http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Tongue-W...
Thanks to all those who helped with the price matching. I appreciate it!
As of right now, the Kindle ebook is free only at Amazon.com and not Amazon.co.uk and other international branches of the site. If you want, you can try the price matching tool on Amazon.co.uk and tell them about Amazon.com’s price. That should speed up the process of making it free across the pond.
Thanks to all those who helped with the price matching. I appreciate it!
As of right now, the Kindle ebook is free only at Amazon.com and not Amazon.co.uk and other international branches of the site. If you want, you can try the price matching tool on Amazon.co.uk and tell them about Amazon.com’s price. That should speed up the process of making it free across the pond.
