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October 4, 2022
To Stand Defiant Preorder Now Available
James Tecumseh has turned his back on the Commonwealth and thrown in his lot with the burgeoning Dakotan Confederacy.
Now guardian to a nation, Tecumseh faces enemies on all sides. He’s left with only one answer true to his and his new nation’s principles. Fight.
Preorder To Stand Defiant, Book 2 in the Dakotan Confederacy, part of the Castle Federation Series, on Amazon now! Coming October 18.
Preorder for the audiobook edition coming soon. The paperback will be available on release day.
Not familiar with the Castle Federation universe? Click here to learn more.
Here’s more about the book:
Trapped between warlords
The choice is simple:
Capitulation…or defiance!
From the Solar System itself, Imperator James Calvin Walkingstick prepares the remaining fleets of the Commonwealth for a desperate and brutal campaign to retake their borders and unify humanity one more.
On the other side of the Commonwealth’s seceding star systems, Dictator Kaleb Periklos gathers his fleets to avenge their humiliation. To the mercenary Admirals of the Stellar League, it doesn’t matter whether the worlds they conquer still kneel to Terra.
Caught in-between these two would-be conquerors are Admiral James Tecumseh and the newborn Dakotan Confederacy. Now guardian to a nation, Tecumseh faces enemies on all sides. He’s left with only one answer true to his and his new nation’s principles.
Fight.
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September 13, 2022
Remnant Faction, Book 5 in Peacekeepers of Sol, Available Now
Remnant Faction, Peacekeepers of Sol Book 5, is now available!Click here for the paperback and click here for the audiobook.
The Kenmiri Remnant is wreaking havoc, adopting a scorched earth policy throughout their former empire. Henry Wong and Sylvia Todorovich must gather allies to stop them.
Here’s more about the book:
It is the first and final duty of any warship to put herself between the innocent… and the enemy.
Henry Wong and Sylvia Todorovich have gathered the interstellar powers of the Ra Sector into a tentative alliance—an alliance that is tested by the return of the Sector’s former rulers: the Kenmiri Remnant.
The Sector’s only hope of withstanding a genocidal faction of the Kenmiri is the Twelfth Fleet of the United Planets Alliance. But when Wong’s scouting flotilla collides with the Kenmiri, he discovers they now have a weapon that could easily destroy Twelfth Fleet.
Wong and Todorovich are stranded on the wrong side of a world the Remnant have burned, and they only have one way to meet their allies before it’s too late.
If Henry Wong is to save his people and his allies, he must take his ship on a deadly run into the hostile star systems of the Kenmiri Remnant: the very species he doomed to a slow death.
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August 23, 2022
Remnant Faction Preorder Now Available
Henry Wong and Sylvia Todorovich return in Remnant Faction. The Kenmiri Remnant is wreaking havoc, adopting a scorched earth policy throughout their former empire. Henry and Sylvia must gather allies to stop them.
Preorder Remnant Faction, Book #5 in Peacekeepers of Sol, on Amazon now! Coming September 13th.
Preorder for the audiobook edition coming soon. The paperback will be available on release day.
Here’s more about the book:
It is the first and final duty of any warship to put herself between the innocent… and the enemy.
Henry Wong and Sylvia Todorovich have gathered the interstellar powers of the Ra Sector into a tentative alliance—an alliance that is tested by the return of the Sector’s former rulers: the Kenmiri Remnant.
The Sector’s only hope of withstanding a genocidal faction of the Kenmiri is the Twelfth Fleet of the United Planets Alliance. But when Wong’s scouting flotilla collides with the Kenmiri, he discovers they now have a weapon that could easily destroy Twelfth Fleet.
Wong and Todorovich are stranded on the wrong side of a world the Remnant have burned, and they only have one way to meet their allies before it’s too late.
If Henry Wong is to save his people and his allies, he must take his ship on a deadly run into the hostile star systems of the Kenmiri Remnant: the very species he doomed to a slow death.
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August 7, 2022
Exile is now available as a German translation!
“A detailed and very intelligent exploration of the realities of society.” – David Drake
The fast-paced starfaring adventure with “a thrilling mix of space battles and tender emotions” (Publishers Weekly) now has a German translation. Publisher CKP International brings Isaac Gallant’s story of hope in a distant corner of the galaxy to a brand new audience.
Thank you to our German fans who have been following along with the stories in English! If you read the translation, please leave a review.
Exil: Exil Buch 1 is now available on Amazon in German.
Zuflucht: Exil Buch 2 comes out 07 September 2022 (Preorder)
Zreuzzug: Exil Buch 3 comes out 07 October 2022 (Preorder)
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July 26, 2022
Discretion, Book 2 in Scattered Stars: Evasion, Available Now
EB is back, and so is the crew of Evasion. The captain and his crew have taken on a contract to run a blockade and deliver weapons to one side of an ongoing civil war. It’s just EB’s luck that the job quickly becomes complicated. The captain is quickly separated from the crew…and his family.
Get Discretion, book 2 of Scattered Stars: Evasion, on Amazon now!
Click here for the paperback and click here for the audiobook.
Here’s more about the book:
A crew, scattered across enemy lines
A father, separated from his daughter
A daughter who will not wait for rescue
The bounty for bringing down a major crime syndicate may have removed Captain Evridiki “EB” Bardacki’s immediate financial needs, but no freighter captain wants to fly empty between the stars.
A cargo mission to run a blockade seems within his crew’s unique mix of talents, and he agrees to supply weapons to one side of a stalemated civil war in the Estutmost star system.
The sudden collapse of the stalemate puts EB on the wrong side of the front lines from his adopted daughter.
He took down a crime syndicate to protect her once—what’s a planetary military or two?
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June 28, 2022
Discretion Preorder Now Available
EB is back, and so is the crew of Evasion. The captain and his crew have taken on a contract to run a blockade and deliver weapons to one side of an ongoing civil war. It’s just EB’s luck that the job quickly becomes complicated. The captain is quickly separated from the crew…and his family.
Preorder Discretion, book 2 of Scattered Stars: Evasion, on Amazon now! Coming July 26.
Preorder for the audiobook edition coming soon. The paperback will be available on release day.
Here’s more about the book:
A crew, scattered across enemy lines
A father, separated from his daughter
A daughter who will not wait for rescue
The bounty for bringing down a major crime syndicate may have removed Captain Evridiki “EB” Bardacki’s immediate financial needs, but no freighter captain wants to fly empty between the stars.
A cargo mission to run a blockade seems within his crew’s unique mix of talents, and he agrees to supply weapons to one side of a stalemated civil war in the Estutmost star system.
The sudden collapse of the stalemate puts EB on the wrong side of the front lines from his adopted daughter.
He took down a crime syndicate to protect her once—what’s a planetary military or two?
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June 24, 2022
Archmage’s Desk: Illustration for Nine Sailed Star
Check out a preview of the illustrations planned for the interior of the hardcover if the Kickstarter for Nine Sailed Star reaches its $25,000 CAD stretch goal.
Archmage’s Desk is an ink illustration by Jack Giesen, and will appear along with other illustrations in the Nine Sailed Star hardcover if the campaign reaches the stretch goal when the campaign ends (June 30, 2022).
“Several different varieties of runes, a crystal ball and a deck of oracle cards were intermingled with the books. A pair of translucent winged lizards, roughly the size of a house cat, fluttered around the illusion, the oracular spirits occasionally hissing to draw his attention to a point.” Glynn Stewart, Nine Sailed Star.The post Archmage’s Desk: Illustration for Nine Sailed Star appeared first on Glynn Stewart.
June 17, 2022
Final Days to Win Five Space Fantasy Hardcover Books
These are the final days to enter to win a space fantasy hardcover set with favorites ranging from Gideon the Ninth to Dune. The contest is hosted by Glynn Stewart’s publisher in celebration of the Hardcover Space Fantasy Kickstarter project for Nine Sailed Star(June 1-30, 2022).
One lucky winner will win a set of these five space fantasy hardcover books:
Seven of Infinities by Aliette de BodardLight from Uncommon Stars by Ryka AokiGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirDune: Deluxe Edition by Frank HerbertAetherbound by E K JohnstonContest closes on June 19, 2022. It’s simple to enter: just fill out this form.**Full rules and regulations on the contest page.The post Final Days to Win Five Space Fantasy Hardcover Books appeared first on Glynn Stewart.
June 15, 2022
Nine Sailed Star Update from Glynn
A message from the author:
The last couple of weeks have been a blur: finishing a book, launching a Kickstarter, visiting museum ships with British history Youtubers, copyediting another book… This week, I’m sitting down to start writing another book: a Castle Federation Universe novel that is going to come out in October – more details to come.
I never want to send too many emails to you all, but I did want to send a big thank you for supporting me through the Kickstarter. My team sent out an email to this mailing list on June 1. Within two days of June 1, we had fully funded a print hardcover. everything we needed to print our hardcover books for my new space fantasy novel.
The campaign is trucking along and we’ve unlocked a few digital stretch goals, including some Starship’s Mage art. If everything goes really, really well, we might be able to unlock interior illustrations. I’d also love to be able to do a full offset run of the books. If you’d like to lend your support, I’d very much appreciate it if you would share the campaign on social media.
I have also been convinced to sign a limited number of hardcover copies for the Kickstarter. I don’t usually sign books because of shipping costs and the time it takes to package them, but a lot of people asked really nicely. We’re calling the signed edition the “Admiral” tier, and as I write this, there are 21 copies left.
Another cool thing that happened: my partner posted a picture of me with the books on Reddit and it went viral. Thank you to all my readers: your support made that big stack of books possible!
Sincerely,
Glynn
P.S. I’m supposed to tell you that you’ll get a pre-order link for Discretion (Book 2 of Scattered Stars: Evasion) at the end of June.
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June 8, 2022
The Starfighters of Scattered Stars and Castle Federation
What does the world of the Castle Federation and Scattered Stars have in common? Starfighters and exciting ship combat!
While both series have ship combat and fully-realized universes with exciting tales, Glynn’s two fighter-jets-in-space series have a few key differences, mainly when it comes to the ships themselves.
“He’d spent his trip babying six entire squadrons – forty-eight ships – of brand new, barely out of prototype, Falcon-type starfighters. The new ships strapped mass manipulators and engines rated for five hundred gravities to four three-shot launchers firing short-range missiles with gigaton antimatter warheads and a positron lance rated for fifty kilotons per second.”
The Falcon starfighter is the ship that Kyle Roberts flies at the beginning of Castle Federation. These are quite large ships, with amenities for longer flights and with a crew of three. Fighter pilots connect directly to the ships through a neural interface – an interface that only a select few can handle.
“For the first time in months, Michelle took her seat at the center of the small cockpit of a starfighter. Behind her, Deveraux sat on her right and Garnet was on her left. All three of the seats were recliners, easily set to whatever was most comfortable – once jacked into the neural interface, you weren’t very aware of your body. While the starfighter had a small bunkroom and kitchenette for long flights, combat could require as many as five or six hours jacked in – and completely unmoving.”
Falcon Starfighter Stats:
Matter-antimatter reaction thrustersSmooth hull, 30m longThree person crewSingle main gun and 4 missile launchersHoplite IV – Scattered Stars
The Hoplite-IV was a deadly-looking wedge of metal with edges that were only smooth at close range. It averaged three meters thick across its length, tapering from an only barely flattened tip to a ten-meter-wide base fifteen meters back.
The access hatch to the fighter itself was covered by the storage matrix, but Kira still laid her hands on the familiar white metal.
In contrast to the Falcon, the nova fighters in the world of Scattered Stars are much smaller and not designed for long haul flights. They utilize FTL nova jumps for dynamic and exciting ship combat, but require a carrier for longer distances. In that way, they are more akin to modern fighter jets – but in space.
Fans of either series would find much to enjoy in the other. Castle Federation is a complete six-book arc with a new arc, the Dakotan Confederacy, launched with Admiral’s Oath in January of 2022.
Scattered Stars: Conviction follows the adventures of Kira Demirici and her exiled crew of nova pilots who carve out their niche in the far reaches of the known human universe. The series starts with Conviction.
Castle Federation’s original six-book series follows Kyle Roberts, the Stellar Fox. Kyle Roberts didn’t expect that a job on the decommissioned Avalon would result in both the end of peacetime and his career as a starfighter. Now he has a new position in the Navy, impossible expectations to live up to, and finds himself on the losing side of a war.
The new series, the Dakotan Confederacy, picks up with Admiral James Tecumseh – a man on the other side of the line from Kyle Roberts, but with as much honor as his enemy.
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