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Kickstarter is 92% funded

News from my Kickstarter campaign 

Thank you to all of our backers for your support. We’re 92% funded with two weeks to go!

We’re revealing our stretch goals for the project right before we fund, so that you know what free books you’ll have a chance to unlock if we go over our funding goal:

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We’ll start unlocking stretch goals onceVoid Spheres funds and we go into our final two weeks of the campaign. Backers can unlock up to 6 of my books, which will be provided as ebooks for no extra cost to all backers Seasoned Crew ($10) and up.

Urban Fantasy Trilogy

When we start hitting threshholds between 110% to 130%, you’ll unlock ebooks from my Calgary-based urban fantasy setting, Changeling Blood:

“With a fast pace, high stakes that twist at every turn, strong characters with intriguing world building, love and loss, Changeling’s Fealty delivers what it promises to!” 
– C.E. Murphy, author of Urban Shaman (The Walker Papers)

110% (CAD $16,500): Unlocks the ebook Changeling’s Fealty (Book 1).120% (CAD $18,000): Unlocks the ebook Hunter’s Oath (Book 2).130% (CAD $19,500): Unlocks the ebook Noble’s Honor (Book 3).Art Poll Unlocked

140% (CAD $21,000): Unlocks an Art Poll for backers. You’ll be able to make suggestions for the poll and choose one of the options.

Space Opera Trilogy Rewards

From 150% to 170%, you’ll unlock ebooks from the Exile Trilogy:

“A failed rebellion against a tyrannical space confederacy is exiled to a remote corner of the galaxy in this political space drama… This fast-paced starfaring adventure succeeds with a thrilling mix of space battles and tender emotions.”
– Publishers Weekly Starred Review

150% (CAD $22,500): Unlocks the ebook Exile (Book 1).160% (CAD $24,000): Unlocks the ebook Refuge (Book 2).170% (CAD $25,500): Unlocks the ebook Crusade (Book 3).Big Art Rewards

180% (CAD $27,000): Unlocks a Color Art Commission for one of the oracle cards from Nine Sailed Star and Void Spheres. 

200% (CAD $30,000): Unlocks a final set of rewards including:

Two additional interior illustrations (for a total of seven)We’ll create a digital art zine for Book 2 like we did for the first bookPhysical backers will receive a bookmark with their order, with art from the Aether Spheres series

Visit the Kickstarter for more info!

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Get it Now: Starship’s Mage Anniversary Edition

Get the brand new Starship’s Mage Book 1:Audiobook recording: New from Jeffrey Kafer and Podium Entertainment!Ebook editionPaperback editionA Decade of Writing

We released the first full-length Starship’s Mage novel in December 2014—the first paperback we published. A decade after I first started my publishing journey, the series has 15 novels, a side trilogy, and two novellas. It’s been an amazing ride… thank you all for being here with us!

I do have a favor to ask: the new edition of the book doesn’t carry over any reviews from the old version. If you’d like to help us keep Starship’s Mage in front of readers, please leave a review on the new edition.

Chimera’s Fall comes out in January 2025. Having lots of honest reviews from readers on the first book will make a big difference to the launch of book #16.

I’m really proud of the new editions, and have put a lot of time into getting them re-edited and ready this year. Starship’s Mage Book 1 is the book that gets the most attention out of all of my books, and I’ve been wanting to make it easier for new readers to jump into for years. I hope that you enjoy it.

Happy Reading!
Glynn Stewart

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Kickstarter for Void Spheres Launched!

THE AETHER SPHERES UNIVERSE returns to Kickstarter for the second book in a series that readers call the “interstellar fantasy age of sail I didn’t know I needed.” Bold space opera meets fantasy adventure in an epic tale of “acceptance and redemption.”

Aether ships sail amongst the stars, but an evil empire looms on the horizon. So far, there are two books written in the Aether Spheres universe: Nine Sailed Star and the brand new Void Spheres. The hardcover editions are available only on Kickstarter.

We’re coming back to Kickstarter because crowdfunding is a great alternative to selling on spaces like Amazon. We depend on the visibility that the big stores offer us, but here on Kickstarter I have the chance to connect directly with readers. This can give me the space to play with big ideas like entire societies built around tiny worldlets and sailing ships through space. It also lets me do cool things like commission artists to create character art and bring scenes from within the book to life.

Dragons, prophecy, and sailing ships… in space! When he heeded the call of a powerful archmage and hired the only crew desperate enough to follow him into the void, disgraced elvar captain Cat Greentrees didn’t realize that it would turn his worldview on its head. Widely reviled and viewed as criminals, his new crew of gobvar—an entire small clan led by a young shaman—quickly proved itself the equal to any crew Cat led in the navy.

Prophecy dogs their heels and the draconic threat that lies sleeping along their nation’s borders is about to wake. If the three unlikely heroes—Captain, Archmage, and Shaman—can’t determine the source of the vision driving their quest, everything they seek to save may be lost.

Stealing a void ship out from under the nose of an enemy that will hunt them to the ends of the spheres, Cat and his crew emerge from the void strait into a barren sphere that has Cat feeling the lack of aether in his very spirit.

Worse, the Void Flyer they stole needs a type of fuel that their sailing aether-ships never required. Their next step must be to reach the worldlet that their enemy stockpiled fuel on. But this vast expanse of sweeping ruins is haunted by worse things than the invulnerable spirits made of hunger and energy that attack them at every turn.

Because once, the Blood King of the Gobvar ruled these halls. The old stones themselves share a mind… still loyal to a King that should be dead.

Learn more at the Kickstarter page for Void Spheres.

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Sign up for “AI in the Age of Space Empires”

Online Q&A Author PanelWednesday, Sept 25 at 6pm MT

5pm PT / 8pm ET

Following the launch of The Old Guard, Faolan’s Pen Publishing brings you an exciting Q&A discussion with authors Ada Hoffman and Glynn Stewart. The topic: artificial intelligence in the far future.

On the front lines of interstellar conflict, empires harness AI to define civilization—for better or worse. Diving into the worlds beyond our solar system, science fiction authors discuss how advanced technology might redefine power, resistance, and knowledge in the far future.

From human augmentation to synthetic minds, from corporate games to the nature of personhood. The stories we tell about artificial intelligence reveal how we value creativity, change, and each other.

Free and open to everyone.

Sign up here!

 

Ada Hoffmann is the author of the OUTSIDE trilogy, as well as dozens of speculative short stories and poems. They are an autistic self-advocate, an adjunct professor of computer science, a former semi-professional soprano, tabletop gaming enthusiast, and LARPer. They live in eastern Ontario.

Glynn Stewart is the author of Starship’s Mage, where faster-than-light travel is possible—but only because of magic. Writing managed to liberate Glynn from a bleak future as an accountant. He lives in Calgary, Alberta with his partner, their cats, and an unstoppable writing habit.

 

Upcoming from Glynn Stewart

October 1-31

Void Spheres Kickstarter campaign
Aether Spheres Book 2
Sequel to Nine Sailed Star

Tuesday, October 8*
Starship’s Mage: 10th Anniversary Ed.
Starship’s Mage Book 1

Thursday, November 21*
Raven’s Hope
Peacekeepers of Sol Book 8

Thursday, January 23*
Chimera’s Fall
Starship’s Mage Book 16

Thursday, March 27*
The Valkyrie Strategem
House Adamant Book 3

*Patrons get books 2 weeks ahead of release

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The sequel to The Exodus Gambit is available now!

The Old Guard is book 2 of the House Adamant seriesLorraine’s next gambit against her murderous uncle opens at the most dangerous battleground yet: Earth! In The Old Guard, Lorraine needs a fleet to retake her home world. To win allies, she must play both gallant spacer and glamorous princess—but to everyone else, Adamant is just one line on a balance sheet.It’s a rigged game, and as the titans of galactic industry face off against each other, Lorraine must make a desperate choice. As her uncle descends into tyranny, could Lorraine Adamant become an even darker shadow over her people?Only one thing is certain: the galaxy will never be the same. Get The Old Guard on Amazon now! EbookAudiobookPaperbackMore about the book

At the heart of humanity
At the beginning of everything
Hope can be born… or destroyed

For months, Princess Lorraine Adamant has fled from star system to star system in a desperate attempt to evade the minions of her uncle, the man who murdered her entire family to seize power in the Star Kingdom of Adamant.

Thanks to the crew of her ship and her loyal bodyguard, Vigo Jarret, Lorraine has finally reached her goal: the homeworld, Earth. There, she plans to lay her case before the United Worlds, the oldest and greatest of humanity’s nations.

But to an ancient democracy, the trials of an obscure kingdom are hardly relevant. Lorraine must turn her mind from war to diplomacy, to convince the homeworld to honor its oaths and save her Kingdom.

One way… or another.

Finished reading?

Book #3 is available for preorder!

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Audiobooks not showing up in Audible

Thanks to everyone who gave us a heads up on Facebook or sent an email to let us know that, even for the readers who have already purchased them, the first five Starship’s Mage audiobooks are not showing up in Audible search!

Here’s what’s happening: Glynn Stewart’s audiobook publisher is doing a big update and re-recording of some of the Starship’s Mage books. I’ll get into the nitty gritty of how the licenses work later in the blog post, but first I want to lay out which audiobooks are affected.

I’d also like to assure you that you still have access to the audiobooks that you’ve already purchased, but the Audible app/website has made it difficult to access them.

Books currently affected by license updates on September 1, 2024: Starship’s Mage Book 1 Also known as the Starship’s Mage Omnibus, a collection of the first five novellas (“Episodes”), which were published individually between December 2013 and December 2014. This collection includes ALL of Damien’s adventures on the Blue Jay, which are:Episode 1 (Sherwood)Episode 2 (Corinthian)Episode 3 (Legatus & Chrysanthemum)Episode 4 (Amber & The Graveyard)Episode 5 (Darkport)Hand of Mars (Book 2) Voice of Mars (Book 3) Alien Arcana (Book 4) Judgment of Mars (Book 5)

These books are not currently available to purchase. If you haven’t already bought the older editions in the past, you won’t be able to at the time this blog post is being published. However, as of this Fall/Winter season, you’ll be able to get a brand new re-recording!

The new editions, re-recorded by Podium Entertainment and featuring fan-favorite narrator Jeffrey Kafer, will start coming out in October. Keep an eye out for the 10th Anniversary Edition of the first book coming out on October 8, 2024. Starship’s Mage Book 1 will have a new ebook, paperback, and audiobook edition available on that date.

How to fix missing Audible purchases

If you have already purchased Starship’s Mage Book 1 (the Blue Jay stories), Hand of Mars, Voice of Mars, Alien Arcana, or Judgment of Mars and you’ve had trouble accessing them, you’re not alone. Based on our research and what we’ve seen from other authors who have had similar issues, it looks like sometime in the last year (or earlier), Audible changed the way its search function works on the app/website.

How the technical problem is causing audiobooks to not show up in Audible search:Audible’s search function (even in the Library section) now only shows titles that are currently for sale in the Audible store. Because the books above can’t be sold to new customers, the system will not recognize the title, and it won’t appear in your search results.Note: Even when the new editions are released, they will have a different identifying number (ASIN) attached to them. The search will not work to find the old editions.This is the case even if you’ve already bought the title and listened to it in the past. When you search for your old purchases, you might see the new edition that you don’t have access to yet. The search function very often will not show you your books.How to resolve it by adding your Starship’s Mage first edition audiobooks to a collection:

If you’d like to keep your access to the older version AND support the author, then you’ll need to start by tracking down your audiobook manually in your library.

Step 1: Go to the Audible homepage using a desktop browser (i.e., audible.com, audible.ca, etc.)

Step 2: At the top left corner of the screen, you’ll see the Audible logo with a menu underneath. Click “Library”, which is the first option on the left.

Step 3: Scroll through your library (purchase history) until you find the book that you’re looking for. By default, you will see 20 books per page.

Tip: Scroll down to the bottom of the page and apply 40 books per page.

Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+F (or CMD+F on Mac) to open the finder tool on your browser. Type in the title that you’re looking for. If it’s not on the first page, keep on going

Step 4: When you find the book you want to add to the collection, look for the row underneath the description and click the “Add to…” button.

Step 5: Click the button “New Collection”.

Step 6: Enter the title and optional description of your new collection.

Step 7: Repeat the steps above to add the remaining books to the collection.

Step 8: Find your new collection at any time through the Collections tab in your library!

Alternate resolution

If you’re unable to access your purchases, you can also contact Audible support for a refund. Keep in mind that if Audible gives you a credit to apply to the new version, that is processed as a refund, and the publisher of the old version will subtract the sale from Glynn’s royalties.

The new editions and why the old versions were removed

The new edition involves quite a few edits that Glynn hopes will make it easier for new readers to get into the series. For example, the updated version of Starship’s Mage Book 1 is a single book, instead of a collection of five novellas. We wanted to re-record the new version as an audiobook so that audio readers would have access to the same content as the ebook and paperback readers.

The first edition audiobook was recorded by Tantor Media. The 10th Anniversary Edition audiobooks were recorded by Glynn’s audiobook publisher, Podium Entertainment, which records most of his current series. To give Podium the opportunity to release updated versions, there had to be a transition period where the old versions were no longer available in the store.

We know it’s frustrating to have a gap like this, especially for the first books in the series, and especially for readers that happen to be reading the first five books for the very first time right now. Unfortunately, to be able to bring readers the new improvements, from story flow to sound quality, we needed to have the books down for a short period.

The good news is that all five books will be back soon. The 10th Anniversary Edition of Starship’s Mage Book 1 comes out on October 8, 2024, with more books to follow in the coming months!

Questions

Do you have any questions about the first edition audiobooks or the upcoming Anniversary Edition? Let us know in the comments, or use the contact form to send us an email.

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Starship’s Mage #15 Available Now!

Get Ambassador for Mars on AmazonMage-Captain Roslyn Chambers is given the task of defending the frontier world Chimera by the Mage-Queen herself. But the Protectorate is wary of a second war, and a new player is on his way to Chimera. The new Ambassador is NOT the Mage-Queen’s man.Humanity’s freedom is at stake. Surrounded by those who don’t trust her intentions or abilities, can Roslyn hold the line?

Get Ambassador for Mars, Starship’s Mage #15 on Amazon now!

Ebook Audiobook Paperback link coming soon!More about the book

A dark shadow awakens on the edge of known space.
Long lost and long forgotten, an alien foe rises,
One that would power its return by enslaving humanity!

During her pursuit of the human traitors known as Nemesis, Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers ventured deep into alien stars. She destroyed her enemy at the final moment, but saw firsthand the might of the alien empire Nemesis called the Reejit.

The lost world Chimera has hidden between human and alien space for generations. Roslyn must protect the planet from this waking threat, but both the human and alien colonists see her as a harbinger of nightmare. Roslyn may have the full faith of the Mage-Queen of Mars, but political interference quickly undercuts Roslyn’s diplomatic power and the chain of command. She is replaced as Ambassador by Connor O’Hannagain, a man loyal to the Protectorate, but not its Queen or credos.

Chimera’s fate will decide that of a hundred worlds. Can Roslyn save Chimera, make an ally of O’Hannagain, and serve her Queen? She’ll need to draw on every trick she knows as an officer, a Mage, and a protégé of Damien Montgomery—or fail to uphold every oath she has sworn!

Finished reading?

Book #16 is available for preorder!

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Ambassador for Mars Cover Reveal

Greetings all!

We had a bit of our thunder stolen here as the audiobook cover ended up going live before the e-book cover was ready, but here we go! Check out the cover for Starship’s Mage book 15, Ambassador for Mars, coming out June 11, 2024!

With one planet caught between two empires and two species, the question is disturbingly simple: how far is the Protectorate prepared to go to honor the Mage-Queen’s promise to protect all of humanity?

You can preorder Ambassador for Mars now! Audiobook too!.

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Wartorn Stars is available now!

Available Now: Wartorn Stars on KindleAudiobook preorder up for July 23 release.

Book seven in the Peacekeepers of Sol series finds Henry Wong dealing with mysteries and Enigmas far beyond human space…

A critical ally faces annihilation. The United Planets Alliance must act. On his personal word and with billions of lives on the line, Rear Admiral Henry Wong leads his fleet in a race to save the Londu homeworld!

Even victory can provide no answers about their strange new enemy. Henry and Sylvia are left searching for old allies… but when those allies are just as secretive as the enemy, who will Henry trust?

Audiobook fans: The audio edition from Podium Audio comes out July 23, 2024. Preorder here or use the links below.

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Wartorn Stars Cover Reveal

Greetings everyone!

In what I hope to make a bit more of a tradition and big deal of going forward, check out the cover for Peacekeepers of Sol Book Seven, Wartorn Stars.

Here we see Henry Wong realizing he’s, well, taken his fleet into a minefield.

Wartorn Stars comes out on April 23 and you can preorder it on Amazon now! (Audiobook preorders should open before the main launch date but we’re not sure of the exact audiobook launch date just yet).

A mysterious enemy threatens the innocent.
A tide of silence and death sweeps the stars.
A single fleet, far from home, stands for freedom.

Under threat by a strange enemy, the alien Londu have called on old debts, leading Rear Admiral Henry Wong to bring his new Expeditionary Fleet hundreds of light-years from home to aid them.

A hard-fought victory gives his partner, Ambassador Sylvia Todorovich, time to negotiate a new alliance with their old friends. The same victory should give him answers about the strange Enigma alien attacking the Londu—but all they find are lies and more questions.

The questions give them one possible source of answers: another old ally, wrapped in mysteries of their own. An old ally no one has heard from since the Enigmas started attacking…

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