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May 23, 2023
Blood Adept, Teer and Kard Book 3, Available Now
Return to a world of enchantments and gunslinging as a young ranch hand with magic in his blood named Teer roams the open range with the El-Spehari demigod, Kard. This time, the duo are on the trail of a monster in both form and action.
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*Please note there is currently no audiobook for this title.
Here’s more about the book:
From the genre-blending master Glynn Stewart, author of Starship’s Mage, comes the latest in his thrilling fantasy Western series, set in a new world with a magical twist…
Hard rides and long nights as a cattle hand prepared Teer for the harsh life of a bounty hunter on the Unity’s eastern frontier. His fate now tied to the disguised El-Spehari demigod Kard, his quick eye and steady shooting hand have kept them both alive—even when the bounty hunters decided justice required taking a fugitive beyond the reach of the Unity’s law.
The same law would see Teer himself doomed for the magical powers now awakening within him. He has followed Kard to a strange shaman who promises to train him—but when a monster turns on and slaughters an entire hunting party, Teer and Kard take up the hunt to protect friend and foe alike.
Their hunt follows the monster to the edge of the Unity, where the Spehari lords have sent an entire regiment to bring the monster down. But teeth and claws are the least of the dangers the creature brings to bear—and the monster itself is only one of many dangers Teer and Kard face as they walk among enemies to protect the innocent…
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May 18, 2023
Arcs of the Starship’s Mage Universe
As I swan around the internet in assorted anonymous disguises, I have seen what appears to be some confusion over what the story arcs of the Starship’s Mage series actually are.
While much of that boils down to my recurring logic that “the reader’s engagement with the book is always correct for them,” I wanted to lay out what the original and ongoing pieces of the Starship’s Mage story are at this point.
WARNING: THIS WILL INCLUDE SPOILERS THROUGH NEMESIS OF MARS!
There are three arcs that we are introduced to in the first Starship’s Mage: The first is Damien’s rare abilities as a Rune Wright and his recruitment to the service of the Mage-King of Mars. The second is the conflict between Mars and the Mage aristocracy on the one hand and the UnArcana Worlds and Legatus on the other. The third is the existence of an ongoing illegal slave trade and the power concentrated in the organized crime cartels.
The second and third arcs are continued in the Red Falcon Trilogy, where Kelly Lamonte stole the series from its intended leads. In that trilogy, we see the consequences of Damien’s destruction of the Blue Star Syndicate’s leadership and delve more deeply into the shadow war between the Protectorate and the Legatus Military Intelligence Directorate.
Over books 2 to 5 (what I generally refer to as Season One of Starship’s Mage), we see Damien grow into his full political and magical power and repeatedly bounce off the shadow war against Legatus. In book 4, Alien Arcana, we meet Winton, Nemesis, and the Keepers. Nemesis and the story around them make up the fourth arc of the series. We also have our first introduction to Roslyn Chambers, who begins her career as Damien’s protégé.
While in book 5, there are hints that Nemesis has a direct hand in the UnArcana Rebellion, but the main arc conclusion in book 5 is the end of the shadow war and the open secession of the Republic.
Season Two of Starship’s Mage, UnArcana Rebellion, focuses primarily on the titular rebellion and the Republic of Faith and Reason. It is revealed that Nemesis has a shadowy connection through the Republic and is, in fact, directly responsible for the Prometheus Drive—the Republic’s horrific solution to FTL travel involving murdered Mages. Nemesis is badly weakened, though not destroyed, when their attempt to install a more manipulable monarch goes very, very wrong. Thanks to a not very manipulable young Queen, major constitutional reform is pushed through in the Protectorate, resolving much of the arc around the conflict between mage and mundane (but not all, because those are not problems that vanish overnight.)
At the end of Season Two, the main war arc against the Legatans is resolved and Nemesis has been dealt a body blow. Both of these are events with immense, nearly-catastrophic consequences. Season Three, Mage-Officer of Mars, is about dealing with the consequences and showing Roslyn Chambers’ growth from someone more than a bit in over her head to a worthy officer in the service of her Queen.
With Beyond the Eyes of Mars, the third book of Mage-Officer of Mars and twelfth overall mainline novel, we see the complex reality of the Prometheans and the end conclusion of the UnArcana rebellions in the unknown colonies. To a large extent, by the end of the first few chapters of Nemesis of Mars, every arc I laid out in the series except for that of Nemesis itself has concluded.
Of course, concluded stories are boring, so new complications are introduced and Nemesis brings out some nasty toys that were introduced in A Darker Magic.
Book 14, coming in 2024 and currently tentatively titled Chimera’s Star, kicks off Season Four (current working title: Frontier Magic). Given that the only real ongoing arc left of the ones I’ve built into the series is Nemesis and their flight with a stolen cruiser, I think I’m due to introduce some new complications. They’ve been hinted at in the past…but no, I’m not talking about the aliens.
Tum-te-tum-te-tum.
Happy reading all!
– Glynn Stewart
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May 11, 2023
Teer and Kard – A Universe Primer
Glynn continues the genre fusion tradition he’s known for with Starship’s Mage in the Teer and Kard short fantasy novels. This series fuses the western genre with high fantasy.
In Wa
rdtown, the first book in the series, we meet Teer, a young man who was forced into exile in the Spehari’s Eastern Territories after their nation, the Unity, betrayed his father’s memory to leave him and his mother destitute. He grew up on the ranch belonging to his mother’s new husband, nursing the skills of a cowboy and the anger of a betrayed child.
When one of the demigod-like Spehari walks into his local bar, Teer gives in to a moment of anger and opens fire on one of the rulers of the Unity. Sentenced to hang for his crime, Teer’s life hangs by the slimmest of threads: the mercy and secrets of the very immortal he tried to kill…
The series continues in book 2, Blood Ward.
At the start of the book, cowboy Teer has joined the rogue El-Spehari demigod Kard in his work as a bounty hunter. When a favored servant of the Unity’s Spehari ruler is beaten and left for dead, the two bounty hunters are hired to track the attacker into the wilderness. Once they capture the culprit, Teer faces a difficult question: what is more important—her crimes…or why she committed them?
Spring of 20
23 sees the release of book 3, Blood Adept. At the start of the novel, Teer is more confident in his abilities, but lacks training. While seeking the help of a shaman, the duo learn that an intelligent and powerful monster is on the loose – and the hunting party sent to contain the threat has been slaughtered.
However, there’s more to this powerful monster than teeth and claws. They possess incredible magical powers, powers that may offer the key to Teer controlling his own strange magic.
Follow the tales of this unlikely duo in a world that expertly fuses the classic western with innovative twists on high fantasy.
On the open range of the Unity’s Eastern Territories, adventure awaits.
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May 9, 2023
Preorder Blood Adept, Teer and Kard Book 3
Return to a world of enchantments and gunslinging as a young ranch hand with magic in his blood named Teer roams the open range with the El-Spehari demigod, Kard. This time, the duo are on the trail of a monster in both form and power.
When Teer’s training to harness his power is interrupted by news that a monster has killed the hunting party sent to contain it, the pair know they’re uniquely suited to help end the threat.
An entire Unity cavalry regiment has been mustered to defend a frontier town and fight the monster. But their foes wield a weapon even more powerful than their mighty teeth and claws – the ability to grant Teer his heart’s desire. Even Unity heavy artillery might not be enough to stop them.
Preorder Blood Adept, Teer and Kard Book 3, on Amazon now!
The paperback will be available on release day. Please note there is no audiobook of this title.
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April 25, 2023
Scattered Stars: Evasion Book 1 on Sale in the US and UK
With Scattered Stars: Conviction wrapped up, you can now get started on Scattered Stars: Evasion before the trilogy completes in June with Absolution. You can start the trilogy now with Evasion for 99¢ in the US, 99p in the UK.
A captain on the run from the horrors of his past
A girl on the run from the trap of her present
A ship that will bring them together
Captain Evridiki “EB” Bardacki was once a nova fighter pilot for a nation he truly believed in. Betrayal and failure sent him into exile and flight. Now owner-operator of the freelance star freighter Evasion, he treks the edge of human space, taking cargos that lead him ever onward—but there are lines he will not cross.
When those lines are challenged, EB makes enemies of the most powerful crime syndicate for a hundred light-years. When one of their victims stows away on his ship, he finds himself pursued by an enemy with assets everywhere he turns.
Caught between the devil and the deep dark void, EB has run out of places to run—but in a child looking to him for salvation, he may have found something to fight for!
CONTENT WARNING: This novel deals with themes and details of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
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Scattered Stars: Evsaion Book 1 on Sale in the US and UK
With Scattered Stars: Conviction wrapped up, you can now get started on Scattered Stars: Evasion before the trilogy completes in June with Absolution. You can start the trilogy now with Evasion for 99¢ in the US, 99p in the UK.
A captain on the run from the horrors of his past
A girl on the run from the trap of her present
A ship that will bring them together
Captain Evridiki “EB” Bardacki was once a nova fighter pilot for a nation he truly believed in. Betrayal and failure sent him into exile and flight. Now owner-operator of the freelance star freighter Evasion, he treks the edge of human space, taking cargos that lead him ever onward—but there are lines he will not cross.
When those lines are challenged, EB makes enemies of the most powerful crime syndicate for a hundred light-years. When one of their victims stows away on his ship, he finds himself pursued by an enemy with assets everywhere he turns.
Caught between the devil and the deep dark void, EB has run out of places to run—but in a child looking to him for salvation, he may have found something to fight for!
CONTENT WARNING: This novel deals with themes and details of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
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April 24, 2023
Exile is Free Worldwide Until Friday!
Exile, the first book in the Exile trilogy, is available for free until Friday, April 28.
A shackled Earth, ruled by an unstoppable tyrant
An exiled son, and a one-way trip across the galaxy
A perfect world, their last hope for survival
Vice Admiral Isaac Gallant is the heir apparent to the First Admiral, the dictator of the Confederacy of Humanity. Unwilling to let his mother’s tyranny stand, he joins the rebellion and leads his ships into war against the might of his own nation.
Betrayal and failure, however, see Isaac Gallant and his allies captured. Rather than execute her only son, the First Admiral instead decides to exile them, flinging four million dissidents and rebels through a one-shot wormhole to the other end of the galaxy.
There, Isaac finds himself forced to keep order and peace as they seek out a new home without becoming the very dictator he fought against—and when that new home turns out to be too perfect to be true, he and his fellow exiles must decide how hard they are prepared to fight for paradise…against the very people who built it.
You can grab it in the US here, the UK here, and worldwide here.
If you’re in the US or UK, you can also get Books 2 and 3 at a discounted price!
US: Click here for Refuge and here for Crusade.
UK: Click here for Refuge and here for Crusade.
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April 18, 2023
Prodigal, the Epic Conclusion of Scattered Stars: Conviction, Available Now
Kira Demirici has been battle-hardened by trials and challenges, growing from an ace pilot in exile to the commander of a mercenary fleet.
But her final mission won’t be for a paycheck.
Kira’s journey comes to an end right where it all started: in her home system of Apollo. The prodigal daughter becomes liberator as she fights to retake her home from old enemies.
Get Prodigal, the final book in Scattered Stars: Conviction, on Amazon Now. Click here for the paperback and here for the audiobook.
Check out the book trailer by clicking here.
Here’s more about the book:
The star system of Apollo has fallen!
Her fleets are scattered and her enemies victorious.
Apollo’s last hope: an exile mercenary coming home at last!
Ace pilot Kira Demirci fled her home system of Apollo five years ago. Betrayed by her own government and one step ahead of enemy assassins, she smuggled a squadron of star fighters into the Outer Rim and forged a mercenary fleet of old friends and new alike.
Many of the aces of Apollo’s war against Brisingr weren’t as lucky.
Kira has a new home, but a scheme hatched by her enemies has brought her to the edge of her old stomping grounds. This close to Apollo, she’s one of the first to hear the devastating news: Brisingr has achieved its ultimate victory and captured her home. To take a star system should be impossible, but the reality is clear.
With family, friends and old comrades in the hands of the Brisingr Kaiserreich, Kira mobilizes her mercenary fleet to seek out the scattered remains of Apollo’s fleets and allies.
Even if she can manage the merely difficult and bring the broken factions together, the hard truth remains: Brisingr’s victory was impossible. To undo it, Kira will have to duplicate it…
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April 15, 2023
Now’s the Time to Start Conviction! On Sale in the US and UK.
Want to get into Scattered Stars: Conviction with the final book coming up? We’ve got you covered. Conviction is on sale for 99¢ in the US and 99p in the UK.The post Now’s the Time to Start Conviction! On Sale in the US and UK. appeared first on Glynn Stewart.
April 14, 2023
Starship’s Mage on Sale in US and Canada
US and Canada! Starship’s Mage is $1.99 all month as a Kindle deal! If you haven’t started this science fantasy space epic, here is your chance. US Link | Canadian Link The post Starship’s Mage on Sale in US and Canada appeared first on Glynn Stewart.
