ARCs for BALLISTIC are in

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I just got a box of ARCs for BALLISTIC, the second novel in the Palladium Wars series. Still massively digging the cover, which was apparently the first shot the cover artist took at the concept. I looked at it and said, “I’m good with that.”

The Palladium Wars series is different from Frontlines by intent. Frontlines is first person present tense, Palladium Wars is third person past tense. I made that choice deliberately to give each those universes their own voice, and to make sure that Aden and the other POV characters don’t read and sound like Andrew in Frontlines. Writing in two different universes and narrative techniques has helped me improve my craft because I had to stretch slightly different writing muscles, so to speak. Starting a new series to run concurrently with Frontlines has also enabled me to look at the Frontlines universe with a new eye. Switching back and forth helps me stay on my toes and hopefully avoid falling into a rut.

You’ll be able to judge for yourselves whether I’ve succeeded with that because 2020 will see new book releases in both universes, and I hope to be able to keep that frequency going from now on.

(BALLISTIC will be out on May 26. ORDERS OF BATTLE will follow late in the year, and I’ll update this page as soon as I have a firm release date.)