Introducing a new epic space opera

[Joe]

Hello everyone, I'm not sure if there's supposed to be a special folder for authors posting their books, but others seem to have done it here so I hope it's okay. In any case, I've recently put out a space opera novel that I'd like to share.

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He'll go to the ends of the galaxy to save his brother and sister.

When the brutal Hameji battle fleets conquer his homeworld, young James McCoy runs away from home to rescue his older brother and sister. Though the undefeated Hameji are feared throughout all of inhabited space, James will stop at nothing to get his family back.

He soon finds a band of interstellar mercenaries who agree to take him in, but what he doesn't know is that his sister has become a concubine to the main Hameji overlord--and his brother has been brainwashed and made an elite shock trooper in the Hameji Army.

A 110,000 word novel introducing a new series of epic space opera. Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and wherever else ebooks are sold.



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I have a few other books and stories up online, but I thought this one might interest you the most. It's the first book in what I hope will be a long-running space opera series. I've already got a couple of other books written, and I hope to epublish a loosely connected sequel before the end of this year. If you would like to know more about me or follow my writing, you can find me at my blog: One Thousand and One Parsecs.

Thanks so much! I look forward to following the other group discussions too.

Joe

Bringing Stella Home Joe Vasicek

[Creature]

Hello:
Here is as good a place as any to expose those of us who like Space Opera to your works. I like your blog as well.
Occasionally we have some really great discussions here but not as often as I'd like.
Have a Great Day!!!
The "Creature"

[Joe]

Sounds like a great premise for a story--definitely space opera material. I wish you the bast with it.

[Joe]

Thanks guys! Space opera (or "science fantasy," as some of my friends call it) is definitely my favorite genre; every time I write something, it always ends up taking place in space.

[Przemek]

Story sounds overinflated. Can you deliver immerse world? (especially if you want it to span on multiple books)
Or is it young adult?

[Joe]

I'm not sure what you mean by overinflated, but concerning immersion, that's something I definitely hope to do, though it may happen more over the course of several books.

My plan is to write a series of loosely connected novels set in the same universe, with some recurring characters but new stories and conflicts in each book. As a kid, I really liked how Sharon Creech did this, or how David Gemmell did it with his Drenai series. I have a lot of grand, sweeping ideas for the Gaia Nova universe, but when it comes to individual books, I tend to be more interested in the stories of individual characters, who may or may not impact the universe in a grand, sweeping way.

Anyways, I hope you'll give it a try and let me know what you think. As an author, I don't want to get in the way between you and the story; the book should stand on its own, and no two readers will take the same things from it.

As for whether it's YA, even though it's the kind of book I probably would have enjoyed as a young adult, I wouldn't classify it as such. Then again, YA is a tricky genre to classify.

[Przemek]

:overinflated: my term for works that have good plot, but authors manage to deliver feeling of immersion but only to certain level of complexity of the plot. ("lost fleet" is just great series, but last book is horrible, just because its last and "lack" the same "reasoning" that was present in previous works.

I was mentioning YA because in this genre its acceptable (dragon back series is nice example).

And yeah, I was more teasing than making serious inquiry. :P .

However I will mark your book for letter reading.
(Actually now that I looked at price (of kindle version), I wish I had cash for kindle, you have ruined my day ;) )

[Scott]

It sounds very interesting.

[T.M.]

Sounds like a good one...will have to keep an eye out for it. As someone who also writes "loosely connected novels set in the same universe, with some recurring characters but new stories and conflicts in each book" myself (though many of mine follow the exploits of a single main character), I find it to be a great way to go. The only trick is in writing enough into the story that new readers will be able to follow along without having read all the other books, while not writing so much backstory that you frustrate and/or bore your long-time fans.