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Until now, my omnibus title, The Weapon Takers Saga Books 1-3, has only been available as an eBook or Audiobook.
I’m pleased to say it is now available in paperback, too! Featuring three maps and clean formatting I’m really pleased with the way it has come out. It IS a bit of a brick, so check you have space on your bookshelf first! Or, just keep it by your bed and it can double as a weapon to stop intruders.
It’s not every day you finish a series, but here I am pleased to report that Me Three has come to its epic conclusion with the release of book 4, Og-Grim-Dog: Ogre’s End Game. Andrey has done another fantastic job with this one, evoking the world-hopping, time-travelling, superhero elements of this story with his cosmic cover.
‘It’s all too easy for everyone else,’ said Grim, ‘to leave people behind. They just walk away, with their own pair of legs; their own arms, and head. We’ve never been able to do that. We’re stuck with each other forever. But that’s our strength. We’ve been forced to work as a team. And we’ll get through this just like we’ve got through everything else. Because we’re not doing this for ourselves, or for each other. We’re doing it for everyone else. For the scattered and the lost. We’re the only ones left, so we have to see it through.’
The paperback is already available to buy and the official release date for the eBook is 1st December, but you can get it now on pre-order.
What’s next? Some kind of recharging is necessary after a hectic 2020 – it’s been one hell of a year, hasn’t it? Releasing a 4-book series in the middle of it all has been intense at times. But I have plenty of ideas jostling each other for attention to be my next series. It’ll be interesting to see which one wins!
The Amazon set up is all done now. The paperback of Og-Grim-Dog is for sale already and the eBook is on pre-order in all stores, with a release date of 15th June.
The book is also entered in the SPFBO6 competition, which is an exciting addition. I’m looking forward to meeting other authors and finding great indie reads through that.
Reviews from my ARC readers are also mostly in now, with a lot of positive responses. There are already 9 reviews of the book up on Goodreads, a great way for potential readers to get a feel for what the book is like.
As for the rest of the series, my beta-readers have had a look at the second book in the series, Og-Grim-Dog and the Dark Lord. That will get a final edit over the next few days. I have asked Andrey, the same artist who did the first cover, to work on the cover for book two. We have agreed on a design and I think it’s going to look awesome! Meanwhile, I have begun to write book 3 of the series, Og-Grim-Dog and The War of The Dead.
So in other words, it’s getting pretty busy right now!
The Jalakh Bow is now available to buy on Amazon. The paperback edition has been released and the eBook is on pre-order, with a release date of 30th March.
Greg Patmore is again going to narrate and produce the audiobook version, and I am hopeful for an autumn release of this.
I’m excited about some promotion news coming up in April, so stay tuned for that!
The paperback edition of Bolivar’s Sword, the second book of The Weapon Takers Saga, is now available on Amazon. It’s been a busier past six months than I had anticipated, but it’s nice to finally make the sequel to Toric’s Dagger available and see them together. Toric’s Dagger was starting to feel a bit lonely.
Bolivar’s Sword takes off where Book One ended, with the heroes divided and in trouble. Things don’t get much easier and I think Bolivar’s Sword has a darker feel to it, with the stakes raised higher. War comes to Dalriya too and the scale of the story expands to cover an even wider range of locations and characters than Toric’s Dagger. There’s no doubt that this series is turning into a monster and will not be resolved as a traditional trilogy. I need to get on with Book Three!
Of course, Bolivar’s Sword will soon get an eBook version too and I anticipate that this will be available in June. Meanwhile, Toric’s Dagger hasn’t been neglected either. I’ve made some changes to the book, most noticeably a new author font for the cover which will now be the standard one used for the series. This is already in use for the eBook version and will soon replace the paperback cover, too. This means that if you own an early physical copy of Toric’s Dagger it will soon be a rare collector’s item. If you don’t own a copy yet, get one now before you miss your chance!
Most excitingly, Toric’s Dagger is getting an audio-book version. The narrating team of Greg Patmore and Bridget Thomas have done a fantastic job of bringing to life the (many) characters of the book and I couldn’t be happier with the result. It honestly sounds like a team of actors have worked on it rather than two. I’m hoping to be able to announce the arrival of the audio-book soon, so watch this space!