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Early October Update
Greetings, everyone. This is my beginning of the month update on everything going on with my two series.
The Clock and the Candles
Book 2 – The Clock and the Talisman – is out today. I will be running a Goodreads Giveaway with a chance to win autographed copies starting October 10.
Everybody is back in this one, and the conspiracy is joined by an imprisoned miner, an elderly prospector, a pair of new elves (one thin and mild mannered, the other enormously musclebound and heavily tattooed), and a young woman who has crossed an evil Brotherhood in the Northlands. I will be running a Goodreads Giveaway for autographed copies starting October 10.
There are three problems for the good guys in these tales, and each book in the trilogy mostly focuses on one of them.
Problem 1: Gwen is held in the Prison Maximus. The conspirators see what they can do about that in book 1 – The Clock and the Candles.
Problem 2: The Ebony Clock presents all kinds of trouble, both for members of the conspiracy and for everyone else in the Lands. The Clock and the Talisman is about two quests to get the clock under control, and they're tough.
Problem 3: King Adolphus. If there is to be peace in the Lands, The Usurper has to go. The last book in the trilogy – The Clock and the Crown – details the conspiracy's conflict with him and how it turns out, and maybe how they deal with a few new problems presented by the Ebony Clock. It will be out December 1, and it will be available for preorder later today.
The love stories feature in all three books, of course.
The Voided Man
Book 4 – Navigating Yesterday – releases on October 27. In the book, we learn a great deal about Jack's quest to learn enough medicine to save Laura in an age of very primitive technology, about Alexis' time at the Valkyrie School, about Maestro, and about Lord Jeffrey, a new villain who is causing all kinds of problems in the 30th Century. And that's just in the first hundred pages.
I've got book 5 just about done, and I'll be able to get it out by the end of the year – probably around mid December. That one will be called The Valkyrie-200.
That's my update for early October. Thank you for taking an interest in my writing.
The Clock and the Candles
Book 2 – The Clock and the Talisman – is out today. I will be running a Goodreads Giveaway with a chance to win autographed copies starting October 10.
Everybody is back in this one, and the conspiracy is joined by an imprisoned miner, an elderly prospector, a pair of new elves (one thin and mild mannered, the other enormously musclebound and heavily tattooed), and a young woman who has crossed an evil Brotherhood in the Northlands. I will be running a Goodreads Giveaway for autographed copies starting October 10.
There are three problems for the good guys in these tales, and each book in the trilogy mostly focuses on one of them.
Problem 1: Gwen is held in the Prison Maximus. The conspirators see what they can do about that in book 1 – The Clock and the Candles.
Problem 2: The Ebony Clock presents all kinds of trouble, both for members of the conspiracy and for everyone else in the Lands. The Clock and the Talisman is about two quests to get the clock under control, and they're tough.
Problem 3: King Adolphus. If there is to be peace in the Lands, The Usurper has to go. The last book in the trilogy – The Clock and the Crown – details the conspiracy's conflict with him and how it turns out, and maybe how they deal with a few new problems presented by the Ebony Clock. It will be out December 1, and it will be available for preorder later today.
The love stories feature in all three books, of course.
The Voided Man
Book 4 – Navigating Yesterday – releases on October 27. In the book, we learn a great deal about Jack's quest to learn enough medicine to save Laura in an age of very primitive technology, about Alexis' time at the Valkyrie School, about Maestro, and about Lord Jeffrey, a new villain who is causing all kinds of problems in the 30th Century. And that's just in the first hundred pages.
I've got book 5 just about done, and I'll be able to get it out by the end of the year – probably around mid December. That one will be called The Valkyrie-200.
That's my update for early October. Thank you for taking an interest in my writing.
Voided Man Books 6, 7, 8, 9
Greetings, all.
The next Voided Man book comes out on Sunday. It is called A Frozen Equilibrium, and Al is the narrator.
Al has turned out to be one of my most popular characters, and I've taken a deep dive into his inner world in the book. There is also a great new adventure - Al and Number One return to deep space, this time with Annabelle along. If you've enjoyed the series so far, I'm confident you'll like the story.
I'm kind of settling into a seven week cycle with this series, and I'm always two or three books ahead. So, to give a few details on the next books with their projected release dates and status.
March 23 - Book 7 - The Override System - Jack narrates. This one is completely finished and will be available for preorder on Sunday as soon as Book 6 launches.
May 11 - Book 8 - The Eight Colors of the Moonbow - Maestro narrates. I'm editing this one now, and the draft is complete.
June 29 - Book 9 - Title to be Determined - Annabelle narrates. The draft is about half finished, and there is a new kind of villain in this one. Really. I'm having a lot of fun with him. It, actually. You'll see.
I hope your 2025 is off to a good start.
Thank you for taking an interest in my writing.
The next Voided Man book comes out on Sunday. It is called A Frozen Equilibrium, and Al is the narrator.
Al has turned out to be one of my most popular characters, and I've taken a deep dive into his inner world in the book. There is also a great new adventure - Al and Number One return to deep space, this time with Annabelle along. If you've enjoyed the series so far, I'm confident you'll like the story.
I'm kind of settling into a seven week cycle with this series, and I'm always two or three books ahead. So, to give a few details on the next books with their projected release dates and status.
March 23 - Book 7 - The Override System - Jack narrates. This one is completely finished and will be available for preorder on Sunday as soon as Book 6 launches.
May 11 - Book 8 - The Eight Colors of the Moonbow - Maestro narrates. I'm editing this one now, and the draft is complete.
June 29 - Book 9 - Title to be Determined - Annabelle narrates. The draft is about half finished, and there is a new kind of villain in this one. Really. I'm having a lot of fun with him. It, actually. You'll see.
I hope your 2025 is off to a good start.
Thank you for taking an interest in my writing.
March Update
Greetings, everyone.
The Voided Man #7 – The Override System – comes out a week from Sunday. When the Valkyrie Program was established in the 22nd and 23rd Centuries, a back door may or may not have been created that allows control of all of the starships, wherever they may be. If such a system exists, it might open up all kinds of possibilities, or problems, or both. Jack narrates the story.
Book 8 – The Eight Colors of the Moonbow - will be out on May 11. It’s finished, and it will be available for pre-order as soon as Book 7 launches. Maestro narrates, and it’s back to the Potato for a significant part of that story.
Book 9 is drafted, and I’m about halfway through editing. It will be out in late June, and to reveal the title for the first time outside of my family and my writing group, it will be called The Fields of Glass Next Door. Annabelle narrates, and there is a lot of backstory on John and Annabelle in the days before John became Prisoner Number One, and then the book turns to a new adventure.
I’ve spent a fair amount of time writing about the distant future lately, and Book 10 will look at the universe’s distant past. That’s what I’m working on now, and I just finished a good chapter that features a strange bicycle race on a strange planet yesterday.
Before I go, a quick note for fans of The Clock and the Candles. I haven’t retired that series, but I will probably not expand it in 2025. My current plan is to work on a new story for Gwen, Roland, Xerx, and all the rest sometime in ’26 or ’27.
That’s it for this time.
Thank you for taking an interest in my writing.
The Voided Man #7 – The Override System – comes out a week from Sunday. When the Valkyrie Program was established in the 22nd and 23rd Centuries, a back door may or may not have been created that allows control of all of the starships, wherever they may be. If such a system exists, it might open up all kinds of possibilities, or problems, or both. Jack narrates the story.
Book 8 – The Eight Colors of the Moonbow - will be out on May 11. It’s finished, and it will be available for pre-order as soon as Book 7 launches. Maestro narrates, and it’s back to the Potato for a significant part of that story.
Book 9 is drafted, and I’m about halfway through editing. It will be out in late June, and to reveal the title for the first time outside of my family and my writing group, it will be called The Fields of Glass Next Door. Annabelle narrates, and there is a lot of backstory on John and Annabelle in the days before John became Prisoner Number One, and then the book turns to a new adventure.
I’ve spent a fair amount of time writing about the distant future lately, and Book 10 will look at the universe’s distant past. That’s what I’m working on now, and I just finished a good chapter that features a strange bicycle race on a strange planet yesterday.
Before I go, a quick note for fans of The Clock and the Candles. I haven’t retired that series, but I will probably not expand it in 2025. My current plan is to work on a new story for Gwen, Roland, Xerx, and all the rest sometime in ’26 or ’27.
That’s it for this time.
Thank you for taking an interest in my writing.
The Voided Man
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