Stephen Renneberg's Blog: The Renneblog

Greetings Mapped Spacers!

THE WARRIOR WORLDS is finally here!

I know it's been a long wait. I must be the slowest SF author on planet Earth, but producing a quality work takes a lot of time. So, thank you for your patience.

This week, Kirkus Reviews, the USA's oldest and most respected publishing industry reviewer, selected The Warrior Worlds for inclusion in its:

BEST INDIE BOOKS OF 2022

This list is of the top 100 Indie novels Kirkus reviewed in America this year across all genres. Kirkus review many thousands of novels each year, so it's a very tough list to make, especially for science fiction.

This recognition comes after Kirkus awarded The Warrior Worlds the coveted Kirkus Star earlier this year, an award given to books of 'exceptional merit', and also a rare achievement for a science fiction novel.

This is the second of my books to receive the double of a Kirkus Star and selection for the Best of the Year list, the last time being back in 2016 for The Mothersea.

If you like The Warrior Worlds, please give it a rating and a few words of endorsement on Amazon. Every rating helps spread the word.

How to buy The Warrior Worlds

The book is now available on Amazon. Links to the various markets can be found on my website at the following address:

https://www.stephenrenneberg.com/the-...

Enjoy. I look forward to reading your comments on Amazon. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

The 4th Mapped Space book is now available from Amazon (paperback only).

For details on the book, a close look at starship artwork and some background info to the Mapped Space Universe, please see my Newsletter:

https://www.stephenrenneberg.com/janu...

The first two books set in the Mapped Space Universe, The Mothership and The Mothersea, are now available in an omnibus ebook edition.

The Omnibus offers both books at 25% off the price of the books sold separately.

Pre-orders can be made on Amazon.com now while the Omnibus itself will be available from January 7, 2019.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LH3BP6K

I am delighted to announce that this week, I signed a major 5 book translation and mass market distribution deal with a national publisher in China. The deal includes all 5 of the Mapped Space titles:

The Mothership
The Mothersea
The Antaran Codex
In Earth's Service
The Riven Stars

All of these titles have received impressive reviews, feature cover art by renowned UK artist Tom Edwards, and were proofed and edited by my amazing wife Elenor.

The deal is with the Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co. Ltd, a well respected publisher of quality non fiction and fiction who have released more than 3,000 titles throughout mainland China.

The deal was brokered by Cherry Zhou of Rightol Media Limited, a leading foreign rights agency based in Chengdu, the cultural capital of southern China. Rightol are responsible for approximately 8% of foreign translations into China and have relationships with 95% of Chinese publishers.

The Chinese language paperback editions of the Mapped Space Universe books will be released in mainland China over the next twelve to eighteen months.

The Riven Stars and The Mothership have each been awarded a Finalist Medal for Science Fiction at the 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards.

I am delighted to announce that my latest novel, The Riven Stars, has won the Gold Medal in Science Fiction at this year's Independent Publisher Book Awards in the USA.

The "Ippys" are the world's largest book awards competition, receiving thousands of entries across 80 subject categories from around the world.

The Riven Stars homepage
https://www.stephenrenneberg.com/ther...

For fans of Mapped Space, here is an explanation of why the MSU (and perhaps our universe) is full of alien interstellar civilizations. The article also explains in detail the Hourglass Theory first presented in my novel The Mothersea. Enjoy!

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Tammy Davies, Senior Editor and Founder of blogger/publisher Metamorphoselit.com
reviewed The Antaran Codex for Metamorphose's March 2018 issue.

"From the first few pages, I was hooked."

READ THE REVIEW:

https://www.metamorphoselit.com/the-a...

Hi guys

The third Sirius Kade space opera / SF thriller has just launched, available for Kindle, Kobo and Apple iTunes and as a paperback on Amazon.

From the back cover:

"Blistering action ... arresting characters ... a densely plotted epic ... Renneberg aptly portrays strikingly different worlds ... (in) an exhilarating espionage tale involving the threat of galactic war."
- Kirkus Reviews


Earth Intelligence Service agent Sirius Kade is sent to intercept a mysterious visitor to the Orion Arm from the remote Cygnus Rim. He must discover why an alien race humanity has never before encountered conspires against Earth and its far flung colonies.

While civil war ravages mankind, Sirius discovers old and new enemies entwined in a sinister scheme of cosmic proportions. His mission takes him to barbaric human and oppressive alien worlds before a final reckoning in the ancient halls of galactic power.

Deceived and betrayed, Sirius is forced to choose between love and duty as the fate of galactic civilization is decided.

Ever wondered how man might reach the stars?

I've added a consideration of the science underlying interstellar travel in the Mapped Space Universe for those interested.

MSU Interstellar Travel