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Sale next week!
It’s the season of love, and good reason for Hallmark to sell more cards. I’m not sure Saint Valentine would get behind a company mass producing kitschy cards for people, but hey, we all could use a reason to be more romantic.
Love is the fuel that fills our emotional gas tanks.
Speaking of filled gas tanks, I know a lot of you need books to read, and while I’m in the post production of two novels and a short story collection plus writing another, I figured February would be a good time to give you all some free eBooks.
Starting February 13th and running through February 17th, I’m giving away multiple eBooks through Amazon’s US storefront. Feel free to pick them up for free yourself, gift them to friends, family and strangers, or just let folks know about what’s free. Remember too, if you have the eBook, the Audible version is vastly discounted, so in a way, this is like a sale on the audio versions too.
Below are links to the free titles.
Adrian’s Undead Diary #1: Dark Recollections https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G76PKTC
The Kinless Trilogy #1: The Wrath of the Orphans https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F8YH6QE
The Reemergence #1: Tesser: A Dragon Among Ushttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JP5CNN8
At Least He's Not On Fire: A Tour of the Things That Escape My Head my collection of the above three book’s opening chapters, plus a few short stories. This one is always free, but hey, when you’re telling people about free stuff, tell them about all of it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JSGEKIK
and Alan MacRaffen’s Elmoryn novella: The Doom of Eldrid Cole https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SIGBRIC
I hope some folks can grab a few of these for free to try out something new.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
Love is the fuel that fills our emotional gas tanks.
Speaking of filled gas tanks, I know a lot of you need books to read, and while I’m in the post production of two novels and a short story collection plus writing another, I figured February would be a good time to give you all some free eBooks.
Starting February 13th and running through February 17th, I’m giving away multiple eBooks through Amazon’s US storefront. Feel free to pick them up for free yourself, gift them to friends, family and strangers, or just let folks know about what’s free. Remember too, if you have the eBook, the Audible version is vastly discounted, so in a way, this is like a sale on the audio versions too.
Below are links to the free titles.
Adrian’s Undead Diary #1: Dark Recollections https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G76PKTC
The Kinless Trilogy #1: The Wrath of the Orphans https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F8YH6QE
The Reemergence #1: Tesser: A Dragon Among Ushttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JP5CNN8
At Least He's Not On Fire: A Tour of the Things That Escape My Head my collection of the above three book’s opening chapters, plus a few short stories. This one is always free, but hey, when you’re telling people about free stuff, tell them about all of it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JSGEKIK
and Alan MacRaffen’s Elmoryn novella: The Doom of Eldrid Cole https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SIGBRIC
I hope some folks can grab a few of these for free to try out something new.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
Colony Lost has arrived
COLONY LOST has arrived.
Seven hundred fifty years ago, human colonists left Earth and settled on the moons of the distant gas giant Ghara.
Civilization has flourished on Ghara’s fertile moons, but humanity’s drive to colonize and explore is still strong. Detecting plentiful mineral resources and a rich abundance of alien life on the nearby planet of Selva, the Gharian Colonists mount a dangerous expedition. Young newlywed marines Dustin and Melody will find themselves put to the ultimate test as they forge a way through fierce magnetic storms into an unknown and utterly alien world.
Tensions mount at home, as not all of the colonists support this mission and its high cost of resources, and many are outright hostile towards the Marines and scientists who are setting out to colonize the new world.
As the peace the four colonies have shared for almost 200 years starts to fracture, what the expedition finds on Selva might very well be the worst thing humanity has ever dealt with.
If you are one of the first 25 reviewers on Amazon, you will be entered into a random drawing for a signed proof copy of the novel.
Colony Lost
Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TQBMWH/...
Print: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548449733/...
Seven hundred fifty years ago, human colonists left Earth and settled on the moons of the distant gas giant Ghara.
Civilization has flourished on Ghara’s fertile moons, but humanity’s drive to colonize and explore is still strong. Detecting plentiful mineral resources and a rich abundance of alien life on the nearby planet of Selva, the Gharian Colonists mount a dangerous expedition. Young newlywed marines Dustin and Melody will find themselves put to the ultimate test as they forge a way through fierce magnetic storms into an unknown and utterly alien world.
Tensions mount at home, as not all of the colonists support this mission and its high cost of resources, and many are outright hostile towards the Marines and scientists who are setting out to colonize the new world.
As the peace the four colonies have shared for almost 200 years starts to fracture, what the expedition finds on Selva might very well be the worst thing humanity has ever dealt with.
If you are one of the first 25 reviewers on Amazon, you will be entered into a random drawing for a signed proof copy of the novel.
Colony Lost
Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TQBMWH/...
Print: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548449733/...
The Last Resort!
The Last Resort is here.
The zombies have been banished for almost a year now, and Adrian Ring's greatest threats are starvation, and strangers.
He can feed both problems away, but a full belly doesn't always lead to trust.
With the Northern Valley Cooperative shored up as allies, the future looks bright for Adrian and his family at Bastion. They've added tanks, machine guns, a helicopter, and a hundred trained National Guardsman to their assets on hand.
But why is Adrian so uneasy?
Why are the refugees from overseas coming in such large droves? Why are they so hungry, and afraid? Why are they so happy to find the Trinity on foreign shores?
Because they left the scourge behind.
At least, they thought they left it behind.
Humanity's plague returns, and when it does, alliances old and new are put to the test, and the world is upended yet again.
The Last Resort contains Adrian's Journal entries from December 3rd, 2013 through June 7th, 2014. It also contains the side fictions, Steve Goes to the City, The Only Easy Day, The Last Plane out of Kandahar, The Citadel, Terrible Things in Your Name, and Just Me.
Order the print version today: https://amzn.to/2AzT3zk
Pre-Order the Kindle for tomorrow: https://amzn.to/2SuuPNK
Enjoy.
-Chris
The zombies have been banished for almost a year now, and Adrian Ring's greatest threats are starvation, and strangers.
He can feed both problems away, but a full belly doesn't always lead to trust.
With the Northern Valley Cooperative shored up as allies, the future looks bright for Adrian and his family at Bastion. They've added tanks, machine guns, a helicopter, and a hundred trained National Guardsman to their assets on hand.
But why is Adrian so uneasy?
Why are the refugees from overseas coming in such large droves? Why are they so hungry, and afraid? Why are they so happy to find the Trinity on foreign shores?
Because they left the scourge behind.
At least, they thought they left it behind.
Humanity's plague returns, and when it does, alliances old and new are put to the test, and the world is upended yet again.
The Last Resort contains Adrian's Journal entries from December 3rd, 2013 through June 7th, 2014. It also contains the side fictions, Steve Goes to the City, The Only Easy Day, The Last Plane out of Kandahar, The Citadel, Terrible Things in Your Name, and Just Me.
Order the print version today: https://amzn.to/2AzT3zk
Pre-Order the Kindle for tomorrow: https://amzn.to/2SuuPNK
Enjoy.
-Chris
The Phone is coming!
I am elated to share with everyone that audible has purchased the worldwide English language audio rights to the first two books in the Dry Earth series.
The Phone is book one in the series, and will be released under my YA pen name, W.J. Orion. Audible is looking at a release date somewhere in March-ish, and eBook and audio will be simultaneous.
I'm very excited to give everyone a new world of mine to enjoy.
The Phone is book one in the series, and will be released under my YA pen name, W.J. Orion. Audible is looking at a release date somewhere in March-ish, and eBook and audio will be simultaneous.
I'm very excited to give everyone a new world of mine to enjoy.
The Phone, Chapter One
From The Phone by W.J. Orion. (my YA Pen name)
They came from above the sky.
They took the water.
Then they left.
Mostly.
More coming soon. Book releases on 3/26, and you can pre-order the Kindle version on Amazon RIGHT. NOW.
They came from above the sky.
They took the water.
Then they left.
Mostly.
More coming soon. Book releases on 3/26, and you can pre-order the Kindle version on Amazon RIGHT. NOW.
Pre-order for WJ Orion's The Phone!
The invaders came down to Earth in their ships, and multi-legged battle armor and we had no way to stop them from taking the water. Made sense. They looked like massive crabs, after all. The war was over in days.
Now, those left behind eke out a parched existence in the scorched rubble, avoiding the hunter-killer teams of crabs as they scour Earth for whatever they deem valuable.
Sixteen year old Yasmine Whitten is an expert at navigating the wastes; born into this world, she not only survives; she thrives. But she's got a secret; her mother's old cell phone.
Kept intact for 13 years of alien invasion, and kept charged by a tiny solar panel, these two relics of a dead-world give her sanity, and a host of tools that allow her to stay ahead of the scavengers, both human and crab alike. It's a flashlight and a camera, and when she can't sleep, she can comfort herself in the cold desert by looking at pictures of her mother and father, and by reading their old text messages to one another.
She's doing well enough, for a teenager on her own in a ravaged world.
Until the phone rings.
The Phone is author W.J. Orion's first young adult science fiction novel. First in a planned trilogy of Dry Earth books, it's suitable for teenagers and adults alike.
You can now pre-order The Phone in audio and on the Kindle here:
https://www.amazon.com/Phone-Dry-Eart...
Now, those left behind eke out a parched existence in the scorched rubble, avoiding the hunter-killer teams of crabs as they scour Earth for whatever they deem valuable.
Sixteen year old Yasmine Whitten is an expert at navigating the wastes; born into this world, she not only survives; she thrives. But she's got a secret; her mother's old cell phone.
Kept intact for 13 years of alien invasion, and kept charged by a tiny solar panel, these two relics of a dead-world give her sanity, and a host of tools that allow her to stay ahead of the scavengers, both human and crab alike. It's a flashlight and a camera, and when she can't sleep, she can comfort herself in the cold desert by looking at pictures of her mother and father, and by reading their old text messages to one another.
She's doing well enough, for a teenager on her own in a ravaged world.
Until the phone rings.
The Phone is author W.J. Orion's first young adult science fiction novel. First in a planned trilogy of Dry Earth books, it's suitable for teenagers and adults alike.
You can now pre-order The Phone in audio and on the Kindle here:
https://www.amazon.com/Phone-Dry-Eart...
The Phone is here.
The invaders came down to Earth in their ships, and multi-legged battle armor and we had no way to stop them from taking the water. The war was over in days.
Now, those left behind eke out a parched existence in the scorched rubble, avoiding the hunter-killer teams of monsters as they scour Earth for whatever they deem valuable.
Sixteen year old Yasmine Whitten is an expert at navigating the wastes; born into this world, she not only survives; she thrives. But she's got a secret; her mother's old cell phone.
Kept intact for 13 years of alien invasion, and kept charged by a tiny solar panel, these two relics of a dead-world give her sanity, and a host of tools that allow her to stay ahead of the scavengers, both human and crab alike. It's a flashlight and a camera, and when she can't sleep, she can comfort herself in the cold desert by looking at pictures of her mother and father, and by reading their old text messages to one another.
She's doing well enough, for a teenager on her own in a ravaged world.
Until the phone rings.
The Phone is author W.J. Orion's first young adult science fiction novel. First in a planned trilogy of Dry Earth books, it's suitable for teenagers and adults alike.
***OUT NOW***
Audible/Kindle: https://amzn.to/2Wod6Zx
Dead tree: https://amzn.to/2UaIT2x
Now, those left behind eke out a parched existence in the scorched rubble, avoiding the hunter-killer teams of monsters as they scour Earth for whatever they deem valuable.
Sixteen year old Yasmine Whitten is an expert at navigating the wastes; born into this world, she not only survives; she thrives. But she's got a secret; her mother's old cell phone.
Kept intact for 13 years of alien invasion, and kept charged by a tiny solar panel, these two relics of a dead-world give her sanity, and a host of tools that allow her to stay ahead of the scavengers, both human and crab alike. It's a flashlight and a camera, and when she can't sleep, she can comfort herself in the cold desert by looking at pictures of her mother and father, and by reading their old text messages to one another.
She's doing well enough, for a teenager on her own in a ravaged world.
Until the phone rings.
The Phone is author W.J. Orion's first young adult science fiction novel. First in a planned trilogy of Dry Earth books, it's suitable for teenagers and adults alike.
***OUT NOW***
Audible/Kindle: https://amzn.to/2Wod6Zx
Dead tree: https://amzn.to/2UaIT2x
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