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** JUNE 12, 2026 ** in ebook, paperback and hardback (audio to follow).

For 23 books, the Amaranthe saga has swept you across multiverses: from Alex's dimension-defying explorations and Caleb’s world-saving heroics, to Nika's kyoseil-fueled rebellions and Miriam's strategic machinations. You've witnessed sentient planets awaken, AI-human symbioses redefine life, and unlikely alliances overcome impossible odds. But now an ancient enemy, the Dzhvar, have returned, and the universe’s days are numbered - unless Alex can find a way to save it. Her quest to find the key that unlocks everything will take her farther than any mind was ever meant to venture—and beyond.

You can pre-order the ebook from your favorite retailer today, and it will be waiting for you in your ereader / app on the 26th. You can also preorder a signed paperback or the audiobook directly from me. And did I mention I love the cover? Because I LOVE the cover.

To save the universe, Alex Solovy will risk everything to discover why it falls.

A war has raged for endless aeons. Our greatest champions have fought it again and again in a tireless endeavor to save not merely innumerable lives, but existence itself.

It is a war that has never been won. But there has never been a timeline like this one before.

When the Dzhvar descend in force, Corradeo Praesidis rises as Concord’s resurgent champion. Wielding primordial diati like living fire, he shields billions from the corrosive destruction the Dzhvar inflict. But he is just one man, and the enemy grows more numerous every day, so Kennedy Rossi races to forge dimensional sanctuaries for the worlds beyond his reach, each one carved out at a terrible price.

Nika Kirumase stands at the precipice of her million-year destiny, and the crushing weight of it threatens to shatter even her iron will. Mesme—her past, her mirror, her unyielding guide—must help her become what no other incarnation has: a bridge that can end the war instead of a martyr condemned to fight it anew.

But a bridge to what? Kyoseil binds Alex Solovy to the scar burned into the firmament when the Dzhvar returned. It floods her with visions of countless defeats, yet she hunts for the single path to victory. Her quest to find the key that unlocks everything will take her farther than any mind was ever meant to venture—and beyond.

In the explosive heart of the Amaranthe saga’s final trilogy, as the manifold fractures and primordial titans clash across the stars, relationships, courage and the threads of sanity strain and splinter beneath cosmic forces older than time.

This is the end of days. Mesme has saved the people who will save the universe, if it can be saved, for this moment, and they must hold nothing back.

Kobo Plus is featuring both Starshine and Exin Ex Machina this month, as part of a big SFF promotion. What’s Kobo Plus, you ask? Well, it’s a sort of “Netflix for books.” Much like Kindle Unlimited (KU), except it’s cheaper for readers ($7.99 vs $11.99 in the US), it includes audiobooks as well as ebooks, it’s available in a bunch of countries, and it’s fairer to authors. How? Well, in order for a book to be in KU, Amazon requires it to be published exclusively on Amazon. Kobo Plus, however, has no such requirement. This means all my books and audiobooks are available in Kobo Plus - and so are offerings from a ton of talented authors.

Best of all? The first month’s free, so you can try it out and see if you like it.

Kobo has a great free reading app you can install on your phone, tablet or computer, just like Kindle (they also make extremely high-quality ereader devices, if you decide you’re all in on Kobo). So check out these featured scifi and fantasy ebooks and audiobooks on Kobo Plus today (just a small sampling of the many titles available). Click on a book that catches your fancy, and you’ll be prompted to start your free trial. Enjoy!

Last time I talked about Emerald City Comic Con, so here's the update: it was a huge success, I had a wonderful time, and I definitely want to return next year. If you'd like to hear all about it and see a bunch of cool photos, check out my after-action report over on Supermassive Black Holes.

Update from my writer’s loft: I’m extremely happy with how THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING is coming together. The book is over 140K words long now; it might not quite match Liminal Space’s door-stopper status, but it’ll be close. I’ve finished the comprehensive, deep edit, and am now going back through it again for an extra layer of polish and shine - then it’s off for some formal editing.

I’m not quite ready to set the final release date yet, but from here, June is looking enticing. I’ll keep you posted.

But today, I’m so excited, giddy even, to share the final cover with you, along with the blurb for the book! I wish I could tell you how perfect this cover is, but I’m afraid you’re going to have to read the book to truly understand. It evokes all sorts of gooey, mushy feelings every time I gaze upon it. I’m honestly not certain how I’m going to top this one for the final book….

To save the universe, Alex Solovy will risk everything to discover why it falls.

A war has raged for endless aeons. Our greatest champions have fought it again and again in a tireless endeavor to save not merely innumerable lives, but existence itself.

It is a war that has never been won. But there has never been a timeline like this one before.

When the Dzhvar descend in force, Corradeo Praesidis rises as Concord’s resurgent champion. Wielding primordial diati like living fire, he shields billions from the corrosive destruction the Dzhvar inflict. But he is just one man, and the enemy grows more numerous every day, so Kennedy Rossi races to forge dimensional sanctuaries for the worlds beyond his reach, each one carved out at a terrible price.

Nika Kirumase stands at the precipice of her million-year destiny, and the crushing weight of it threatens to shatter even her iron will. Mesme—her past, her mirror, her unyielding guide—must help her become what no other incarnation has: a bridge that can end the war instead of a martyr condemned to fight it anew.

But a bridge to what? Kyoseil binds Alex Solovy to the scar burned into the firmament when the Dzhvar returned. It floods her with visions of countless defeats, yet she hunts for the single path to victory. Her quest to find the key that unlocks everything will take her farther than any mind was ever meant to venture—and beyond.

In the explosive heart of the Amaranthe saga’s final trilogy, as the manifold fractures and primordial titans clash across the stars, relationships, courage and the threads of sanity strain and splinter beneath cosmic forces older than time.

This is the end of days. Mesme has saved the people who will save the universe, if it can be saved, for this moment, and they must hold nothing back.

More news! Are you going to be attending Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle next weekend? Well, I am. I’ll have a booth in the Writer’s Block, which is on Level 2 of the Summit Building; it’s a great setup, with all the writers, and thus all the books to buy, in one place. If you're going to be there, come see me! You don't need to buy a paperback, promise - just stop by and say hello. I’d love to meet you. BUT, since Seattle is within driving distance for me, I can take special requests. I’ll have plenty of copies of Aurora Rising, Asterion Noir, Medusa Falling and The Thief with me, but if there’s a specific book you’d like to get signed, reply and let me know, and I’ll bring a copy along.

Finally, I want to share something really cool with you. One of my most awesome readers, Olga Savinkina-Titova, is a native Russian speaker, and she translated the very first short story in the Amaranthe universe, Restless I, into Russian, simply as a gift to me - and I’m sharing it with you. So if you happen to speak Russian, go give it a read. Alex would be so psyched over this. You can learn more about Olga here, and her proofreader, Yulia Afonasyeva, here.

Next time, a The Theory of Everything release date and more goodness.

Happy New Year! Just like the title says, the LIMINAL SPACE audiobook is now available for you to sink your ears into.

The most affordable option is at my audiobook store (if you haven’t tried it yet, BookFunnel offers a lovely listening app that rivals the big retailers):

Or get it from Audible, Apple, Spotify, Chirp and more retailers:

Pyper and I really wanted to get this to you in time for the holidays, and Pyper got it done! Unfortunately, Audible sat on processing it while they took their own holiday break. :/ Apologies - but it’s here now! Return to the full cast for the most epic adventure ever.

** The thrilling finale trilogy to the 25-book Amaranthe saga begins **

A war has raged for endless aeons. Our greatest champions have fought it again and again in a tireless endeavor to save not merely innumerable lives, but existence itself.

It is a war that has never been won. But there has never been a timeline like this one before.

When Alex Solovy deactivated the Piega Strai to save two billion Elakri from annihilation, she never imagined the consequences would ripple across the universe. Now the Dzhvar, ancient devourers of the cosmic manifold, have returned from their million-year exile. And the weapon that once repelled them, diati, is nowhere to be found.

Though haunted by guilt, loss, and the weight of a relentless cycle of sacrifice, Alex and her allies—warriors, scientists, sentient planets and primordial beings—must step up to confront an impossible enemy. While Miriam marshals fleets to battle a foe no armament can touch and Alex probes scars in the cosmic fabric to solve a puzzle that spans time and space, Nika’s quest to unlock new kyoseil abilities pushes her ever closer to discovering the devastating truth about her past and future.

Secrets a million years in the making are about to come into the light.

In this epic opening to the Amaranthe saga’s final trilogy, destinies long foretold collide with shocking new revelations. Every alliance created, every technological marvel invented and every hero forged will be brought to bear against an enemy that threatens to unravel the very threads of the universe.

If Alex Solovy has anything to say about it, for the last time.

I am so excited to share that THE THIEF has won the Indie Author Project 2025 Award for Best SciFi Book! The Thief and Eren have gotten so much love, and I could not be happier about it.

What’s the Indie Author Project? It’s a national library program (Canada, too) dedicated to connecting local libraries and the readers that use them with great indie-published books. In addition to the Awards program, they sponsor Indie Author Day every year, which is 2 weeks of events at libraries across North America. You can learn more about the program and see all the award winners here: Indie Author Project 2025 Awards

So what all did The Thief win? There was an online awards ceremony, and I got to record a little acceptance video, which was too cool. Should you want to see it, the video is available here: Awards Ceremony (I’m at 15:22). The book will be featured in the “Best of Books” issue of Library Journal, an actual physically printed magazine. I’ll have an interview with IAP up in a few weeks as well. Oh, and I won some money! Neat.

I want to give a shout out to my local libraries for all their support of indie authors: Coeur d'Alene Public Library and the Community Library Network (the CDA suburbs network of libraries). I’m excited to be doing a local author event at the Hayden library (part of CLN) this weekend, in fact. Libraries are awesome, guys, and they are doing great work to keep books in people's lives, no matter a person's means. If you haven't hooked up with your local library in a while, give them a visit.

Writing updates! THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING is coming along quite nicely, while shaping up to be another beast of a book. I’ve just about finished up the cover for it, and I am head-over-heels in love with it - I can’t wait to share it with you. Also, Pyper is about 2/3 finished with the LIMINAL SPACE audiobook - I’ll let you all know as soon as it’s available.

Now about that sale. From now through next Tuesday—Black Friday, Cyber Monday and everything in between—the first two omnibus collections in the Amaranthe saga are on massive sale over at my store. Get AMARANTHE I: RISE (3 huge novels, 2 short stories plus bonus materials) for all of 99 cents, plus AMARANTHE II: REBELLION (3 more novels and a short story plus yet more bonus materials) for 50% at $4.99. Tell your friends, and get them utterly hooked on this universe.

Note: The Rebellion discount is an add-on that appears when you put Rise in your cart; it’s not on sale separately.

But you’ve probably read all those books, so I’ve got some great recommendations for you today, too, from two of the best indie scifi authors writing today (and I can personally attest that both are fantastic people as well).

STARSHIP WAKING by C. Gockel is now FREE at all retailers. It's part of her wonderful Archangel Project universe, but it's 100% newcomer-friendly, so no worries if you haven't read the other books. This is one crazy ride of a book. Get it HERE.

THE ORACLE, the newest entry in Peter Cawdron's wildly original and inventive First Contact series, is now out. Every First Contact story is a standalone, self-contained novel. I’ve recommended other books in the series to you before, and I’ve heard great things back, so I think many of you will enjoy it. Get it HERE.

Technically a second question, I suppose - we’ll get there in a second. If you haven’t grabbed LIMINAL SPACE yet, you can find it at your favorite retailer in ebook and print now.

If you’ve picked it up already, I certainly hope you are enjoying it! Let me know. What are readers saying so far?

“How I'm still invested after 23 books, I have no idea. But somehow, the stakes are higher than ever, the adventure is exciting, the plot threads feel new, and the bad guys are ultra bad. I couldn't be more pleased with this book!”

“Wow - what a start to the final arc in this epic tale. I wasn’t ready for the book to end and can’t wait for the next one.”

“I had a lot of fun with the smaller, more contained stories in the Cosmic Shores novels, but reading this book felt like being reunited with a bunch of old friends. I hadn’t realized how much I missed the full Amaranthe cast!”

I’m exited to share the newest Kickstarter from my friend and stellar scifi writer C. Gockel. NOBLE SAVAGES is the finale in the Convergence cycle (part of her epic Archangel Project universe). I know I shared the first book in the story, Beasts in the Garden, with you all a while back - but if you missed it then, no worries. You can pick up the first and second books as part of the new Kickstarter.

And on that thought, my other question: have you ever bought a book (ebook or physical) through Kickstarter? I’ve never gone the Kickstarter route, because, hey, you guys are all already here. But after Shadows & Light, I’m going to be launching an entirely new universe, and it might be time to mix things up a bit. For now, I’m simply curious. If you have more thoughts than simply ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ comment and let me know how you found the experience.

The final battle to save the universe from destruction is here. LIMINAL SPACE is now available in ebook, paperback and hardback!

If you pre-ordered the ebook, it should be waiting for you right now on your ereader device or app. (Note: if you pre-ordered directly from my web store, you should have an email from BookFunnel with a link to download your book; if not, go to my.bookfunnel.com and login with the email you used to pre-order.)

You can get the paperback and hardback from Amazon, Barnes & Noble’s website and many other online bookstores, or you can order a signed copy directly from me.

Audiobook listeners: Pyper Down has already started recording! If you want to listen to the chapters as she records them, you can join my Buy Me A Coffee (Concord level).

** The thrilling finale trilogy to the 25-book Amaranthe saga begins **

A war has raged for endless aeons. Our greatest champions have fought it again and again in a tireless endeavor to save not merely innumerable lives, but existence itself.

It is a war that has never been won. But there has never been a timeline like this one before.

When Alex Solovy deactivated the Piega Strai to save two billion Elakri from annihilation, she never imagined the consequences would ripple across the universe. Now the Dzhvar, ancient devourers of the cosmic manifold, have returned from their million-year exile. And the weapon that once repelled them, diati, is nowhere to be found.

Though haunted by guilt, loss, and the weight of a relentless cycle of sacrifice, Alex and her allies—warriors, scientists, sentient planets and primordial beings—must step up to confront an impossible enemy. While Miriam marshals fleets to battle a foe no armament can touch and Alex probes scars in the cosmic fabric to solve a puzzle that spans time and space, Nika’s quest to unlock new kyoseil abilities pushes her ever closer to discovering the devastating truth about her past and future.

Secrets a million years in the making are about to come into the light.

In this epic opening to the Amaranthe saga’s final trilogy, destinies long foretold collide with shocking new revelations. Every alliance created, every technological marvel invented and every hero forged will be brought to bear against an enemy that threatens to unravel the very threads of the universe.

If Alex Solovy has anything to say about it, for the last time.

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It’s a busy summer over here. First off, LIMINAL SPACE will be in your hands in a few short weeks! I can’t wait for you to dive back into this epic universe alongside the full cast. In case you missed it, I wrote a blog post about the Shadows & Light trilogy that you should definitely read: “For All The Marbles”

Have you pre-ordered Liminal Space yet, so it will show up automagically on September 26th?

Next, I’m thrilled to announce that the COSMIC SHORES COLLECTION audiobook is here. Though Medusa Falling, The Thief, and The Universe Within each feature different protagonists, they all take place in the same one-month period, offering a glimpse at a few of the many wild and dangerous adventures our friends in Amaranthe get up to in their free time. Now you can enjoy the vocal stylings of Pyper Down as she brings these fun, exciting stories to life.

Who’s going to Dragon Con next week? It runs Aug. 28-Sept. 1 in Atlanta, and is one of the world’s largest celebrations of all thing sci-fi and fantasy: movies and TV, comics, games, art, of course books, and so much more. Get your tickets here.

In addition to speaking on several intersting panels, I will have my own vendor booth in the main vendor hall (3rd floor) for the entire convention. If you're going to be there, come see me! You don't need to buy a paperback, promise - just stop by and say hello. I’d love to meet you.

For 22 books, the Amaranthe saga has swept you across multiverses: from Alex's dimension-defying explorations and Caleb’s world-saving heroics, to Nika's kyoseil-fueled rebellions and Miriam's strategic machinations. You've witnessed sentient planets awaken, AI-human symbioses redefine life, and unlikely alliances overcome impossible odds. Now, the cycle culminates in Liminal Space—Book One of the final trilogy, Shadows & Light.

LIMINAL SPACE will arrive in your hands on ** SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 ** in ebook, paperback and hardback. You can pre-order the ebook from your favorite retailer today, and it will be waiting for you in your ereader / app on the 26th:

Want to listen to the audiobook as Pyper Down records it? Sign up for my “Buy Me A Coffee” program (Concord level):

Want a signed, personalized hardback or paperback? Pre-order one today:

A war has raged for endless aeons. Our greatest champions have fought it again and again in a tireless endeavor to save not merely innumerable lives, but existence itself.

It is a war that has never been won. But there has never been a timeline like this one before.

When Alex Solovy deactivated the Piega Strai to save two billion Elakri from annihilation, she never imagined the consequences would ripple across the universe. Now the Dzhvar, ancient devourers of the cosmic manifold, have returned from their million-year exile. And the weapon that once repelled them, diati, is nowhere to be found.

Though haunted by guilt, loss, and the weight of a relentless cycle of sacrifice, Alex and her allies—warriors, scientists, sentient planets and primordial beings—must step up to confront an impossible enemy. While Miriam marshals fleets to battle a foe no armament can touch and Alex probes scars in the cosmic fabric to solve a puzzle that spans time and space, Nika’s quest to unlock new kyoseil abilities pushes her ever closer to discovering the devastating truth about her past and future.

Secrets a million years in the making are about to come into the light.

In this epic opening to the Amaranthe saga’s final trilogy, destinies long foretold collide with shocking new revelations. Every alliance created, every technological marvel invented and every hero forged will be brought to bear against an enemy that threatens to unravel the very threads of the universe.

If Alex has anything to say about it, for the last time.

More great news: for the next 2 weeks, all the Amaranthe Collection audiobooks are on ridiculous sale over at Chirp.

Fancy buying them from my direct store instead? I’d appreciate that so much, I’m matching the Chirp sale, plus a little extra. Use the coupon “50_OFF” at checkout for 50% the Collection audiobooks.

Update from my writer’s loft: work on LIMINAL SPACE is going fabulously. It’s over 145K words now (putting it on track to be the third-longest book in the series); I’ve finished the comprehensive, deep edit, and am now going back through it again for an extra layer of polish and shine - then it’s off for some formal editing.

I’m not quite ready to set the final release date yet, but from here, mid-to-late September or early October is looking entirely doable. I’ll keep you posted.

But today, I’m so excited to share the final cover with you! Quite mysterious and ethereal, isn’t it? As I always try to do, this art conveys the the theme and tone of the book, as well as the meaning of the title (or rather meanings, plural - you know how I love to sneak in more than one connotation). Let the speculation begin!

I’m excited to share that Kobo is featuring THE THIEF and THE UNIVERSE WITHIN as part of its Kobo Plus SciFi & Fantasy Feature this month.

What’s Kobo Plus, you ask? Well, it’s a sort of “Netflix for books.” Much like Kindle Unlimited (KU), except it’s cheaper for readers ($7.99 for ebooks vs $11.99 in the US), it includes audiobooks as well as ebooks, it’s available in a bunch of countries, and it’s fairer to authors. How? Well, in order for a book to be in KU, Amazon requires it to be published exclusively on Amazon and no other retailers (this is why my books aren’t in KU). Kobo Plus, however, has no such requirement. This means all my books and audiobooks are available in Kobo Plus - and so are offerings from a ton of talented authors.

Best of all? The first month’s free, so you can try it out and see if you like it. Kobo has a great free reading app you can install on your phone, tablet or computer, just like Kindle. So check out these featured scifi and fantasy ebooks and audiobooks on Kobo Plus today (just a small samplling of the many titles available). Click on a book that catches your fancy, and you’ll be prompted to start your free trial. Enjoy!

Just because the Cosmic Shores novels all tell their own stories, doesn’t mean they don’t deserve to be wrapped up in a bundle for their own special collection! Though Medusa Falling, The Thief, and The Universe Within each feature different protagonists, they all take place in the same one-month period, offering a glimpse at a few of the many wild and dangerous adventures our friends in Amaranthe get up to in their free time.

Download AMARANTHE VII: COSMIC SHORES from your favorite retailer (including direct from me) at a 45% discount over buying the books individually.

* Need to catch up? All the previous collections are available HERE. *

Do you live in the Pacific Northwest? Come see me at Lilac City Comicon in Spokane this weekend! It runs June 6-7 and features over 300 exhibitors, cosplay contests, panels, gaming and more.

I'll have a booth on the main exhibitor floor both days. Come by to grab signed paperbacks, or just to say hi and take a pic together.

If you're planning to be there, shoot me a message and let me know! You can learn more and get tickets here: https://www.lilaccitycon.com/