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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/

Well, LIMINAL SPACE already has over 110K words, and I’m not even done with the “zero draft” yet! The story has come together quickly and smoothly. This book is going to be so epic - exactly what you expect to see from the sequel to the Riven Worlds saga and more. It also picks up those relationship threads and story twists from the Cosmic Shores novels and takes them in exciting directions. I want to tell you everything - but I should probably wait and let the book do that, right?

What’s a “zero draft”? Why not a first draft? Well, the first draft comes later. When the zero draft is done, I’ve put words on the page for every scene in my outline. But I KNOW that when I read back through what I’ve written, I’m going to discover I have additional scenes to write. And I definitely know (because of all the words I didn’t write) that many of the scenes are stubs: they capture the major action of the scene, but they lack setting and context, which means many more words to write. Therefore, “zero draft.”

More news soon.

Quick question: do I have any fluent German speakers here? I’d love a brief consultation on a project - it shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes of your time. If you’re interested, hit ‘reply’ or email me at gs@gsjennsen.com.

Also, just to let everyone know: the website has gotten a lovely glow-up. The most important feature of the redesign is that it now looks 1000% better on mobile. It should be easier to find whatever book and format you’re looking for. The main page and series pages are much cleaner and more streamlined, too. And if you’re someone who keeps tabs on the WIP word count meter, you can now find it on the relevant book page (currently, Liminal Space).

THE UNIVERSE WITHIN audiobook is here! Who’s ready to immerse themselves in the dulcet vocal stylings of Pyper Down as you join Alex and Caleb on a fascinating adventure - and meet their new Elakri friends? By the way, before you start The Universe Within, give the prequel short story, EXTINGUISHING THE STARS, a listen. It adds so much depth and emotion to the novel. You can get it for FREE in my audiobook store or for pennies at the retailers.

The most affordable option for THE UNIVERSE WITHIN audiobook 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, Chirp, Spotify and more retailers:

* A stand-alone adventure set in the Amaranthe universe *

Thousands of years ago, the Elakri were a galaxy-spanning civilization—until one day they vanished. Forced to hide themselves away in the folds of space to escape an unstoppable foe, what was once their salvation soon became their prison.

Alex Solovy and Caleb Marano search the cosmos for signs of an ancient enemy’s return. When they detect a breach in the fabric of space, however, they discover something wholly unexpected: a people lost in time and space, who have forgotten all they once were.

Now Alex and Caleb must navigate a labyrinth of deception and danger on a world on the verge of collapse, as their mission to return the Elakri to their proper place among the stars becomes a desperate race against time to save everyone—including themselves.

The Universe Within is a thrilling sci-fi adventure overflowing with mysteries, conspiracies, and secrets within secrets. On a world where splendor is sovereign and myth is power, truth is the most dangerous weapon of all.

From the moment you turned the final page on Duality, you knew this battle was coming. And when you turned the final page on The Universe Within, you learned it was coming soon.

This series has, from the beginning, been about saving the universe from destruction at the hands of the Dzhvar. About a tireless endeavor by Mesme to save not merely innumerable lives but existence itself. (Though you can be forgiven for not realizing any of this when you cracked open a little book called Starshine. I did hide the ball for a while.)

As a brief aside: if I could change one thing about Starshine, it would be to put Mesme on the page somewhere. We learn in Vertigo how Mesme was watching all along, but I wish I’d found a way to squeeze them into a scene. Because this is Mesme’s story, at least as much as it is Alex and Caleb’s.

Anyway, where was I? Ah, yes, the Dzhvar. Specifically, the Dzhvar trilogy—or as I like to call it, Shadows & Light.

Book One of Shadows & Light is titled LIMINAL SPACE, and it will be coming your way later this year (you can preorder it here). Here’s the placeholder, very much non-final blurb for the book:

A war has been waged for endless aeons. Our greatest champions fight it again and again across millions of years, 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, an ancient enemy that once brought the universe to the brink of annihilation, rise from their long slumber to resume feasting on the fabric of space, the battle is again joined.

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

Hey, I used some of those same words up above…I guess I’m hammering a theme here, huh? By the way, I’ve already written almost 50K words of Liminal Space. This story wants to be told. ;)

Since I have a bit of a history of over-sharing in these blog posts, I’ll go ahead and tell you the titles of the remaining books as well:

Let your brain noodle over those titles and what they might foreshadow for a bit. I have draft versions of the covers done as well, but they’re not far enough along for me to share yet.

While I’m here, an important word about Cosmic Shores. I’ve been presenting these novels as “stand-alone adventures” outside the main Amaranthe story arc. With respect to Medusa Falling and The Thief, this is more or less true (though what Marlee, Eren and Nyx experienced in those books will have a real impact on their character arcs in Shadows & Light). The Universe Within, though? It’s not so stand-alone. Blame Alex and Caleb, for they carry this story with them wherever they go. This means the events of The Universe Within directly impact the plot of Liminal Space and the entire trilogy. So if you were skipping this book because it “didn’t matter,” it does. Grab it here.

Now, where was I…again? Ah, yes, the big news. Naked Singularity will be the 25th book in the Amaranthe universe. What a lovely round number that is! A good number with which to tell a proper story, I think.

…which is why it will be the final book in the series.

Alex has opinions

As I said, this has always been the story of saving the universe from annihilation—of creating a boundless future for all life—and Alex certainly intends to do that once and for all. Perhaps more importantly, though, this is the story I envisioned telling when I started working on Starshine—and never in my wildest dreams imagined I would actually get to do so.

But I did have that dream, which is a major reason I was indie from the start and have stayed that way. With the state of modern publishing, there was never a chance a publisher would buy into a 20+ book outline of a fully planned master story arc. It would’ve been all about selling one book—and if that book didn’t perform to expectations, it was game over. This is why a lot of series disappear uncompleted, which I know drives readers crazy. It’s a promise unfulfilled.

With Shadows & Light, Amaranthe will deliver on its promise: to tell an epic, complex, rewarding story that was going somewhere important from the beginning.

And it’s about more than just a final battle against the Dzhvar. These amazing characters have been through so much, have grown so much over the course of these books. Several of them saw lengthy character and relationship arcs draw to beautiful resolutions in Riven Worlds. (I’m looking at you, Mia, Malcolm, Perrin and Joaquim.) Others feel queued up to tackle their end-game boss demons and at last find peace or come into their own. (I’m looking at you, Eren. Marlee? Corradeo? Morgan?) And don’t even get me started on Nika’s journey…but that’s for the books to tell.

The point is, everything is coming together here at the end, exactly as it should. Twenty-five books. Sixty years of stories (going back to Meridian), plus a million years before that. All these roads and all this history leads to Shadows & Light. And I will do everything in my power to make these three books the most amazing, original, memorable and fulfilling conclusion possible.

You may recall that when I announced the Cosmic Shores trilogy, I talked about doing a sequence of short story or novella prequels to explore the million years of Amaranthe history between the (first) Dzhvar War and when humanity arrives. Well, I’ve devised a way to weave the most important of these stories into the Shadows & Light narrative itself, where they will have the biggest impact.

I know some of you are going to be…not pleased…to hear that Amaranthe is coming to an end after this trilogy. You love these characters as much as I do, and if you’re like me, nothing has been more fun than hanging out with them for millions of words. I agree! But as I’ve said many times, I never want my writing to become dull, repetitive or predictable. And I fear that if I were to try to stretch out this story with tacked-on plot devices and ‘just kidding!’ tricks, it would become so.

Does this mean I’ll never again write Alex and Caleb? It seems impossible for this to be true, for they are my heart and soul. But if I do return to Amaranthe at some point in the future, it will be under a different series name and will be a clear, unambiguous fresh start.

Some of you, on the other hand, are pleased with this news. I’ve heard from many of you that you want to see something new and fresh from me. I agree with that, too! Which is why I’ve already plotted out a brand-new trilogy set in a wholly new universe (I swear, I mean it—no Asterion Noir switcheroo this time). New characters, new technology, new bad guys, new history of humanity’s future.

But it’s going to be a while before I get to that story. So, having extracted the ideas out of my head and memorialized them on digital paper, I’ve set the outline aside—truly, way on the other side of the room—and turned my full, undivided attention to Shadows & Light. It’s going to be one hell of a ride, so buckle up.

It’s time to go hang out with Alex and Caleb again: THE UNIVERSE WITHIN is now available at all retailers 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).

* A stand-alone adventure set in the Amaranthe universe *

Thousands of years ago, the Elakri were a galaxy-spanning civilization—until one day they vanished. Forced to hide themselves away in the folds of space to escape an unstoppable foe, what was once their salvation soon became their prison.

Alex Solovy and Caleb Marano search the cosmos for signs of an ancient enemy’s return. When they detect a breach in the fabric of space, however, they discover something wholly unexpected: a people lost in time and space, who have forgotten all they once were.

Now Alex and Caleb must navigate a labyrinth of deception and danger on a world on the verge of collapse, as their mission to return the Elakri to their proper place among the stars becomes a desperate race against time to save everyone—including themselves.

The Universe Within is a thrilling sci-fi adventure overflowing with mysteries, conspiracies, and secrets within secrets. On a world where splendor is sovereign and myth is power, truth is the most dangerous weapon of all.

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

THE UNIVERSE WITHIN is almost here! Last time, I promised you I would tell you a little about Alex and Caleb’s new friends in the book. The Elakri are a fascinating species. Closed off from the rest of the universe, they’ve forgotten the heights to which they once rose (see Extinguishing the Stars). Yet within their prison, they shine so brightly.

Laurent is a physicist who unexpectedly finds himself at ground zero of a murderous conspiracy as he scrambles to uncover a secret that will upend every Elakri’s world.

Deunan is a truva (a rebel / hacker / thief / general troublemaker) whose attempts to keep Laurent alive bring her face-to-face with her own buried secrets.

They are both fantastic, and I hope you come to love them as much as I do.

That awesome StoryBundle I told you about last time? It’s only available for THREE MORE DAYS. Don’t miss out on this one:

In the Sci-Fi Exploration StoryBundle, you can get up to 12 exciting novels of sci-fi adventure and exploration by top indie authors (plus The Thief, which I hope you already have) at a stellar price. What’s special about StoryBundles? For one thing, the books are hand-selected and participation is invitation-only, so you’re guaranteed to get high quality stories. For another, you get to pay what you want (starting at $5 for the core bundle). Want to reward the authors and encourage more independent authors by giving a little more? We love you for that. On a budget and need to save some money? You’ll get a tremendous deal for these books. As a bonus, you can (if you choose) support Girls Write Now, a wonderful nonprofit that helps mentor girls so they can develop writing skills, with your purchase.

As part of planning the next trilogy, I’ve been rereading all the Riven Worlds novels. I’ve had a blast writing these stand-alone adventure novels, but it’s so wonderful to be back with the full cast. Which Amaranthe characters are you looking forward to seeing again and finding out what they’ve been up to these last three years? What personal story arcs are you excited to see continue, or enter a new phase? Let me know!