Shattered Ties is Live!

I'm happy to announce that Shattered Ties, the next Guadel Chronicles book, is now live at all of the major retailers.

The Setup:
Brittle Bonds (The Guadel Chronicles Volume 3) saw Va'del and Jain driven from their mountain home by traitors among the People. The pair's time in the lowlands, surrounded by hostile priests of a foreign religion, tested them in ways they never anticipated, but they never forgot their friends and family who were fighting and possibly even dying on the frozen slopes of the White Spike Mountains.

Shattered Ties picks up the story of that fight and follows the desperate efforts of Javin, On'li, Va'ma and the rest as they try to survive against overwhelming odds. The Guadel who were so opposed to Va'del joining their ranks are about to find out that he's the only person with any chance of saving them from the enemy that they created.

You can find Shattered Ties at the following locations, and a print version will be forthcoming:
Amazon US
Amazon UK
iTunes
Barnes & Noble
Smashwords
Kobo

Sony, Diesel and others will follow as Shattered Ties makes it into the Smashwords premium catalog.

As indicated previously, Shattered Ties will be on sale for $3.99 until the end of the week as a thank you to all of you, after which it will revert to its normal price of $4.99.

As always, thank you for everything that you are doing to help spread the word.

Dean

Riven Cover Reveal...sort of

Katie has finished the cover for Riven, but this time we've done things smart and we did the print cover from the start rather than starting with an e-book cover and then coming back later and redoing everything so that we could release a print version.

The trickiest part this time around has been trying to settle on an border that we felt like dealt with the transition between the left side of the girl's face and the spine of the book. I'm in the process of ordering print proofs for our final four versions, which will probably be what decides things for us, but I thought that all of you might want to see what we've got so far.

(Remember the printing process results in .125 inches being cut off from all four sides, so the border you see here will be half the size on the actual printed books.)

I think that Katie and I are leaning to #1 for the print version and the gold border from #3 for the e-book, but I'd love to hear what you think.

The blurb on this one may not be what I end up using when all is said and done, but it gives you a bit of a feel for what's in store :)

Dean

Brittle Bonds is Live!

I'm incredibly happy to be able to announce that the next installment of Va'del and Jain's story, Brittle Bonds, is now live.

The Setup:
Va'del has saved his people for the second time in as many months.  This time he's determined to take what is rightfully his and marry Jain, but not everyone is happy with his accomplishments. Old enemies are preparing to see to it that Va'del and Jain never return home.

The coming treachery will do more than threaten Va'del and Jain's lives. It will test their devotion to each other and start them down a path that could lead to the overthrow of an entire civilization.

Brittle Bonds is available from:
Amazon US ($4.99)
Amazon UK (GBP 2.99)
iTunes ($4.99)
Barnes & Noble ($4.99)
Smashwords ($4.99)
Kobo ($4.99)

In Other News:
We managed to get four novels up between August, when I started writing full-time, and Christmas.  That means we've worked through my entire backlist and there aren't any more novels waiting in the wings to be published.

You'll be glad to know however that I'm 42,000 words into the sequel to Forsaken, which I'm calling TWB, and that once I finish TWB I'll be diving right into the fourth Guadel Chronicles novel.

As always, thank you all for waiting so patiently for Brittle Bonds.  It's been the better part of a decade since I first sat down to write Frozen Prospects and I'm incredibly excited to finally have the third installment out so that you all can read it.

Finally, thanks for all you do to help spread the word; may you all have an enjoyable holiday season.

--Dean