The Battle for Majadan: Omnibus Edition

The Complete Trilogy Now In One Volume!

The Wight Lords and their undead legions conquered the city of Majadan in one night. Their next target is civilization itself. Caught in the chaos is a band of refugees. They aren't heroes or generals, immortals or gods, but in the right place and at the right time, the actions of a few may tip the balance of the world.

The Blood Prayer: Aust is a young man fleeing from his past, hiding in plain sight as a common minstrel. His knowledge of Majadan's secret ways has saved his life many times before, but when the powers of Hell are set loose in the streets, Aust becomes a guide for a band of survivors who will each have to choose between their honor and their lives in a desperate gamble for freedom.

The Bone Collar: Moth is the last of her kind, a shapeshifting nomad whose family was murdered on the night of the invasion. Now on the run, she stumbles on a secret that cuts through the heart of the only nation blocking the Wight Lords' advance. When she can't tell friends and enemies apart, can one lost girl stand against the Immortals? No matter the odds, Moth will have to try.

The Ghost Cauldron: Eris is a mercenary who lost everything when Majadan fell—including her life. Now, she and her fellow spirits are trapped, unable to escape from the city. Forging an alliance with former enemies, Eris leads a rebellion of ghosts, because the Wight Lords' schemes are darker than any of the living suspect, building toward a final battle that even the dead won't escape.

Ebook available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Kobo, Everand, Fable, and Apple.

Let the Summer SciFi Conventions Commence!

 

Just a quick note to announce that I'll be at two, count 'em, two great conventions bookending the month of June:

AugustaCon, June 1, Augusta, GA

HuntsvilleCon, June 30, Huntsville, AL

These were two of my favorite shows I attended last year, so I'm really looking forward to going back again. Hope to see you all there!

"Bat Country" in Illustrated Worlds

It's been a hot minute since I had a new short story for your consideration, but the day is finally here! My tale of a strange encounter in the wasteland on the edge of reality—otherwise known as “Bat Country”—is now available in Illustrated Worlds #5. Here's a sample:

I was on the edge of the Shadelands, near the Plain of the Shrieking Towers, when one of the void bats I’d spent months there to study was hit by a Greyhound bus. 

I didn’t know that it was a bus, or what the word “Greyhound” signified at the time. But there, where the tower-studded plain met the slope of rubble from Realm 348, a slice of road from an unknown Logic dimension had pressed against the fabric of Chaos Space. The void bats, drawn like moths to this fissure, feasted upon a trickle of alien laws of physics. They were usually deft at dodging the machines that shot along that otherworldly highway.

Not this time. As I spied through my optiscope from high up the mound of debris, a large block of metal with markings in an alien script plowed onto the road, surprising one of the two-dimensional bats and smashing it into goo across the machine’s face.

The whole issue promises to be fantastic. From the publisher:

Issue #5, the Spring 2024 edition of the horror and fantasy magazine, features incredible artwork by Reggie Thomas, Ruben Aldenhoven, Amuri Morris, Nick Stevens and more. Fifty pages of top quality fiction exploring the Hammer horror vibe of an all girls' school, a dimension hopping researcher studying bats and a ghost haunting phone apps. Stories by the likes of Scare in a Box, Fiona Scott Stevenson and Jonathan Balog bring the human imagination to life and explore the darker side of our souls.

Do I need to say more? Check it out now.

CoastCon & Nerdi Gras

It's going to be a busy month, with not just one but two conventions in the next few weeks! First off, I'll be returning to Biloxi's CoastCon from March 1-3, followed by Nerdi Gras in Duluth, Georgia from March 15-17. Click below for details:

It seems like it's been hardly any time since ChattaCon back in January. Here's a shout-out to everyone I shared Author's Alley with back in Chattanooga: Be sure to check out their books!

Alexander Nader - author of Beasts of Burdin

Bob McGough - author of The Jubal County Saga

Ben Meeks - author of The Keeper Chronicles

Devon Eriksen - author of Theft of Fire

George Weinstein - author of Hardscrabble Road

John G. Hartness - author of The Black Knight Chronicles

Kenneth Meade - author of Something Wicked

Kim Conrey - author of Ares Ascending

Every time I go to a convention, I always end up adding a whole new bookshelf to my reading list. But hey, you can never have too many books, so be sure to head to your nearest SF convention with a wad of cash in hand! (hint hint)