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May 10, 2013May 10, 2013

Yes, I am alive… Big News #2 !!!

I’m so behind right now I’m staggering like a wounded possum ricocheting helplessly across the middle of a ten-lane Interstate packed with hurtling commuter traffic. Yep. A lovely image, I know. 😉

Meanwhile, at least, here is my next fun hunk of news: Interrupt is already for sale, although you can’t actually get your hands on its electrons or pages or sound waves. Not until July. Nevertheless, it’s fun to see those ebook, print, and audio editions on The Amazon. More new soon (if I escape the onslaught). As a fun exclusive, here is the full jacket, which can’t yet be seen anywhere else:

April 12, 2013

Too Hot For North America!!

Fun news today for everyone outside North America. I've released new "author’s cut" e-book editions of the Plague Year trilogy. Due to my contracts with Ace, the new editions aren't available in the U.S. or Canada -- and this weekend, the first book is free. 😉

Here's the revised jacket copy:

At last, the author’s cut of the bestselling apocalyptic thriller! The all-new Plague Year is twenty pages longer, less expensive, and packed with artwork.

“Terrifying.” —Scott Sigler
“Riveting.” —David Brin
“Rock-hard realistic.” —James Rollins

The nanotech was intended to save lives. Instead, it killed five billion people, devouring all warm-blooded lifeforms except on the highest mountain peaks.

The safe line is 10,000 feet. Below, there is only death. Above, there is famine and war. Mankind’s final hope rests with a scientist aboard the International Space Station — and with one man in California who gambles everything on a desperate mission into the ruins of the old world…

Amazon US (for customers in the world at large):
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AHJTUBE

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00AHJTUBE

Amazon DE:
www.amazon.de/Plague-Year-Authors-Cut-ebook/dp/B00AHJTUBE/

Amazon FR:
www.amazon.fr/Plague-Year-Authors-Cut-ebook/dp/B00AHJTUBE/

March 29, 2013

Newsflash: “Wool” is seriously cool

I know, I know, if you’re the one person like me who’s been living in silo all this time and you haven’t read the stories yet, Hugh Howey’s Wool is worth the hype — and I don’t say that lightly.

The first installment in the series is not the best. The original stand-alone section has some great twists and turns. Then in what amounts to chapter two, the story takes off. After you sink your head into chapter three, there ain’t no coming out. You’re in this world to stay.

What I’ve noticed most about the series (I’m near the end of the Wool Omnibus and will definitely grab the Shift Omnibus next) is that the storyline is much more about the people than about the tech. Howey does an incredible job of immediately sketching his characters into real, believable people. It’s easy indeed to become emotionally invested. I’ve a hard time not reading one more chapter. Just one more, I swear!

The book is sci fi but not too sci fi, dark but not too dark, very accessible, very engaging, dynamic, and full of mystery and appeal.

Great stuff. That is all. 😉

March 22, 2013

BookBub Book Buster

I have a writer friend who’s seen great success with BookBub, an ebook promo site that’s recently hit 1,000,000 subscribers. Since I’m a wild-eyed e-revolutionary now, he convinced me to give ’em a try. See what you think.

Crazy Carlson’s The Frozen Sky is featured now! 🙂