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Yes, that’s German to you.
Alexis Vonderach has a new audiobook in her native language from Audible as narrated by the smooth, intent voice of Susanne Grawe. If you’re in Germany or Austria, or if you just Sprechen sie Deutsch, it sounds incredibly cool. 🙂
THANK YOU to everyone who’s emailed to say “Where the heck is the third FROZEN SKY novel?” I love it. No question this book is woefully behind schedule.
I finally updated my official bio on this site and here’s the short explanation:
“Early in 2015, Jeff was badly injured while muscling a 400 pound rock across his back yard, which is a boring and stupid way to get hurt. (For what it’s worth, the rock is infused with the fossilized remains of 12 million year old mollusks; it’s an extraordinarily cool rock.) Doctors, X-rays, pills and physical therapy were painful and expensive. Worst of all, the injury was time consuming.”
The other factor is since FS2 was more of a novella than a full-fledged novel, and since FS3 will be the capstone of the trilogy, I want to go out with a bang, so FS3 has turned into a godzilla. When I’m done, FS3 may be almost as long as INTERRUPT, which is an epic novel indeed. That’s the good news. It’s gonna be a big crazy adventure. But it’s taken extra long to write!
Originally I’d planned to have FS3 out before Christmas. Now I’m shooting for Valentine’s Day? Maybe sooner? The first 475 pages of the book are complete and out to my beta readers, but I still have to pen the big finale.
This is what those 475 pages look like if you’re a tree-killing maniac.
(Yes, I always edit hard copy because I spend all day in front of a computer and print-outs help me see the story with new eyes.)
This week I received the greatest email in history from a fan. A few weeks ago, he attended the Terrapin Hill Farms “Family Reunion” Musical Festival in central Kentucky.
The government obviously hushed up this whole affair because it would rock the world. There would be rioting nationwide, and everyone on the planet would demand to know why Army and National Guard units were rolling through the streets. Instead we have only this beautiful email:
I didn’t see it myself but I was told by a friend that he was in our camp circle and reading stuff from my Nook in “scary campfire style.” At some point he got into Frozen Sky 2.
Again, I didn’t witness this personally, but I do know there was several people who were in our circle that night instead of sitting on the hill watching the music or dancing around the bonfire. And I am sure that there was a fairly large amount of mushrooms present, not to mention whatever else people from other camps brought in.
He was about thirty pages into FS2 when some of them freaked out. You caused several good folks to run for their lives fleeing into the woods. Later, I personally heard someone announce over a loud speaker: “The sunfish are not real! The sunfish are not real!”
LOL. What a nightmare!
Having said that, the Terrapin Hill Farms host three amazing hippie music festivals. I believe everybody should experience the one they have in September at least once in their lives. Nowhere else can you collect 1000s of people and not have a single fight happen the whole time.
So there you have it. If you’d like to be a part of the next alien invasion, you can find more about the festivals here and here.
Or of course you can go here…
This sequel is way overdue. Life has interceded, but I’ve been dying to return to the ice… dying, that is, like someone with a sunfish eating their face! Bwah ha ha.
Who likes the killer artwork by Jacob Charles Dietz? Me me me me me.
I’ll let the jacket copy speak for itself:
SUNFISH VS HUMAN
A quake in the ice nearly kills Alexis Vonderach, setting off new confrontations with the blind alien tribes of Europa. In the weeks since First Contact, her crew has learned their bizarre language… but the sunfish are as violent as their world… Betrayed is a short 200 page sequel to The Frozen Sky by the international bestselling author of Plague Year.
Bonus material includes:
* ESA maps and schematics.
* Future history of the year 2113.
* The original short story of “Interrupt.”
Please note that I went out of my way to clarify this is a short novel rather than a George R.R. Martin-sized door stopper. Why? Because as I wrote it, I realized Betrayed is a complete story unto itself and makes a fine new entry in what I’m calling “the Europa series.” That’s right. Series. I’m working on Frozen Sky 3 as we speak.
Meanwhile there are fun promos coming up on io9 and SF Signal, including two guest blogs detailing my adventures on the 21st Century writing scene. I’ll post reminders here as soon as they post there.
Because I’m a devilish SOB and this is partly the subject of one of those guest blogs, I’d also like to go on record RIGHT NOW as predicting that Frozen Sky 2: Betrayed will gather at least ten negative reader reviews from grumpy or confused individuals who’ll so cleverly use the word “betrayed” in their review titles. Why you ask again? Because snarky snarkalness is part of the E-Age.
Didn’t realize a title with the number 2 in it was a sequel? Thought the price of a cup of coffee was too high for a few hours of entertainment? Got a political axe to grind with my fictional characters in a dark sci fi future? Aha ha ha ha. Lunatic fringe, I know you’re out there.
My hope is anyone who liked the original Frozen Sky will enjoy Vonnie’s next adventure, too. Holy cheeseballs wrapped in bacon, this book was fun to write!!
It’s currently available on Kindle and Nook. Kobo and iTunes should be close behind. Smashwords is up. Oyster, Flipkart, Scribd, it’s all coming down like freaky aliens in the dark…
Jeff
jeff@jverse.com