Serpentooth

Allow me to make the first official announcement of the sequel to Guardians of Xen. The story is far from over, and many of the familiar characters will be returning. A new war is brewing, new forces are at work in the Frame, and the answer to both may come from the most unlikely of sources.

Here's an odd, but true, story...

When Guardians of Xen first came out, I sent a number of free copies to certain friends and family members. Apparently one of them didn't make it through.

That particular friend inconveniently moved a day after I put the package in the mail, and didn't leave a forwarding address. After a while, the package came back to me, stamped with delivery failure notifications and such.

Now, that part was expected. Now we get to the interesting part. I noticed the package had been resealed with packing tape. I didn't think anything of it, since I figured the original seal was just weak and needed to be reinforced.

Then I opened the package. Surprise, surprise. I expected to find a copy of my novel, but I instead found a stack of 4x8 paper, three-hole-punched as if it was taken out of a manual... Or several.

Looking at some of the pages, I saw diagrams of aircraft landing gear. What? Technical diagrams! After thumbing through the stack (Which weighs about the same as the book), I found a title:

Technical Manual
Daily Maintenance Requirements Cards
Model E-6B Aircraft

Now that's frightening. I looked up the E-6B on wikipedia, and it's a military command and control aircraft, the kind NORAD would use if their land site was blown away. Someone actually stole my novel and replaced it with a stack of possibly-classified military documents. About ten of these manuals, give or take.

Well, the giveaway on Goodreads.com is over. Almost five hundred people entered to win one of free copies (Well, 489 people), but only three people could win.

So, congratulations to the three winners (Whose names I'm not allowed to publicize). Watch your mailboxes and expect to receive your copies sometime next week!

On a related note, this news feed is now syndicated on my "Author Blog" at Goodreads. Those reading it there can find the original at http://www.serpentooth.com

Goodreads.com, a social networking site aimed at avid readers and authors, is hosting a giveaway of three copies of Guardians of Xen. At time of writing, seventy-six people have already entered, but it's not too late to enter the drawing.

For more information, visit the giveaway on Goodreads.com. Hurry, because it ends on August 26th!

The time has come! Guardians of Xen is now available for purchase directly from my publisher! Amazon, Barnes & Nobles Online, and other internet retailers should start displaying it over the next few weeks as they update their listings from Ingram.

You can either order the paperback (It's Trade Paperback, which is larger than the usual paperback size, but smaller than a hardcover), or buy and download it in Acrobat PDF format, which should work on computers and most readers.

Enjoy!

Nearly a year after the last word was written, my first novel will soon be in print! I have to say, the feeling of holding a published copy of my own story, the very first copy no less, is almost as euphoric as when I wrote "The End" back in August (And promptly deleted it, because it really doesn't look very professional).

I'd like to thank Angela and Richard Hoy at BookLocker.com for their help in publishing it, and Todd Engel for the beautiful cover design. This is really a dream come true!

Stay tuned, as there will be purchase links on this site as soon as it goes up for sale.

More content coming...