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Those of you with iPhones, iPods, and iPads can rejoice, because Renegades has made it to the Apple iTunes store! That takes care of distribution for now, at least until the Kindle store figures out how to play nice with SmashWords. In the meantime, you keep reading, and I'll keep working on the fourth and final book in the series, Fugitives of Xen.

I just got word from one of my readers (Thanks, Marc) that Renegades of Xen has now made it to the Barnes and Noble e-book store, so you can now find it on your Nook! No word yet on the Apple store, though I expect it to show up there any day now.

Renegades has begun to ship to the e-reader vendors. If they follow their usual schedules for processing new arrivals, it should appear in the iTunes store sometime next week, and in the Barnes & Noble e-book store the following week. SmashWords doesn't yet support the Kindle store (Maybe in September, they say), but if I get enough requests from readers, I could potentially add the series there myself.

Just a quick update... There's been a bit of a delay in getting Renegades out to the various E-reader stores (Apple, B&N, Kobo, Diesel, etc), but rest assured, it will happen. I had to overcome a few formatting issues to pass the approval process and be included in the "premium" catalog. Meanwhile, though, I'm hard at work on the fourth and final book in the series. Keep an eye on this feed, and I'll let you know when something changes.

Time's running out on the 50% off coupon. Just purchase Renegades of Xen from SmashWords.com in the next few days, and enter coupon code 'WR32R' for some quick savings. And for those of you reading this on Goodreads or directly on Serpentooth.com, remember to 'Like' the saga on Facebook!

People have asked me how to get the Guardians Saga onto their Kindles. Well, my E-book publisher, SmashWords, isn't yet able to put titles directly into the Kindle store, but that shouldn't stop you. If you purchase the e-books directly from SmashWords, you can download them in Kindle format. Now, I don't personally have an e-reader (Too busy writing to read that much!), but I'm pretty sure there's a way to transfer books directly from your computer.

Speaking of SmashWords, it seems I picked a bad time to release Renegades, as their site has been ridiculously slow for the past few days. There's nothing I can do at this point, but if they don't manage to fix it soon, I'll extend the 50% off coupon another week, so everyone has a chance to get their copy.

Ladies and gentlemen, Myconians and Vaht'sen, races of all shapes, sizes, and chemical compositions... Today I announce the arrival of the third installment of the Guardians Saga!

Renegades of Xen is now available in E-book format from SmashWords, and should appear in the Apple, B&N, Kobo, and Diesel stores in the next few weeks. Like the other two books, I've priced it at a reasonable $1.99, but if you grab it in the next week and use the coupon code 'WR32R', you can knock that down to $0.99. Just a little something for my loyal fans.

Note that Renegades will not be released in paperback. Self-publishing is nice, but there just aren't enough people willing to spend seventeen dollars on a paperback novel. If any publishing houses want to help release the saga at mass-market prices, they're welcome to contact me.

Until then, grab your Kindles and your Nooks, because the adventures of the Guardians continue!

...for another news update! No, it's a bit more substantial than that. Sentinels of Xen was released more than a year ago, and I never intended to wait that long between novels. I had my reasons for delaying this long, but that delay is about to end.

That's right... Coming very soon, the third of this four-book series... Renegades of Xen!

Good news for those of you who have made the jump to E-Books... The Guardians Saga has, in this form, been dropped from $5.99 each down to $1.99 each. This price is already in effect on BookLocker and SmashWords, and should soon carry through to elsewhere.

Why, you may ask? Well, it seems a lot of companies have decided that people should have to pay the same for an E-Book as they do for a paperback, even though the reproduction and distribution costs are almost zero. That doesn't seem fair to me, so now that my publisher has decided to allow a lower minimum, I'm passing that right on to you.

In other news, the Guardians Saga E-Books are now available via Diesel E-Books, in addition to my existing channels (SmashWords, Barnes & Nobles, Kobo, and the Apple store).

Though it's only been a couple months since Sentinels of Xen was released, I'm not taking any breaks. Book Three is coming along nicely, and though I'm not yet ready to promise a release date, I thought you would enjoy a brief teaser...

“Identify yourselves! Now!” The soldier seemed to have a limited vocabulary.

“I am Sentinel Rikket of Xyn! Now if you're going to shoot me, you better do it quickly, because if you don't get out of our way, I'm going to throw you all into a portal, and let you float through Trans-D until you die of thirst!” The brief silence following his ultimatum was quite satisfying.

“If you're really Rikket,” the soldier slowly deduced, “Then you can't hurt us anyway.” Clever, but not clever enough.

“Trust me. It doesn't hurt a bit.”

Sometimes, having the magic was just as effective as using it...

Stay tuned for more news on the third book in the Guardians Saga... Renegades of Xen.