Upcoming: Asylum (Loralynn Kennakris #3)

Date: July 10, 2014 Author: Jordan Leah Hunter

Loralynn Kennakris Asylum

Armed. Dangerous. And nothing left to lose . . .

First they called her a hero. Then they called her a medical problem. Now they’re calling her a criminal. It’s been an exciting first year on active duty for Ensign Loralynn Kennakris.

She started it by proving herself to be the Nereidian League’s most promising young fighter pilot in the war against the Dominion of Halith. She’s earned decorations and garnered both admirers and enemies. But those rumors wouldn’t go away: dangerous mental instability; hostile tendencies, latent psychosis. Pushed too far, she did the unforgivable, and now her enemies have exactly the excuse they’ve been waiting for.

They are right about one thing: Kris is dangerous, and now she has nothing left to lose.

Asylum is the upcoming third installment in the Loralynn Kennakris series. It will consist of the full-length novel Wogan’s Reef, and the 45,000 word novella Asylum, combined in one volume.

Two roads diverged . . .

Date: July 5, 2014 Author: Jordan Leah Hunter

and I—well, we—took the one less traveled by?

Or didn’t?

If you have read both the current books in the series, and would like to weigh in on the fate of a major character, leave a comment. We shall email you the question to solict your opinion.

And that may make all the difference. 😉

Update (7/19): We’ve gotten very good feedback on this issue, and have decided on a resolution that we are happy with. Thanks again to all who weighed in on this question.

Hey Dude! Where’s My Warp Drive?

Date: June 1, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

There is probably no issue more vexing to sci-fi authors that FTL travel. That is, to the extent we care about the ‘sci’ and not just the ‘fi’. After all, talking-head aliens who speak perfect English might be unlikely, but they don’t contravene any fundamental laws of physics. FTL travel does.

So do we have resign ourselves to a future trapped with a senile star that’s going to bake our planet to the ‘cooked-through’ stage in maybe a little as 100 million years (give or take, and depending on which model of stellar evolution you believe in)?

Well . . . maybe.

Get Acquainted Special Offer

Date: May 25, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

We are running a special to allow people to get acquainted with both of the Loralynn Kennakris books! We’ve dropped the price of The Alecto Initiative to $0.99 for this week. So if you missed it, you can pick up both Alecto and The Morning which Breaks for under $5!

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to a successful launch of MWB!

Are You Lost?

Date: May 24, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

If you find yourself a bit lost with all the names and places that are appearing in the series, we have a little help for you: a handy map! Download it to see what and where. We’ll be updating this map with each new book to reflect key events therein.

Finally!

Date: May 23, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

The Morning which Breaks (all roughly 640 pages of it) has been submitted and is in review at Amazon.

We will update here as soon as it goes live!

It lives! As of 1500 PDT, MWB went live. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KIVZMSQ

Here it is: a Date!

Date: May 11, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

We finally have a date. Since we can’t predict Amazon’s approval cycle (though we hope and expect it will be quick), it is the date we will submit MWB for publication, not the date it will actually go live on Amazon. That date is: no later than Memorial Day weekend.

The pacing factors right now are getting the final cover and finalizing the glossary.

Thanks to everyone who’s stuck with us through this long haul!

Two-minute Warning

Date: May 8, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

. . . If you are a tortoise, and not a hare. Which is our way of saying that we’d like to thank all the good folks who offered to beta read MWB for us. We have already gotten much excellent feedback that will make for a stronger book, and we are awaiting some final comments. So we are closing down beta reading at this time.

As soon as we get the final comments we expect and have a chance to assess them, we will announce a publication date. We expect final comments by this weekend, and if that happens, we will post the date this coming Monday, May 12th.

Thanks again to everyone who answered our call!

The moment you’ve all been waiting for!

Date: April 29, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

The draft of The Morning Which Breaks is (finally!) ready for beta read and we are looking for beta readers!

A few notes: MWB is long! (Approximately 510 paperback pages.)

We prefer beta readers who have read the first book in the series (Alecto) and liked it, at least a somewhat. (If you didn’t like it, MWB is not going to be your cup of tea!) It is best if you’ve posted a review of Alecto either on Amazon or Goodreads, or at least have some reviews we can peruse.

PDF is the preferred format in which we’d like to distribute this. We can email it to you (preferred) or post it for you to download from our site.

There is a glossary providing definitions of terms, technical notes, some brief historical background and various other info, that will be attached to the published version, but it is not integrated with the beta draft. The glossary is itself about 100 pages (339 entries plus a biographical list of 91 characters). The glossary will be provided as a separate PDF, unless you don’t want it. The glossary is for your reference. We are happy to get feedback on it, if you like, but it is being reviewed separately, so don’t feel obligated to read the whole thing.

Please leave a comment here if you are interested, and we will email you to fill you in on additional details.

Thanks!

Bottom of the Ninth

Date: April 28, 2014 Author: Owen R. O'Neill

The draft of MWB will be ready very shortly! Accordingly, per our agreement with Amazon, we have removed the pre-press chapters today. So yes, this blog will look a little empty for a bit. Never fear, once MWB is published, you can watch this space for info on the progress of the third novel the Loralynn Kennakris series!

We’ll be back tomorrow with an update.