The City and the Sword Promo

 A promo we made up for the shortly-to-be-released fantasy novel The City and the Sword

City and Sword Release Date

It is time to make the official announcement of a release date for my new fantasy novel, THE CITY AND THE SWORD. We (Arachis Press and me) have set it for August 23,  2024, which gets it out there before the Labor Day weekend. Not that official releases mean much in these days of ebooks and print-on-demand. The books will always be available (as long as I am!). Here's the blurb that goes on the back cover and in various ads:

Famod had fallen. Young Lellie and fellow orphan Nib had barely escaped the sack of the port and its attendant horrors. Where could they reach sanctuary and a new life? Across the hills in Tesra, City of Wizardry, seemed the only choice.

There, under the tutelage of Zil, merchant and spy, Lellie finds a purpose she had not known, learning the ways of the sword and much more—all while discovering her own self as she becomes a young woman.

We'll do a cover reveal shortly and tell a bit more about the novel. As ever, it will be available as print paperback and free ebooks (EPUB and PDF).

Coming Sometime

I have pretty much finished writing the new novel, a fantasy work titled The City and the Sword. That means most of the heavy editing work is done, as well, as I am one of those edit as I go sorts. Expect an announcement of a release date in the not too distant future and more details about the book. Maybe even a cover reveal!

I will say now it is a tale of Qala the Pirate Queen as a girl. An origin story of sorts. My original thought was to write a collection of related tales (and to some degree it is one) but enough overall plot developed to label it a novel. An episodic novel but a novel none the less. Think something along the lines of Kipling's Captains Courageous (but without the fish).