Charging into summer is no joke. It looks like we’re going to have ninety degree plus temps for the next few days. Work is heating up as well. Early July through mid-August is one of the busiest times of the year for me. I’m not too worried though, as you’ll see below, I’m in a good position for wrapping up Book 5!
Over the last two years, I’ve picked up a number of books, comics, and graphic novels at the various shows I’ve been to. Starting with the next newsletter, I’ll feature one (or possibly more) of these artists in each newsletter. I’m excited to share some of these great indie artists!
Mechhaven Missives
Book 5 Progress: I was very productive during June. As of today (or tomorrow), I’ll be 100% complete with reviewing my editor’s notes and applying his recommended changes to By Archangel’s Light!
I’m very happy with the story and now it just needs a final read-through and polish!
Since I’ve been pushing hard in June, I’ll take most of the next week off to celebrate the Independence Day holiday. After that, back to work to getting everything ready for publication at the end of August!
Featured Authors
This week’s featured authors are Drew Avera, Mike Player, and Jaxon Reed.
A friendship destroyed by betrayal. A future in question.
Samuel “Max” Maxwell had it all—until a bad business decision by his partner and closest friend, Jacob Amott, cost him everything.
After serving five years in prison, Max walks free with nothing left but a shadowed past and a fractured legacy. His business is gone. His friendship died in betrayal—and in blood.
Now, Max wants a fresh start. But when a chance to reclaim what he lost puts him on a collision course with the organization that killed Jacob, Max must decide: can he outrun his past, or will it bury him for good?
Johnny Rios is not the action film star his father is. “Zombies On A Blimp” was a bust. With no backup plan, he takes a gig job as a security guard for “America’s First Hyperloop.” Funded by a down-on-his-luck trillionaire, Rusk Hanson, the Hyperloop on its maiden voyage rockets through the Nevada desert from Las Vegas to Reno. Cruising speed: 700 mph.
Johnny has two hours to find an onboard killer-saboteur. He must also regain control of the Hyperloop to prevent it from levitating too high off its maglev track and exceeding clearance for a smart tunnel (corporately branded as the Doctor Henderson’s Footpads Acceleration Tunnel). The passengers in dire jeopardy include his action movie star father, a meth-addicted brain surgeon, a body-building “Sunshine Gal,” VIP ticket winners from the Greedy Bastard Casino, and a STEM girl with identity issues. Johnny must also cope with “Loopster,” a confused Siri for hyperloops, and a fellow security guard terrified of public speaking. Can Johnny overcome his self-doubt, prove himself to his meddling father, and stop an out of control hyperloop in time to save everyone from certain death?
On a frontier planet, land is cheap. So is your life.
Tom Savage is intent on homesteading, and Phaethon is the newest planet open for colonization. Here, technology is lacking in many places. And for 200 credits, anyone can claim one square kilometer of prime farmland.
But Tom has a secret or two. He is not interested in farming crops, at least not at first. Tom wants to harvest pieces of Phaethon’s sun.
To do so will mean first reaching his stake out near the desert, surviving human predators along the way, bringing fugitives to justice, and dealing with the resident sand dragon population.
All in a day’s work for your local star farmer…
Featured Promotions
No new group promos…yet. They all start on July 1, so you have three more days to get the books in the promos below:
Kindle Unlimited Must Read Sci-Fi and Fantasy for June 2025
AUDIOBOOKS Must listen Sci-Fi and Fantasy for June 2025
Until next time, have fun and read a lot of books!
Greg Sorber