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The long-awaited volume thirty-eight in the saga of Dray Prescot is finally here!

Scorpio Reborn by Alan Burt Akers is the first book in the Lohvian Cycle and is available from Fictionwise.com, eBooks.com, Amazon.com (for the Kindle), Mobipocket.com, Cyberread.com and all other good online ebookstores.

Here is the blurb:

Sent by the Star Lords to save a life from a fire, Dray Prescot finds himself utterly helpless in a strange land. Confused and unable to move, he is cared for by Mevancy, a woman with a strange and wonderful secret.

But why have the Star Lords left him there? Who is he expected to protect, and how is he supposed to do it? Flying a kite one moment, battling through an inferno the next, Prescot is flung headlong into fresh adventures under the mingled streaming lights of the Suns of Scorpio.

Warlord of Antares by Alan Burt Akers is volume thirty-seven in the saga of Dray Prescot and concludes the Witch War Cycle. It is also the last of the titles that were previously published in paperback by Daw Books, Inc. It is now available from Fictionwise.com and all other good ebookstores in multiple formats.

Warlord of Antares also contains a glossary to the Witch War Cycle, compiled by Els Withers.

Here is the blurb:

His empire endangered by the diabolical schemes of the evil witch Csitra, Dray Prescot has been summoned by the powerful Star Lords. Warned by the Star Lords of a dread menace approaching from the South, Dray must take on all challengers to become the Warlord of Kregen, uniting his people against the dual threat of Csitra’s deadly magic, and a seemingly unstoppable invasion by the Shanks, piratical warriors from the Southlands.

But even with the Star Lords’ aid, can Dray and his blade comrades triumph over both dark sorcery and an army of sword wielding destroyers?

And this from the introduction:

…the grouping of continents and islands called Paz are threatened by the Shanks, fish headed reivers from over the curve of the world. Prescot’s task now is to unite all of Paz in alliance against the aggressors. Not all the people of Paz are willing to forget their old enmities. And there is Csitra, the Witch of Loh, who lusts after Prescot and would drag down all of Vallia to ruin for his sake. In the passionate, shrewd, charismatic figure of Delia of Delphond, and his family and blade comrades, Prescot possesses riches past the mundane dreams of empire.

Volume 36 of the saga of Dray Prescot, Omens of Kregen by Alan Burt Akers is now available from Fictionwise.com in multiple ebook formats, and from most other good ebookshops. Omens of Kregen is also the fourth book of the “Witch War Cycle”.

Here is the blurb:

Striving to save his strife torn empire of Vallia from the Nine Unspeakable Curses, Dray Prescot has faced a plague of murderous werewolves and attack by the witch hordes.

Now he must conquer the bloodthirsty forces of the would be king of North Vallia, while at the same time protecting the realm from the evil witch Csitra and her sorcerous son. Journeying to the witch’s dark Maze of Coup Blag, Dray and his comrades must meet the challenge of this realm of traps and treasures, where death waits around every turn, and a wizardly battle of destruction is the price of winning free…

And from the Introduction:

Called to be the Emperor of Vallia, he is putting the finishing touches to the reunification of the islands after the Times of Trouble. The famed and feared Witch of Loh, Csitra, has Pronounced the Nine Unspeakable Curses Against Vallia. Drawing constant strength from his consort, the Empress Delia, Prescot, together with his blade comrades, knows he must deal with the witch and her child, Phunik.

This confrontation, which the Vallians cannot guarantee to be final, they are all somberly aware will not take place under the streaming mingled opaline radiance of the Suns of Scorpio.

I have been asked a number of times if the entire 52-book saga of Dray Prescot by Alan Burt Akers will be available as a single download after they are all published…

It will.

Pricing has not been confirmed yet, but it will probably only be slightly cheaper to buy the complete set of ebooks than to buy them individually. I can confirm that the available formats will include PDF, Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader (.LIT), and Rocket/eBookwise (.RB). I can’t confirm other formats at this time.

I am working on a couple of free extras to include in the bundle, and a CD version may be published.

The likely publication date is November 2008.

Happy New Year!