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More good news about Alan Burt Akers’ Dray Prescot books…

We have concluded an agreement with Kenneth Bulmer’s agent, Pamela Buckmaster, to publish omnibus editions of the first 18 Kregen novels. The current plan is to publish the following books:

The Saga of Dray Prescot: The Delian Cycle

The Saga of Dray Prescot: The Havilfar Cycle I

The Saga of Dray Prescot: The Havilfar Cycle II

The Saga of Dray Prescot: The Krozair Cycle

The Saga of Dray Prescot: The Vallian Cycle

This will take us up to book 18, and if they are reasonably successful we will consider publishing the remainder of the series in paperback also. Also, if there is enough interest and demand, we may be able to publish hardback editions, too. We expect the books to be available during April and May.

A lot has been happening behind the scenes over the last few weeks, and I am pleased to announce that we have concluded an agreement with Kenneth Bulmer’s estate to publish the remainder of the Dray Prescot novels as eBooks. This includes all titles from number 13 to number 52 inclusive. Books 42 to 52 have never been published in English, so this is quite a coup. We have already published books 1 to 12 and book 13 should be out next week. The plan is to publish three titles per month up to book 37, and then one per month thereafter.
The titles are:

13. Renegade of Kregen
14. Krozair of Kregen
15. Secret Scorpio
16. Savage Scorpio
17. Captive Scorpio
18. Golden Scorpio
19. A Life for Kregen
20. A Sword for Kregen
21. A Fortune for Kregen
22. A Victory for Kregen
23. Beasts of Antares
24. Rebel of Antares
25. Legions of Antares
26. Allies of Antares
27. Mazes of Scorpio
28. Delia of Vallia
29. Fires of Scorpio
30. Talons of Scorpio
31. Masks of Scorpio
32. Seg the Bowman
33. Werewolves of Kregen
34. Witches of Kregen
35. Storm over Vallia
36. Omens of Kregen
37. Warlord of Antares
38. Scorpio Reborn
39. Scorpio Assassin
40. Scorpio Invasion
41. Scorpio Ablaze
42. Scorpio Drums
43. Scorpio Triumph
44. Intrigue of Antares
45. Gangs of Antares
46. Demons of Antares
47. Scourge of Antares
48. Challenge of Antares
49. Wrath of Antares
50. Shadows over Kregen
51. Murder on Kregen
52. Turmoil on Kregen

The third book of the Guardians of the Tall Stones series is now available from Mobipocket.com and cyberread.com. Shadow on the Stones will also be available from the rest of the best ebookstores over the next few days. The first two titles in the series, The Tall Stones and The Temple of the Sun are already available at all the usual ebookstores, as is the sequel to the Guardians of the Tall Stones, The Silver Vortex.

Here is the blurb…

Shadow on the Stones continues the story of Kyra, priest of the Temple of the Sun, who, with her husband the Lord Khu-ren, has guided their civilisation to a time of spiritual strength, psychic energy, and communal peace.

But there is a shadow on the Stones — the spreading influence of the terrible god Groth, dark god of chaos and barbarity. Only the priests of the Temple have the means to resist the tides of destruction…

Fictionwise.com are selling Transit to Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers with 75% off the normal retail price, so there has never been a better time for you to try out the Saga of Dray Prescot.

The second book in the Guardians of the Tall Stones series by Moyra Caldecott is now available from all the best eBook stores (some of them are listed on the right). The third book in the series, Shadow on the Stones, is due out in May

Here is the blurb for The Temple of the Sun:

The Temple of the Sun is the second book of the Guardians of the Tall Stones series. It continues the story, begun in The Tall Stones, of Kyra’s hazardous journey undertaken with Karne and Fern to the Sacred Temple, where Kyra is to receive her training as a priestess and renew her love for the Lord Khu-ren. But a malevolent spirit still opposes them. Wardyke has returned, and his influence has already permeated the sanctity of the Temple. Kyra is forced once again to face the evil Magician-Priest, whose thirst for revenge and power threatens the balance between good and evil…

If your favourite eBook retailer is eBooks.com, I am sure you will be very pleased to hear that most of Mushroom eBooks’ titles are now available directly from them. Any missing titles will be added over the next few days.

I was saddened to learn of the death of Ken Bulmer (aka Alan Burt Akers, among many other pseudonyms). He passed away peacefully in his sleep on 16th December 2005. He had been suffering from a series of strokes which had robbed him of his speech and his ability to write. He was 84. My thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends.

I am sorry to say that I never met Ken in the flesh, but I feel that I knew him to some extent through his written words, and through which, I hope, his memory will live on.

And there’s more… Swordships of Scorpio, the fourth ebook telling the exploits of everyone’s hero, Dray Prescot, is published today by Mushroom eBooks. You can buy it and download it from mobipocket.com immediately, and from other online retailers over the next few days.

Here is the blurb:

What does a man do when fate makes him the protector of the royal head of the land of his enemies? If it is Dray Prescot, Earthman on Antares, he sets aside his quest to do his duty. His duty was to reach Vallia and his princess Delia and help her claim her throne. His duty was to defend Vallia’s ancient foe and place its rightful heir on its throne — sworn to attack Vallia. So when the third force, the pirate fleets known as the swordships came between the two contending demands, Dray sees that only by following his own personal star could the contradiction be resolved.

Warriors of Scorpio, the third book in the Saga of Dray Prescot of Antares, by Alan Burt Akers, is now published and available from mobipocket.com. It will be available from other retailers over the next couple of weeks.

Here is the blurb:

Once again in the grip of the Star Lords of the Constellation Scorpio, Dray Prescot finds himself torn from the battles of the Inner Sea for a mission in the air. For it was now his mission to carry his beloved Delia by airboat to that far kingdom, Vallia, from whence she had come. But the route lay across the gaunt mountains and the shadowy jungles of the Hostile Territories — and there Dray was to be plunged among stranger peoples and more fantastic challenges than even his Kregen princess had known.

I am so pleased that our titles are now available at eReader.com. It is probably the biggest and busiest eBook retailer, and will give much more exposure to our talented authors and their books. If you use a PDA and are not yet a member of eReader.com, I recommend that you join. They have some good offers if you subscribe to their newsletters, and they have the most user friendly DRM of all (it is linked to the purchaser rather than the device, and you will hardly notice it is there at all).