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Gangs of Antares by Alan Burt Akers, being volume 45 of the saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen, and the second book of the Balintol Cycle, is now available from Fictionwise and all other good ebookstores, such as eBooks.com, Mobipocket, Cyberread.com and for the Amazon Kindle.

Here is the blurb:

Lit by the ruby and emerald fires of Antares, the planet Kregen, four hundred light years away from Earth, is a world harsh yet beautiful, terrible yet alluring. There any man or woman may achieve what the heart desires if they plan and struggle and keep faith with their innate purpose. Kregen has its share of weaklings and the faint of heart; but their names are not writ large in the footnotes to the Sagas to be found under the Suns of Scorpio. Dray Prescot has adventured widely over Kregen both at the behest of the Star Lords and to further his own vision. Now he is in the subcontinent of Balintol, where strangeness unlike any that he has previously encountered awaits him.

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Dawnmaid is the third book of the Song of the Arkafina series by Suzanne Francis, which began with Heart of Hythea and continued with Ketha’s Daughter. Available now from all the usual ebookstores, including Fictionwise (update – not available from Fictionwise until Monday June 21), eBooks.com, Cyberread.com, Mobipocket, eReader.com and Amazon Kindle. The final book in the series, Beyond the Gyre, will be available in September or October.

Here is the blurb…

Gwenn and Gunnar travel to Khalama to fulfill a last request, but when they arrive, nothing is as it seems. For one thing, the man whose lifeless body they faithfully transported, Arkady Svalbarad, turns out not to be dead after all. And his old teacher, Dawa Tinley, is strangely absentminded. When Gunnar disappears, Gwenn has to make the best of her situation, so she turns once more to Arkady. The consequences of their union will bring both mortal peril and new hope to the peoples of Yrth.

Katkin and Huw have holed up in an old farmhouse for the winter, but the addition of two children to their family has left Katkin feeling trapped and miserable. After Huw is arrested for a terrible crime, she must decide whether to run, or stand by his side. When Katkin is reunited with an old love, the choice becomes even more difficult, until a betrayal and a chance meeting steer her to the right path. When she finally arrives on Starruthe, she is just in time to help Gwenn with the baby, but is it too late for Gunnar? Only Gwenn and keth’fell can save him now.

When the Dawnmaid comes into the world, it will take a miracle to hide her from Maggrai, who has come back from the future with a weapon of total annihilation. But Gunnar also has a secret weapon, though he is loath to use it. Will he come to terms with his true identity in time to protect the Dawnmaid from Maggrai’s wrath?

Contains adult themes.

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Intrigue of Antares by Alan Burt Akers is the rip-roaring new adventure for Dray Prescot on the planet Kregen, and is now available for the first time in the original English from all good ebookstores including Fictionwise (update – not available from Fictionwise until Monday July 21 July 28), eBooks.com, Mobipocket, eReader, and Amazon Kindle. It is the first volume of the Balintol Cycle, and volume 44 of the saga of Dray Prescot.

Here is the blurb…

Reared in the harsh conditions of Nelson’s Navy, Dray Prescot failed to find success on Earth but has succeeded in winning fortune on Kregen. He is called the Emperor of Emperors, the Emperor of Paz, but he himself regards these titles as meaningless. Paz, a vast grouping of continents and islands, is inhabited by innumerable races and nations - so why should they band together under Prescot? The Star Lords themselves have chosen him for this heavy task, for he has the yrium, that particular charisma that binds other mortals to his service. Now, in this the first volume of the Balintol Cycle, the Star Lords have dispatched him to the town of Amintin in the continent of Balintol. Under the streaming mingled lights of the Suns of Scorpio, Dray Prescot must set forth on his new adventures…

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Scorpio Triumph, being volume forty-three of the saga of Dray Prescot and the final volume of the Lohvian Cycle, by Alan Burt Akers, is now available from Fictionwise, eBooks.com, eReader.com, cyberread.com, Mobipocket and Amazon Kindle and all other good online ebookstores.

Previously only published in a German translation in 1993, this is the first time that fans of Dray Prescot have been able to read this book in the original English. This edition also contains a new glossary to the complete Lohvian Cycle compiled by Els Withers.

Here is the blurb:

Reared in the harsh conditions of Nelson’s navy, Dray Prescot has been transported to the exotic and barbaric, beautiful and cruel world of Kregen, four hundred light years from Earth, under the double star Antares, the twin Suns of Scorpio.

Paz, the hemisphere of Kregen where Prescot has adventured and succeeded, is threatened by the reiving Shanks from Schan, the other half of the planet. He has been pitchforked into the job of organizing the resistance, a so-called Emperor of Paz, and has managed - temporarily - to drive off the Shanks and their mentor, the mysterious Carazaar. Now he must concentrate on finding the rubies forming the Skantiklar. These have been scattered in seasons past, and if brought together will confer stupendous sorcerous power on the possessor of the Skantiklar.

Down in the continent of Loh expeditions have ventured below the City of Eternal Twilight into the Realm of the Drums in search of one of the rubies. A Wizard of Loh, Na-Si-Fantong, has been collecting the rubies, and it is believed he wants them for no good purposes. He has succeeded in obtaining a ruby and vanishes into the maze of tunnels under the city. Not really convinced of the importance of the Skantiklar, Prescot has to go in pursuit. Alone, he threads his way through the labyrinth, already feeling he will never catch Na-Si-Fantong…

Scorpio Triumph concludes the Lohvian Cycle of the saga of Dray Prescot. This edition contains a glossary to the Lohvian Cycle.

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The Mary Jane Mission by Daniel Wyatt is now available from Fictionwise and all other good ebookstores. It is a fast-paced, time-travel mystery thriller or technothriller which is best enjoyed in a single sitting. The Mary Jane Mission was originally published in 1992 by Random House in Canada.

Here is the blurb:

When the B29 Superfortress Mary Jane is discovered in 1945 sitting in thick jungle with no visible damage, and her crew and mysterious payload are missing, the incident is hushed up and forgotten. But in 1990, mysterious radar images start to appear. F18 crews sent up to investigate discover a B29 flying towards Japan. What is this mysterious plane? If it is the Mary Jane continuing her mission, how can they stop it?

And some reviews:

“Plenty of action … a great choice for any fan of military thrillers…” Deb Hern, The Romance Reader’s Connection.

“a fascinating story of the discovery of a plane that cannot exist, and the efforts of a number of people to solve the mystery. All lovers of stories of the Pacific and Bermuda triangles will love this book.” Robert H. Goss, www.roundtablereviews.com.

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The second book in the “Song of the Arkafina” series by Suzanne Francis is now available from Fictionwise.com and all other good ebookstores. Ketha’s Daughter follows on a few years from where Heart of Hythea left off, and is, in my opinion, an excellent read — maybe even better than Heart of Hythea. Book three is due in

Here is the blurb:

Queen Katrione Arkafina ably rules the kingdom of Beaumarais, but she has had less success with her boisterous daughter, Gwenn, born under the sway of a brutal Goddess. Keth Dirane has given Gwenn awesome strength and almost complete invulnerability, but manipulates her cruelly in return. Now, to further her own ends, she convinces Gwenn she must seek revenge for an old betrayal.

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Gwenn runs away. After she allies herself with some marauding coastal raiders, captained by Gunnar Strong Arm, she has the army she requires. Now, as the dreaded warrior Faircrow, Gwenn will steer the Fynära inexorably towards her former home — the City of Isle St. Valery.

Further information can be found at the Ketha’s Daughter page.

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Well, we’ve all been waiting a very long time, but I am now able to announce the much anticipated, first time published in English, Scorpio Drums by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers. Originally translated into and published only in German in 1992 — 16 years is a long wait!

Scorpio Drums is the forty-second volume in the saga of Dray Prescot and the penultimate book of the Lohvian Cycle. It is available now from all good online ebookstores, such as Fictionwise. Go and get your copy now before we run out (only joking, we won’t run out).

Here is the blurb:

Dray Prescot has recently given up the job of being Emperor of Vallia, only to be pitchforked into the task of uniting all the varied continents and islands of Paz to resist the reiving onslaughts of the Shanks. People are beginning to call him the Emperor of Emperors, the Emperor of Paz. During the battle, to his horror, he sees Delia being carried off by a group of the whiptailed Kataki slavers, galloping off astride zorcas. Frenziedly he charges after them… Although previously published in a German translation, Scorpio Drums has never before been published in English.

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For those of you eagerly awaiting the second volume of the “Song of the Arkafina” series by Suzanne Francis, Ketha’s Daughter, I can confirm that the publication date will be 21st April 2008. Book three will be published in August, and the final volume in December, all being well.

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Volume forty-one in the saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen, by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Alan Burt Akers, is now available (or soon will be) from all good online bookstores, including Fictionwise, eBooks.com, Cyberread and Mobipocket. Scorpio Ablaze is the fourth book of the Lohvian Cycle, and the last book that was ever published in English. Scorpio Drums is out in a couple of weeks!

The blurb…

Under the twin sun, Antares, the planet Kregen is a world of wonder and terror, of beauty and horror. Now, in the streaming mingled lights of the Suns of Scorpio, Prescot takes up the Krozair brand to save his friends who are about to be killed by the vicious Shank lord. Then he must rally the coalition of forces from Vallia, Hamel and Tsungfaril, to expel the Shanks from Tarankar. But things rarely go according to plan on Kregen…

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Volume forty of the Dray Prescot saga by Alan Burt Akers is now available from the usual ebook stores, such as Fictionwise and eBooks.com. Scorpio Invasion is the third book of the Lohvian Cycle and continues Dray’s efforts to unite all of Paz against the threat of the Shanks.

The blurb:

In Scorpio Assassin, Dray Prescot defied the Star Lords by saving Queen Leone from a grizzly death, and now he must answer for his disobedience. But the Star Lords argue over him and Dray is dropped accidentally in a walled garden. He is lost. Even the Star Lords don’t know where he is. He knows he is on the splendid if horrific planet of Kregen, and in the continent of Loh, but nothing is familiar. He must find his way back to Makilorn, and from there to Tarankar to train an army to fight the Shanks…

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