Dear ,

There's no point in beating about the bush.

It's time for me to introduce you to the universe of the LOST SPACE TREASURE!

This series has been a long time in the making and I have SO MUCH to share with you! But, all in good time. I caught Covid-19, which botched-up my month of September, and I'm still trying to rectify my calendar. That said, I can't hold in the excitement any longer and I want to start sharing insights into the world-building of the series with you.

THE LOST SPACE TREASURE SERIES

The Lost Space Treasure, Novella

First off, the novella will introduce you to a corner of our galaxy called the Magnus Star Cluster, where this thrilling upper middle-grade science-fiction series takes place. Discover the legend behind the Lost Space Treasure!

To thank you for being on my super special mailing list, I will give you early, FREE access to The Lost Space Treasure, Novella, in one of my upcoming newsletters, so be on the look-out!

EXOSTAR (The Lost Space Treasure Series, Book 1)

Book 1 is where things REALLY start getting interesting. The EXOSTAR unchains a treasure hunt of cosmic proportions! I have been using AI imaging (artificial intelligence) to help me with the world-building of the series, and it is STUNNING!

To start off with, let me introduce you to some of the main characters:

"Trinket" or Trin Modino

Woolver Talandrin

Keshia Ayedi

Vondor-3

The Remnant Supreme Leader

Count Solomon Drakir

Stinge

The EXOSTAR

I'll be sharing a LOT more about the Magnus Star Cluster - and more particularly about the Interstellar Alliance - in my following newsletters and on my social media, so stay tuned!

Which image do you like best? :)

The BEN ARCHER paperback book contest

If you follow me on social media, you'll know that I ran a contest during the month of September to win the full Ben Archer series in paperback format.

The winner is: JEFF LAWSON

(Jeff, please check your e-mail or contact me at raeknightly@gmail.com)

Click here to see how the draw was done: TIKTOK

What's up in the neighbourhood?

Well... er... I had Covid, so... nothing much...

October 2022 reading list

Girl in the Snow by Nicole Adrianne

No electricity, no phones, and a broken princess to blame. Winter in the Seven Kingdoms just got colder...

After being promised in marriage to a smug, stuck-up stranger, Eira thought she couldn't get any angrier. Now, she's on the run, and the entire kingdom is convinced that she built an EMP device and destroyed their power grid.

With Eira's best friend, infuriating fiancé, and the entire Royal Guard on her tail, staying hidden in a tiny village seems like her best—and only—option. But, as Eira uncovers a series of long-hidden truths about the Queen and late King, hiding from her destiny becomes nearly impossible.

Will Eira's evidence be enough to convince the kingdom of her innocence, or will it be just enough to get her executed?

Hadley's Dragon Drama by Dave Powell

Dragons are real – and they need her help.

When 12-year-old Hadley Morgan stumbles upon a magical rift in the mountain next to her hometown, she makes an amazing discovery: dragons are real. The dragon Qi'ola crashed there, and she needs Hadley’s help. The dragons’ minds have been enslaved by the evil Noma Deeve.

Determined to help Qi'ola, Hadley and her brother Brody venture through the rift – and they’re quickly catapulted into a fantastical adventure in a strange new world. From roving bands of ogres and winged darrow to shimmering forests and a cranky dwarf named Calamus, Hadley soon finds out that this land has no shortage of surprises.

But Noma Deeve won’t let go of the dragons without a fight... and back in her home world, Hadley learns how difficult it is to keep a secret as big as a dragon. Can she protect Qi'ola while finding a way to free the dragons from Noma Deeve’s mind control? And what will happen once the scientists in her hometown learn about the magical rift?

Newbodies by Rachelle Zalter

A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD DANCER IS SENT TO A PRISON "RESORT" FOR TRYING TO PROTECT HER MOTHER AND NOW TO ESCAPE, MUST TRUST A FORMER ENEMY.

Set in the future where a tightly controlled technology has been developed that allows rich old people to switch bodies with poor teens. The Government of Ameca captures sixteen-year-old Eliana after she illegally switches bodies with her mother in order to protect her from a painful death. Eliana is sent to a prison camp that capitalizes on beauty, where she can trust no one, but ultimately has to put her faith in a smug, authoritative enemy, Theo Jacobson. But the more time she spends with Theo, the more she wonders if he might not be that bad after all. He might even be the answer she's been looking for all this time.

Mama is getting more exhausted by the day and weaker by the minute. Everything about her death is controlled. The government has mastered the Countdown; they have it down to an art. And they treat it like art, too. At some point, the government realized they couldn't have everyone live forever, so they created a "random" and "fair" system. The government vows everyone's number, or length of life, is assigned before birth, but no one in the low-status Groups believe that. We know better. We've seen the worst. They give you 100 days to prepare for your death in Ameca. Out of nowhere and at any given time, the number appears: "100." It's a digital inscription on your right wrist, like a tattoo. Every day from then on, the number decreases. The Countdown begins. My mother's number is seven today. She has one more week to live.

Saints + Curses: A Collection of Fantasy Short Stories by Alexis Lantgen

Explore worlds of light and dark, where magical whimsy and grim tidings alike are painted across the tapestry of human experience.

Indulge in tales of the fantastical where enchantments are bought and sold at the local corner store, your morning latte gives you special abilities, and you might just adopt a murderous, vampiric cat. Your child might be stolen away in the night and replaced with an ancient, evil creature of the fae, waves of plague-ridden vermin consume everything, and only a saint could hope to turn the tide.

These stories and more await you, if you dare to turn the page...

By the way, half of you ended up voting for two monthly newsletters, and the other half voted for one monthly newsletter. It was 50/50! LOL! So, if you don't mind, I'll keep it to one newsletter for now, so I can focus on writing.

All the best,

Rae Knightly