May the world be brighter for our burning...
Mar 17, 2025 8:17 pm
We are only a few days away from the launch of my brand new dragon epic fantasy, and there is so much to share, so let's dive in!
Audiobook is confirmed
The audiobook for Children of the Gods is officially recording at the end of June, and will be performed by award winning narrator, Tim Campbell!
Tim has won many awards and has worked with some pretty remarkable authors across just about every genre you can imagine, including Jennifer Armentrout and Veronica Roth. But what drew me to him in relation to this project was hearing his performance on fellow indie fantasy author Michael Webb's Shadow Knights books.
His voice acting range is fantastic and really fits this project well. And even more good news is that the audiobooks will now also be made available in the Kickstarter campaign.
A Dragon Hoard Book Box
My goal with this campaign is to make every format available at retail price. This will include the ebook, audiobook, paperback, high quality hardcover, and the ultimate package: a book box.
This will include a slipcase for the hardcover book, art cards, a faux leather Children of the Gods bookmark, a die-struck dragon egg pin, and stickers.
Whether you just want to be among the first readers of the ebook, or you'd like the full premium experience, there should be something for everyone.
I hope you'll follow the campaign, and consider backing at whatever level fits best for you. It's a great way to get the book first, support my writing, and without giving the mega corporations a cut.
It launches in ONE WEEK!
The hardcover will include high quality features such as textured casing, custom dust jacket, foil stamped naked cover, interior illustrations...
And with Stretch Goals, we'll be adding black sprayed edges and maybe even stenciled edges, dragon scales pattern endpapers, foiling and embossed lettering on the dust jacket, and more...
Writing Updates
I didn't get a lot of writing done in February. After the big push to get Children of the Gods ready to send to my editor, I needed a creative break.
But this month, while waiting to get the edits back, and in between the prep for the CotG campaign, I've played around with Swordslinger, the next Pantheon book. I've written a few chapters, and like what I've got so far.
I just got the edits back, so that will be my main focus the next few weeks.
Once the Kickstarter wraps up mid-April, I'll be back in full creative mode for awhile, which I'm looking forward. I plan to work on both Age of Fire Book Two and Swordslinger this year.
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Okay, and that's all for now. I am so excited to launch Children of the Gods next week!
Thank you all!
Stephen
And don't miss these books...
The Shadow Watch Saga (a complete epic fantasy series)
Pantheon: Rogue System (a complete LitRPG fantasy trilogy)
Age of Fire (a dragon epic fantasy)
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