by Amy Hopkins
Garrett knocked back his drink in one long pull, then wiped the foam from his whiskers. “So, it’s a tie, then?" he asked.
Bette slumped. “Fine. It’s a tie. I suppose yer a reasonable fighter after all.”
Danil sank his head into his hands. “What the hell are we going to do?”
“About the New Dawn?” Julianne asked. “I don’t know.”
“No, about those two!” Danil shook a hand at the rearick. Garrett looked offended, Bette just grinned. “Next thing you know they’ll be marching to bloody Muir to see who can kill Rogan first!”
Bette sat up. “Aye, now that’s an idea!”
Julianne laughed. “Glad you’ll be at my side. It won’t be an easy fight.”
Marcus rubbed his face. “Really? We ran all that way to get from Muir to Tahn, and now you’re gonna make me go back?”
She nodded. “This time we’ll make a better plan, though. And we’ll have help.”
“Aye, lassie, that ye will!” Garrett slammed his mug down and gestured for Mary to bring a refill. When Bette kicked him, he groaned and stood. “Fine, I’ll get it. Who else needs another?”
As he strolled away to the bar to ask for three more ales, Julianne rubbed her eyes and yawned.
“Ye did a good thing, Julianne,” Bette whispered. “But I don’t think ye know how good. This town was more than saved. Ye liberated it. Not from the Dawn itself, but from the memory of them, from the feeling of being helpless.”
Julianne’s eyes burned and her throat ached. She had worried so much about dragging the fragile village into a battle so soon after what they had faced. It was good to know she had done the right thing.
They hadn’t won the war yet, but they would. She was sure of it.
FINIS
Author Notes - Amy Hopkins
Written September 28, 2017
*waves excitedly* Hi guys! Wow, I’m so super incredibly excited today! Dawn of Destiny (the book before this one) is due to release TOMORROW! For you guys, that’s at least a week ago. Or more, because I live in the land of tomorrow, thanks to crazy time zones.
If you’re confused, join the club!
So, I’m sitting (pacing) calmly (frantically) while sipping water (hot water, with coffee, milk and sugar added) and waiting for the world to see my new story. By the time you get to these notes, you’ll know if you love Julianne or hate her. I’m guessing you at least like her a bit, if you got this far.
My little team is so much fun to play with. Bette just kicks ass and doesn’t stop to apologise, and in a lot of ways, is like the prim and proper Annie. Danil and Marcus are a bit alike, but Bastian I think will turn out to be a lot smarter than most of them expected. Though the school he wants to set up is just a wish for now, I’d like to make it happen one day in the future.
Book three is still coming along quickly, after a few days interruption because of some very sick kids. I’m getting it done as fast as I can, so I can… you know, write another one!
I’m really looking forwards to next year in the KGU - when we move, my smallest kid will start kindy, and I’ll have a couple of days every week JUST for writing! Which is great, because I’ve got sooo many more book ideas for Tahn and the mystics!
I guess I’d better run, but before I go, a quick update on the epic battle I’m fighting with Michael… I think I lost. It was close, but his poor taste has spread like a wonky nanocyte and infected too many for us to stand against him. Pineapple pizza lost.
-Amy
Author Notes - Michael Anderle
Written October 5, 2018
Thank you, I cannot express my appreciation enough that not only did you pick up the fifth book, but you read it all the way to the end and NOW, you’re reading this as well. Since this book is part of a series, I am presuming you have blessed us by reading them both and what a fantastic feeling that is for any author!
I’m going to speak a bit about Amy and her ride this last week or so and to do that, I have to give you some behind-the-scenes information to set this up.
First, when we set up a book for sale, we have three pages of information to fill out. That information includes the title, series name, authors / editors / forward (if you want to add any of this) the blurb, keyword search terms, two categories, the book file, the cover file (separate), publisher information and finally price information.
You set another couple of preferences (inside Kindle Unlimited or not) and earning percentage (35% or 70%). It might seem a bit odd, “Why not always choose 70%?”
Well, if you have a book priced between $0.99 (the lowest) and $2.98 or more than $9.99 you MUST choose 35%. One of the benefits of 35% is Amazon does not charge us a fee for each download of the book. Typically, for a 70,000 word book with a file size for the cover of about 800k or so, we will be charged $0.05 per download.
However, if we have something with a LOT of pictures, we could choose to pay 35% and not be charged for the download fees which have the possibility of causing us to lose money on those books.
Once we have all of this information plugged in, we hit a “Submit” button and Amazon SWOOSHES it away to be placed “In Review.”
If we have offered the appropriate sacrifices, don’t have anything that looks wrong to the Amazon algorithms, the queue to be reviewed is short then we could have our books out in an hour or two and working to be sold around the world.
That’s damned impressive!
But, occasionally something doesn’t go to plan and a book is perhaps flagged for more review or we just have bad luck and it takes FOREVER. (Which, to us is anything over 45 minutes.)
Now, I get back to Amy.
Amy lives in Australia, so she is already one day ahead of us most of the time and when she is anxiously awaiting a Friday release, that’s pretty much Saturday to her.
So, we setup and release her first book last week and she is already exhausted, but excited to see it go up on the store.
The only problem is it didn’t release quickly. So, Amy is already tired, a day ahead and Amazon isn’t pushing our book out.
Hour after hour she waits, biting her nails. Finally, she has to succumb to exhaustion and sleep. It took FOREVER for the book to come out, and when it did, it’s already Saturday here in the states.
Not a great day to release a new book, by the way.
However, she has an excellent attitude and a really wonderful spirit and I have to say I’m blessed to be collaborating with her, CM Raymond and LE Barbant on the New Dawn series.
Thank you Amy, for your patience, your humor and your sarcastic and funny-as-hell Australian wit!
Ad Aeternitatem,
Michael
Amy Hopkins
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Books from Amy Hopkins
The Talented Series
Dream Stalker: Talented Book 1
Barrow Fiend: Talented Book 2
Truth Taker: Talented Book 3
Faery Teind: Talented Book 4
A New Dawn
*With Michael Anderle*
Dawn of Destiny (01)
Dawn of Darkness (02)
Other Books
Realm of the Nine Circles
Michael Anderle
Kurtherian Gambit Series Titles Include:
First Arc
Death Becomes Her (01) - Queen Bitch (02) - Love Lost (03) - Bite This (04)
Never Forsaken (05) - Under My Heel (06) - Kneel Or Die (07)
Second Ar
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We Will Build (08) - It’s Hell To Choose (09) - Release The Dogs of War (10)
Sued For Peace (11) - We Have Contact (12) - My Ride is a Bitch (13)
Don’t Cross This Line (14)
Third Arc (2017)
Never Submit (15) - Never Surrender (16) - Forever Defend (17)
Might Makes Right (18) - Ahead Full (19) - Capture Death (20)
Life Goes On (21)
**New Series**
The Second Dark Ages
The Dark Messiah (01)
The Darkest Night (02)
Darkest Before The Dawn (03)
The Boris Chronicles
* With Paul C. Middleton *
Evacuation
Retaliation
Revelation
Restitution 2017
Reclaiming Honor
* With JUSTIN SLOAN *
Justice Is Calling (01)
Claimed By Honor (02)
Judgement Has Fallen (03)
Angel of Reckoning (04)
Born Into Flames (05)
Defending The Lost (06)
Saved By Valor (07)
The Etheric Academy
* With TS PAUL *
ALPHA CLASS (01)
ALPHA CLASS - Engineering (02)
ALPHA CLASS (03) Coming soon
Terry Henry “TH” Walton Chronicles
* With CRAIG MARTELLE *
Nomad Found (01)
Nomad Redeemed (02)
Nomad Unleashed (03)
Nomad Supreme (04)
Nomad’s Fury (05)
Nomad’s Justice (06)
Nomad Avenged (07)
Nomad Mortis (08)
Nomad’s Force (09)
Nomad’s Galaxy (10)
Trials and Tribulations
* With Natalie Grey *
Risk Be Damned (01)
Damned to Hell (02)
Hell’s Worst Nightmare (03) coming soon
The Age of Magic
The Rise of Magic
* With CM Raymond / LE Barbant *
Restriction (01)
Reawakening (02)
Rebellion (03)
Revolution (04)
Unlawful Passage (05)
Darkness Rises (06)
The Hidden Magic Chronicles
* With Justin Sloan *
Shades of Light (01)
Shades of Dark (02)
Shades of Glory (03)
Storms of Magic
*With PT Hylton*
Storm Raiders (01)
Storm Callers (02)
Storm Breakers (03)
Tales of the Feisty Druid
*With Candy Crum*
The Arcadian Druid (01)
The Undying Illusionist (02)
The Frozen Wasteland (03)
Path of Heroes
*With Brandon Barr*
Rogue Mage (01)
A New Dawn
*With Amy Hopkins*
Dawn of Destiny (01)
Dawn of Darkness (02)
The Age of Expansion
The Ascension Myth
* With Ell Leigh Clarke *
Awakened (01)
Activated (02)
Called (03)
Sanctioned (04)
Rebirth (05)
Retribution (06)
Cloaked (07)
The Uprise Saga
* With Amy Duboff & Craig Martelle*
Covert Talents (01)
Other Books
Etheric Recruit
*With S.R. Russell*
The Revelations of Oriceran
The Leira Chronicles
*With Martha Carr*
Quest for Magic (0)
Waking Magic (1)
Release of Magic (2)
Protection of Magic (3)
Rule of Magic (4)
SHORT STORIES
Frank Kurns Stories of the Unknownworld 01 (7.5)
You Don’t Touch John’s Cousin
Frank Kurns Stories of the Unknownworld 02 (9.5)
Bitch’s Night Out
Bellatrix: Frank Kurns Stories of the Unknownworld 03 (13.25)
With Natalie Grey
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