Thanks, Diane! Party on.
We received a one-star review for Blockade from a person who felt that I was talking down to him in my author notes. Authors should never reply to reviews on Amazon. That’s a safe policy to embrace, but all I can say is that was not my intent and would never be my intent. If someone hates my book, then I question my marketing and how it got into that person’s hand. I don’t ever question the reader or look down on them. I appreciate everyone who picks up one of my books and reads it all the way to the end. That’s boss! Or groovy, or a myriad of era-specific terms. Thank you for reading my books and I hope you enjoy them. Without you, most of these books wouldn’t exist. Without readers, there is very little reason to keep writing.
I have gotten such overwhelming support from the readers that I am humbled and incredibly grateful. Here’s to you!
In Chapter Sixteen you’ll find a bit about Nathan meeting a human trader with his Yollin and Balorean companions. I lifted that bit directly from Tom Dublin’s first addition to the Age of Expansion—Gravity Storm in the exciting new series, Shadow Vanguard. There is a great deal of crossover in the universe, and I wanted to highlight Tommy D because he is a stellar member of the team.
What happens when Nathan tries to recruit this team? Read Gravity Storm to find out.
I just got back from London. There are some authors over there! I got to meet some fine people, including Tommy D, Erika Everest, and Natale Roberts—good people joining us to write in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe. So many great stories are coming.
I also got to meet the ship captain’s namesake, Micky Cocker and her husband Russ. Micky is there whenever I need an opinion on anything I write. She’ll read it and let me know how it works, without delay, allowing me the freedom and foresight to keep moving forward. Such wonderful people all. It makes flying across nine time zones worthwhile. I have to admit that I was tired the entire time I was in London, all five days. But the incredible people who came to the show appreciated it. They were unfailingly kind in their words and deeds.
What else is going on? We did complete new typography on the Terry Henry Walton Chronicles and are relaunching the series with a big bang from February 26th to March 2nd, 2018. Our goal is to bring new readers on board, welcome them to Michael’s fantastic universe that is The Kurtherian Gambit.
That’s it—break’s over, back to writing the next book. Peace, fellow humans.
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Thank you for reading Price of Freedom, the third book in an entire new series!
Author Notes - Michael Anderle
Written February 17, 2018
Thank you ALWAYS for not only reading this story, but reading all of the way to the back and through to these author notes, as well ;-)
I happened to be in London at the same time as Craig, and met those amazing people he mentioned (and many more including Abby-Lynn Knorr (Oriceran), Meg Cowly (Oriceran), Micky Cocker (Kurtherian and others, but we are keeping her here), Dan Willcocks (Age of Madness – Kurtherian) and of course Martha Carr (Oriceran) as well as many others. It was a wonderful time and (while I don’t think any of the other authors outside of those mentioned above read my stuff) HELLO from over the pond!
Just in case they do read our stuff.
This latest week, we released TWO books on Valentine’s day. Bethany Anne’s book 21 (and the end to the Kurtherian Gambit saga. Her next book is The Kurtherian Endgame.) Also, Dawn Arrives, the fourth and last book in The Second Dark Ages.
In those two, the lovers reunite.
I was the last author leaving the time I call the second dark ages (between WWDE and when Bethany Anne and group surround the Earth with the BYPS system.) We (Craig Martelle, Justin Sloan and myself) wrote twenty-two books during that time with Craig and Justin writing eighteen.
I wrote four… and half of those four books Ell Leigh Clarke helped me with!
I just want to say KUDOS to those guys for making this age work out, and giving all of us a playground to work with.
If you aren’t aware, Terry Henry was a character back in my original series who stayed on Earth, and his wife and child were killed during WWDE (World’s Worst Day Ever) and the time around that event. I had to ask Craig to write a series which was during this post-apocalyptic timeframe because I had learned my lesson.
Don’t leave big gaps in the timeline, fans are no Bueno on that stuff.
Now, leading up to THE BIG RELEASE of these two major series and the ONE major event so many readers wished to see (Michael and Bethany Anne getting back together) I received a LOT of questions, but one was at the top…
“Which book do I read first? Life Goes on (TKG21) or Dawn Arrives (TSDA04)?”
I answered, “21 then 4!”
Apparently, I should have answered the other way around. Why? Because that sumbitch MURPHY got ahold of my plans and puckered them up.
Now, I wrote book 21 first. Had it go through editing, worked it all out and it was ready to go. I wrote (with Ell) the second book because if ANYTHING should happen to the timeline, then Bethany Anne needed to drop first on Valentine’s day.
It was important. Not only to the fans, but to me personally.
We (and by ‘we’ I mean Zen Master Walking™ Stephen Campbell) released book 21 first. Ten minutes later, he pushed the button to release Dawn Arrives to make sure everything was copacetic.
One hour later, Dawn Arrives pops up on the store for fans to start purchasing and Life Goes On is saying it is ‘publishing’ which means the book is supposed to be released to the servers for purchase by the fans.
It is supposed to mean that.
I won’t bore you with the details (go to either the Facebook page, or the Facebook group for the gory details, the offers to storm a certain businesses offices and other myriad and often funny comments) but Life Goes On didn’t show up until the morning of the 15th…
DAMMIT!
It just goes to show that no matter how many weeks you work towards a goal, it can always be screwed up at the last moment and the only thing to do is smile and work hard on the next project.
While you grumble under your breath and say AWFUL things about computer servers and stupid processes that don’t work properly. I’m personally hoping the servers weren’t monitoring my speech.
Cause the next book will take a week, I’m sure.
THANK YOU for supporting all of us here in The Kurtherian Gambit. We have more (and more and more) stories we want to tell, including one about a big-assed ship.
We (Craig and I) think you will enjoy that one quite a bit.
Ad Aeternitatem!
Michael Anderle
Craig Martelle
(click to go see books on Amazon)
The Terry Henry Walton Chronicles, a Kurtherian Gambit Series, co-written with Michael Anderle
World's Worst Day Ever - a prequel
Book 1 - Nomad Found (also on Audible)
Book 2 - Nomad Redeemed (also on Audible)
Book 3 - Nomad Unleashed (also on Audible)
Book 4 - Nomad Supreme (also on Audible)
Book 5 - Nomad's Fury (also on Audible)
Book 6 - Nomad's Justice (also on Audible)
Book 7 - Nomad Avenged (also on Audible)
Book 8 - Nomad Mortis (also on Audible)
Book 9 - Nomad's Force (coming soon on Audible)
Book 10 - Nomad's Galaxy (coming soon on Audible)
Nomad's Journal - a collection of Terry Henry Walton Short Stories
The Bad Company, a Kurtherian Gambit Age of Expansion Series, co-written with Michael Anderle
Gateway to the Universe (Book 0 for multiple series within the Age of Expansion
Book 1: The Bad Company
Book 2: Blockade
Books 3-8: Price of Freedom
Free Trader Series
Book 1 - The Free Trader of Warren Deep
Book 2 - The Free Trader of Planet Vii
Book 3 - Adventures on RV Traveler
Book 4 - Battle for the Amazon
Book 5 - Free the North!
Book 6 - Free Trader on the High Seas
Book 7 - Southern Discontent (Coming)
Book 8 - The Great 'Cat Rebellion (Coming
Book 9 - Return to the Traveler (Coming)
Cygnus Space Opera - set in the Free Trader Universe
Book 1 - Cygnus Rising
Book 2 - Cygnus Expanding
Book 3 - Cygnus Arrives
End Times Alaska Series, a Permuted Press publication
Book 1: Endure (also on Audible)
Book 2: Run (also on Audible)
Book 3: Return (also on Audible)
Book 4: Fury (also on Audible)
Rick Banik Thrillers
People Raged and the Sky Was on Fire (also on Audible)
The Heart Raged (2017)
Paranoid in Paradise - a short story
Short Stories (and where you can find them)
Earth Prime Anthology, Volume 1 (Stephen Lee & James M. Ward)
Apocalyptic Space Short Story Collection (Stephen Lee & James M. Ward)
Lunar Resorts Anthology, Volume 2 (Stephen Lee & James M. Ward)
Just One More Fight (published as a novella standalone)
Wisdom's Journey (published as a novella standalone)
Fear Peace (published as a novella standalone)
The Trenches of Centauri Prime (in Galactic Frontiers, edited by Charles Ekeke)
The Misadventures of Jacob Wild McKilljoy (with Michael-Scott Earle)
The Outcast (in Through the Never anthology)
Mystically Engineered (in Tales from the Void, a Chris Fox Anthology)
A Language Barrier (in The Expanding Universe, Volume 3)
Box Sets & Anthologies
Trader, Cygnus, & People Raged - Martelle Starter Library
The Expanding Universe, Volume 1 (edited by Craig Martelle)
The Expanding Universe, Volume 2 (edited by Craig Martelle)
The Expanding Universe, Volume 3 (edited by Craig Martelle) (Dec 2017)
Metamorphosis Alpha - Chronicles from the Warden Vol 1 (with James M. Ward, edited by Craig Martelle)
Metamorphosis Alpha - Chronicles from the Warden Vol 2 (Coming Dec 2017 with James M. Ward, edited by Craig Martelle)
Books by Michael Anderle
For a complete list of Kurtherian Gambit Universe
books please click this link.
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 Arc
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)
The Second Dark Ages
The Dark Messiah (01)
The Darkest Night (02)
Darkest Before The Dawn (03)
*with Ell Leigh Clarke*
Dawn Arrives (04)
*with Ell Leigh Clarke*
The Boris Chronicles
* With Paul C. Middleton *
Evacuation (01)
Retaliation (02)
Revelations (03)
Redemption (04)
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)
Return of Victory (08)
The Etheric Academy
* With TS PAUL *
ALPHA CLASS (01)
ALPHA CLASS - Engineering (02)
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)
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 Gods Beneath (07)
Reborn (08)
The Hidden Magic Chronicles
* With Justin Sloan *
Shades of Light (01)
Shades of Dark (02)
Shades of Glory (03)
Shades of Justice (04)
Storms of Magic
*With PT Hylton*
Storm Raiders (01)
Storm Callers (02)
Storm Breakers (03)
Storm Warrior (04)
Tales of the Feisty Druid
*With Candy Crum*
The Arcadian Druid (01)
The Undying Illusionist (02)
The Frozen Wasteland (03)
The Deceiver (04)
The Lost (05)
The Damned (06)
Path of Heroes
*With Brandon Barr*
Rogue Mage (01)
A New Dawn
*With Amy Hopkins*
Dawn of Destiny (01)
Dawn of Darkness (02)
Dawn of Deliverance (03)
Dawn of Days (04)
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)
Bourne (08)
Confessions of a Space Anthropologist
* With Ell Leigh Clarke *
Giles Kurns: Rogue Operator (01)
The Uprise Saga
* With Amy DuBoff *
Covert Talents (01)
Endless Advance (02)
Veiled Designs (03)
Dark Rivals (04)
Bad Company
* With Craig Martelle*
The Bad Company (01)
Blockade (02)
The Ghost Squadron
* With Sarah Noffke*
Formation (01)
Exploration (02)
Evolution (03)
&nb
sp; Degeneration (04)
Valerie’s Elites
* With Justin Sloan and PT Hylton *
Valerie’s Elites (01)
Death Defied (02)
Prime Enforcer (03)
Shadow Vanguard
* With Tom Dublin*
Gravity Storm (01)
Etheric Adventures: Anne and Jinx
*With S.R. Russell*
Etheric Recruit
Etheric Researcher
Other Books
Gateway to the Universe
*With Craig Martelle & Justin Sloan*
The Revelations of Oriceran
The Leira Chronicles
*With Martha Carr*
Waking Magic (1)
Release of Magic (2)
Protection of Magic (3)
Rule of Magic (4)
Dealing in Magic (5)
Theft of Magic (6)
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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