Time to get this party started! Today is the Launch Day for my fourth novel Storming, a historical/dieselpunk mashup that is dear to my heart for a lot of reasons:
1. I had probably more fun writing it than I have any of my other books.
2. Which makes sense, since I think you’ll find it the most objectively “fun” story out of anything I’ve written to date (but don’t worry, you’ll still get all your angsty characters in search of redemption, blood-and-thunder stakes, and what my totally prejudiced brain insists is the most adorable romantic subplot I’ve written yet).
3. Its setting (western Nebraska), if not the time (1920), is very familiar to me, which was a blast for a change. (I’ll take you on a tour of the real-life settings here.) So I get to show you around my favorite places along the way.
4. It’s got biplanes!
5. For the first time ever, it combines my two genres–historical and speculative–by tossing in a fun dose of dieselpunk. (What’s dieselpunk? Think steampunk, but set between the World Wars instead of the Victorian period.)
All of this means I’m beyond pleased to finally get to share the book with all of you who have been eagerly (and patiently) waiting for it!
Where Can I Buy the Book?
You can purchase the book in paperback, on Kindle, Nook, or Kobo. And if you really, really want the paperback and can’t just decide, I’m trying something new this time around: if you buy the paperback from Amazon, you’ll get the Kindle version free via their MatchBook program.
(Don’t have a Kindle but want to take advantage of the cheaper e-book options? No problem. You can read Kindle books off your computer, iPhone or iPad, or Android, using their respective Kindle apps.)
You can read the summary here, read the first chapter here, and watch the trailer here.
As always, I’m celebrating the book’s launch with PRIZES! So please join the party. There will be hourly prizes all day today and fun stuff all week (including daily games–with more prizes–on Facebook and Twitter), culminating in the Grand Prize Bundle.
Grand Prize
In the past when you guys have voted on prizes, you’ve always (totally reasonably) chosen the Kindle over the gift box. But I love gift boxes. So why shouldn’t we get the best of both worlds?
This time, I’ve put together a huge prize bundle. One lucky winner will receive:
- A brand-new Kindle (six-inch touchscreen)
- Signed paperback editions of all my novels, including:
- A $25 Amazon gift certificate (so you can stock that Kindle right away!)
- A Steampunk Dial Pocket Watch (comes with a leather cord, so you can wear it as a necklace as well)
- Replica JN-4D Biplane (as featured in the book)
- Leather-Bound Journal
- Cafe La Llave Espresso Coffee Brick (the best coffee)
- Donckels Cocoa-Dusted Belgian Truffles (the best chocolate)
To Enter
The contest will run until Wednesday, December 9th. You can do several things throughout the week to earn contest points and increase your chances of winning. For every contest point earned, your name will be entered once more into the pool (e.g., if you’ve earned 18 points, you have 18 chances of winning). (Note: no purchase is necessary to enter.)
Good luck to everyone in the drawing, have fun, and thank you for helping me celebrate the launch of Storming!
