First Day of Issue

It all started here. It was my first publication (other than poetry) and I was nominated for the John W. Campbell award for best new SF writer for it. I write differently, now, and I hope each book is better, but this is still a fun read. I had to lop off the death of an interstellar empire to make the word count requirements, but such is life! Hope you enjoy it.

And you can pick however you want to read the three books. They were written and first published as Fire Sanctuary, Fires of Nuala and Hidden Fires. Chronologically, they are Fires of Nuala, Hidden Fires and Fire Sanctuary.

"An ambitious book, at once a cultural extrapolation, a love story, and the struggle for control of an unusual planet. A tale of loyalties, intrigue, action . . . entwining the fates of people and worlds."

-- Author Roger Zelazny

"Fire Sanctuary, her first novel, is a new entry in the unnamed sub genre of science fiction where the Darkover Books of Marion Zimmer Bradley and the Pern books of Anne McCaffrey fall. The intricacies of the well-controlled plot are far too great to go into here -- there is much upheaval, much intrigue, and much romance...a particularly fine mix."

---LOCUS Magazine

Revised and with a new afterword (originally a forward, but you know e-book requirements!) by the author. Available at Book View Cafe starting March 29, 2011. Free sample chapters!

How about An Ode to Staff?

Over at Publisher's Weekly is An Ode to Staff put up by the owner of a small Indie bookstore. She mentions how each bookstore is different, and how these people make her store work and make it a richer experience as well. She can actually go on vacation somewhere with poor cell reception, knowing that these people have everything in hand. And that's a great gift.

Let's hear it for all the great people who recommend books!