I'm thrilled to announce that DISSONANCE: Aurora Renegades Book Two is now available in ebook and paperback on Amazon worldwide. And for TODAY ONLY, the ebook is $0.99. So if you're planning on buying the ebook (and I hope you are), grab it now!

• Don't have a Kindle & prefer ebooks to paperbacks? Kindle apps for your tablet or phone (iOS, Android, Windows Phone), PC, Mac and the cloud can be downloaded here: Kindle Apps. If you read ebooks on something other than a Kindle or Kindle app, send me an email.

• As the paperback is added to more sites, links will be posted here (click the "Paperback" button to see retailers).

• I can't wait for everyone to read Dissonance. As I talked about at greater length in this blog post, this book is special in many ways.

As Book 5 of 9, it truly is the Pivot Point: this is the book where everything changes, in ways large and small & several ways we won’t fully understand for a while. It ventures to some dark, tumultuous places and doesn’t always return from them by the end, but it’s also full of triumphs and joy. Secrets are revealed—including The Secret, the one that does and will matter more than any other for the future of Aurora Rhapsody—and a few new ones are born.

• Of course if you do enjoy it, don't be shy about it! Reviews are the greatest gift you can give, but posts on Twitter, Facebook or other social media sites, your own blogs, and forums are also most welcome.

• To celebrate the release, Aurora Rising: The Complete Collection and Sidespace are both on sale for $0.99 for the next several days. This is a great opportunity for someone who's interested in reading the series to jump in, so tell your friends.

• More great news: the Dissonance audiobook is already in production :). Look for it next month!

As if Dissonance wasn't enough, a new anthology came out yesterday, Beyond the Stars: A Planet Too Far, and it includes a brand new Aurora Rhapsody short story.  

• I'm honored to have VENATORIS lead off this outstanding collection of 11 space opera short stories from some of today's best independent sci-fi writers. It's a wild, no-holds-barred Alex and Kennedy space adventure set five years before Starshine, and here's the blurb:

"Humanity may have colonized much of the galaxy, but space remains as dangerous as ever, and so do the people inhabiting it. When Alexis Solovy—space explorer, freelance scout, recalcitrant wanderer—lands the contract of a lifetime, the race is on to claim the prize. Now she must not only outrun but outsmart her rivals to uncover the secrets of an ancient, mysterious pulsar. For deep in the void, far beyond the reach of civilization, wealth and renown matter little absent the ultimate reward: survival."

• The Beyond the Stars ebook is $0.99 for just a couple of days, so pick it up today.

As ever, thank you all so much for your support and enthusiasm - your emails, messages, tweets and more. As I say in the Acknowledgements for Dissonance and repeat every time someone brings the topic up, you make this all worthwhile, every day.

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