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Writing

New Release: Maligned Valor

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Now available, the 7th book of the Forsaken Valor series, Maligned Valor:

https://amzn.to/3TZ75So

In my life, I have been kidnapped, attacked, beaten, and tortured.  Now, they are accusing me of being everything that I hate.

My name is William Alexander Armstrong, I am serving as an Initiate in the Drakkus Imperial Space Korps.  I serve there for my friends, for the girl I love, and in the hopes that I can make things better.  For once, we’re on a mission of peace, trying to make allies, trying to build trust.
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Only, things have gone horribly wrong.  Elements of the Drakkus Empire have been doing terrible things and they got caught.  That’s spiked the peace talks and now we’re on the verge of war.  That would be bad enough, except the people we’ve been helping are now accusing me of piracy and worse.

I should just walk away, I should give up.  The thing is, there’s something rotten in the star system and I seem to be a magnet for that sort of trouble.  There’s a plot afoot, one designed to throw the entire Periphery into a state of war, and maligned or not, if I don’t have the valor to stop it, no one will.

Writing

Kal’s April Update

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Hey everyone! I’ve waited a few days to update for April since I don’t want anyone thinking I’m posting some sort of April Fools joke…

I’m releasing the latest Forsaken Valor book, Maligned Valor, next week, 12 April 2024. Maligned Valor is the 7th book of the series and it was an incredibly fun book to write. Several of my beta readers have said it’s one of the most enjoyable books I’ve ever written, which I took as pretty high praise!

In other news, I’m back to work on the Shadow Space Chronicles. Yes, it’s been a long while, which meant I reread the whole series to get myself back int he universe in preparation (I’ve also done editing for the whole series in the process, so if you own it on Kindle, you may notice an updated Table of Contents and the like).

The Shadow Space Chronicles is a special series to me, it being my first published series and I love the setting and story. My goal is to write the next three books of the series, closing out the current story arc and setting the stage for the next books. There’s a lot of story to tell, with the Balor, Shadow Lords, and various warlords and pirates to deal with, along with other threats that have yet to manifest. If all goes well, I’ll have the long awaited 7th book out within the next couple of months.

I’ve got some other books coming out later this year, so keep checking back here for more updates. One is the continuation of a series I’ve already released and the other is the start of a collaboration in another setting.

In other news, I’ve started a new position with the Army, which keeps me extremely busy. It’s definitely going to impact my available free time, so my blog posts are likely to drop off a bit as I focus first on the day job, second on family, and third on writing. Everything else after that is going to be more or less as I get time.

That’s all for now, thanks for reading!