It’s not ready for release yet, but I’ve just completed the 2nd draft.

Neil Gaiman once said that the purpose of the second draft was to make it look like you knew what you were doing in the first place. I can sympathize with that. Characters begin to write their own story such that you sometimes feel like all you are doing is recording their actions.

Then, of course, you begin to realize that the actions are either not properly connected nor properly explained. Now, I think I’ve accomplished that.

The title of Book 4 will be Raven: Necris and will involve the title character returning home for a one month break before the next season. The book will also update you on another significant Necris in the Iskandar organization, Vysse. Just one warning, the end of this book will be fairly emotional.

One oddity in this book is that while it will have the standard Preface about the 102 year old Raven, there will be an Epilogue concerning her also. I leave you hanging in the preface (“She opened the letter.”) and I thought that was a pretty lousy way to keep you hanging, so that scene is continued in the Epilogue.

Due to Yvonne’s and my schedule, Book 4 will be released in April. Possibly March.

With the hundreds and thousands of books written by authors famous and striving, it is really difficult to get reviews. Of course you can pay for reviews, but somehow that doesn’t strike me as real reviews from real people. And, besides, there are all kinds of scams, semi-scams and wannabes out there promising to place their review of your book in front of thousands and, sometimes, millions of people. Even with the services with the best reputations you’ll find that an author will pay hundreds of dollars for a review only to find that the ‘reviewer’ only cut and paste the author’s synopsis as their review.

That’s why I want to highlight this review I got on Amazon for ‘Christmas Eve 2226’.

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And a heartfelt thanks from the author!

Just a reminder that the first three books of the Raven of Iskandar series are free for kindle today. On Amazon.

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The Kindle versions of the first three books of the Raven of Iskandar series, Raven: The Call from Central; Raven: Mirabelle and Raven: The Triballi Incident will be free to download tomorrow (Sunday) and Monday.

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The fourth book, Raven: Necris, is complete in first draft and I’ll be editing it over the holidays before I send it on to my editor. This will be the shortest book of the series, running around 200 pages mainly because extending it further will ruin the effect at the end. Of course the series does not end there, plenty more to come.

Just a reminder that the three books below are free Kindle downloads

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Also, just for Christmas, next Sunday I’ll set up a giveaway on the other books, so you can get the whole series by the end of next week.

Finally, Book 4 of the Raven of Iskandar Series, Raven: Necris, is completed in first draft and currently in editing. Look for an early 2020 release.