Welcome back!
This is Melinda, your scribe, back again for possibly the last time this year if Ran gets his way. He’s getting plenty of page time. Curse Breaker Unleashed, my current WIP, now has 24 chapters.
I can’t tell if that’s the halfway point since there’s one thing I need Sarn to do, and he hasn’t done it yet. That’s not his fault. Some trouble arose under the mountain and he can’t do the thing I need him to do until he solves that problem. So I will just keep writing. I’m sure Ran will tell you all about that next week.
Before I get into the meat of this week’s newsletter, the Riders of the Apocalypse Series Kickstarter ends on Thursday, November 12 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. So if you want to get the books before anyone else, back before then.
Next, I need to apologize. I just discovered secret tiers. They are tiers that are only accessible through a special link.
How did I find out about them?
An author asked if I had any secret tiers. I had to ask her what are secret tiers and how to do I create them?
I wish I’d known they existed because I could have set that up from the beginning for all the returning backers who already have book 1 of the Riders of the Apocalypse Series. So you don’t have to add them on.
Thankfully, I could still add them even though the Kickstarter is ending on Nov. 12. So I created 3 SECRET TIERS that just have the new books so you can just get a copy of the new books + the reading guide & world manual in one easy click. Well, two if you count clicking the link to the secret tier.
I think you need to be signed into Kickstarter before clicking the secret tier link, but I am not sure since I don’t have a link to someone else’s secret tier to test with. So I recommend making sure you’re signed in on the platform and then clicking the link to the secret tier.
Before I give you the links to the secret tiers, let’s talk books for a moment.
What are the new books?
Chaos Reigns, Riders of the Apocalypse #2
Chaos Reigns is the sequel to Chaos Rises. What’s it about?
Sovvan’s quest to find all the horses of the apocalypse and capture them hits a snag when one hell horse targets her warrior angel friend and tempts her to become his rider and conquer the world.
Curse Breaker Jousts, Riders of the Apocalypse #3
Sarn faces a legion of monsters when War, the second rider of the apocalypse, interrupts a joust. But that’s far from his only problem when he discovers a secret the Rangers have kept from him, and that secret upends his entire life.
Chaos in Chains, Riders of the Apocalypse #4
Sovvan runs into a serious problem when she can’t locate the last hell horse or his rider. The apocalypse can’t stay paused forever.
***The three new books are done and ready print when the campaign ends.
***The apocalypse is handled in this series. There’s no cliffhanger ending. They have to stop the apocalypse or suffer its consequences before the end of book 4.
(They do save it. I wouldn’t end the 4th book until they saved it so I could write Curse Breaker Unleashed.
But you need to read the books to find out how they saved it. I won’t tell you, and I won’t let Ran tell you either. That’s why I’m writing to you instead of him. He wants to tell you how they saved his world. But I won’t let him. He’s not happy about that, but he’ll survive.)
If you need all 4 books in the series, there are tiers for that too but they aren’t a secret. Just hop over to the campaign and choose the public tier that works for you.
Onward to the secret tiers!
The Secret Tiers
If you already have the first book in the Riders of the Apocalypse Series, (Chaos Rises), and just need the 3 new books (Chaos Reigns, Curse Breaker Jousts, Chaos in Chains) and Curse Breaker Universe: Reading Guide & World Manual, then read on!
eBooks only:
Paperback + eBook:
The new books in hardcover + ebook:
The campaign ends on Thursday, November 12, so there’s still time to back.
If you need to change your tier:
On a Desktop Browser:
- Go to the campaign page you have backed. (The Riders of the Apocalypse campaign is here.)
- Click the “Manage your pledge” button near the top of the page.
- Click “Change your pledge”.
- Select a new reward tier from the list (or keep your current one and adjust your add-ons).
- ****If you want to switch to a secret tier, you need to cancel your current pledge and then come to this email and click the link to the secret tier you want to back, and then you back it as normal.***
- Yes! You can still choose any add-ons if you want to go with your secret tier.
- Click “Continue” and then “Confirm changes” to finalize your new selection.
No, you don’t have to change anything if you are happy with the awkward workaround I put in place before I knew that the secret tiers existed. This is just if you want to change something.
Introducing R.S. Kellogg
An author friend is running her kickstarter right now too, so I need to take a moment to introduce R.S. Kellogg!
She lives in Southern California north of the city, east of the beach, south of the desert, and west of the forest. In addition to being a writer and a violinist, she enjoys enormous trees, tiny fairy houses.
R.S. Kellogg’s kickstarter:
What are the Norrit & Hale books about?
Every night, two old friends named Norrit and Hale climb into their great red balloon from Starry-Eyed Station and sail up into the night to harvest stardust and moondust. Each morning, they return, load their harvest into wish-granting machinery, and get to work filling requests from grandparents and grandchildren throughout Breadcove Bay.
It’s a good system. A little magical. And it almost always works exactly as expected. (Almost.)
R.S. shared one of the beautiful pieces of art from the books, so I can share it with you:
Back now to get all three books and the art piece.
New Podcast Episodes
This week, Tamber Kroh joined me to talk about their fantasy book, When Sundered Spirits Dream.
What’s it about?
Privilege isn’t freedom. Four aristocrats must choose between courtly cages and the authentic truths they are forbidden to name. As their paths converge, an ancient prophecy awakens, demanding a devastating price. In a realm ruled by institutional fear, claiming their authentic truths might spark a revolution.
First, however, they must survive the ashes.
Mariclaire Norton joined me to talk about their fantasy book, Once and Future, Tales of Eirlandia Book 1.
What’s it about?
A lost journal. A legendary queen. A war that never truly ended. Once and Future is the spellbinding first book in the Tales of Eirlandia series, blending rich world-building, historical intrigue, and an unforgettable heroine’s journey.
Where to listen to both episodes:
That’s it for this week! See you next week.
– Melinda Kucsera, your scribe.