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The Weltall File (Gordian Division #4) audiobook is out!

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Hey, y’all! 😄 H.P. here!

You’ve been waiting patiently, and now Gordian Division #4: The Weltall File is finally out on audio from David Weber, Jacob Holo, Baen Books and Recorded Books!

This is hands-down my favorite of the File books – I mean, with a mystery set at the multiverse’s first trans-dimensional gaming tournament, how could it not be? 🎮😁 – and once again, Gabriel Vaughan‘s done a great job narrating Isaac and Susan’s adventures.

We hope you enjoy it! 😄

LISTEN TO THE WELTALL FILE HERE

The Weltall File

Gordian Division #4

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Written by David Weber and Jacob Holo
Narrated by Gabriel Vaughan
Published by Baen Books and Recorded Books

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Come for the games. Stay for the murder. 

A mystery in the Gordian Division universe.

The Weltall Tournament’s professional VR games were supposed to be a symbol of cooperation between SysGov and its militaristic neighbor, the Admin. But that was before star Admin player Elly Sako received a death threat, written in blood next to a copy of her own severed head. The Admin’s Department of Temporal Investigation swiftly seizes control of the crime scene, and the tournament transforms into a flashpoint of charged politics and conflicting jurisdictions. 

SysPol Detective Isaac Cho and DTI Special Agent Susan Cantrell—partners in the officer exchange program—are sent in to take charge of the investigation and bring the situation under control. But solving this mystery won’t be easy, and the pair struggles to determine who is telling the truth. A jilted relationship between players soon explodes into signs of a far-reaching conspiracy, and the two detectives find themselves racing against time before the tournament ends. 

Because the killer will be the only one who wins, should they fail.

LISTEN TO THE WELTALL FILE HERE

Surprise! 😄 A new mecha short story from Jacob!

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Hey, y’all! 😄 This short story’s been turned in so long that honestly, we forgot about it until Raconteur Press told us the anthology was out. 🤣 That said, if you’ve been jonesing for some giant robot action, check out Giant Stompin’ Robots, edited by our good author pal James Young.

READ GIANT STOMPIN’ ROBOTS HERE

It’s got a bunch of kickass giant robot stories in it, but it especially has a new short set in the Titan Mage universe I wrote as Edie Skye! (Be warned: The short’s not spicy, but the series is.) “Once a Titan Mage” basically boils down to “What if John Wick, but with a giant robot?” with all the epic action that implies.

Also, if you haven’t read it yet, I’ve got a story (as Edie Skye) in the companion volume Giant Freakin’ Robots:

READ GIANT FREAKIN’ ROBOTS HERE

“I’m in Love with a Helicopter” involves transforming helicopter mechs and epic battles with air pirates … but is ultimately inspired by that one Armored Core VI tutorial that kicked my butt so many times I developed Stockholm Syndrome and started to love it. 🤣

Speaking of which, I gotta show off this review from Tangent Online, which loved the entire anthology … but especially loved Rion, Sevas, and Jenny’s adventure.

If you’re into giant robots, we hope you’ll give both a look! 😄

Freelancers of Neptune (Sol Blazers #1) is Out Today! :D

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Freelancers of Neptune

Sol Blazers #1

by Jacob Holo

Published by Baen Books

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All he wanted was a simple job to make ends meet. What he got was a mysterious cat girl, a shot at a hoard of treasure, and a whole lot of trouble.

The Solar System ain’t what it used to be!

In the far distant future, Saturn’s rings are gone, Mercury is a gas giant, and Earth is remembered only as a unit of measure. Nearly godlike AIs reshaped the Solar System in eons past, but they too are now nothing more than a fading memory.

Captain Nathaniel Kade cares for none of that. He’s but a simple freelancer from the orbital ring of Neptune, struggling to make ends meet and to keep his understaffed spaceship from falling apart. All he wants is a decent, uneventful job to help put his finances back in order.

What he receives instead is Vessani S’Kaari, a mysterious and beautiful cat girl who tried—and failed—to steal a ship belonging to a band of space pirates. Vessani’s in over her head and is clearly more trouble than she’s worth, but she also has a lead on what may be the greatest treasure trove of lost technology the Solar System has ever seen.

Nathan pulls her butt out of the fire, and together they begin to assemble a team to seek out this long-lost bounty. But other interested parties have their eyes on the same prize; the Jovian Everlife has dispatched a fleet of warships with one of their elite, many-bodied agents in command, and he’d like a few words with Nathan and his new crewmember.

READ FREELANCERS OF NEPTUNE HERE
ORDER SIGNED COPIES from fiction addiction
order (Bookplate) signed copies from Uncle hugo’s

Gordian Division Audiobooks 3-6 are up for Pre-Order!

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Hey, y’all! 😄 H.P. here!

And guess what? THEY’RE FINALLY HAPPENING! 😃

If you’re one of those readers who’ve been emailing us asking where the rest of the Gordian Division audiobooks are, you’re in for an awesome winter, because all of them are dropping within the next four months!

Recorded Books returns with narrator Gabriel Vaughan to continue where the previous audiobooks left off, kicking off October with the launch of The Janus File (the same day as Freelancers of Neptune, in fact 😁)!

All four books are currently up for pre-order on Audible, so if you’ve been eagerly awaiting the audio continuation of the Gordian Division, hop on over and check ’em out now!

Pre-Order Gordian Division #4-6 on Audible

The Janus File (Gordian Division #3)

Release Date: October 1, 2024

PRe-ORDER THE JANUS FILE AUDIOBOOK

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The Weltall File (Gordian Division #4)

Release Date: November 12, 2024

PRe-ORDER THE WELTALL FILE AUDIOBOOK

The Dyson File (Gordian Division #5)

Release Date: November 5, 2024

PRe-ORDER THE DYSON FILE AUDIOBOOK

The Thermopylae Protocol (Gordian Division #6)

Release Date: January 7, 2025

PRe-ORDER THE THERMOPYLAE PROTOCOL AUDIOBOOK

Pre-Order Signed (Bookplate) Copies of Freelancers of Neptune from Uncle Hugo’s!

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Hey, y’all! 😁 H.P. here!

I’m about to ship A BUNCH of signed bookplates and super shiny pre-order swag to Uncle Hugo’s Science Fiction Bookstore – which is to say, if you like signed books and shiny bookmarks, Uncle Hugo’s is one more place to pre-order Freelancers of Neptune!

PRE-ORDER BOOKPLATE-SIGNED COPIES FROM UNCLE HUGO’S HERE

Can you believe release day’s just two weeks away? 😮 Don’t forget, through October 1st, all readers who pre-order Freelancers of Neptune will receive an exclusive double-sided foil bookmark, complete with fancy plastic slipcase and tassel!

Readers who order the hardback specifically, though, will get that and a little something extra. 😉

Readers who order from Uncle Hugo’s and Fiction Addiction will automatically receive their perks. For everyone else, I need to know where to send your stuff, so be sure to fill out this form once you’ve pre-ordered: 😁

FILL OUT THIS FORM TO CLAIM YOUR SWAG

What’s this mischievous catgirl up to? What’s our heroic captain shooting at? What even is “Flesh and metal for the wound?”

Find out next month in the space opera adventure Freelancers of Neptune (Sol Blazers #1)! 🚀

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Freelancers of Neptune Book Cover

Freelancers of Neptune

Sol Blazers #1

by Jacob Holo

Published by Baen Books

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All he wanted was a simple job to make ends meet. What he got was a mysterious cat girl, a shot at a hoard of treasure, and a whole lot of trouble.

The Solar System ain’t what it used to be!

In the far distant future, Saturn’s rings are gone, Mercury is a gas giant, and Earth is remembered only as a unit of measure. Nearly godlike AIs reshaped the Solar System in eons past, but they too are now nothing more than a fading memory.

Captain Nathaniel Kade cares for none of that. He’s but a simple freelancer from the orbital ring of Neptune, struggling to make ends meet and to keep his understaffed spaceship from falling apart. All he wants is a decent, uneventful job to help put his finances back in order.

What he receives instead is Vessani S’Kaari, a mysterious and beautiful cat girl who tried—and failed—to steal a ship belonging to a band of space pirates. Vessani’s in over her head and is clearly more trouble than she’s worth, but she also has a lead on what may be the greatest treasure trove of lost technology the Solar System has ever seen.

Nathan pulls her butt out of the fire, and together they begin to assemble a team to seek out this long-lost bounty. But other interested parties have their eyes on the same prize; the Jovian Everlife has dispatched a fleet of warships with one of their elite, many-bodied agents in command, and he’d like a few words with Nathan and his new crewmember.

PRE-ORDER FREELANCERS OF NEPTUNE HERE

PRE-ORDER BOOKPLATE-SIGNED COPIES FROM UNCLE HUGO’s here

PRE-ORDER SIGNED COPIES FROM FICTION ADDICTION here

Claim your exclusive pre-order swag here

Ooh, shiny! ✨ Grab this exclusive foil bookmark when you pre-order Freelancers of Neptune!

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Hey, y’all! 😁 H.P. here!

Freelancers of Neptune is just a month away, and since it’s Jacob’s first new solo novel in 9 years(😮!), we’re sweetening the release with special pre-order perks!

Through October 1st, all readers who pre-order Freelancers of Neptune will receive an exclusive double-sided foil bookmark, complete with fancy plastic slipcase and tassel!

Readers who order the hardback specifically, though, will get that and a little something extra. 😉

Either way, I need to know where to send your stuff, so be sure to fill out this form once you’ve pre-ordered. 😁

What’s this mischievous catgirl up to? What’s our heroic captain shooting at? What even is “Flesh and metal for the wound?”

Find out next month in Freelancers of Neptune (Sol Blazers #1)! 🚀

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Freelancers of Neptune Book Cover

Freelancers of Neptune

Sol Blazers #1

by Jacob Holo

Published by Baen Books

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All he wanted was a simple job to make ends meet. What he got was a mysterious cat girl, a shot at a hoard of treasure, and a whole lot of trouble.

The Solar System ain’t what it used to be!

In the far distant future, Saturn’s rings are gone, Mercury is a gas giant, and Earth is remembered only as a unit of measure. Nearly godlike AIs reshaped the Solar System in eons past, but they too are now nothing more than a fading memory.

Captain Nathaniel Kade cares for none of that. He’s but a simple freelancer from the orbital ring of Neptune, struggling to make ends meet and to keep his understaffed spaceship from falling apart. All he wants is a decent, uneventful job to help put his finances back in order.

What he receives instead is Vessani S’Kaari, a mysterious and beautiful cat girl who tried—and failed—to steal a ship belonging to a band of space pirates. Vessani’s in over her head and is clearly more trouble than she’s worth, but she also has a lead on what may be the greatest treasure trove of lost technology the Solar System has ever seen.

Nathan pulls her butt out of the fire, and together they begin to assemble a team to seek out this long-lost bounty. But other interested parties have their eyes on the same prize; the Jovian Everlife has dispatched a fleet of warships with one of their elite, many-bodied agents in command, and he’d like a few words with Nathan and his new crewmember.

PRE-ORDER FREELANCERS OF NEPTUNE HERE

PRE-ORDER SIGNED COPIES here

Claim your exclusive pre-order swag here

Amazon’s running a sweet sale on Gordian Division hardbacks!

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Hey, y’all! 😃 I was bumbling around Amazon, as I do, and discovered that the Big River Site’s running a pretty sweet sale on Gordian Division hardbacks right now. 😮

Seriously, The Janus File is as low as 42% OFF. 😲😲😲

That said, if discounts on hardbacks are your thing, hop on over to Amazon and grab’ em while they’re hot. 😄 (Especially since we have no idea how long this sale’s going to last.)

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GRAB 35% OFF THE GORDIAN PROTOCOL

GRAB 11% OFF THE VALKYRIE PROTOCOL

GRAB 42% OFF THE JANUS FILE

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GRAB 40% OFF THE WELTALL FILE

GRAB 22% OFF THE DYSON FILE (PAPERBACK ONLY)

GRAB 21% OFF THE THERMOPYLAE PROTOCOL

Go nominate your favorite stuff in the Dragon Awards!

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The Dragon Awards Nominations logo
DANG, Y’ALL! It’s already Dragon Awards season! 😮
You’ve got until July 19th to nominate your favorite stuff – and you totally should, because it’s 100% fan-driven, which means YOU are the ones who control who wins. ☺️

If you’re not familiar with the Dragon Awards:

They’re bestowed by Dragon Con, one of the biggest cons in the US. Titles released between July 1, 2023 and June 30th, 2024 qualify for this year.

NOTE: You can only nominate a title in one category; if you nominate it in more than one, neither counts (which is why you’ll often see authors telling readers to nominate books in specific categories).

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Here’s what I’m nominating this year (or considering, ‘cause some are tied right now). – hp

BEST SCI-FI NOVEL:

  • The Queen’s Fixer by Kacey Ezell
  • Disquiet Gods by Christopher Ruocchio

BEST FANTASY NOVEL (Including Paranormal):

  • Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones

BEST YA/MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL:

  • Death Lord Arcanist by Shami Stovall

BEST ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVEL:

  • [ Idk, I haven’t read any this year. ]

BEST HORROR NOVEL:

  • [ Same as above. ]

BEST ILLUSTRATIVE BOOK COVER:

  • Beyond Enemies (book by Marisa Wolf, cover by Sam Kennedy)

BEST COMIC BOOK:

  • [ Haven’t read any comics this year, either. ]

BEST SCI-FI or FANTASY TV SERIES:

  • One Piece (Netflix)

BEST SCI-FI or FANTASY MOVIE:

  • Dune Part 2

BEST DIGITAL GAME:

  • Hell Divers II
  • Stellar Blade

BEST TABLE-TOP GAME:

  • [ I’ve had Zero Time to play tabletop games this year. ]

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ALSO, if you’re wondering which of our titles qualify:

BEST SCI-FI NOVEL:

  • The Thermopylae Protocol (Gordian Division #6) by David Weber and Jacob Holo

BEST FANTASY NOVEL:

  • I Power Up with Every Monster Girl I Defeat! (Monster Girl Tamer #1) by Edie Skye and H.P. Holo

*Is it actually the best fantasy novel we’ve written this year? No, that’s Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer, but I think it’d be hilarious to be nominated alongside all the Vry Serious Fantasy.

BEST ILLUSTRATIVE BOOK COVER:

  • Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer (book by Edie Skye, cover art by Yanai)

Now, GO FORTH AND VOTE! 😄

Nominate Your Favorites in the Dragon Awards Here!

Get 25% off Freelancers of Neptune at Barnes and Noble thru 7/17!

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Y’AAAAAALLLLL! 😀 H.P. Here!

… To tell you that Barnes & Noble‘s back with its holiest of sales (at least, for authors who have pre-orders up), which is to say:

1) Premium and Reward members get 25% off pre-orders with code PREORDER25 through July 17th

2) Jacob has a pre-order up, and

3) Our readers are BRILLIANT. You can put two and two together. 😉

If 25% off deals are your thing, hop on over to BN.com and pre that order! 😄

Pre-Order FREELANCERS OF NEPTUNE HERE

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Pre-Order FREELANCERS OF NEPTUNE HERE

Moggie Noir is out today!

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Hey, y’all! H.P. here! 😄 If you like cats, noir, and short stories, you’re in for a treat, because Raconteur Press just dropped Moggie Noir (complete with a new story from yours truly)!

Moggie Noir

Anthology Edited by Rita Beeman
Published by Raconteur Press

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The question remains whether you should tuck into this volume in a comfy chair for a bit of adventure. Well, if you like cats, there’s more than a little of something you love in the pages or pixels herein because, instead of a bland all-two-legger cast, these stories feature felines as central or pivotal characters. If you are a fan of noir fiction, you’ll enjoy how these authors have explored this genre and maybe stretched the bounds of what you find familiar. Some are set in the 1930s, some are present day, and some are who-knows-when.

After all, who better than a cat might convey the contradictions of a ruthless killer enrobed in the most exquisite package of sumptuous fur with glittering emerald eyes? No one, see? Cats are the ultimate expression of the noir aesthetic, and we hope you will agree, but fasten your seatbelts: it’s going to be a bumpy read.

READ MOGGIE NOIR HERE

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This particular anthology marks a REALLY COOL POINT in my author career. 😀

Last year, Raconteur Press invited me to be an anchor author for a project themed around noir and cats.

Had I ever written in the noir genre? NOPE. Had I even read a noir novel? NOPE. The closest I’d come was watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit? It’s my favorite movie of all time, granted … but it’s not exactly a standard noir. 

Sure, I’d written about cats, but noir’s a very distinct genre with very distinct tropes.

And yet RacPress had such faith in my writing, they were confident I’d produce an anchor-worthy story in a genre I’d never touched. 😮

I have since touched the genre A LOT, and much like Jacob with police procedurals and the File novels … found a new genre I love to write in. 😄

All this to say, I’m excited for you to meet the two newest tenants of my head in “Logan Decker, P.I. and the Bodies Agatha Definitely Didn’t Put There.” 😄 One’s a gruff, jaded PI; the other’s the ghost of a cat who spent all nine lives. Together they’ll solve crimes (or do them, Agatha’s cool with either). 😸

I had a lot of fun writing it, and I hope you have just as much fun reading it!

READ MOGGIE NOIR HERE

The Freelancers of Neptune eARC is out!

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Ever wished you could read a new book before it releases? 😀 Well, you’re in luck, as Baen Books just released the Early Access eARC for Freelancers of Neptune (Sol Blazers #1) – i.e. Jacob’s first solo series since the Seraphim Revival! 😮

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US $15.00

READ THE EARC HERE

Freelancers of Neptune

Sol Blazers #1

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All he wanted was a simple job to make ends meet. What he got was a mysterious cat girl, a shot at a hoard of treasure, and a whole lot of trouble.

The Solar System ain’t what it used to be!

In the far distant future, Saturn’s rings are gone, Mercury is a gas giant, and Earth is remembered only as a unit of measure. Nearly godlike AIs reshaped the Solar System in eons past, but they too are now nothing more than a fading memory.

Captain Nathaniel Kade cares for none of that. He’s but a simple freelancer from the orbital ring of Neptune, struggling to make ends meet and to keep his understaffed spaceship from falling apart. All he wants is a decent, uneventful job to help put his finances back in order.

What he receives instead is Vessani S’Kaari, a mysterious and beautiful cat girl who tried—and failed—to steal a ship belonging to a band of space pirates. Vessani’s in over her head and is clearly more trouble than she’s worth, but she also has a lead on what may be the greatest treasure trove of lost technology the Solar System has ever seen.

Nathan pulls her butt out of the fire, and together they begin to assemble a team to seek out this long-lost bounty. But other interested parties have their eyes on the same prize; the Jovian Everlife has dispatched a fleet of warships with one of their elite, many-bodied agents in command, and he’d like a few words with Nathan and his new crewmember.

What’s an eARC? It’s the semi-final version of the book; it’ll have a few typos (and, in fact, is the version H.P.’s editing right now), but other than that, it’s pretty close to the final version that will release in June.

But, of course, if you’d rather wait for the finished version, it’s also up for pre-order wherever you like to buy books (and in Baen’s October Monthly Bundle). 😁

However you choose to experience it, we’re looking forward to sharing it with you, and we hope you enjoy it. 😊

Join us for The Thermopylae Protocol’s Virtual Launch Party! (DATE CHANGE)

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Curious to hear more about The Thermopylae Protocol? Join us for our Virtual Launch Party Saturday, June 15th DATE CHANGE! June 29th @ 8pm as we chat with David Weber … and give away some signed copies!

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The Thermopylae Protocol

Gordian Division #6

by David Weber & Jacob Holo

Published by Baen Books

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NEW NOVEL IN THE BEST-SELLING GORDIAN DIVISION SERIES FROM NYT BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DAVID WEBER AND JACOB HOLO

After an industrial ship carrying advanced self-replicating machines explodes on its way to Mercury, analysis of the wreckage reveals it to be forty years too old. Raibert Kaminski, the Gordian Division’s top agent, and his crew on the TransTemporal Vehicle Kleio soon discover the ship was transported to an uncharted universe, one with temporarily accelerated time. Forty years passed for the ship’s industrial machines while everyone else experienced only a few short days. Raibert is certain a powerful weapon of some nature has been built out in the unexplored reaches of the multiverse, but where and by whom remains unknown.

The search is on, and the Gordian Division musters its fleet of time machines at Providence, a massive transdimensional station under construction. They call upon their allies from the militaristic Admin for aid in their search—but before plans can be formalized, the leader of the Admin’s Department of Temporal Investigation is murdered while visiting Providence, and the joint operation is thrown into chaos.

Accusations fly and tensions mount between the two organizations. Detectives Isaac Cho and Susan Cantrell—both fast becoming experts in transdimensional crime—are dispatched to Providence. But the clock is ticking for the detectives and Raibert’s crew. A vast, powerful conspiracy has shuddered into motion, and the two teams may be all that stand between it and destruction on a universal scale.

READ THE THERMOPYLAE PROTOCOL HERE