The Sword of Kirakath: an epic fantasy series.

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I have a bit of news to reveal. The Shadows of Caldreth, the second book in the Sword of Kirakath series, will be coming out Late August/Early September. It should show up sometime between August 15th and September 1st.

That's not the only news though. The Sword of Kirakath is officially the first of many planned series set in the world of Terra Fatum. I had always planned to write more than one series in the world, but now there are at least 31 books planned outside of that series.

The first series that I plan on adding to the Terra Fatum books (after The Sword of Kirakath, of course) will be called The Shadow Hunter Trilogy, which fills in the story of Hector Green, Caleb of Kirakath's mentor. It will also introduce Alec Valentine, a magister hero that plays a vital role in The Sword of Kirakath.

At the present, it is undecided as to how I will write the various series, though. I might wait until The Sword of Kirakath is finished to begin The Shadow Hunter Trilogy, or I might start writing one book of each series, off and on, after The Witch of Akabar (The Sword of Kirakath, Book 3) is out.

I'll reveal more at a later date, though I'll probably blog about it at that time.

Well, I haven't posted on this in a little bit, so I'll give an update now.

The Shadows of Caldreth looks like it might be delayed back to September 1st again. My laptop is still in the shop, so I haven't been able to write too much. More on that at a later date.

I will also say that I'm doing rather well on Through the Flames.
Right now, I have 3 reviews (one 5 star review and two 4 star reviews), along with a total of 128 sales total.

I have had a total of 118 sales through Amazon US, 2 sales through Amazon UK, 2 sales through Smashwords, and 6 sales through Barnes & Noble.

Though I'm adding my sales of June and July together there, let me just say that I only managed to get 39 sales in June. I'm looking to break 100 this month.

But anyways, I sincerely hope that everyone who gets my book enjoys it.

It's been a while since I've posted on here. I'd like to say I've been kept busy, but that's only a small part of it. I won't go into all that at the moment though.

Since the last time I've been on, Through the Flames has received one 5 start and three 4 star reviews, though The Shadows of Caldreth still only has one. You can find them on Amazon US if you wish to read them.

As of yesterday, an updated version of both books has been put up on Amazon. I reread them and found places where I would have done differently today, and I found that a number of them actually corrected some of the complaints that were made by reviewers. Anyways, I'm attempting to have it made so that past customers can get the updated versions, but it could take a while.

The main reason I went back into the books is to make sure that there were no issues connecting the first two books to the third book.

The third volume of the series, The Blood of Kirakath (formerly known as The Witch of Akabar) will be put up for sale at the end of this month. I hope to have everything about it finished by Christmas Eve, but it may have to be put off until a day or two after Christmas.

I have also decided to do a little sale in anticipation of The Blood of Kirakath. Until New Year's Day, Through the Flames will be dropped to 99c. I just dropped the price, so it may take a little while to show.

Anyways, thanks for reading.

So far, it's been a pretty good new year. I haven't had any new reviews, but I've finished four chapters of another book and have seen my sales grow more than I had imagined. I haven't had such a good month in that department since June, and it's only the sixth.

I also went in and looked at all the books I've sold since I first published Through the Flames in June of 2011.

From that point to the end of December of 2012, I sold 2,109 copies of Through the Flames, 1,017 copies of The Shadows of Caldreth, 22 copies of The Blood of Kirakath, and 10 copies of Rise of the Champion. The sales were mainly split between US and UK, though I had a few through DE too. That's a total of 3,021 sales. I also had 7 copies of my books borrowed through the Kindle Owner's Lending Library and gave away 1,969 books through promotions.

All in all, I'm fairly pleased with my success so far, and I want to thank everyone that has supported me.