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I'm excited to announce that Shadowcasting, book three in the Mia Graves Saga, is now out!
I could run through a brief description of the book and I give the back-of-book synopsis again (like I did when pre-orders went up), but you can go back and read that post if you want to. The short version is "how do you talk a twenty-something out of using a magical nuke, especially when you just work retail."
In all honesty, this is my favorite book in the series so far. In some ways it's very different than the two earlier books in a couple of ways, but still feels like the same series. There's not much else I can say without major spoilers, so you'll just have to trust me on that one.
Like my earlier releases, for the first three months the eBook will be available only on Kindle (and Kindle Unlimited), but you can also get the paperback a couple of ways. First off, there's always Amazon, but you can always direct order a copy if you want to avoid Bezos. Finally, you can get it through any bookseller with the ISBN 9781088207031.
So yeah, the book is here, and I'm excited that folks will get to read it finally.
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Jesus christ, what kind of rats were breeding in this grocery store?
On the one hand, super cheap.
On the other, you’ve gotta deal with vicious rats who do not fear human presence.
… How much extra money do they have to work with exactly?
Urban rats in numbers take crap from no one. They’re well aware they’re not required to. Some “abandoned” buildings end up not hosting squatter populations for that very reason. The buildings are already occupied, and the rats appreciate food delivery as much as anyone.
*little bastards never tip though “/
Ruth suddenly becomes aware of her super powers to control rats and slowly becomes Willard.
Cheap or not, I’m willing to bet con-goers would freak out at seeing rats during the convention. And since rats are curious little buggers, I could see vendors having a problem with it (in the event they would still have bigger vendors in an open area like that). It might be a good move financially, but there’s going to be people who see it as prioritizing profit over con-goer safety, even if that’s far from the truth.
That kind of bad press can spread fast among the convention scene, especially if the one complaining has a platform or a following.
No no no! Do NOT run! It attracts attention and shows weakness, the two things you do NOT want to be doing. Walk briskly. Either maintain eye contact, or turn your back like they’re not worth your time, they’ll know it’s a bluff, but might respect the moxie.