A Dragon at the Gate

2017 IAN Book of the Year Finalist: A Dragon at the Gate

October 15, 2017 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

I have more good news to report! 😀 A Dragon at the Gate, the third and final book in my post-cyberpunk series The New Aeneid Cycle, has just made Finalist in the 2017 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards!

To celebrate, and for a limited time, ebook versions of the first two books in the series will be on sale for just 99 cents!

Set in the urban violence of the mid-21st century in places ranging from the fictional city of Northgate, to a space station in Earth orbit, to a mysterious structure found buried on the Moon, The New Aeneid Cycle tells the tale of a handful of individuals struggling to save humanity from its own base instincts. With cybernetics, secret societies, and derelict alien secrets, The New Aeneid Cycle has a 4-star Amazon rating with over 150 reviews.

And now it’s got this, too!

Click here for the official award announcement and a list of the other winners…

A Dragon at the Gate – RELEASE DAY!

August 17, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

It’s finally here!

A Dragon at the Gate is now officially available! The saga of my cyberpunk series The New Aeneid Cycle is now complete! You can finally find out what’s going to happen with the timed nanopoison in a certain character’s heart, if another character’s fractured memory can be salvaged, and just what the heck is lurking in the unexplored parts of the crashed alien craft on the moon!

Plus, for a limited time, you can get the ebook versions of A Shadow in the Flames and A Memory in the Black (books 1 & 2) for just 99 cents!

Reviews from early readers are already starting to come in:

“A Dragon at the Gate was a perfect way to finish a creative and inventive series. If you are into dark, futuristic fiction with a great touch of humor, The New Aeneid Cycle is a fantastic series for you.” —2BookLoversReviews.com

“From the first page to the last, A Dragon At The Gate was packed cover to cover with action, mystery and those nagging little questions that keep you turning pages hours after you should have already been asleep.” —Kelly Upton, Amazon review

“For the first 150 pages, the adventure from the first two books in the series continues. There are some surprises, but I saw the novel as a nice, well-done continuation. And for the record, I was worried about recalling the events of the first two, but I shouldn’t have been. There are subtle reminders to jog your memory without seeming obtrusive or out of place. Then, wow, this goes places I could never have imagined.” —Matt Ward, Goodreads review

“Michael’s narrative style is fast paced, often sliding into a conversational tone, making the book a fun read. He never tells you what happens, he relates it, which is a hallmark of the great writers.” —Cain Latrani, author of Rise

I’m EXCITED!!
(Did I mention that?)

Right now, A Dragon at the Gate is in a limited release, available in both paperback and ebook on Amazon only. In November it will also be available on Nook, iTunes, and Kobo, but for the moment I’m taking advantage of an Amazon advertising program that’s only available if the book is exclusive to them. The better a book does in its first 30 days on Amazon, the more attention it gets for the rest of its life, so I’m doing all I can to boost it there.

So hey, why not grab the book right now? And then have some ice cream! You deserve it!

Chapter One of A Dragon at the Gate

August 12, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

With less than a week before the August 17th release of A Dragon at the Gate (a.k.a. the third and final book in my cyberpunk series The New Aeneid Cycle), it’s time for a sneak peak at the first chapter. And don’t forget, for a limited time you can get the first two books for Kindle for just 99 cents!

Enjoy the sneak peak!

Chapter One

“THOSE ARE SIRENS.”

“Aye,” Caitlin said. “Ambulance, I’d wager. Horizon is right across from a hospital, ducks.”

Felix shook his head. “Wrong kind of sirens. And my memory’s not so bad that I don’t know where Horizon is. I also remember that it’s on the fifth through tenth floors of the Aria Building and that I once dropped my cheeseburger riding the elevator.”

Michael searched the taxi’s passenger side mirror for the source of the sirens. “Why were you eating a cheeseburger in an elevator?”

“Why wasn’t there bacon on it? That’s a better question.” [Read more…]

A Dragon at the Gate available for pre-order! Plus a 99 cent sale!

August 8, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

As the August 17th release day hurtles toward us for A Dragon at the Gate, the final book in my cyberpunk adventure series The New Aeneid Cycle, I’m excited to announce that you can now pre-order the book!
What’s more, right now you can also get books 1 and 2 in the series for just 99 cents each!

Each book in the series has its own stand-alone narrative arc, so you can pick up any book and be okay, but of course all three together make up the complete story…

99 cents for a limited time!

A SHADOW IN THE FLAMES – 99 cent sale for Kindle

“A decaying city, a mysterious arson, and a secret below the moon’s surface drive the action of this engaging and thought-provoking sci-fi thriller. A Shadow in the Flames will keep you guessing to the very end.”

—Terry Persun, author of Revison 7: DNA

“Dark, violent, relentlessly intriguing and action-packed, A Shadow in the Flames excels at dystopian world building. A well-developed, multi-layered story that grabs the reader on page one and never lets go.”

—Kenneth G. Bennett, author of Exodus 2022

99 cents for a limited time!

A MEMORY IN THE BLACK – 99 cent sale for Kindle

“Munz skillfully interposes characters and events in a way that keeps one guessing, while ever hinting that the story—and the conspiracy behind it—is far vaster than one ever sees.”

—JM Guillen, author of On the Matter of the Red Hand

“A great story contrasting corporate greed and corruption with the hope to save humanity from itself. I love the darkness that is exposed in A Memory in the Black, the depths that people will stoop to just to serve their own purpose.”

—2BookLoversReviews.com

$3.99 Pre-Order, Releasing 8/17/16

A DRAGON AT THE GATE – Pre-order at $3.99 for Kindle

“Not a book to read before bed unless you aren’t planning on going to sleep until sometime next week. Munz has a way of developing female characters that are believably badass and likable. I especially fell in love with the cybernetic implant technology. Damn it, now I want some glowing hair.”

—Tiffany Pitts, author of Double Blind

“In a time where so many stories are re-hashed sequels and re-boots, Munz has created some truly spectacular science fiction. The entire series delivers what it promises, and so much more. Every time I believed I knew what came next, I found myself very pleasantly surprised.”

—JM Guillen, author of The Paean of Sundered Dreams

At the moment, the pre-order and sales are only available on the Kindle versions. A paperback version of A Dragon at the Gate will also be available starting on August 17th. I can’t wait for everyone to read it! I really feel the series just gets better with each successive book.

Thanks for reading!

Zeus Is Dead & The New Aeneid Cycle returns to paperback!

August 2, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

When Booktrope, my former publisher, closed its doors at the end of May, I focused on getting the ebook versions of my novels back up for sale under my new imprint, Red Muse Press, as soon as possible. Missing since then have been the paperback versions. Well, no longer!

I’m pleased to announce that the Red Muse Press versions of all of my existing novels are now available on Amazon. Not only that, they’re at lower prices than they were previously. So far, most of my readers prefer ebooks, but for those of you who like to the feel of a physical book in your hands, I’m excited to offer them again.

A Shadow in the Flames
$13.95

A Memory in the Black - Now it paperback!

A Memory in the Black
$14.95

Zeus Is Dead
$16.95

A Dragon at the Gate will be releasing in paperback as well, but not until August 17th…

Cover Reveal: A Dragon at the Gate

July 5, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

A Dragon at the Gate now has an official cover! The cover now has an official cover reveal! Have a look! (I’m excited!) 😀

Cover design by the talented Amalia Chitulescu.
If you like the cover, please help me share it with others using the buttons at the top!

If you’ve read the rest of The New Aeneid Cycle, I’m sure you recognize by now the work of Amalia Chitulescu. I haven’t worked with her in a while, and it was great to do so again. I’m really pleased with how this one turned out. You’ll now see the image above replacing all of the temporary cover images for the book on this site.

A Dragon at the Gate officially comes out on August 17th. Be sure to follow me on Amazon or sign up for my newsletter so you don’t miss it when it drops! Got to this page from somewhere else and want to know more right now? Here ya go…

A DRAGON AT THE GATE

Michael Flynn has lost time. An operative in the worldwide conspiracy known as the Agents of Aeneas, the last thing he remembers is the struggle to retake Paragon—the derelict alien spacecraft found crashed on the Moon. Yet that was three months ago. Now, as he wakes in a hospital back in the high-tech, urban strife of Northgate, his struggle begins anew.

The Agents of Aeneas have vanished.

His friends are either missing, in danger, or altered. Hired killers shadow his every move. And Jade, the mysterious, cyber-enhanced woman watching over him, will give no answers. Thrust into a blind search for the truth, Michael needs allies. Yet whom can he trust when once loyal friends may have turned against him?

Meanwhile, an intelligence thought trapped within Paragon has escaped to Northgate. Driven to fulfill the goals of the mysterious “Planners,” it, too, seeks allies. When it finds them, it will transform the face of Northgate, the world, and the entire human race.

The year 2051 draws to a close, and nothing will be the same.

Following A Shadow in the Flames and A Memory the Black, A Dragon at the Gate is the third and final book in my cyberpunk series The New Aeneid Cycle: In the high-tech urban violence of the mid-21^st century, humanity seems destined to destroy itself. Now those who seek to save it may have just found the means…

Now (Re)publishing via Red Muse Press!

June 1, 2016 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

And so it begins!

So you heard the news a few weeks ago: Booktrope, the publisher I signed with in 2014, went out of business as of May 31st. As I retain the rights to my books, I’ve chosen, for the moment, to republish them myself under my own imprint. I’m now pleased to present to you the name of that imprint, along with its own fancy-ass logo!

Actually, I suppose it’s kind of a simple-ass logo. But it’s a logo. They’re supposed to be efficient like that. And I really like it. So there.

[Read more…]

2017 IAN Book of the Year Finalist: A Dragon at the Gate