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Buy Books and Help Fight Climate Change

January 27, 2017 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Want to help raise awareness about climate change and help the fight to stop it? Want to get some fun books in the bargain? Starting today, Friday, January 27th, and running through midnight on Friday, February 3rd, I will be donating any and all profits from my book sales to the Environmental Defense Fund.

Why? (Do you really have to ask?) While, as a rule, I don’t post political stuff on this blog–a rule I’m less strict about on my Twitter and Facebook–the fact that there’s a virulent climate change denier in charge of my country right now disturbs me beyond my capacity to articulate. Trump to continues to claim climate change is a hoax–deciding, somehow, that he knows better than the massively overwhelming scientific majority–and now works to ruin the EPA’s efforts to fight it or even to disseminate accepted scientific facts. I care about the planet we live on, about the millions (billions?) of people whose lives will be damaged or even destroyed by unchecked climate change, and about making sure we pass on a cleaner, brighter, healthier future to future generations rather than forcing them to suffer in a world we were too shortsighted, too selfish, or too stubborn to prevent.

Essentially, this kind of thing affects us all, and, as astrophysicist Katherine J. Mack tweeted…

Stating scientific facts about the atmosphere of our planet is not and must not be “politics.” Reality should not be a political stance.

— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) January 24, 2017

So I guess you could say I’m still not really violating my political posting policy. Ya know, from a certain point of view. (Obi-Wan, working the “alternative facts.”)

I picked the Environmental Defense Fund because it’s a well-established charity with a high rating on CharityNavigator.org. They work on multiple levels via direct action, education, and government partnership, not just for climate change but for developing renewable resources like fishing and crops, and on other fronts as well. (See their website for more information there.)

So, as I said, if you purchase any of my books between now and Friday, February 3rd, I will donate all profits to the EDF. That means every single royalty dollar (and cent) I receive for those sales goes straight on to them.

Now, okay, I’m not anywhere near the highest-selling author in the world, or the U.S., or even my home state or city. (I think I probably sell more books than anyone on my city block, though! Woot?) I’m under no illusions that this will generate a massive donation surge for the EDF–though I’d love for you to prove me wrong, of course. So I’ve already made a donation of my own on top of this, and I plan to pledge a monthly donation out of my own pocket as well.

Putting my money where my mouth is. Or EDF’s mouth, I guess. That’s a weird turn of phrase, huh?

Below, for your convenience, are links to where you can get my books. Buy a book (via any means, it doesn’t have to be via these links) and you’ve made a donation at no extra cost to you (beyond the cost of the book itself, of course, in exchange for which you’re getting a book). Already have copies? Did you know you can give Kindle books as gifts now? And, of course, if you’d like to give directly to the EDF as well, go for it!

 

 

Update: It’s now Saturday, February 4th, so this promotion is over. Royalties for the past week only totaled $90, but I hope that means a lot of people donated directly to the EDF. To those of you who purchased during that time, thank you, and the funds have now been sent on to the EDF. I also plan to make monthly donations from my own pocket going forward.

Missed the promotion? You can still give to the Environmental Defense Fund directly!

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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!

A Dragon at the Gate launch promo

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!

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ADATG Felix-1
ADATG Jade-1
ADATG Quicksilver
ADATG Suuthrien-1

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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!

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-21st century, humanity seems destined to destroy itself. Now those who seek to save it may have just found the means…
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I’ve sent A Dragon at the Gate to my editor!

April 4, 2016 By Michael G. Munz 1 Comment

If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook, you already know this, but just in case you’re not stalking me to the best of your ability: Yesterday, April 3rd, 2016, at just about exactly 3pm, I finished writing A Dragon at the Gate!!!

Yes, okay, so there will be more work done on it. My editor will surely have things to say, and I’m waiting to hear back from a beta-reader or two with some input, but it’s now in a state where I consider it ready to move on to the publishing phase. Note the use of the word “phase” in there. It’s not instantaneous. Along with the final editing, there’s also layout, setting things up regarding at least a little bit of marketing, and oh, gee, it still needs a cover!

A Dragon at the Gate

Still not the actual cover!

And since I mentioned the cover, I’m really excited to be working with Amalia Chitulescu again to come up with another great cover that matches the style of the first two in the series–both of which are her work. I’m not yet sure when we’ll have the cover finalized, but you can bet I’ll be doing a reveal here.

“Yes, Michael,” I hear you asking, “that’s all well and good, but when do we get to READ the damn thing?!” Dates are still in flux, but once I and the editor/designer/publisher peoples get all of our ducks in a row, it’s likely to be late summer or early autumn. Hopefully very early autumn, if it does take that long. I don’t want to keep you all waiting too much longer. Then again, maybe I should keep pushing it back because given some of the events in book 3, I do wonder if some of you will wish to kill me. 😀

But now, I’ve got a little more free time than I used to! I’ll be diving back into Percy Jackson (more on that soon), hopefully getting some more general geek content on this site, and, at long last, start to make some real headway on the Zeus Is Dead sequel. I can’t tell you how many times something funny occurred to me as I was finishing up ADATG that I couldn’t put into the book because it’s not actually a comedy. Well, I mean, except for Felix’s sense of humor. But he can’t say everything I want him to.

Nearly named a fictional motorcycle model a “Thunder” until I realized it will be stolen, & I don’t want unintentional humor at that point.

— Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) March 23, 2016

…And maybe there’s an unpublished fantasy novel that I’ve already written that might be making an appearance. But that’s for another time…

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Writing Update: A Dragon at the Gate

January 16, 2015 By Michael G. Munz 2 Comments

A Dragon at the Gate

No one still really knows WHAT is in that ship.
That will change.

My writing on A Dragon at the Gate, the third and final book in The New Aeneid Cycle cyberpunk series, proceeds apace.

Wait, am I using that word correctly? *looks up “apace”* Hmm. “With speed?” “Quickly?” Let me start this over:

My writing on A Dragon at the Gate, the third and final book in The New Aeneid Cycle cyberpunk series, proceeds semi-apace! [Read more…]

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A Memory in the Black now available on Nook, iTunes, and Smashwords

February 22, 2014 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Book Two of
The New Aeneid Cycle

I’ve received a lot of questions about this, and I’m pleased to announce that A Memory in the Black is now available on Nook, iTunes, and Smashwords! (I expect it to appear on Kobo soon as well, but it’s not there quite yet.)

Special Smashwords offer: Today through February 28th, you can download it (in epub, mobi, or PDF) from Smashwords for half the price with coupon code VG23D!

Want to get a FREE copy? Help me out by sharing this link (http://www.michaelgmunz.com/new_aeneid.html) on Twitter or Facebook by Feb 28th, then either comment on this post or email me that you’ve done so at mike@michaelgmunz.com, and I’ll send you a code to get it from Smashwords free!

“This series so far has me hooked! It’s just really exciting!!! I can’t wait for the third book!!!” –★★★★★ Amazon review

And, of course, A Shadow in the Flames, book one of the series, continues to be free across just as many platforms. If you haven’t read it yet, pick it up today!

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A Memory in the Black: Free Oct 23rd and 24th!

October 23, 2013 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Free 10/23 & 10/24!

The Kindle version of A Memory in the Black is currently free today (October 23rd) and tomorrow on Amazon.com!

Save humanity from itself. It is the goal of the worldwide conspiracy known as the Agents of Aeneas. For months they have struggled to unlock the secrets of an alien spacecraft buried on the Moon. Now word of that craft has leaked, and multiple groups plot to seize it for themselves.

One man has plumbed its depths and returned alive. While Agent Michael Flynn protects him from those who believe that he knows too much, together they must find a demon from Michael’s past: the freelancer Diomedes. Michael’s violent ex-mentor, Diomedes murdered a man at the heart of the spacecraft’s discovery. They must learn why.

Meanwhile the vigilante Gideon, slain by Diomedes six months ago, has been seen alive in the city of Northgate. His baffling return will draw two women into dangers far beyond those that lurk in the city.

Memories that haunt them all will entangle their fates as one in the blackness.

Praise for A Memory in the Black:
“Munz expertly crafts his characters, letting them evolve and react to the events that unfold. It was the characters that really kept me hooked…”

“Munz writes some of the most engaging action sequences of any book I’ve read.”

“Left me wanting more. In the best sort of way.” 

Free for Kindle today and tomorrow! 

Don’t have a Kindle? You can still read Kindle books on your computer, tablet, or smartphone with Amazon’s free Kindle app…

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