Category: Books
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Stand by for SAGA OF THE SWORDBREAKER: INVINCIBLE UNDER HEAVEN!
Li Ming was once a small-town boy with big dreams. Propelled by dreams of immortality, he entered the jianghu as a biaohang, intent on delivering justice at the point of his swordbreaker. In the space of a year, he battled beasts and bandits, became embroiled in the schemes of the Five States and Ten Corporations,…
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The Big Based Book Sale!
Big Publishing doesn’t care about readers. Month after month, year after year, Big Publisher churns out message fic for the express purpose of cramming an agenda down your throat. It’s preachy, it’s boring, and it’s on purpose. They don’t publish stories to serve readers. They do it to serve their agenda. And they keep anyone…
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Thoughts on Larry Correia’s Letter to Epic Fantasy Fans
Larry Correia wrote a blog post calling out a specific demographic of epic fantasy fans: those who won’t take a chance on a new author. After being burned by the likes of George R. R. Martin and Patrick Ruthfoss, they won’t read a new author unless his series is complete, for fear that they won’t…
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Babylon Black: Week 4 Update!
Babylon Black in the final stretch! With just 3 days to go, the campaign is going down to the wire. There’s just 3 more days before the campaign-exclusive perks go away permanently. As of time of writing, there’s still $308 left to go to hit the campaign goal. Regardless of how the campaign finally plays…
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Babylon Black: The Doctrine of the Sword
Katanas are cool. Small wonder, then, that katanas show up often in cyberpunk media. The genre came of age in an era of Japanese ascendency. In Western cyberpunk works, the katana served as a symbol of Japanese cultural and martial power, and a marker of globalization and Niponnisation. With Babylon, I wanted to do something…
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Babylon Black: A Sword Against Leviathan
The New Gods possess overwhelming power. Manpower, firepower, soft power, hard power, name the power and they have it. And they gift their most loyal believers ultratech and occult powers. No human military or police force can oppose them; they have all been co-opted by the New Gods. No corporation can compete with them; they…