It’s launch day! Born to the Blade has arrived!
Born to the Blade is my new epic fantasy series from Serial Box Publishing. I’m the creator and lead writer, working in a TV writers-room-esque team with Marie Brennan, Malka Older, and Cassandra Khaw (whose work you should definitely be reading!)
Here’s the Hollywood pitch – Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Babylon 5 and The West Wing with magical sword duels. It’s got diplomacy and intrigue, magic and swordplay, and dynamic characters forced to choose between friendship and duty.
Serial Box is a cool, different publisher, so I’ll explain a bit more about what you need to know about the series. It’s a little more involved than some of my other series but in a cool way.
Instead of book one, book two, etc., Born to the Blade will be released in episodes and seasons. Today is the publication day of the first episode of season one. You can get that episode for free on all ebook stores (Amazon * Barnes & Noble * Google * Kobo) and the later episodes will be $1.99 each.
You can also subscribe and get both the ebook and audiobook edition (via the Serial Box app) for $1.99 per episode. Subscribing or buying the whole season outright will get you the best deal. You can do both of those here.
A new episode will launch each Wednesday for the next eleven weeks until season one is complete. Like a TV show, Serial Box will decide whether to renew the series based on how season one is doing.
I’ve learned a ton about writing and collaboration with this series, and we’ve worked very hard to deliver a compelling story with twists and turns, cool magical sword fights, and characters to fall in love with. I’m very grateful to my collaborators Malka, Cassandra, and Marie, as well as the whole Serial Box team.
Join us for a new adventure today!
If you want to find out more, you can read about how Babylon 5 influenced Born to the Blade at Book Smugglers, you can read an interview about the series and listen to an audio excerpt at io9.com, or you can read a big excerpt at Tor.com.