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Hexomancy returns!

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Hexomancy, the third and final book in the series, is back out today in a new edition (lightly revised) with a new cover. 

Cover for Hexomancy by Michael R. Underwood. Text reads "Hugo Award Finalist Michael R. Underwood - Hexomancy - Ree Reyes Book Three" A slim Latina holding magic-powered dice and a sword stands in front of a middle-aged white man with a salt-and-pepper beard wearing a brown trench coat and holding a science fiction-looking ray gun
Cover for Hexomancy by Michael R. Underwood.
Text reads “Hugo Award Finalist Michael R. Underwood – Hexomancy – Ree Reyes Book Three” A slim Latina holding magic-powered dice and a sword stands in front of a middle-aged white man with a salt-and-pepper beard wearing a brown trench coat and holding a science fiction-looking ray gun.

Ree Reyes has been fighting to protect her town for a couple years now, using her Geekomancy to draw on her love of superheroes, movies, comics, and more.

When Ree’s long-time nemesis Lucretia is finally brought to trial and found guilty for the deadly attack on Grognard’s, the Geekomancer community breathes a collective sigh of relief. But Ree and her crew soon discover that Lucretia has three very angry, very dangerous sisters who won’t rest until Eastwood—a fellow Geekomancer—is killed.

Ree agrees to serve as Eastwood’s bodyguard, despite their rocky relationship. Along the way, she’ll have to face a gauntlet of foes, hexes, curses. Plus the growing ache in her heart for a certain dimensionally-displaced gadgeteer.

You can get Hexomancy at – Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo
Paperback editions will follow soon!

This means that the entire Ree Reyes series (Geekomancy, Celebromancy, Attack the Geek, and Hexomancy) are all now available again. These books launched my career and they’ll always have a special place in my heart. It’s been great to give them a fresh coat of paint and send them back into the world, and I hope you’ll enjoy them – either for the first time, revisit them some years later, maybe in a new format. I’m excited to return to conventions when it’s safe and see people with paperback copies walking around. I’m especially excited to sign your copies and hear about your own geeky stories.

ALSO

Valloward, the Court of Blades series I’m GMing for Speculate, kicks off this Friday with our first actual play session in Court of Blades proper. This is a great time to jump in with the series if you’re interested to see how I GM or watch a group of professional fantasy authors create a setting together through play in this game of power politics, gunpowder diplomacy, and romantic skullduggery.

Friday Sep 23rd at 8pm ET / 5pm PT at twitch.tv/arvaneleron – if you can’t watch live, the video will archive at youtube.com/arvaneleron.

Annihilation Aria Week One in Review

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Annihilation Aria has been out in the world for one week now, and it’s been a fabulous whirlwind. I started writing Aria in the spring of 2015, and worked on it on and off for several years before making the final revisions and selling it in 2018.

The book’s road to publication has been longer than most (the longest for me being Shield & Crocus, which started as a short story at Clarion West in 2007 and published as a novel in 2014). I’m so glad to have the book out in the world, and especially to have something fun and diverting and hopeful to offer during this ludicrous hurricane of a year.

Annihilation Aria is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, Kobo, Apple, Indiebound, and wherever else books are sold. The audiobook edition (digital audio, CD, and mp3 CD) will release this Friday the 31st.

Cover of Annihilation Aria by Michael R. Underwood. A spherical spaceship flies through the rubble of a ruined planet and toward a golden temple.

Here’s a quick roundup of all of the activity from the last week. There was a lot, and it’s easy to miss things given how hectic life is right now for a lot of people.

My Favorite Bit essay at Mary Robinette Kowal’s blog.
The Big Idea essay at John Scalzi’s blog (whatever.scalzi.com).
Launch day chat with Gregory A. Wilson (from Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron).
Guest Post at Cat Rambo’s blog.
What I Love About Annihilation Aria (by Aria’s editor Kaelyn Considine).
Ask Me Anything at r/Fantasy on Reddit (concluded).
Live Reading & Interview with Parvus Publisher Colin Coyle.

Cover of Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes.

This Wednesday (tomorrow) I have an online reading & discussion with fellow author Valerie Valdes (Chilling Effect, Prime Deceptions), hosted by The Ivy Bookshop. Starts at 6:30pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you haven’t already bought your paperback of Annihilation Aria, please consider getting a copy from The Ivy in appreciation of their support!

And *next* Wednesday, I have an AMA at r/Books on Reddit, kicking off at 1pm EDT.

In the weeks following, we’ll be continuing the Blades in the Dark miniseries “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Twitch.tv/ArvanEleron as well as (hopefully) some other actual play excitement.

And as a reminder – if you’ve already read the book, please consider writing a short, honest review at your retailer of choice (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, etc.). Reviews help readers decide whether a book is right for them and allow the book to better find its way into the hands of the folx that will most enjoy it!

Thanks to everyone that has bought, read, tweeted about, and/or Annihilation Aria already – you helped make this last week an amazing and exciting time, and I’m very eager to see the book continue to make its way in the world.