This morning I’m over at Fantasy & SciFi Lovin” News and Reviews, continuing our discussion of BY THE BLOOD OF HEROES, this time with a look at the series’ villain, Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron.

 Cemetery Dance Publications has announced that Cemetery Dance #66 will be shipping early next month and wouldn’t you know it, one of the featured guests is …moi!

Here’s what you’ll find inside:

I’m very pleased to announce that contracts have been signed with GraphicAudio to produce audiobook editions of three new books in the Templar Chronicles series. Which, of course, means there will be ebook and print editions as well!

The first of these, INFERNAL GAMES, you already know about. The second will be JUDGMENT DAY, which continues the story begun in INFERNAL GAMES and answers more of the questions raised in the original Templar trilogy. The final book , BABYLON DREAMS, will actually be a prequel novel and will cover the mission in which Cade Williams meets the hedgewitch Denise Clearwater for the first time.

I hope you’re all as excited as I am to know the Templar Chronicles will continue well into next year!

Don’t forget you can grab the free audiobook of THIS CLEANSING FIRE, the original Templar Chronicles story, just by visiting GraphicAudio’s website.

Several of you have written asking for an update on INFERNAL GAMES. Some of you have even posted multiple times in the same day, asking the same question but adding a few extra exclamation points after it for emphasis.

First, I appreciate the interest in both my work and this particular book in general. Thank you. I can’t stress that enough.

However, there are several factors at work here which together have caused the delay. The first is my desire to produce the best book I can. I love this series and I won’t rush something to market just because I’m anxious to release it. I want my readers to love this book so much that they will pick up books five and six as well. (Yes, I did say five and six – more on that later.)

Second, I make my living from my writing and the simple fact of the matter is that unlike my contracted work, no one is paying me to write Infernal Games. Which means it needs to be written, edited, designed, laid out, and converted into digital formats all in my spare time between writing the books that I AM paid in advance for and which put food on my kid’s dinner table.

Sometimes, things don’t go as planned. I had haoped to have IG out by the end of February, but rewrites on another project for which I am under contract simply had to take precedence. Then, when I did return to work on finishing IG, I was just not happy with a good chunk of the text. It was fair, but it wasn’t great. So back into rewrites it went. And that’s where it still is.

I’m working on it whenever I can and hope to have some more concrete information about a release date shortly. It will be released for the Kindle, nook, iPad, and Kobo all at the same time. In addition, contracts have been signed and approved to bring out an audio edition via GraphicAudio, the company who produced the first three books. Discussion on a print version still continues, but it won’t hold up the digital release in any way at this point.

So I hope that answers all of your questions. If not, feel free to use the Contact page and drop me a line. If you preordered IG, those preorders still stand and you’ll get a copy the day it is released. If you would prefer to get a refund and wait until it comes out, simply let me know and I’ll take care of it immediately.

And now, back to work!

-Joe Nassise

I’m happy to say that after being out of print for the past five years, THE HERETIC is once again available in a trade paperback print edition.  It is currently available at Amazon.com and should be available through other distributors in the near future.

Print editions of A SCREAM OF ANGELS, A TEAR IN THE SKY, and INFERNAL GAMES will also come available over the next few months.

TAYLOR ENTERTAINMENT & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOSEPH NASSISE TEAM UP

Los Angeles – Boston – Phoenix (March, 2012) Robert and Adam Taylor of Taylor Entertainment Group, and international bestselling author Joseph Nassise are teaming to write original stories based on the Taylor-created animated concept, characters and story treatments titled:

“WINDSTAR: THE HIDDEN PROTECTOR.”

The WINDSTAR saga begins…

Tangled amidst the broken glass and twisted wreckage that used to be the 10:15 train to Kyoto, I knew I should be dead. Just like my parents, whose rapidly cooling bodies were lying only a few inches away, so close that even in the semi-darkness I could see my father’s lifeless eyes staring at me. I told the authorities about the huge form that appeared seemingly out of nowhere just seconds before the crash, of the eyes that gleamed blood-red in the darkness, of the sense of savage glee that could be felt even as the train was thrown off the tracks. I was sure it was no accident, but no one would believe me.

My name is Tommy Hamaka, and after that tragic day I was consumed by an urge to get as far away from Japan as possible. I left for New York City, the place of my birth, with a half-empty suitcase, a small amount of money, and my most prized possession, a jade pendant my parents gave me on my seventh birthday. Once in New York, I obtained a driver’s license and found a job shuttling taxis from one garage to another. Early one evening, as I was transporting my last cab of the day, the streets began to fill with an eerie mist that flashed from grey to scarlet every few seconds.

What happened next would change my life forever.

As I slowed for a stop sign, a old man of Asian descent stepped out of the mist and tried to flag me down. I ignored him, but as I made my way back to the garage I couldn’t get the thought of him out of my head nor rid myself of the idea that we were somehow connected. I discovered just how strong that connection was when, several blocks later, it happened again; the same old man appeared out of same mist-filled night air and attempted to flag me down. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Goose bumps rose on my flesh. This time, however, he didn’t wait for my response, he just raised his arms and somehow seized control of my cab. Sweat poured from my forehead as my taxi rolled to a stop just a few feet from him! That’s when the rear door swung open by itself. I watched, speechless, as the old man slid into the back seat. He gave me an address on the other side of town, and almost without thinking I headed in that direction, too stunned to do anything else.

The old man introduced himself as Chung Moon, and then surprised me by not only knowing my name, but what seemed like everything about me, including the tragic events that had brought me to New York City. However, the biggest shock was still to come when he asked to see my jade pendant. As I turned toward him, he reached for it and I was stunned to see the image of an identical jade pendant tattooed on the old man’s left hand! Chung Moon told me the pendant would give me unique powers, which only he could help bring forth. And I must use those powers in the search of secret crypts containing valuable jade manuscripts that were buried by my ancestors. Somehow I believed him.

The WINDSTAR saga continues…

Robert Taylor, Jr. is a Boston based writer, producer and content creator who has founded several diverse business ventures from Boston to Moscow. Adam Taylor is a multi-talented Los Angeles based illustrator, animator, designer and content creator with an extensive resume of animation and live action producer/director and editing credits. The Taylor’s specialize in the creation of imaginative animated and live action concepts, characters and stories for use in television, film, commercials, music videos, publishing, branding, the internet, and other multi-media venues. They have produced projects for MGM, Disney, EMI/Virgin, VH-1, MTV, CBS, E- Ent., Natl. Geographic Kids, MGA Ent., Banzai, Little Tykes, and Toys R Us, working on such productions as Pink Panther, Baby Pink Panther & Pals, Bratz, Stargate Infinity, MTV’s Making the Video, Christina Aguilara’s “Candyman” music video, and the Pink Panther Penthouse Party music video featuring Henry Mancini’s Grammy award winning Pink Panther theme song. Loco Starbun, the Taylor’s children’s concept was sold for broadcast rights to Natl. Geographic Kids. The Taylor’s partnered with author T. M. Murphy to publish the children’s fantasy/adventure, Saving Santa’s Seals, illustrated by Adam Taylor. Also, two new children’s books: “Webster’s World of Wonderment” and “Spells and Mumbles – Witches and Jumbles,” created, written and illustrated by the Taylor’s are scheduled for traditional and e-book publishing in 2012. See: www.taylorentertainment.com and www.airfoxmedia.com.

Joseph Nassise is the author of more than a dozen novels, including the internationally bestselling TEMPLAR CHRONICLES series, the JEREMIAH HUNT trilogy, and the forthcoming GREAT UNDEAD WAR series. His work has been nominated for both the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award, has been praised by such literary masters as Clive Barker and Peter Straub, and has been translated into half a dozen languages to date. He has written for both the comic and role-playing game industries and also served two terms as president of the Horror Writers Association, the world’s largest organization of professional horror and dark fantasy writers.

Due to some inquiries into publication rights for INFERNAL GAMES, I’m going to delay the intended release until February 28th. Those of you who were kind enough to preorder and were expecting a release today will get an extra something with their copy of INFERNAL GAMES.

Thanks for your patience while I work through the issue!

I’ve recently begun using Facebook again after a long hiatus. I have a personal page and will be building pages for my various series over the next few months as well. If you’re on Facebook and enjoy my work, please drop by and say hello!

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After the fabulous review Hellnotes gave Eyes to See a couple of weeks ago (which you can read in all its praising glory HERE), I was more than happy to answer a few interview questions for editor Sheila M. Merritt when she later asked. 

The interview is now live over at the Hellnotes website and in it you can learn where the characters of Whisper and Scream came from, as well as what you can expect from book two in the Chronicle of Jeremiah Hunt, King of the Dead.  Happy reading!