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The invasion begins in Vanguard #14!

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Vanguard 014The invasion begins!

The threat that’s been building has now arrived at Earth! It’s a story so big that I couldn’t contain it in one episode, so instead it spans two!

Here’s the description:

The Kotharians have arrived on Earth and they’re after the specials! General M’Lak, their supreme commander, launches the opening salvo with all-out war on Cerberus. Now Vanguard has to contend with not only the rising threat from space, but also threats on the ground as old enemies turn up to trouble them on Earth! But are the two connected…?

This was a difficult episode to write. I had originally written something completely different, but it just didn’t feel like a good fit. So instead, I scrapped virtually everything I’d written and started over from scratch. The result is something far, far better than I’d planned.

Vanguard #14: Invasion, Part I is now available on Amazon for 99¢ or free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription. Don’t miss the beginning of this two-part season finale!

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After you’ve read it, don’t forget to leave a review.

Vanguard Season 3 begins here!

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Vanguard 011This is it! The third season of Vanguard kicks off in Vanguard #11: Vengeance!

This season will see some really big changes for our heroes as events that have been building ever since the first season start to converge!

The Exemplar went missing after Cerberus’ siege on the island he’d built for specials. But now he’s back, and out for blood! What the Exemplar doesn’t know is that Cerberus has gone through some changes since he last encountered them, and are now even working with Vanguard! Can Vanguard subdue the powerful special before he causes irreparable damage?

Be sure to get it now on Amazon or for free on Kindle Unlimited! But hurry up, because the special 99¢ release price is a limited time offer!

Once you’ve read the book, please post up a review on Amazon!

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Vanguard: Season 3 now available for pre-order!

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All five episodes that make up the third season of Vanguard are now available for pre-order on Amazon!

This is the season where everything changes. Old enemies resurface, questions are answered, and events that have been building since Episode #0 come to a head here!

You won’t want to miss the all-out superhero action in Vanguard: Season 3! Pre-order all the episodes now at only 99¢!

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The conclusion to Vanguard Season 2!

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Vanguard 010In the finale to Vanguard’s second season, the team discovers that their new ally has quickly become a formidable enemy!

J’Karra, an alien special from another world, has come to Earth for one purpose—to discover how the humans have used her people’s sacred resources to create specials! But in the process, she discovers something else—her people have come to Earth before, and it ended in disaster. Can Vanguard stop this alien warrior before she brings terror to the Earth? And what lies in wait?

The season finale sets the stage for new trouble on the horizon. Vanguard is back and better than ever, but the threat posed by J’Karra is just the beginning. Other threats loom, coming from across time and space!

Join the team as the end of season two kicks off the start of a new era, and find out what the future holds—literally!

Available only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Only 99¢ for a limited time!

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Vanguard #7 out now!

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Vanguard 007The second season of Vanguard continues in Vanguard #7: The Experts, available now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!

With Vanguard disbanded in the wake of the Red Fist incident, Gunsmith has found new work with Cerberus, a global peace-keeping organization designed to keep specials in check. But an investigation into the remnants of the Red Fist turns up a surprising fact—the director of Cerberus has been using a strike team to round up specials and imprison them without cause or trial!

Now Gunsmith stands against an organization with a global reach, including their operatives who are armed with extremely advanced technology! His only hope lies in a mysterious informant and a former teammate in a desperate plan to try and overthrow the Cerberus director before he causes even more damage!

The second season continues here as the disparate elements of the team slowly begin to come together! Pick it up now for 99¢ on Amazon or read for free as part of Kindle Unlimited!

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Vanguard #6 available now!

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Vanguard 006The second season of Vanguard begins right here with Vanguard #6: Freak Island!

In the fallout of the Red Fist’s attack, Vanguard has been disbanded and replaced by an international peacekeeping organization. Shift has tried to return to her old life, but found the transition from superhero back to high school student a difficult one. But when she learns of the existence of an island for specials, she enlists the help of her former teammate, Sharkskin, to investigate. Is this a paradise for specials, or a hell in the making?

Although season 1 was only released on a monthly schedule, I’m pleased to announce that season 2 will be released bi-weekly! That means you’ll only have to wait two weeks to read the next episode in the season!

Vanguard #6, like all the episodes and the complete first season, is only available on Amazon. This also means it’s part of the Kindle Unlimited reading subscription package, so you can read all the episodes as part of your monthly KU fee!

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I’ll see you back here in two weeks for the release of Vanguard #7: The Experts, now available for pre-order!

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Why I joined Kindle Unlimited

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Back when Kindle Unlimited was first announced, I said I wasn’t going to join it. The reasons were that I didn’t like the idea of giving Amazon exclusivity over my content and also because I didn’t like the royalty pay-out of a flat rate per book regardless of the book’s price. Compared to the competing subscription services of Oyster and Scribd (which pay you a percentage of the book’s list price), I didn’t think KU was very healthy.

But that was then and this is now. Amazon has since changed the rules again and now royalties are based on pages read as opposed to a flat rate per book. And some have seen an income drop. But there’s another thing to consider and that’s the performance of my book on the other vendors.

I think it’s great that places like iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Smashwords and more are trying to provide some competition for Amazon. But the fact remains that they’re pretty bad at it. The search functionality of those websites makes discoverability all but impossible and there aren’t many promotional opportunities outside of Bookbub.

As much as I don’t like exclusivity, it seems the only way to build an audience these days is with Kindle Unlimited. So I’ve decided to make the plunge. Season two of Vanguard was going to launch in Kindle Unlimited, but now I’ve taken it a step further and added all of season one into the program as well.

If you’re a Kindle Unlimited user, now’s your chance to read the entire series for free!

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Vanguard Season 2 coming soon!

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vanguard-s02I’m currently working on completing the second season of Vanguard. I’ve been really happy with the response so far to the first season and this series has been a ton of fun to write.

Right now, I’m closing in on the end of the tenth episode, which will be titled Harbinger. On the one hand, this is a pretty self-contained story to end the second season and it won’t be as big as the first season finale, Rise of the Red Fist. But it does set some things in motion that will be pretty big for the rest of the series (at least as far as I have it planned at the moment.

Season 2 is a really interesting experiment. Unlike the first season, the first three episodes will be much more self-contained. For those of you who have completed Season 1, you know that it ends on kind of an interesting note for the team (don’t worry, there won’t be any spoilers for those of you who haven’t gotten to the fifth episode or are waiting on the season compilation).

The first three episodes center on just a few members of the team. #6 deals with Shift and Sharkskin, #7 focuses mainly on Gunsmith with Wraith and Paragon also appearing, and #8 will be all about Colonel Thorne, Zenith, and a new character who was introduced in the first season finale. Episode #9 will see the team coming back together and #10 will spin directly out of the events of that episode.

Just as with the first season, I will be offering a prologue to Season 2 for free to my subscribers. I’m also doing something different with this season. The first season was on a monthly release schedule for a few reasons. One of those was I was worried if I would have the time to have a backlog of material to enable monthly releases throughout the year. Originally I was planning on Season 2 also being on a monthly schedule, but thanks to Chris Fox’s 5000 Words Per Hour, I’ve managed to double my daily writing output. So now I’ll be able to move Vanguard to a bi-weekly release schedule.

As I said, the season is still in production, but Episode #5.5 will be available to my subscribers in September and Episode #6 will come out shortly after that. Subscribers will also be able to pick up the individual episodes at a special release discount price of 99¢ after which the episodes will rise to the $2.99 price, and they will be in Kindle Unlimited at first.

And also, Vanguard: The Complete First Season will come out later this month. It’s going to be released wide on all the platforms, which is why I’m waiting on the KDP Select period for Vanguard #5 to expire before releasing it. So those of you who are on the other platforms and waiting patiently, you’ve only got to wait a little bit longer.

If you want to get on the ground floor and be notified immediately when Vanguard Season 2 starts to come out (as well as get the free prequel episode), you can subscribe to my mailing list. I don’t spam you, I send out at the most two emails or so a month. And you’ll also get special freebies for the entire time you’re on the list.

Here are the covers for the second season. I’m really excited about where this series is going and I hope you’ve all enjoyed it.

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The stunning conclusion to Vanguard season 1!

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Vanguard 005It all comes down to this! Everything that’s been building since the beginning of the series!

The Red Fist and their leader, the mysterious man known only as the Khagan, now make their push for the final stage of their plan! What is the Khagan’s plan? How does a new young special figure into it? What is the secret that’s been plaguing Paragon? Who is the mole inside the team?

With Vanguard now two members short, can they possibly manage to stand against such a threat? And what does this mean for the future of the team? Find out in this extra-sized season finale!

Featuring the return of several foes, including the Exemplar and Lucent!

Pick up the season finale now, available only on Amazon for 99¢. Or free if you’re a member of Kindle Unlimited!

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And be sure to join the mailing list so you can get the upcoming Vanguard Annual #1 for free!

Vanguard #4 available NOW!

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Vanguard 004Vanguard #4: Power Surge is now available on Amazon for $0.99, or free if you’re a Kindle Unlimited subscriber!

In this episode, the team gets an emergency call from a research company being attacked by a rogue special, one who has been kept prisoner! Now free the special—called Lucent—is embarking on a deadly path of revenge and he doesn’t care who gets in his way!

But Lucent is just one small part of a larger problem. How did Vanguard’s superiors discover about this attack so quickly? And what connection does this have to the mysterious special known only as the Analyst and his organization, the Red Fist?

The clock is ticking to the explosive season finale as Vanguard is forced to fight a battle with significant consequences!

Own your copy of Vanguard #4: Power Surge today! And don’t forget to pre-order the season finale, Vanguard #5: Rise of the Red Fist, coming in May!

If you enjoy the Vanguard series, help spread the word by leaving a review on Amazon!

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