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Dawn of Chaos: Wide Launch!

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I’ve now (finally!) completed preparing the six books of Sanctum of the Archmage Volume I: Dawn of Chaos for a wide release on every major e-book platform. The last step before that can move forward is to researching book promotion sites to (finally) set up for a proper launch for the series. Details will come soon, once I’ve figured out a schedule and set up the ads and promotions to support it. I anticipate that should all happen by the end of March, give or take a few weeks.

On release, the six novella-length episodes in Dawn of Chaos will appear in the following online bookstores: Apple Books, Rakuten Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon Kindle (for purchase only, not in Kindle Unlimited). They will also be available in a number of smaller, additional stores, subscription and library systems through Kobo and Draft2Digital, including: Tolino, Vivlio, Scribd, Overdrive, Bibliotheca, Baker & Taylor, and BorrowBox.

Right now I’m doing some very interesting marketing research into various book promotion sites, such as Book Barbarian, Robin Reads, Books Butterfly, Bargain Booksy, and the like. Wide marketing is turning out to be quite different than the standard “All In With Amazon” approach that many indie authors tend to favor.

That’s all for now. Keep an eye out for announcements soon about the release dates for Sanctum of the Archmage: Dawn of Chaos!

Sanctum of the Archmage 3: The Miracle Worker

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Sanctum of the Archmage is an original two-chapter RPG adventure based on the story IP I’m developing for my novel series of the same name. With a player review average of 9.9 out of 10, it’s one of the highest rated mods on the Neverwinter Nights Vault. Although I’ve updated and improved it over the years (most recently for Beamdog ‘s NWN Enhanced Edition), the demands of my former “day job” have kept me from continuing and completing the adventure.

Until now.

I’m pleased to announce that the third chapter in my module series for NWN:EE is now back in development. Based on a 64 page design outline, Sanctum of the Archmage: The Miracle Worker will be the largest and most ambitious game module I’ve attempted yet.

Sanctum of the Archmage: The Miracle Worker at The Sanctum Blog.

Screenshots and video clips from it, as well as the first two chapters, can be found at the links below.

Sanctum Games Scene Gallery
Sanctum Game Video Gallery

Sanctum Books De-Listed from Kobo

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[Update 2/17/22: Prologue to Chaos is back up on Kobo. The other books in Dawn of Chaos will be going up in the next few months at the same as the series’ wide release on other platforms.]

An issue has come up that’s forced me to de-list my books from Kobo, at least for the time being. I hope I may be able to be re-release them there eventually, but they will not be available on Kobo for the immediate future.

I am, however, now preparing for a major push to release the books “wide.” That will take place sometime over the next one to two months, and I expect it to include Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, and hopefully Kobo again. I’m also looking into distributing them through Draft2Digital, which would make them available on a number of smaller platforms as well.

Dawn of Chaos – New Covers

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I’m now preparing for a wider release (with some actual marketing and promotion, finally!) for the six books in Dawn of Chaos, Volume One of the Sanctum of the Archmage Saga. Here are the newly re-worked covers for the six novella-length installments in the series. In addition to Andarian Publishing and Kobo, I’m planning for the new release to include Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, and Amazon Kindle. I may also include some smaller book sites via aggregation using Draft2Digital.

Cover Reveal: Aftermath

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Without further ado, here is the final draft of the cover for my upcoming book, Aftermath!

Aftermath is the sixth and final book in Dawn of Chaos, the first volume in the Sanctum of the Archmage saga. It will be available for purchase from Andarian Publishing here on Friday, December 24th, and on selected online bookstores (beginning with Kobo) shortly thereafter.

Aftermath is an “epilogue novella” that follows the four parts of Dawn of Chaos, Book 2: Hell Gate. It tells the story of what happens to the main characters after the Massacre of Lannamon, and serves as a bridge from Dawn of Chaos to the first book in Volume II of the saga, Crucible of Heroes: Wrath of the Peregrine King. The planned three parts of Crucible of Heroes will be my major writing project for 2022, and I expect them to be out next year.

The Eastern Continent reels in the aftermath of the demon invasion. Zomoranโ€™s armies sweep over the land. Orion and Diana struggle to find a way to fulfill their oath under the new order as a determined resistance forms in the capital city. Great and small, the valiant of Carlissa commit themselves to a holy war against the Horde.

And no one believes that the princess and her grandfather, the Archmage, could possibly have survived the Massacre of Lannamon. But could they?

Sanctum of the Archmage: Aftermath – Dawn of Chaos, Book 3 by Tony Andarian

My next two near-term projects will be to republish the four parts of Hell Gate into a single volume with a newly commissioned cover, and to produce a “box set” of all three books to be published in multiple formats: e-book, audiobook, and print on demand.

I’m also excited to announce that I’ve started working with Tiffanie Gray of Immortal Moments Art to produce cover art for the series. She did the Aftermath cover pictured here, which needless to say I think looks fantastic.