Braving Fate: A Fate of the Gods Novella and a COST OF LIVING/Patreon update!

Yes, yes I did write another Fate of the Gods novella, and it's releasing as a serial on Patreon beginning THIS WEEK!

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BRAVING FATE takes place during the contemporary timeline of FORGED BY FATE--in fact, it's the events of that portion of the book from Thor's perspective!

 

Thor is Oathbound to protect the House of Lions as well as to keep Adam and Eve apart. When Adam finds the House of Lions at the very same moment Eve has returned to them, engaged to be married to its heir, Garrit DeLeon, Thor has no choice but to involve himself far more closely in her life than he'd prefer--as much as he loves her and desires her happiness, he never wished to endure a front-row seat to her marriage to another man. Particularly when he finds the man in question so unworthy of her.

 

Unlike WIELDING FATE, this novella is not nearly as spoileriffic for the entire rest of the series, and it's complete as is, so eventually I'll be releasing it wide--but it's been pushed back to 2025 at the earliest because, if you did not read my newsletter and already learn the news:

I'm taking a SABBATICAL from PUBLISHING!

This is not a sabbatical from writing. I'm just not going to be doing production and publishing work. I hate it and I am tired and I have 40+ individual titles in my backlist across three pen names now, and I just want to opt out of the content mill grind for a little bit, so I'm going to take some time to enjoy writing just for myself, rather than inside this "content creator" ecosystem we've built.

Which is all to say that everything that is currently Patreon Exclusive will be REMAINING Patreon exclusive that much longer! So if you want to read it, that's where you'll find it!

THIS INCLUDES:

• WIELDING FATE: Part One, A Fate of the Gods Novella (The beginning of Ra and Athena's book which was staying Patreon Exclusive for the foreseeable future anyway.)
  
  
• KING OF THE LAPITHS: A Helen of Sparta Side Story (Pirithous and Polypoetes's short story which takes place during the events of Helen of Sparta--I never made up my mind about releasing this wide but that can is getting kicked way down the road now!)
  
  
• BRAVING FATE: A Fate of the Gods Novella (which will wrap up in December as a serial for $1 and $2 patrons. Patrons at the $5 level will get a downloadable epub of the full novella mid-November!)
  
  
• OF GODS AND JOTUNS: A Collection of Short Stories (the paperback is available wide, but the ebook collection is Patron only, and I intend for it to stay that way, for everyone at the $5 and up level!)
  
  
• COST OF LIVING (my Ur-Novel, which is getting an extremely limited special edition physical release but otherwise will remain Patreon exclusive--but the serialized edition is coming down at the end of the year, and will be replaced by a downloadable epub edition of the full novel, available only to patrons at the $5 level or above. This epub will REMAIN patreon exclusive basically forever!)

 

THERE ARE EIGHT SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVERS OF COST OF LIVING UP FOR GRABS FOR ANYONE WHO PATRONS UP AT THE $25 TIER EITHER IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER OR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER! See this patreon post for more info!

 

Phew, okay. That's a lot of information. And let me drop a quick reminder that you can listen to the whole of A BROKEN HORSE, my Trojan War retelling PODCAST on Patreon right now, too! 

 

So there are plenty of reasons to Patron Up before the year ends! GO FORTH, FRIENDS!

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SON OF ZEUS Release Day!

Happy Release Day to SON OF ZEUS, available now in wide release--digital and paperback--and an exclusive to Amazon hardcover edition! Your HELEN OF SPARTA fave Pirithous is back! But this time, he's adventuring in the world you know!

Pirithous, son of Zeus, stumbles out of the Underworld into Upstate New York, a land nothing like the one he left behind so long ago. The price of his freedom: revive the worship of his gods and build Persephone a temple for her help in his escape. But the world is so changed, Pirithous, once a wealthy and honored king, doesn't know where to begin.

Raised in a strict Greek Orthodox family, Thalia has always been something of a wild child. Wild enough to pick up an attractive man off the side of the road in exchange for his help, no questions asked. When he claims he's a son of Zeus, she gives him the benefit of the doubt. But Pirithous is more pirate than anything else, and an interstate road sign isn't the only thing he's happy to steal...

Hunted by centaurs sent by Hades himself, Pirithous is a danger to more than the woman who’s taken him in, and even for love and the help he needs to repay his debts, it's hard to justify the risk. Pirithous must find a way to work around the threat of his gods and the complications of the modern world to become the man and the hero Thalia deserves. Unless he’d prefer to return to the Underworld—without any hope of coming back.

Let me lay out all the links for you in case somehow you have not heard me shouting about this already:

Amazon (kindle, paperback, hardcover): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZSZWWZD
Nook, Kobo, Apple Books, etc: https://books2read.com/u/4AOzr0

Paperback elsewhere:
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/son-of-zeus-amalia-carosella/1139411346?ean=9798713444570
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/books/son-of-zeus-9798713444570/9798713444570

It should land on indiebound soon, too. It just takes a little bit of time for the paperback to propagate through the digital mainframes! In the meantime--

Add it on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57299295-son-of-zeus

And if you're still not convinced, you can listen to me talk about writing SON OF ZEUS and Pirithous in the Modern World over yonder on the Kingdom of Thirst podcast!

If you've already read SON OF ZEUS, please do consider dropping a review wherever you do that sort of thing! It's a huge help to my authorself and boosts the visibility of the book for other readers to find!

I'm just really relieved and happy and excited to finally set this book free into the world--I hope you'll show Pirithous the same love in SON OF ZEUS as you did in his first appearance in HELEN OF SPARTA and his adventures in TAMER OF HORSES, too.

And don't forget, the AMALIAD is back up and running! This month's issue already went out, but you can read it here and subscribe so you won't miss the next one!

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2019 Releases

In case you missed anything, here's a complete list (with links!) of all my 2019 releases--a couple are Patreon exclusive, and while I've included a direct link, you'll still have to become a patron (for as little as a dollar a month) to get access!

Novels/Novellas

From Asgard, With Love (Wide Release Links; Amazon)

Enduring Fate

Concealing Fate

Faults of Fate (Paperback Collection)

By Amalia Carosella

The Siren's Song (Author's Edition)

Short Stories

Frost Bitten, Twice Shy (Wide Release Links; Kindle)

Favor of God (Wide Release Links; Kindle)

The Rule of Fate (Patreon Exclusive)

Refuge (Patreon Exclusive)

And currently releasing on Patreon in a serialized form:

Son of Zeus

I think that about covers it!

(Get it? Covers???? ahaha.)

Wishing you all a fabulous 2020!

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Son of Zeus: Pirithous on Patreon!

If you're all caught up on your Fate of the Gods reading (or Fate of the Gods isn't your thing) I've got something new for you, too! Your favorite secondary character from HELEN OF SPARTA, and leading man in TAMER OF HORSES, Pirithous is BACK in a new modern day adventure--ONLY on Patreon!

Chapter One and Chapter Two are FREE to read if you want to see what it's all about, but Chapter Three and onward are available to patrons ONLY!

For just a dollar a month, you can read along, each chapter (between 4-7 a month) delivered directly to your inbox. For five dollars a month, you'll get mobi/epub files of each month's chapters, too! (And at all levels, access to past patron exclusive content, too!)

Seven months of Pirithous in the modern world begins now! I hope you'll join us (and him) on this newest adventure!!

More details in the Cover Copy:

Pirithous is back!
But after 3000 years trapped in Hades,
what does he have left to live for?

Pirithous, son of Zeus, stumbles out of the Underworld into Upstate New York, a land nothing like the one he left behind so long ago. The price of his freedom: revive the worship of his gods and build Persephone a temple for her help in his escape. But the world is so changed, Pirithous, once a wealthy and honored king, doesn't know where to begin.

Raised in a strict Greek Orthodox family, Thalia has always been something of a wild child. Wild enough to pick up an attractive man off the side of the road in exchange for his help, no questions asked. When he claims he's a son of Zeus, she gives him the benefit of the doubt. But Pirithous is more pirate than anything else, and an interstate road sign isn't the only thing he's happy to steal...

Hunted by centaurs sent by Hades himself, Pirithous is a danger to more than the woman who’s taken him in, and even for love and the help he needs to repay his debts, it's hard to justify the risk. Pirithous must find a way to work around the threat of his gods and the complications of the modern world to become the man and the hero Thalia deserves. Unless he’d prefer to return to the Underworld--and this time, there’s no coming back.

A fan-favorite hero in Helen of Sparta and Tamer of Horses, Pirithous returns for another adventure, this time set in the world you know.

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#NAMEthatSUITOR to enter my Audiobook Giveaway for BY HELEN'S HAND!

I know guys, I know -- I'm the worst blogger these days. But you'll find more regular posts over at blog.amaliacarosella.com right now as I ramp up for the release of BY HELEN'S HAND on May 10th, including a giveaway for a copy of the audiobook edition AND an owl pendant to match the bracelet/necklace my fabulous cover artist gave Helen on both her covers!


Klikky Klikky to head over and check it out -- and please do enter to win! It's no fun playing #NAMEthatSUITOR by myself. :P There's also a link to the goodreads giveaway which is happening NOW and I hope you'll throw your hat in that ring as well!

In other news: I finally and at last wrapped the draft for The Manuscript of Doom, which will be an Amalia Carosella title, and I hope to have more information for you guys soon on that project. But readers of Amalia Dillin!me I think will be particularly interested! I'm destroying the developmental edits with the best editor in the world as we speak. (And when it gets closer to the big day, I'll definitely be talking about why that manuscript was such a beast to write!) I've also got another bronze age historical (my Hippodamia and Pirithous book) in the final stages of production, release date TBA! I'll let you know when I have it pinned down!

Next up is Orc 3, and I'll be throwing myself into that head-first as soon as the Manuscript of Doom edits are wrapped. Believe me, I want to get Orc 3 out to you guys as much as you guys want to read it. But be on the lookout for an HONOR AMONG ORCS promotion in June, around the release of Warcraft the movie. It just seemed fitting.

Finally: Do definitely subscribe to The Amaliad and I'll deliver behind the scenes book stuff as well as the most important updates about Authors!Me directly to your inbox!

I think that's a wrap for now!

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