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The first entry in the second trilogy of what I’ve dubbed the Aurora Rhapsody Saga is now out in Kindle and paperback on Amazon! The audiobook will follow first of the year. If you want to learn more, here’s the Sidespace page on my website. And here's a handy guide to the Aurora Rhapsody universe of books (current and future). Check out the Sidespace front and back cover (I know you can't read the back cover on the pic, but you can see the text here):

   

Haven’t been reading the books, but thinking you might want to start? Aurora Rising: The Complete Collection (see the lovely banner above) is on sale for $0.99 in the U.S. and U.K. through Thursday. That’s over 1,400 pages of sci-fi space opera adventure.   (Thanks yet one more time to Fischmeister4 for the awesome character models!  )

But wait, there are even more books. Crazy, I know.  You can now pre-order The Galaxy Chronicles for a pre-release price of only $1.99. The latest entry in the acclaimed Future Chronicles anthology series includes a short story by me, “Apogee,” which shines a light on the fateful opening hours of the civil war that split humanity’s colonies 25 years before Aurora Rising. It also includes 11 other space opera shorts by some of the most successful sci-fi authors writing today. It releases Nov. 30^th. I ALSO have a short set in the Aurora universe in a second anthology coming out near the end of November called Crime & Punishment, but unfortunately it’s not available for pre-order quite yet. Here are the covers for the anthologies, because reasons:

 

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Check it, I posted not one, but TWO gaming deviations! One features the infamous dragon from Dragon Age: Inquisition, and the other is Graceyn Shepard from ME2, in honor of N7 Day (that trailer, man!  ). Also, Fallout 4 arrives tomorrow, so there’s that.

 
Totally off-topic, my Christmas present from my husband is a trip to Vancouver in early December to see Muse in concert, plus four more days of sightseeing. Color me SOOO excited!  

AURORA RISING: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION is available for preorder from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0109ZA42E. And it's ONLY $0.99 ON PRE-ORDER - but only for 2 more days. It releases Monday, June 23rd for a retail price of $6.99.

The Complete Collection bundles together the three books in the Aurora Rising trilogy, as well as the Restless short story prequel and a new short story, Restless Vol. II, which takes place after the end of Transcendence. The character interviews previously posted on my blog are also included.

You can see the cover art for the ebook and the banner art here:
  

Cover background is by the fantastically talented JoeyJazz. Cover models are by the awesome and amazing (and also talented) Fischmeister4. You can see the original models (before I got space and stars all over them) here:

Many, MANY more details about The Complete Collection are posted on my website: Aurora Rising: The Complete Collection Available For Pre-Order, New Short Stories, and What Comes Next

I also spilled the beans about the future of the Aurora universe in a blog post: A Confession, A Reveal, and A Promise. If you’re at all curious about what I’ll be spending the next few years writing, you should go read it. Because there’s also titles and cover art for the next 6 books in it.  

Thanks to the lovely RiHouston, I'll be at Magic City Con July 24th-26th. If you live in the area, I’d love to have you drop by—I promise swag, books, signatures and conversation.

So, Mass Effect: Andromeda. It does look gorgeous.

The Transcendence audiobook is "headed to retail" - which means it should be available in the next 5-7 days. To celebrate its release, I'm giving away 10 copies each of all 3 audiobooks: Starshine, Vertigo  and Transcendence.

- If you already own the Starshine and/or Vertigo audiobooks, enter anyway! If you win, you can choose to decline the codes for those books, or you can send the codes to a friend you think will enjoy them.

 - The codes work on audible.com, but you don't need to be a member or even sign up for a free trial in order to use them (you do need an Amazon or Audible account).

- To enter the contest: use the widget on the front page of my website at www.gsjennsen.com, or go to the standalone contest page here.

Earlier this week I gave an interview on space-commander’s blog here on Deviant Art. Thanks to his fantastic questions, I get to talk at length about writing, the politics of science fiction and what I've tried to do differently. Also the incredible value of readers,  approaches to character development, and the future of humanity in space. And metallurgy. It's a lengthy and at times brutally honest interview, but I really enjoyed the opportunity to expound on some (to me) very interesting issues. When you have a few minutes, check it out. And after you’ve checked it out, take a look at space-commander’s other features and original sci-fi work. He’s amassed a fascinating collection!

RESTLESS, the short story prequel to Starshine, is now both FREE and available on multiple platforms. Grab it on Amazon and other retailers.

I'll just note that there's a LOT of word meters in the sidebar on my website. Titles to go with them and tons more information are on the way - just a few details still to work out. I sincerely appreciate your patience.

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OH. And I made art! 

- Transcendence is available for purchase in ebook and paperback on Amazon.com. Outside the U.S.? This link will take you to the book on your Amazon International site.

Thank you all so much for your support and enthusiasm - your emails, messages, tweets and more. You've made it possible for me to tell this story, and the next one.

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BiowareFanClub did an excellent spotlight this week on Magic City Con, taking place in Birmingham, AL, July 24-26th: A Magic City Con Shoutout

I mention this for two reasons:

1. The inimitable (BiowareFanClub's word, but I agree) RiHouston is the Senior Event Coordinator, so you know it will be an awesome con.
   
2. It so happens I will be there, too. I’ll be speaking as a panelist and will have a booth with books to sign and other goodies.
   

In other news, I was flabbergasted and humbled to learn itcher Magazine included me in their list of Top Female Science Fiction Authors, alongside such scifi legends as Lois McMaster Bujold, Ursula K. Le Guin, Catherine Asaro and more. Consider me tickled purple (I don’t do pink).  
       

In between writing Transcendence, I managed to do two guest blog posts on SFF author and blogger Raven Oak’s website: "Flashback Friday: Isaac Asimov's Foundation" and "Flashforward Friday: Unknowable Innovations". They’re quick, fun little posts, so give them a read. I also shared two Aurora Rising-related posts on my own blog: "The Long Way Around to a Book in Your Hands" and "Behind the Scenes with Transcendence".

What I didn’t manage to do while writing Transcendence was game.  More writing is to come, but I think I’ll do some of that gaming thing, too. :bademoticon: