The Saga of Seven Suns Preorder Store

Well, I finally got a good night's sleep last night, knowing this marathon is over! Thank you again for all your support.

As promised, I am scheduling a backers-only Zoom call for Sunday November 15 at 10 AM Mountain Time (Noon Eastern, 9 AM Pacific). I hope you can make it on a weekend morning, and the timing is such that our European backers can join as well.  If you intend to come, please use this signup form so we can keep track. In previous calls like this we've gotten about 20 attendees; the room will hold 100.  I really don't know what to expect; if we fill up, then I will have to schedule a second one to accommodate you!

Keep in mind that I do a private zoom call every month on my Patreon, and we get a much smaller group! At the free level you frankly don't get much benefit, but at $3 you'll receive updates, recipes, photos of my cats and my hikes; at $10 you also get access to ALL of my manuscripts as soon as I finish writing them; at $20 you can join the monthly Zoom calls, and at $30, you get everything else, plus signed copies of each of my new releases throughout the year. If you use the special Seven Suns code A9667, you'll get 50% off your first month's membership. I hope you'll join us.



And finally, even though we deserve a bit of a breather, BackerKit has invited us to join their Holiday Market this year, for ready-to-ship special holiday items. I have finished books left over from previous campaigns which I can sign and send to you in time for the holidays. It's a much smaller campaign than Seven Suns (whew!), but you might still want to have a look and see if you'd like any stocking stuffers (or gifts for yourself). Follow the prelaunch page.


Thanks again for your amazing support of the Saga of Seven Suns. We still need some time to collate all the orders and send out your surveys, and then we will start delivering your electronic rewards and begin mailing the physical items as soon as we have them in hand.

KJA

Just a few minutes ago the Complete Saga of Seven Suns campaign ended, and it was a resounding success. Thanks to you, all 1521 backers, who made this such a terrific campaign.
 
And now the complicated part starts.

We will send out your surveys as soon as possible, and we can begin fulfillment as soon as we receive your responses. Since the ebooks are all done, we intend to deliver those very soon. We've received word that the shipment of deluxe editions will arrive in the US from the overseas printer on November 11, so less than a week.  Our intent is to get them all signed and numbered so we can ship them out. If you select the faster shipping option, you should receive them by Christmas. (Note, if you choose to pay over time, your order won't be completed until BackerKit receives the final payment.) 

As promised from our second stretch goal, I will set up a Zoom call exclusive to backers so we can hang out and talk. This call will be Sunday November 15 at 10 AM Mountain Time (Noon Eastern, 9 AM Pacific). We will send out an event invitation so you can register. If it fills up, I will set up a second one.

I'll keep you up to date on all the moving pieces. Special thanks to the help and support from BackerKit, as well as my awesome team members here Marie Whittaker and Tracy Griffiths—and to all of you for making this happen.

to the stars!
KJA

Hi there!

We're collaborating with the Avarice RPG and don't want you to miss out on getting two special rewards when you back both campaigns. There's under 24 hours left and time is running out!

Back Avarice here.

See the rewards in the message below.

Creators help each other. It’s synergy, not competition.

Right now, while we’re running The Complete Saga of Seven Suns campaign, Fat Goblin Games is running Avarice: The Morningstar RPG. A sweeping interstellar SF role-playing game and a big space-opera book series—seems like a match made in the Orion Nebula!

For our cross-collaboration, we are giving special rewards to any followers who back both projects. From Fat Goblin Games, you’ll receive a set of three digital books, 

The First Index - The Project Morningstar World Bible; The Index is the definitive guide to the worlds, peoples, powers, technologies, and history of the Project: Morningstar universe.

 The Accounts - A Collection of Short Fiction from Known Space; The Accounts collects short fiction from across Project: Morningstar, revealing how ordinary people survive, work, and pursue opportunity within the corporate machinery of the Hegemon.

 

 The Avarice RPG Quick Start Rules - The Avarice RPG Quick Start Rules provide everything needed to enter the Hegemon, create a crew of Contractors, learn the 2d20 system, and complete a dangerous introductory Contract.

 

And from me, you’ll receive the unabridged audiobook of my hard-SF novel Persephone, written with Jeffrey Morris, which is currently in development as a feature film. A cutting-edge hard SF trip to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, and humanity's desperate bid for a new home on the planet Proxima-b.

 

Back both projects and get both rewards.

​Thanks for being a part of this campaign. It's the biggest project I've ever done and it means everything that you're here.

​KJA

We are hurtling toward the finish line for The Complete Saga of Seven Suns!  We're at 1400 backers now and just passed $340K, so this is already more successful than I could have imagined, thanks to you. It's your final 24 hours to back the project, if you haven't already done so.

The Galaxy Deluxe Sets were completely sold out in the first week, but because two backers have withdrawn, TWO are now available again as add ons. If you missed out, here is your chance, first come, first served.  Otherwise, we are giving away a free ebook set of the three Clockwork novels I wrote with legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart to the next 25 backers who get the complete hardcover set.


And here is one more piece of news that broke yesterday: my SF horror novels NETHER STATION and NETHER VORTEX will be made into films directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Event Horizon, Resident Evil). These are scary cosmic horror adventures, and you can get signed copies from me at wordfireshop.com.



Please pass along one last mention of the campaign to your friends. Thanks for the final push to the finish line. https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/wordfire-press/the-complete-saga-of-seven-suns-an-epic-space-opera?ref=kja-socials

KJA

Thanks to the support from all of you, we passed our goal of $328K, which makes this FOUR TIMES as successful as my best previous crowdfunding campaign! That means I will invite you all to join me for an exclusive Zoom call hangout so we can discuss whatever subjects you like. It'll be my chance to see you face to face (screen to screen). I'll set that up and let you know the schedule.

I am in Sweden right now, where I just finished three days as a guest at the Stockholm Comic Con. I met a lot of fans and sold out of almost every single book I brought. Today, I finally get to go sightseeing.



We have only THREE DAYS LEFT in the campaign. It has been exhausting and exhilarating. We sold out of all of the limited items, all the deluxe sets, but the hardcovers, trade paperbacks, and ebooks are still available. I have recorded the first of the three Bonus audiobooks—ROAMER'S WRATH—and have scheduled studio time for the other two in the next few weeks.

If you followed the campaign but you're still sitting on the fence, time is running out!

In the meantime, after The Complete Saga of Seven Suns wraps up, BackerKit invited me to join in their Holiday Market, a much smaller campaign (whew!) for me to sell autographed copies of ready-made, in-hand books so I can sign and ship them out right away after December 1, just in time for the holidays.  I have limited stock of many fine editions of my titles. If you're interested, please pre-follow my page at the Holiday Market.



In the meantime, keep reading, and I'll keep writing!
KJA