Phase Transition: Depthless Hunger to Deadgold (Patreon)

I dislike release/promotional times, so having two in a row is unfortunate, especially when it feels like I'm trying to break down a brick wall with my forehead. That's just how the schedule fell out when also working with a publisher.

How did the launch of Depthless Hunger do? Difficult to say, because Audible is a black box. My contact said it was "off to a good start" and that may not be simple rhetoric, because he was direct about the preorder being fewer copies than expected. But I think I won't actually know until I get my first financial statement. Thanks to everyone who supported either the ebook or audiobook releases.

One additional thing that's frustrating: my books keep getting kicked out of the "Asian Myth and Legend" category, which is where most cultivation-adjacent series go. I actually got an explicit email saying this, which is frustrating, because I don't feel this is less appropriate for the category than many of the others filling it. But it's Amazon, what can you do?

Anyway, I have an announcement that many of you may be excited for: I intend to begin posting normal chapters of Deadgold next weekend. It will be all the preview chapters plus two more, launching that book into the normal schedule that will carry us into 2026.