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It's true! It's really quite good, and you can find out all about it over at the new Small Beans shop, where we will also be adding stuff like an album and comic books in the near future. You can get there by hitting the SHOP tab above or this link. As for the book, all SB Patrons can read the first three chapters free by hitting up the Demo. Please do! It's a good book!

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Sinno is about to take part in an ancient coming-of-age rite for his people: climbing as high as he can up the Great Tree that comprises the entire universe. No one knows what wonders and mysteries lurk in the misty branches above. All Sinno knows is that he sometimes hates himself, and he doesn't want to let anybody down.  

This is a book about things including, but not limited to: alcoholism, robots, crippling depression, a magical talking rock, what's inside the Mystery Box, falling in love, hitting yourself in the head, evil orange fungus, the Tree Pope, CRACKED, Picasso, and the meaning of life. It's kind of hard to describe, and the kind of story only Michael Swaim could tell.

"The book is heartbreaking, it's weird, and it's very, very funny." - Robert Brockway

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Matt

That’s a snap buy for me. Congrats on your novel!

Jordan

Will you narrate your own audio book? Buying either way, just curious.

AbsurdMarvel

Huge congrats, Mike! I bet you've had this in you a good long while and I am jazzed to read it and and share in it with you. Big love.

Joylesstiger

Just got my copy, can't wait to read it!

Ryan (Kanserus Bone Saw) Bowdish

Do you have an estimate on a date the audiobook will drop? I got 2 kids and its tough to find time to read rather than listen

Patrick Tillett

I love the demo! Could there be plans for a print-on-demand or physical release as well?

Wade Leonard

You had me at Michael Swain wrote a novel

SmallBeans

Looking into it! I want to, but if it's a lot of cash up front then I probably can't afford it. Print-on-demand is something I haven't investigated, will do.

Patrick Tillett

I've had some anthologies out via Amazon and bookrabbits POD service (and they just use Amazon, B&N, etc). In my experience most of the cost comes out of the sale, although getting quantities in for a personal stock becomes slightly cumbersome, and I know were all big Bezos fans in this corner. Looking forward to getting the PDF version soon regardless ♥️

Sean Gable

Immediate purchase and can’t wait to read it. I’m eager to hear Swaim do the audiobook as well. Lots of love

John Krane

Instant buy. I've been a fan of your fiction since I heard the crab story on one of the Tales from the Pits. Excited to see what you do with a full-length novel.

Joey Cousineau

I am so happy to hear you're planning an audiobook version as well, I'm sure it's a huge amount of extra work but I appreciate the effort. I look forward to buying it as soon as it releases. Best of luck on the books sales in all it's forms.

Cody Franks

Bought the book last night and am already over 50 pages in. Great work Michael!

William Ranney

I love this but just so you're prepared for future scrutiny a fully grown tree has a different network of roots the tap root is just there during the seedling stage. Haven't finished the book so maybe this is addressed already and if so apologies, mostly just here to flex my tree knowledge and say I'm excited to read this, the first two chapters you read were hard not to identify with entirely!

Colin O'Brien

Just bought the book, I can't wait to read it! Also looking forward to the audio book version, hearing the sample read by you was delightful. Hope this thing sells well, Michael :)

Stephan K

Say, any news on when the audio version will come out? Or am I not listening to enough SB-podcasts to get the updates? 😅