Summer is still in full swing, but with the days getting shorter, I find myself in a more tranquil mood.
Don’t get me wrong, sunshine is great, but I prefer the stillness of a dark morning over full sunlight at 5am. I like to ease into the day, even though I’m pretty fast at shaking sleep.
How about you, dear reader? Are you a morning person, or a night person? Do the early hours drag no matter when the sun rises? What do you like most about your preferred time of day?
Book Things
It feels like I’ve been teasing it for ages, but the audiobook for Design of Darkness is finally here (well almost)! Recording is complete and pre-orders are now open through my website.
Jordan Moore did an incredible job giving the world of The Tides That Reign a voice. He breathes so much life into each of the characters that, in listening, I almost felt like I was experiencing the story for the first time. If you have been hesitant to dive into The Tides That Reign because you prefer listening to epic stories, then now’s your chance to get into this series!

The audiobook will be released August 5th, pre-order links for the major retailers are not available yet, but I will send those out as soon as they’re up. So if you prefer to listen through platforms like Audible, Spotify, or Chirp, those are incoming.
Don’t forget, we are just over two months away from the Kickstarter for the final book in the series, In the Wake of the Blade. So if you haven’t followed the pre-launch page yet, head on over to KS and hit that ‘Notify Me’ button!
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