The Price of Magic is available for preorder now at Smashwords. The official release date is December 4, 2015. I will let you know when it is available for preorder at other outlets.
New powers are rising in Birmisia. Far to the south, the strange lizardmen of Xiatooq are making themselves known. Closer to home, the new lizzie city Yessonarah finds itself rich in gold—gold the humans covet. As tensions rise, many in Port Dechantagne seem eager to teach the lizzies a lesson in humility. Fourteen year old Iolana Staff finds herself in the center of it all, as she is pulled between her conscience and the conventions of society. Unconcerned with the conflict between human and lizzie, sorceress Senta Bly prepares for her own war, unaware that events will pull her into a life and death confrontation with an old enemy.
The Price of Magic is the latest in a series that chronicles a world of steam power and rifles, where magic has not yet been forgotten. A new colony in a distant lost world has grown from a tiny outpost to a center of civilization in a vast wilderness. The Price of Magic continues a story of adventure and magic, religion and prejudice, steam engines and dinosaurs, angels and lizardmen, machine guns and wizards, sorceresses, bustles and corsets, steam-powered computers, hot air balloons, and dragons.
Wes, I’ve got it on pre-order now (I think; I clicked the “Add to Library” button). It’s worth noting, the first four chapters are already available as a sample. Will those four chapters change any, when the book is finally released on December 4th?
Nope, they’re not going to change. Between now and the 4th of December, I’ll be scouring it for typos, but other than that, it’s set in stone… I think. 🙂