May we all look forward to summer!
May 01, 2026
Hi everyone! Happy May! We are now 5/12ths of the way through the year and things have certainly been picking up speed! So much in fact that I really have no idea where April went at all! But that’s only good news for you all as I have plenty of news to share and so many fun things to look forward to! Let’s take a look at what we’ve got going for this month!
May 2026 Writing Update
https://amzn.to/4tKtdRpPrimary Projects
Starbreaker: Volume 5 – Released! Now Available!
Starbreaker: Volume 6 – Preorder Available! Release: August 4th!
Requiem – Book 1 – 80% Complete
Legends of Mythranor: The Last Sovereign – Book 1 – 35% Complete
Co-Written Projects
Eternal Realms 1 – Harmon Cooper – Complete! Release: July 15th!
Aetherforged – Harmon Cooper – 90% Complete
A New Crop Of Books Arriving Soon!
All right, we are going to start off with the most exciting piece of news: There will be books finished this month! (Yay!) Harmon and I have both been working hard to finish off the last and final book our Aetherforged series and I’ve been grinding away on the now properly titled ‘Requiem For A Fallen World’, which will be book 1 of upcoming Requiem series published through Aethon! If everything goes according to plan, I/we are aiming to have both these books done this month and off to their respective editors so we can get them in your hands all the sooner!
With regards to Aetherforged: Heart of Radiance (Book 3!) that will likely be sometime in the fall around October. As for Requiem, it is still a little early to tell when the book might just launch just yet, however I am planning to serialize it over on Royal Road, Patreon, and my Website as soon as I have a clean enough draft to offer you all. So stay tuned until then!
What Will Be Next After These Books Are Finished?
A good question! Assuming that everything goes according to plan, I am looking to have the majority of my focus remain on the Requiem series while plugging away on my two side projects – specifically Book 1 of The Last Sovereign and Ascend Online: The Age of Heroes. The reason for this split is largely because I feel the consistent and steady pace that I had for Starbreaker truly helped the series find its feet and I want to see if we can capture that magic again, especially since I know I have a full six books to work with right out of the gate! Regardless, it is my goal to finish at least one TLS novel and The Age of Heroes before the year is out! So wish me all the luck and sanity!
This is Going To A Staple, But Pre-Order Ascend Online’s Traditional Edition!
I know we had this up last month, but in the interest of getting the word out, this is going to be a staple line for the next few months: Ascend Online is getting a special traditionally published hard cover version through Aethon and if you want to see more from the series, please help me by pre-ordering it!
Available at Barnes and Noble this book is a fancy new edition that will be available at all major retailers across the world and like I said before, I need your help to make that happen! The more copies we get pre-ordered the more shelf space they’ll reserve for us! So, all the support that you can give us now, will only help us down the road for more!
Poof, I’m Gone! Back Into The Word Mines!
And that’s another month in the books! I hope you all have enjoyed last month’s release of Paragon and Starbreaker: Volume 5! If you haven’t, then make sure to give them a shot next chance you get! In the meantime, I’ll be working away on the next awesome thing to share! Make sure to stay happy and healthy till then and I look forward to seeing you all when June rolls around!
Luke
