“Darkness of the Light, first of a series, is another quirky, intriguing, wonderful tale, filled with adventure and unexpected plot twists.  No one else tells a story quite like Peter David does.”

                                                            –Terry Brooks

Thousands of years ago, a small number of extra-dimensional creatures—scarcely a hundred or so from twelve different races—landed on our world.  Although they were quickly hunted into oblivion, they made an indelible impression on humanity, forming the basis for most every creature of myth and fancy that exist:  Cyclops, vampires, dragons, fairies, trolls, mermaids and many more.

In the middle of the 21^st century, they returned, not by the hundreds, but in the millions.  The battle for survival was fierce and bloody and, in the end, humanity lost.

Now, in an undetermined time, humanity is nearly extinct.  The Twelve Races are now locked in endless battle with each other, fighting for whatever scraps of survival remain on his planet they refer to as the Damned World. The few human survivors that remain are slaves, like Jepp, a young woman who is a helpless servant to one of the more fearsome races, the serpentine Mandraques.

But when, after a particularly lethal battle, Jepp falls in with a group of scavenging Bottom Feeders, her life begins to change.  And those changes are going to wind up having a major impact on the Damned World, although whether they will result in the return of the human race or the ultimate destruction of all remaining life on what is nothing but a Hidden Earth, no one can say for certain.

Originally released in 2007 and now out of print, Crazy 8 Press is thrilled to be able to kickstart Peter David’s rich and complex trilogy.  This will begin with the re-release of the debut novel, available as an eBook for the first time, and at the introductory price of $2.99.  This will then be immediately followed by the release of the long-awaited sequel, Height of the Depths as an eBook at $5.99 and trade paperback at $15.99.  Both will feature new covers by acclaimed artist J.K. Woodward.  A wry combination of Game of Thrones, Supernatural and Planet of the Apes, Peter David’s The Hidden Earth is a must-have for fans of epic fantasy.

And they said it couldn’t be done! Fight The Gods, Michael Jan Friedman’s brand-new roller coaster of an urban fantasy novel, can now be accessed on your Kindle or through your Kindle app. Just look for the link here on the Crazy 8 Press site.

Fight The Gods is about Zeno Aristos, who, at the age of thirty-eight, is trying to find himself. Much to his girlfriend’s chagrin, he’s quit the New York City police force and can’t figure out what he wants to do with his life. A job in security doesn’t appeal to him. Bodyguard work leaves him cold. Only single-wall handball, with its street culture of razor-edged competition, seems to get his juices flowing.

Then someone close to Zeno is kidnapped, and his search for that person leads him through a gauntlet of increasingly dark and cryptic forces, taking him from the sullen streets of gang-ravaged Brooklyn to the manicured cemeteries of suburban New Jersey to the slick corporate penthouses of midtown Manhattan. The deeper Zeno digs, the more certain he is that he’s dealing not with a mere earthly adversary, but with an ancient entity steeped in the deepest and most malevolent of mysteries.

In Fight The Gods, Friedman takes a major creative step beyond the Star Trek novels, comic books, and television scripts with which his name has become synonymous, and braves the sinister rooftops and mystical back alleys of urban fantasy. Whatever you think you know of him or of his work…you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Read The Free Preview or buy it now for the Kindle or Nook, or buy it in trade paperback!

As promised, the IRS has determined I really am Robert Greenberger and Barnes & Noble has made my story, “A Matter of Faith”, available for Nook readers. Please try it let me know what you think.

After technical difficulties slowly derailed the best laid plans of Crazy 8 Press, my old story, “A Matter of Faith” is now available for the Kindle. The Nook edition will follow next week (once the IRS confirms I am really myself).

As discussed here recently, it’s one of two original short stories I’ve written and published through the years and I am pleased as punch to be able to have them available once more.

By all means, invest the 99 cents and see for yourself. As a bonus, there will be a sample chapter of Mike Friedman’s Fight the Gods, which will be available later this month. If you buy it, thank you. I certainly want your feedback.