Audio Book Now Available!

Exciting news!

 Home: Interstellar is now available as an audiobook on Amazon here.

The narration uses Amazon's virtual voices - computer-generated narration for audiobooks. Not the best, but not bad, and better than my scratchy voice.

Enjoy!

... Ray

Amazon invited me to publish an audiobook!

Amazon has invited me into a beta program from which and audiobook of Home: Interstellar and Pandora's Razor will result. I'll let you know when that will launch.

One of the impacts will be to remove non-english words and phrases that add color (i.e., fun) but not clarity to the story. One Russian phrase is below

 Cruiser

Mark IX Cила Грузчик, or Power Loader designed on a Russian colony near Bernard’s Star. They are nicknamed “cruisers” because in English, the name sounds like “silly cruischick.” Cargo handlers sometimes refer to themselves as cruisers, but the term is considered an insult if used by anyone else, especially when referring to a woman.

Zephyr's Flight launching in May

Our sister site for the Singer Series and the Dragon's War has a new post about the Oracle's Cosmology, the oral history of the mountain clans. Check it out here. The first in the series, Zephyr's Flight will be coming out in May 2025.

For the first release of the Singer/Dragon's War series,  I may be changing titles from "Zephyr's Flight" to "To Turn the Sky Crimson." That's based on a PickFU survey of titles. Results are below. Stay tuned. Your comments are invited.

... Ray

Zephyr's Flight - Coming Soon

 Hi, again …

Some very nice words and a 5-star review from Ellie Mitchel for the upcoming Zephyr’s Flight fantasy novel. That’s the first in the Singer series I’ve been working on for so long. Ellie is an excellent independent reviewer who posts her reviews on her blog, Bookish Beyond.

From her review:

“There were many things which I ended up liking about Zephyr’s Flight, some of which are listed below.

• “Firstly, the world-building was fantastic. You get an immediate sense of the intricacy of the world, its key cultures, and their core beliefs.
• “I loved the writing style. It proved to be very detailed and created vivid pictures in my mind’s eye.
• “The tension-building was well executed. You really do feel like you’re sitting at the edge of your seat at times, needing to know what happens next.
• “I also really liked the mythology included, of the old legends about Astrid’s people and the dragons.
• “In addition, I thought the bond between Astrid and Zephyr was sweet and profound from the start. They can share each-other’s emotions and pain, as if they can communicate between their souls.
• “The story unfolded gradually, exploring Astrid’s adventures as she endeavours to search for her lost father, and to become a rider. Every chapter furthered the story along nicely, with not a single scene wasted.”

Thank you, Ellie!

Current schedule for Zephyr’s Flight is later this year, and other novels in the series soon after.

… Ray

Pandora's Razor Free for Members of Amazon Kindle Unlimited

 Hi ...

Today Pandora's Razor will be moving to Kindle Direct Publishing so that you can read it for free if you are a member of Kindle Unlimited. That means we'll be removing PR from the other distributors soon and you'll only be able to read it on Amazon.

Thanks for being an avid reader ...

... Ray

Good reviews for Pandora's Razor !!

Good reviews coming in for the next in the Hope's War series scheduled for December 17 launch! Preorders are live now on Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble Nook, Kobo, Smashwords, Odilo, Scribd, and GardnersExtended Retail.

Here’s what people are saying about Pandora’s Razor:

“Impressively real; ... from its seedy bars to its spirituality to its fictional historical figures. Many of these futuristic elements are fun, but Strong also effectively tackles serious topics, such as media bias and bodily autonomy."
Kirkus Reviews

 Meriel[‘s] … resilience and determination made her a hero worth rooting for at every opportunity. There are few characters I have read about who have her strength of conviction, bar those like Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. … by the end, I didn’t want it to finish. I had become close to the main characters and their striving to do the right thing and found that I wanted my journey with them to continue. 
5 stars. Ellie Mitchell – Goodreads

 This was one of the best sci-fi books I have ever read!! …  I could feel the dust in the air, the zero g atmosphere, the cold and the wet. … fast-paced and exciting.
5 stars. Rochelle Gary – Goodreads

From the start, there's plenty of action and the scenes are so well written that you can easily visualize everything. 
5 stars. Andrew Shortall – Goodreads