Category: Jake and the Dynamo

‘Jake and the Dynamo’ Is Still a 5-Star Novel on Amazon

And remember, only you can change that!

Er, wait …

The latest:

I was grinning throughout. I always like when the potential for an interesting premise is taken advantage of. This is well done here. Lots of room for laughs and an over-the-top running gag added to this. What I really liked was that this novel could be hilarious while also making fighting scenes meaningful. There are consequences and you come to care for the characters. This is something I rarely see. The battles are not just plot points.

‘Jake and the Dynamo’ Now in Paperback!

THE UNIVERSE IS OUT TO GET HIM … BUT THE UNIVERSE DIDN’T COUNT ON HER!

Have you wanted to hold Jake and the Dynamo: The Wattage of Justice the way I held your mom last night?

Well, now you can!

… Except that’s kind of weird.

But in any case, Jake and the Dynamo is now available in a physical copy!

GET IT HERE

Jake Blatowski can’t wait for high school: basketball, calculus, and a cafeteria that isn’t under investigation by the health department.

Well, he’s going to have to wait: a computer malfunction has assigned him to the fifth grade.

It’s bad enough that he bangs his knees on the desks or that Miss Percy is going over long division … again … but Jake’s sitting next to Dana Volt. She’s a perpetually surly troublemaker who doesn’t even have to exert herself to make his life a living hell.

But no, it gets better: Dana secretly belongs to a coalition of girls protecting humanity from the horde of deadly monsters that plagues the city. But Jake’s no hero; he just wants to get to varsity tryouts!

When the monsters choose a new target, Jake’s not at all surprised that the target is him. Sure, why not? That’s the kind of week he’s having.

Now the impulsive and moody Dana is the only one who can save Jake from certain death—but Jake is the only one who can save Dana from herself.

Jake and the Dynamo back cover

Micro-Update: Facebook

The Facebook Page for Jake and the Dynamo has gone through an overhaul. You can follow us there if you haven’t already, where I’ll be announcing promotions, milestones, and so forth. There’s also a book preview just recently added.

‘Jake and the Dynamo: Dead to Rites’ Progress Update

I just made progress on Jake and the Dynamo: Dead to Rites! So far I’m 87% complete on the Writing phase. 11 Weeks remain until the deadline.

Jake and the Dynamo: Dead to Rites
Phase:Writing
Due:5 years ago
87.4%

Believe.

‘Jake and the Dynamo’ Book Launch!

The long-awaited day has arrived. Book one of the Jake and the Dynamo saga, The Wattage of Justice, the first American light novel from Superversive Press, is now available.

Here’s the link.

And here’s the book trailer:

The Kindle version is currently available. The paperback will come available within a few days.

This book features:

  • Revised text
  • New chapter
  • Full-color illustrations by Roffles Lowell
  • Bonus short story, “Eye of Fire: From the Casefiles of the Ragamuffin”

Read about it on the Superversive Blog, where Ben Zwycky describes the novel as a “gloriously over-the-top satire.”

And visit my new Amazon author’s page.

Join Me Live!

In about 25 minutes (3:00 central, 4:00 eastern), I’ll be live with Ben Wheeler to discuss Jake and the Dynamo.

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEuoMD_X4jw

And here’s the embed; not sure if this works for streams or not:

Guns

Picture swiped from ROGF728.

I’m currently reading up on the FN Five-seveN, as I decided to give Jake one in Jake and the Dynamo 2: Dead to Rites. I always meant to let the poor kid have a gun sooner or later. It just took me longer than I expected.

Urbanopolis doesn’t disallow personal weapons; it’s just that they’re mostly worthless, since shooting a magical monster with a conventional firearm is a good way to earn yourself an instant, fiery death. And human-on-human crime is relatively rare, partly because implacable external enemies have bred unprecedented human cooperation and partly because most every serious crime is considered a form of treason that can get you a drumhead trial and a rapid execution.

There’s a bit more military action in this volume than in the one previous. I might need to bribe Kai Wai Cheah to read parts of it over for me to make sure it’s halfway plausible.

Livestream Time Change: 3:00 Central

Livestream today has moved to 3 central, which I think is 4 eastern, unless I’m doing that backward again …

Join Me for the Superversive Podcast Tomorrow at 4:00 Eastern Time

We’re going to have a livestream tomorrow, during which time I will be discussing the upcoming release of Jake and the Dynamo. Please join us. It should be at 3:00 eastern daylight time. The link to the stream should be posted at the Superversive SF blog ahead of time. If it isn’t there, you can look for it here, as I’ll be sure to wring it out of the guy so I can post it myself.

Current word is that the “hard” release date for the book, including the hardcopy, is September 1st. The eBook may be available before then. Again, I’ll keep you posted.

UPDATE: Time has been changed to 3:00 central, or 4:00 eastern.