Tag: Jake and the Dynamo
‘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.
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.
Like, Dude …
I just saw a promotional video for Jake and the Dynamo. I can’t show you yet, but believe me, you’ll see it as soon as I can.
It is awesomesauce!
Soon …
So, what do you all think? This appears to be the completed cover art for the upcoming release.
‘Jake and the Dynamo’ Cover Art is Finished.
Just got the cover art for Jake and the Dynamo. I’m pretty excited. I think I have to wait to show it to you, but stay tuned.
Check the New Header!
You may have noticed a new header at the top of the blog as well as a new browser symbol. To give credit where it is due, this is Pretty Dynamo’s insignia as interpreted by Lee Madison, who is working on the cover art for the novel release of Jake and the Dynamo.
Mr. Madison has run into a lot of difficulty and has been swamped with work, which is partly why the book’s release has been delayed. Nonetheless, he’s still turning out top-notch work, and I’ve been really impressed by what I’ve seen from him. I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to the completed cover.
If things go as planned, the book should be out in time for Dragon Con, which will be in Atlanta from August 30th to September 3rd. I’m crossing my fingers that we’ll have the book out by then.
Tesla’s New Look
I just got another update on the cover art for Jake and the Dynamo, which included this steampunkish image of Pretty Dynamo’s familiar, Tesla the lightning bug.