So a boxed set of the first three volumes of THE COMPANION CHRONICLES VOL 1-3 is now live and available on Amazon as an ebook and/or paperback.
You can find it HERE:
Cover by the amazing Todd Alcott, of course. It also features updated artwork for MINORITY OF ONE and FREEDOM RUN, among other things.
“Doing noir as sci-fi is a real challenge and this ambitious book pulls it off!” - David Gerrold, Hugo & Nebula award-winning author of The Martian Child, Hella, & The Man Who Folded Himself
Jacob Kind is a synthetic Companion. Designed in a lab and sold, commercially, to be whomever his Primary (owner) wishes him to be, just like other synthetic Companions created as he was.
Jacob loves his "mother," Sylvia Kind, who believes Jacob is more than synthetic, that he has the potential to be as human as any other being... and she's dedicated to proving that to society as large. Jacob loves humanity, confusing as it can be for him, but more than anything, he's devoted to his mother.
In Volume 1, SOME ANIMALS, when Sylvia is murdered by a masked killer and Jacob is blamed for the crime, he escapes and goes on the run to find her killer, determined to bring that man to justice. He has but one guiding light... serve and protect humanity at all costs.
In Volume 2, MINORITY OF ONE, Jacob finds himself in South Bend, passing for human as he searches for his mother's murderer, Munson Tolliver, only to get trapped in a raging protest against synthetics. Befriending a young mother working the streets, Jacob is drawn into violence he did not know he was capable of and must fight or lose his newfound friends.
In Volume 3, FREEDOM RUN, Jacob's search for Munson takes him to New York City, where he is adopted by a group of runaway synthetics who work in Central Park and dream of making a run for freedom in Canada. Just as he is about to help them escape, Munson Tolliver shows up to thwart their plans.
Jacob must choose between vengeance or helping his friends...
“Some Animals is an exciting and propulsive sci-fi thriller. Don’t miss it!” - Kai Yu Wu, writer/producer (THE FLASH, CARNIVAL ROW, HANNIBAL)
MAN IN A BOX, Volume 4 will launch next week and is available for preorder now. Books 5 and 6 will soon follow, after which I shall take a break.
I wanted to add, for those of you readers who have had a story inside of you that you’ve been aching to tell and keep coming up with reasons not to… just tell it. Just write it and put it out there to the best of your ability.
It’s hard, I know, and it’s scary, too, letting something special and close to your heart out in the open air amongst the internet trolls and professional scolds… but no matter how it’s received, if you write it and put it out there, you succeeded. You created something. You made something and that’s more than most critics can say.
You contributed a piece of your heart and soul out for public consumption.
That. Matters. A lot. Regardless of how it lands, you did something others often only dream about in secret. So. Just write it and make it real.
It’s totally worth it, in the end.
If you have the time, please leave a review on this volume, they really do help.
I thank you all for your kindness and support.