Broken Katana - Cover Reveal

coming 12/1

I’m e rathke, the author of a number of books. Many of you are here because of Howl so today’s post is perfect for you. Learn more about what you signed up for here. Go here to manage your email notifications.

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I’ve spent most of the month away from substack, as you’re all likely aware, but it’s about time to remind everyone that I’m still here and have a book coming out very shortly.

The cover to Broken Katana, the third book in the Howling Earth series.

The preorder is now up for the ebook with the paperback preorder available any minute now.

I originally said this would be coming out next week but I decided to publish it a year to the day from the release of Howl because that kind of symmetry is sort of fun, if you’re me. Might release book five on December 1st of 2024, so keep an eye out for that.

Anyway, we’ll be back to your regularly scheduled weekly essays come December. For now, catch up on these novels in time to get Broken Katana when it releases next Friday!

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My novels:

• Glossolalia - A Le Guinian fantasy novel about an anarchic community dealing with a disaster

• Sing, Behemoth, Sing - Deadwood meets Neon Genesis Evangelion

• Howl - Vampire Hunter D meets The Book of the New Sun in this lofi cyberpunk/solarpunk monster hunting adventure

• Colony Collapse - Star Trek meets Firefly in the opening episode of this space opera

• The Blood Dancers - The standalone sequel to Colony Collapse.

• Iron Wolf - Sequel to Howl.

• Sleeping Giants - Standalone sequel to Colony Collapse and The Blood Dancers

• Broken Katana - Sequel to Iron Wolf