#PetsInSpace 4 Week Two NEWS! Number 1 x 3!

Dear Readers,

Yes! Pets in Space® 4 is OUT and I have a very special message for you all:

That's right! Pets in Space® 4 went #1 bestseller at three difference vendors-Amazon, Nook, and Kobo--the evening of it's release! Holy cow and wowsers! We're all beyond thrilled, and especially happy for our charity, Hero Dogs, who will get 10% of all pre-order and first month's royalties!

But the clock on the donation window is ticking down and this is also a limited run. Please don’t wait to buy your copy! Grab Pets in Space® 4 now and get ready to devour another Inherited Stars Series story!

SPECIAL NOTE: There will be NO Kindle Unlimited release for this anthology, so help us help Hero-Dogs and buy your copy of Pets in Space® 4 today during the Hero Dogs donation window.

Get links to all vendors here

Get the detailed blurbs for all 13 Pets in Space® 4 stories here

And if you'd like to see two of the earliest reviews, read them here!

Whiskey With My Book Reviews

Reading Reality Reviews

Both of these review sites are excellent go-to spots for SFR reviews, so definitely add them to your favorites and check back with them often.

Now to tell you a little more about how my Pets in Space® 4 story, SpyDog, fits into the series.

I did something unique for my debut story and first released a book in 2015 that takes place 200 years in the future of the main story line as a glimpse into the past and how the Inherited Stars Universe would change over those two centuries. Granted, some of the clues were subtle, but there was a lot of information packed into that novelette. The title of that work is Farewell Andromeda. The story is chock full of hints of what's to come, what will be discovered, and what has been forgotten in the main series stories. Some of these mysteries tie directly to my newly released Pets in Space® 4 story!

I love a bit of mystery, don't you?

You can read more about the Farewell Andromeda-SpyDog connections on this earlier blog.

As I mentioned, Farewell Andromeda takes place in a future timeline. All of the novels in the current timeline -- The Inherited Stars Series (as opposed to the overall Inherited Stars Universe) are anchored around a specific event, that being Operation Reset, or as it's sometimes referred to, The Great Realignment. Here's a graphic I created to illustrate the series/universe timeline.

The anchor novel Inherit the Stars takes place just prior to, during and after Operation Reset. It centers around Sair and Captain Drea Mennelsohn, key figures in the outcome of Operation Reset -- whether they meant to be or not! -- and both who make appearances or are referred to in the StarDog stories.

Here's the book trailer to tell you a bit more:

The three StarDog stories all have direct ties to events in the main novel, and that's especially true of the newest, SpyDog, which takes place at the same time as the novel and even has a few intersecting scenes and cameos or references to the main and supporting characters in the novel.

StarDog takes place about six months (moons) before Operation Reset, just as tensions are really starting to build between the Network and Ithian Alliance.

The main characters in the story, navigator Taro Shall and street vendor Adini Kemm, get caught up in this struggle quite unexpectedly. The story also reveals a secret about the fate of a member of the Mennelsohn family. StarDog was the original Pets in Space® story that introduced the crafty little mascot/companion dog-cat-weasel-mongoose bioconstructs into my series.

This story has been expanded and revised from the original Pets in Space® 1 story and is a planned release in October-November 2019!

Courting Disaster takes place three years (calendars) after Operation Reset and is also a planned Fall 2019 release. It was originally part of Pets in Space 2: Embrace the Romance and has now been extensively revised, reworked, and re-crafted with expanded and all new scenes and an altered romantic arc making it nearly novel size!

This story explores the aftermath of Operation Reset, and how matters with the former Ithian Alliance might not have been tied up with a bright red bow after all! The main characters are Captain Jagger and Ketsia -- both who were supporting characters in Inherit the Stars.

Here's a graphic I had made for Courting Disaster when it was part of Pets in Space 2: Embrace the Romance. It was created by the talented Carol Van Natta.

Hope you enjoyed this closer look at my series, including the new Pets in Space® 4 release, SpyDog, and the two upcoming releases this fall!

Have a great week.