new release schedule

Changing the schedule again! LOL. The Task Force 88 series is being pushed back a little bit. I'm having trouble coming up with cover designs that I like. And I'm still tinkering with a few things so I don't want to rush it before it's really ready. Since I'm pushing the Task Force series back, I'm pushing up Ghost Fall, the final book in the CIA Ghost series. I wanted to have a release every month, but that's probably not happening as I'm probably skipping February. Maybe I'll double up a month by releasing two Task Force books in the same month, but I'm not sure about that yet. You'll see that I don't list anything for October and November yet because I'm just not sure yet what I'll be releasing yet in those months. Could be another Task Force book or two. Maybe another series. We'll see how it goes.

Right now, the 2016 schedule looks like this:

Jan: The Cain Series Bundle (Books 1-4)

Feb: None

Mar: Ghost Fall (CIA Ghost Series)

Apr: CIA Ghost Series Bundle (Books 1-3)

May: Task Force 88: Gods of Justice

June: Task Force 88: The Rescue

July Task Force 88: The Raid

Aug: Task Force 88: The Lost Squad

Sept: Task Force 88: The Fall of Echo Five

Oct: Undecided

Nov: Undecided

Dec: Task Force 88 Bundle

50% off Kobo titles

Just wanted to pass along that all four books in The Cain Series will be available on Kobo for 50% off on all titles. Different regions have different dates and codes.

Here are the links to the Kobo books in the U.S. store:

The Cain Conspiracy

The Cain Deception

The Cain Directive

The Cain Redemption



Here are the days below:

Canada

October 28th – October 31st
Promo Code: CA50SALE

United States/Australia/New ZealandOctober 27th – October 30th
Promo Code: GET50SALE

United Kingdom
October 30th – November 2nd
Promo Code: UK50SALE

2016 Release Schedule

I thought it'd be a little fun to post what my plans are for book releases next year. As of right now, I'm planning on one release every month. I've already got several books ready to go, so it's not as daunting as it sounds. But, this also isn't a guarantee. I won't rush anything just to put something out. If something's not ready, I'll hold off on it until it is. So, even though this is my plan as of now, it can...and probably will...change at some point. Those who've read and followed along with The Cain Series know that I had book 4, The Cain Redemption finished, then I rewrote most of it, delaying its release by almost a year. So, again, this isn't a 100% guarantee...but, as of right now, this is what my plans are:


2016

Jan.-  The Cain Series Box Set (Books 1-4)

Feb.- Task Force 88: Gods of Justice

Mar.- Task Force 88: The Rescue

Apr.- Task Force 88: The Raid

May- Ghost Fall

June- Task Force 88: The Lost Squad

July- CIA Ghost Series Box Set (Books 1-3)

Aug.- Task Force 88: The Fall of Echo Five

Sept.- Task Force 88 Box Set (Books 1-3)

Oct.- Task Force 88: Untitled

Nov.- A Dangerous Man

Dec.- Task Force 88 Box Set (Books 4-6)

Kindle Unlimited

Just wanted to announce some changes to the status of a few of my books. The CIA Ghost series (Rogue Ghost, and Ghost Pursuit) will be taken off Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Apple effective immediately. Both books will be under an exclusive agreement with Amazon and available in the Kindle Unlimited program. The Cain series is unaffected by this and will still be available on all sales channels.

This has been something I've been thinking about and debating for the last two weeks. I really didn't want to be exclusive with Amazon as I didn't want to possibly miss readers through other sales channels. But the reality is that the books are mostly only selling on Amazon anyway. The Cain series is getting decent sales on other outlets but the Ghost series is mostly only seeing traction on Amazon. So I'm gonna test this out for a few months and see how it goes. If you don't typically get books through Amazon and still want the books you can always download the Kindle app. I realize this might be annoying to some or put people off, which is why I've been delaying this, but I need to try to maximize sales as best I can.

Here are the links to Amazon (U.S.) for the Ghost series:

Rogue Ghost


Ghost Pursuit



Thanks for understanding (hopefully). If it makes sense to pull the books out at some point and go back to a wide release, then I'll certainly do so at that time.

The Cain Redemption now available for pre-order!

As the title suggests, The Cain Redemption is now available for pre-order on Kobo and Amazon. The page count on the Amazon listing is messed up right now..says 105 pages but it's actually 170-180ish. Amazon always makes my page counts less than they actually are for some reason. Once the file is actually released for sale it should be updated to its proper length.

Aug. 28th is the day it'll actually be released if you don't pre-order.

Cain Series

At the end of The Cain Redemption I will be including an Authors Notes section describing my thoughts on the series. It'll basically include what happened throughout the series and why it certain things happened the way that they did. I'll also include some questions people have wondered which I'll answer. Some people have had questions about the books and I thought it'd be neat to answer them.


         example: (This was an actual question someone emailed to me)

         Did any of the characters change throughout the course of the series? Were all the characters exactly            how you imagined them when you started the series?


So if you have any questions you want answered that you'd like to include at the end of the book, let me know. I'm hoping to make this a fun little section that can kind of go behind the scenes of the book.

Offer

As some of you may know, reviews can be critical to an author's success (or failure). Reviews, in themselves, aren't something I obsess over. But I do recognize that they can sometimes help a reader in determining whether or not they want to purchase a book, which in turn helps sales. Sales I like! :-)

Right now The Cain Conspiracy has 11 reviews on Amazon (US) with a 4 star rating. Not too bad. In an effort to get even more reviews, I am currently offering 5 free copies of The Cain Conspiracy. If you have a Kindle, I will gift you a copy. If you have Kobo, Nook, something else...I will e-mail you an EPUB version. All I ask is that you leave a review on whatever site you frequent most (Amazon, BN, Kobo, GooglePlay).

I am also making the same deal for Rogue Ghost. It just came out last month and has one review so far, though it's a good one. Same deal...5 free copies of Rogue Ghost on whatever device you're using in exchange for a review on that site.


If you're interested in either of these books, all you have to do is send me an email at mikeryan36@verizon.net and let me know which book you're interested in.

Thanks!

Updates

Just passing on some interesting little tidbits. The sequel to Rogue Ghost will be released in late June...right now it's looking like June 22...but it's not set in stone yet. It will be called Ghost Pursuit. Cover's done, just got it this past week. Looks great. Just waiting for formatting to be done then it'll be all set.


I've gotten a few emails about when The Cain Redemption will be released. Current plans have it being published in September. Still have some editing issues to work out, there's no cover yet, etc. My focus right now is on getting Ghost Pursuit out. Once that's been released my full attention will go back to Redemption. I'm shooting for Sept. 1 for the release date. But that's still flexible at this point.

Rogue Ghost

Rogue Ghost is now available on all retail sites!!


On Amazon:   Amazon  ($2.99)

Kobo:    Kobo   ($2.99)

BN:    Barnes & Noble   ($2.99)

Google:   Google Play   ($2.51)

iTunes:   iTunes   ($2.99)



If you're thinking about buying....I thank you!!

Newsletter

Just wanted to let everyone know I now have a newsletter if you want to subscribe. I'm not gonna bombard you with crap every week. Every couple months I'll let you know on book release dates, sales, whatever I'm working on, etc. If you have ideas on what you'd like to see just send me an email. I'm open for just about anything. The newsletter's for you guys, so let me know what you want.

Now available on iTunes, Google Play & Scribd

Until now, The Cain Series has only been available on Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. New distribution channels have now been added and are ready to go so those of you who read on iTunes, Scribd, and Google Play can also download in droves!

Rogue Ghost Release Date

Rogue Ghost will be released...Thursday, April 23rd!!

Rogue Ghost cover

Here it is. The cover for Rogue Ghost. Will announce the release date tomorrow!

Rogue Ghost

Got five or six sample covers yesterday to look over and I have to say they look pretty good. I've got it narrowed down to two. Pretty sure I know which it'll be, but wanna take an extra day to make sure. I'll probably post the final cover in a couple days once I have it.

New book

If The Cain Redemption is too long a wait for you, I've got a new book coming out much quicker. It's called Rogue Ghost. I've talked of it before. Short synopsis is it's about a female CIA agent who's been tasked to find her partner who's gone rogue with government secrets. I'm already halfway done book two, which will be called Ghost Pursuit.

Anyway, Rogue Ghost has been edited, cover's being worked on now as we speak. Formatting will be done within the next week or two. It should be released toward the end of April or early May. Hope everyone will like it.

The Cain Redemption

For those who've been wondering where the last book in The Cain Series is....it's taken more time than I'd originally thought. I completely tossed the first version I had written as I just didn't like how it was written. So I started from scratch again. I apologize for those who've been patiently waiting, it shouldn't be too much longer. It will be released by the end of the year, I'll guarantee that.