Colin Searle is the author of the recently released military sci-fi / dystopian book The Call of Abaddon, which has been described as a blend of Dune, Firestarter, and the Expanse. We discuss Colin’s journey, his process, inspiration, and what it was like writing such an epic with no previous novel experience.

Colin has also produced The Call of Abaddon audiobook, available on Audible, which he recorded himself. The first 5 hours of the audiobook are available for free when you join Colin’s mailing list. Colin also shared a portion of that recording, which follows our discussion, beginning at timestamp 54:45

Colin’s website: https://colinsearle.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colinsearle_/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colin_scifi_author

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SearleProductionsArt?dd_referrer=

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Rains-Agenda-Audiobook/B0FBX7D9XZ?qid=1752796329&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=N53ETGPPACFK7RKVZ89K&plink=04t91JqMi9XDly0w&pageLoadId=V8sM4LqiJsr49GNR&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zf20xK14TpEuLUeb0BCmq

Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/rain-s-agenda-1

Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rains-agenda-jason-shannon/1132904061?ean=2940193858485

Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jason_Shannon_Rain_s_Agenda?id=AQAAAECKMDRwrM

Audiobooksdotcom:https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/rains-agenda/881711?qId=0866012804c7714d42b4b06c757a30d0&pos=1

Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Follow my social media @harujinshounds

Trial of the Century is a short story set within my Mongolian Book of the Sky universe, which also contains the epic novel The Hounds of Harujin, and the novellas The Conquest of Qongqor Caine, The Pirate's Lass, One Night in Ikh Khulan, The Moon Panther, and The Rise and Fall of Chaz Oregano. Trial of the Century is the earliest chronologically, taking place before the apocalyptic events that gave way to the new Mongol Empire, and follows the trial of North Korean dictator Kim Ilkal.

This episode also contains recording bloopers, which occur at timestamp 23:15.

You can read the text of this story for free at www.jasonmshannon.com/trialofthecentury

Narrated by Andrew C. Bunton. Music by Michael Hebbes. Text and Production copyright 2019 by Jason Shannon.

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

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Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5zf20xK14TpEuLUeb0BCmq

Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/rain-s-agenda-1

Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rains-agenda-jason-shannon/1132904061?ean=2940193858485

Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jason_Shannon_Rain_s_Agenda?id=AQAAAECKMDRwrM

Audiobooksdotcom:https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/rains-agenda/881711?qId=0866012804c7714d42b4b06c757a30d0&pos=1

Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Upcoming shows:

Smiths Falls Comiccon Nov 29

Brockville Comiccon Nov 30

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Follow my social media @harujinshounds

ES Raye is the author of the newly released space western book Gas Giant Gambit. We chat about how the book came to be, his writing process, inspiration, and some of his short stories.

Reading from Gas Giant Gambit at timestamp 51:30

ES’s website: https://esraye.com/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/e.s.raye/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ESRaye42

Mastadon:https://mastodon.social/@esraye

Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/esraye.bsky.social

Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/54988647.E_S_Raye

Threads:https://www.threads.com/@e.s.raye

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

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Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5zf20xK14TpEuLUeb0BCmq

Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/rain-s-agenda-1

Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rains-agenda-jason-shannon/1132904061?ean=2940193858485

Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jason_Shannon_Rain_s_Agenda?id=AQAAAECKMDRwrM

Audiobooksdotcom:https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/rains-agenda/881711?qId=0866012804c7714d42b4b06c757a30d0&pos=1

Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Upcoming shows:

Smiths Falls Comiccon Nov 29

Brockville Comiccon Nov 30

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Follow my social media @harujinshounds

Born in Nigeria, raised in Toronto, Felix I.D. Dimaro is an author of allegorical, dark, psychological fiction often centering around morality, mental health, societal conditions, the environment, or the real-life issues he has experienced. He has released eleven books to date, including the eco-thriller, “Black Bloom: A Story of Survival,” the extreme horror novel, “Humane Sacrifice: The Story of the Aztec Killer," and the tale of cat cloning gone wrong, "In the Darkness, Eyes and Teeth.”
When not writing, Dimaro is usually reading, watching professional wrestling, or running even though no one is chasing him.

Felix’s website: www.thingsthatkeepmeupatnight.com

Instagram/Threads:@thingsthatkeepmeupatnight

Substack:substack.com/@thingsthatkeepmeupatnight

Facebook:facebook.com/thingsthatkeepmeup
Part 1 of Neon Apocalypse is available now, for free, on Felix’s site

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

Audible:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rains-Agenda-Audiobook/B0FBX7D9XZ?qid=1752796329&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=N53ETGPPACFK7RKVZ89K&plink=04t91JqMi9XDly0w&pageLoadId=V8sM4LqiJsr49GNR&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5zf20xK14TpEuLUeb0BCmq

Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/rain-s-agenda-1

Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rains-agenda-jason-shannon/1132904061?ean=2940193858485

Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jason_Shannon_Rain_s_Agenda?id=AQAAAECKMDRwrM

Audiobooksdotcom:https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/rains-agenda/881711?qId=0866012804c7714d42b4b06c757a30d0&pos=1

Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Upcoming shows:

Meaford Comiccon Nov 15

Orillia Comiccon Nov 16

Smiths Falls Comiccon Nov 29

Brockville Comiccon Nov 30

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Follow my social media @harujinshounds

Sean Stokes is the author of 2 novels, The Red Notebook, and The Ghost of Vimy Ridge. Today we are talking predominantly on The Red Notebook. I met Sean this summer, and he told me that this book was based on a true story of his time working at a sex shop. It is a string of ridiculous encounters, one after the other, but is also surprisingly heartfelt, a roman a clef, a sort of autofiction very much in the style of someone like Charles Bukowski, who I absolutely love. We chat about that, our shared admiration of Bukowski, the vulnerability of writing in this style, and more.

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

Audible:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rains-Agenda-Audiobook/B0FBX7D9XZ?qid=1752796329&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=N53ETGPPACFK7RKVZ89K&plink=04t91JqMi9XDly0w&pageLoadId=V8sM4LqiJsr49GNR&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5zf20xK14TpEuLUeb0BCmq

Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/rain-s-agenda-1

Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rains-agenda-jason-shannon/1132904061?ean=2940193858485

Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jason_Shannon_Rain_s_Agenda?id=AQAAAECKMDRwrM

Audiobooksdotcom:https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/rains-agenda/881711?qId=0866012804c7714d42b4b06c757a30d0&pos=1

Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Upcoming shows:

Meaford Comiccon Nov 15

Orillia Comiccon Nov 16

Smiths Falls Comiccon Nov 29

Brockville Comiccon Nov 30

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Follow my social media @harujinshounds

Join my mailing list for news and special offers. Link on my website

This week I'm chatting with Marie Barros, author of Ghostlife: the Underworld.

Ghostlife on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Ghostlife-Underworld-Marie-Barros/dp/1777865700/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1629820621&sr=1-1&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadlbhElvZT4jtYMJApzFVbAP3Im85kuTJCAjj-lfOHxYAPmj7x26a--epzBZA_aem_1b8WzVLkVaMYOxD5rtxMCQ

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21767362.Marie_Barros

Marie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariebarros93/

Jan Jongstra: https://www.janjongstrabooks.com/about-the-author

The Reluctant Criminal: https://www.audible.ca/pd/The-Reluctant-Criminal-Audiobook/B0FTZXXVXP?qid=1760265574&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=b278ed0a-c3b2-4491-808c-7cb2190a487c&pf_rd_r=ERCG6N5G9KJHNHRWCCWY&plink=wq5zTtGH4o0Vreu2&pageLoadId=EL7n7eKRd8wx3pgY&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

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Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5zf20xK14TpEuLUeb0BCmq

Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/rain-s-agenda-1

Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rains-agenda-jason-shannon/1132904061?ean=2940193858485

Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jason_Shannon_Rain_s_Agenda?id=AQAAAECKMDRwrM

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Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Upcoming shows:

Meaford Comiccon Nov 15

Orillia Comiccon Nov 16

Smiths Falls Comiccon Nov 29

Brockville Comiccon Nov 30

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Book 2 in the Serenity Acres sequence, Shafted, is launching today, October 15th

Crystal is the author of 2 books of domestic suspense/suburban satire, set in the fictional community of Serenity Acres. Book 1: Dinked, and Book 2: Shafted

We do a reading from Shafted at timestamp 58:30

Crystal's website: http://serenityacressecrets.com/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/55082710.Crystal_Quast

Shafted on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shafted-Serenity-Secrets-Barely-Hidden-ebook/dp/B0FHGCKCWD/ref=sr_1_9?crid=3HUDEULZYZNTI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ACJySmpqGD26XKoYxSEk36Y_CEFUEn6eag7gkeQ4DfIvTYQxuJS-QMtQudmoDEyr1xpJqANX1MQDTYohLdSknDm9JSfu6l8nX3Ws9itlpXw.nD-OntvyW9L8JUOMbfz7Fq5u3IXRiKd0qKOEJIOlvbo&dib_tag=se&keywords=crystal+quest&qid=1760132359&sprefix=shafted+crystal+quast%2Caps%2C372&sr=8-9

Crystal's upcoming events:

Stratford Book Fair, Oct 6

Guelph Christmas Book Fair, Nov 29

"Rain's Agenda" audiobook

Audible:https://www.audible.com/pd/Rains-Agenda-Audiobook/B0FBX7D9XZ?qid=1752796329&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=N53ETGPPACFK7RKVZ89K&plink=04t91JqMi9XDly0w&pageLoadId=V8sM4LqiJsr49GNR&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5zf20xK14TpEuLUeb0BCmq

Kobo:https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/rain-s-agenda-1

Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rains-agenda-jason-shannon/1132904061?ean=2940193858485

Google Play:https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jason_Shannon_Rain_s_Agenda?id=AQAAAECKMDRwrM

Audiobooksdotcom:https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/rains-agenda/881711?qId=0866012804c7714d42b4b06c757a30d0&pos=1

Website store: www.jasonmshannon.com/store

Use coupon code "PADREZUL" for 50% off the list price on mywebsite store

Jason Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. His seventh novel, Tiger Blues, is available now: “A plucky crew of mercenaries must keep a doomsday weapon from the Maoists in alt-history 1948 Tibet.”

Upcoming shows:

Meaford Comiccon Nov 15

Orillia Comiccon Nov 16

Smiths Falls Comiccon Nov 29

Brockville Comiccon Nov 30

Audiobook for The Moon Panther coming soon

Follow my social media @harujinshounds