The Time Has Come for the "Book III" Title and Cover Reveal!
I was going to wait until the book was a few days away from release, but it is my birthday and Christmas is right around the corner! So, I figured I could give my readers a gift on my birthday because why the hell not?
As can be seen from the cover reveal above, the upcoming third book (technically fourth) is titled Swords Against Bastards. Why? Because it’s badass! Also, it’s a bit of an homage to the Fritz Leiber Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories. Plus, there are a lot of bastards that need to be cut down in the Barbarians of the Storm book series.
The description for the book:
Picking up where Atomic Beasts and Where to Kill Them left off: Fenrik and Dan are on their way to kill a long-dead sorcerer with the power of a nuclear bomb, Frank must return home after great loss to prepare for war, and Erzulyn has fallen into an unknown realm, bleeding to death.
Alliances will be tested, catastrophe is unavoidable, and war is inevitable.
Swords Against Bastards is a mixture of sword & sorcery and post-apocalyptic B-movies presented in a quick paced pulp novel format. It’s fun, badass, fantastical, and action-packed.
I’m shooting to have the book released in the first week of the new year. Right now, that looks very doable, as I’m already into the third act of the book. If that changes, I will give an update, here. This Substack is the best place to stay up-to-date on all things Barbarians of the Storm and Talking Pulp Press related.
Plus, now that you know it is coming very soon, that gives you time to either catch up on the other Barbarians of the Storm books or to re-read them! Swords Against Bastards is the culmination of everything I have been building towards. This story will change the trajectory of all the lives that survive it.