First (Re)-Release of the Year - Mack 'n' Me: Origins

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The second edition of Mack 'n' Me: Origins released on January 6, and is now available once more. What's changed? Story-wise, not a lot. The book has had a re-edit and received a new cover (courtesy of Moonchild Ljilja at Fantasy Book Design) and new front and back matter, ensuring it gives a solid base for the stories that follow.

What's the Series About?

I'd like to say the entire series is about persistence when everything goes wrong...and the hope that, if you continue trying, something will finally go right, but my readers tell me it reminds me of a dysfunctional Firefly - and Heaven knows that crew was dysfunctional enough! - or that its kinda like grim-dark in space - and I'm not sure it's really that dark, but I'll take their word for it.

In short, it's a dark, paramilitary, action-adventure science-fiction novel set in a far-distant, and probably alternate, future where a small mercenary company tries to navigate its way through missions that almost always turn out to be more complicated than they appear...and it's about one individual who desperately wants a home - just not this one.

And this Book?

Well, here's the blurb:

I ran away from home to find a better life—not be forced into one. You can call me picky, but a girl likes to be asked if she wants to work for you, not coerced—and Odyssey should know better. Now, I have to find a way to kick free—of Odyssey, and my trainer, Mack—without getting myself killed. Surviving the mission is just the first step. Getting out from under, that’s gonna take some doing.

NOTE: The main character swears like a sailor, and the support cast aren’t much better. If swears bother you, then this story may not be to your taste.

Where Can I Find It?

Mack 'n' Me: Origins is published across a number of platforms, and I have included a universal link each time I've mentioned the title, and in the cover picture below.


 

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