Ian J. Malone

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NEW RELEASE: The Street Survivors

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Brothers look out for brothers. Usually…

With the Merc Guild opening up contracts again, it’s Zuul eat Zuul to get one as there are far more companies looking for work than there are contracts to be had. So when Taylor Van Zant gets an inside line on a 30-million-credit contract for Swamp Eagle Security, he races to Karma to throw his hat in the ring.

Unfortunately, Taylor arrives to find that the other North Florida mercenary company—the River Hawk Defense Group —is also bidding, and Taylor is forced to watch as they steal the contract out from under the Eagles. Which might have been a good thing, Taylor finds out later, as the River Hawks return beaten and bloodied from it.

But only half of the River Hawks returned…the other half disappeared. And if there’s one thing Taylor stands for, it’s solidarity with his mercenary brothers, even when they may not have done him a good turn to start with. So, with only a fraction of his company available, Taylor decides to go find out what happened to the missing people. It’s what brothers do.

But what he finds will make him rue that decision and draw him firmly into the Guild Wars.

Grab your copy of THE STREET SURVIVORS on ebook or paperback today on Amazon!

Renegades reign supreme: ‘Mako’ tops bestseller charts on Amazon, Apple, and more

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Huge thanks to the folks over at Theogony Books and Chris Kennedy Publishing for landing a coveted BookBub scifi listing last weekend for my debut novel, MAKO. Our ad and supporting social media posts went viral, with the book itself taking Amazon bestseller status in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.

 

MAKO was also the #1 science fiction book on Apple, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble for much of Sunday.

 

And yes… we even beat Star Wars. 😉

 

 Grab your copy of MAKO today then be sure to check out books two and three in THE MAKO SAGA series as well as the Makoverse spinoff  novel, DETRON CITY VICE.

IJM is now on MeWe

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Much has been made lately about alternative social networks and their place on the net. I’m not here to litigate that topic. What I will say is that I’ve been having an absolute ball over on MeWe lately. For one, MW’s stance on user privacy and data collection is simply awesome. For another, the platform isn’t all politics, all the time like some others. It’s built on sharing common interests and growing community around topics we all love, which for me is everything from books and writing to college football and tailgate food.

 

Mostly, though, MeWe gives me the unicorn of all unicorns on my news feed — control. I can filter content by contact posts, group posts, page posts, or all the above. Better yet, there’s no algorithm to decide what I do or don’t see. It’s just all right there, how I want, when I want it. That’s unheard of anymore on terrestrial social media.

 

SIDE NOTE:  I also dig the nifty little profile feature that lets you tell followers what you’re eating, drinking, listening to, reading, and watching on TV at any given time. (Yeah, I’m a nerd. We established that a LONG time ago.)

 

FYI, I’m not planning to leave Facebook or Twitter anytime soon so don’t freak out. I will, however, be spending more time on MeWe moving forward because it’s frankly just more fun to be over there.

 

You can find my profile at https://mewe.com/i/ianmalone3 if you wanna connect. Otherwise, I’ll see you around the old FB and Twitter spheres. Or, well. You know. When they’ll allow you to see my content, that is. 😉

NEWS: IJM to collaborate with Chris Kennedy for new 4HU novel, ‘The Street Survivors’

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I am beyond thrilled to announce two very important things today.

  1. Seventh Seal Press has formally accepted my story pitch for the next installment in the Swamp Eagle Security mercenary series, which is set in the mega-bestselling Four Horsemen Universe (4HU).
  2. 4HU co-creator Chris Kennedy has signed as a collaborator to help pen the novel.

Aptly titled The Street Survivors, this new story will serve as the direct sequel to 2018’s Free Bird Rising while continuing the stories which are currently being told in the 4HU Guild Wars series.

The Street Survivors by Ian J. Malone and Chris Kennedy is slated for worldwide release in 2021.

Stay tuned to the IJM newsletter and News Desk as more details unfold.

IJM unveils ‘Detron City Vice’ patches, donates royalties to C.O.P.S.

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Hey everybody! I’m thrilled to announce that the agency patches for my new novel, Detron City Vice, are now available via the IJM patch store! Moreover, I’m donating 100% of my author royalties from these items to the Concerns Of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), a national non-profit organization serving the families and colleagues of America’s fallen law enforcement officers.

This is an amazing group, y’all. I kid you not. As someone who served four years in law enforcement as a civilian during the early 2000s, I’ve seen first-hand the incredible work these folks do, and just how much it’s desperately needed.

Click here to buy your Detron City Vice patch today and show your support for C.O.P.S!!!

All IJM patches are sold in sew-on or hook-and-loop (Velcro) styles for $9-10 and are stitched by Rob and Laura Marshall of Creative Gems GA.

About Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)

Each year, between 140 and 160 officers are killed in the line of duty and their families and co-workers are left to cope with the tragic loss.  C.O.P.S. provides resources to help them rebuild their shattered lives.  There is no membership fee to join C.O.P.S., for the price paid is already too high.

C.O.P.S. was organized in 1984 with 110 individual members.  Today, C.O.P.S. membership is over 54,000 survivors.  Survivors include spouses, children, parents, siblings, significant others, and co-workers of officers who have died in the line of duty according to Federal government criteria.  C.O.P.S. is governed by a national board of law enforcement survivors.  All programs and services are administered by the National Office in Camdenton, Missouri.  C.O.P.S. has over 50 chapters nationwide that work with survivors at the grass-roots level.

C.O.P.S. programs for survivors include the National Police Survivors’ Conference held each May during National Police Week, scholarships, peer-support at the national, state, and local levels, “C.O.P.S. Kids” counseling reimbursement program, the “C.O.P.S. Kids” Summer Camp, “C.O.P.S. Teens” Outward Bound Adventure for young adults, special retreats for spouses, parents, siblings, adult children, extended family, and co-workers, trial and parole support, and other assistance programs.

C.O.P.S. knows that a survivor’s level of distress is directly affected by the agency’s response to the tragedy.  C.O.P.S., therefore, offers training and assistance to law enforcement agencies nationwide on how to respond to the tragic loss of a member of the law enforcement profession.  C.O.P.S. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  C.O.P.S. programs and services are funded by grants and donations.

To learn more about C.O.P.S. and its mission, visit the group’s official website at https://www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org/.

NEW RELEASE: Detron City Vice is here!

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Today’s the day! My new novel, Detron City Vice, the next installment in the Makoverse is now for sale on Amazon! Click the link below to grab yours today and please take a moment to leave it a review if you enjoy the story. I know I beat that drum a lot but believe me. It’s important. Even two or three sentences with five stars make all the difference for small press titles like mine.

https://www.amazon.com/Detron-City-Vice-Universe-Novel-ebook/dp/B08J6K3HBT/

NOTE: Detron City Vice is a standalone novel meant to serve as book one of an entirely new series set in the Mako Universe, or “Makoverse.” If you haven’t read the other Saga books then you’re still fine to follow this story.

Story Synopsis:

Do you belong to the City?

The age of human division should’ve ended five years ago when the decades-old war between the Auran Alliance and the Alystierian Empire drew to a close. Turns out, things change.

When the League of Independent Worlds, aka “the Bog,” announced its secession from the Prime Territories, debate raged across the galaxy. For some, the move was an affront to the peace for which so many had paid the price. To others, it represented a clean break from years of superpower neglect and a fresh start on a new frontier where a being’s destiny could be its own.

Fast-forward to present day and one truth remains: “Folks in the Bog make frok-tons of money.”

Nowhere is this more evident than in the bustling streets of Detron City, a place where thrills are chased by thousands, deals are made to impact millions, and where temptations lie in wait beneath the neon glow and lavish excesses of the city’s nightlife for anyone seeking an escape.

It’s also a place where people vanish.

Danny Tucker is a retired Auran staff sergeant and an ex-cop from Miami living in Detron City. He just got a call. A friend’s son has gone missing.

IJM unveils “Detron City Vice” soundtrack playlist

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“Detron City’s eastside housed an entirely different class of clientele from the everyday starport crowd. Those were the patrons who arrived on yachts and high-end starliners, most of them looking to close the kinds of deals that impacted millions or blow off steam in the neon wonders, thumping beats, and illicit thrills of Detron’s Dreamland District.”

DETRON CITY VICE arrives Sept. 18, 2020 to a Kindle or bookshelf near you. In the meantime, grab a taste of the music that inspired this bold new re-imagining of the Makoverse by downloading the Detron City Vice Soundtrack playlist. It’s FREE, only on Spotify!

COVER REVEAL: ‘At Circle’s End’ from Theogony Books

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AT CIRCLES END, the third and final book in THE MAKO SAGA, arrives July 31 from Theogony Books!

Not familiar with THE MAKO SAGA? Catch up now with books one and two of the series then sign up for the IJM mailing list to get the saga’s prequel short story, MAKO: GENESIS, absolutely free!!!

Reviews on all IJM Books are much appreciated!!!

Theogony Books is an imprint of Chris Kennedy Publishing.

NEW RELEASE: ‘Red Sky Dawning’ arrives from Theogony Books

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I’m proud to announce that RED SKY DAWNING (Book 2 of THE MAKO SAGA) is now available for purchase on Amazon! I hope you enjoy it, and humbly ask that you please leave a review if you do!!!

Huge thanks to Chris Kennedy and the staff from Theogony Books for helping me bring this series to a whole new realm of readers and push it forward into the future with a brand-new installment (DETRON CITY VICE) coming later this summer.

Stay tuned to the IJM News Desk as more details unfold! Also, don’t forget to sign up for the IJM mailing list and get the MAKO prequel, MAKO: GENESIS!

IJM launches 10-day ‘music and characters’ campaign on Facebook

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Hey everybody.

An author pal of mine challenged me to name 10 songs that have influenced my stories and or characters. That’s one song per day over the next 10 days — no explanations, no reviews. Just a music link with a character name and book title. That’s it!

Every day, I’ll also be nominating one of my fellow authors to take part in my challenge so be sure to check out their pages via the post links to learn more about their work.

Parting Hint With Regard to Characters: One of these things is not like the others. 😉

Thanks as always for the follows, y’all. I hope you enjoy the music and be sure to drop me some recommendations for new tunes via the comments while you’re at it!

Cheers!

Ian