I’m very excited to share my latest book release. Harbinger – First Colony Book 9!

A colony divided.

The Krake, a mysterious enemy who has brought about the collapse of entire civilizations, is hunting for New Earth.

Connor Gates, former elite soldier and now general of the colonial military, must find a way to protect the colony, which seems all but impossible when both humans and aliens alike are ignoring the very threat that should be uniting them all. To forge a future for the colony, Connor must risk everything.

Battle weary but vigilant, Colonel Sean Quinn must rebuild the morale of Trident Battle Group while fulfilling his mission, but when he receives an invitation to meet a Krake rebel faction, he must act. Sean seizes a rare opportunity to gather crucial intel about the enemy and possibly gain an ally, but can he trust them or will their betrayal doom them all.

Harbinger is the ninth book in the bestselling military science fiction series, First Colony. Read the ninth book of this epic today!

Something new from me before the next First Colony book. I’m excited to announce the launch of a brand new science fiction anthology titled Empires Ascendant, which features new stories from an amazing list of authors. 

The anthology features my novella, Acheron Rising, which is a prequel story set in a new universe that I will be releasing a new series in next year. I really think you’ll enjoy it.

Here is a short description of Acheron Rising – 

Lt. Commander Elias Browning's military career was over, or so he thought.

When a secret research colony is discovered by a ruthless enemy, Elias must take command of a small battlegroup.

Outclassed and outgunned, Elias must find a way to stop a superior enemy fleet from enslaving his people, but how can he succeed where every other star union in the galaxy has failed?

Get your copy of Empires Ascendant here: https://kenlozito.com/ea-anthology

Fracture – First Colony Book 8 – Audio

Scott Aiello will be recording the book around mid-November, which means it will hopefully be available in December. Thanks for your patience in waiting for this audiobook. On the plus side is that First Colony Book 9 will be recorded in December, so the wait for that audiobook won’t be nearly as long.

What I’ve been doing? 

Writing. Big surprise. I’m 70% through First Colony Book 9. I actually have a cover for it, which I’ll be revealing next month closer to the release of the book. 

What’s next?

I’m planning my projects for the next eight months, which will take me through June. Among these projects will be First Colony Book 10 and a new series that I’ve been planing to start for a while. I wrote a novella called Acheron Rising, that is set in the universe I plan to write the series in. Acheron Rising is part of a multi-author anthology that will be released in early November. More on that in a few weeks. 

Genesis – First Colony Book 1 has over 1,000 reviews!

This is a major milestone for me. Genesis was released about 2 years ago, and I continue to be humbled by the response. It’s invigorating and inspires me to continue to write the best stories that I can. Thank you. I announced this milestone in my Facebook Group – and someone felt terrible that they hadn’t left a review. Reviews are quite helpful, but if reviews aren’t your thing, then please don’t feel bad. One of the best compliments to an author’s work is to recommend one of their books to a friend. 

That’s it for me. I’m going to get back to work. As always, thank you for reading.

Ken

Hey there. 

Since my last update, I wrote a novella called Acheron Rising, which is set in a new universe that I intend to write a series of books in beginning next year. I’m also in the middle of writing First Colony – Book 9. I’m anticipating the release of that book to be in November.

 Fracture – First Colony book 8 audiobook update – Scott Aiello will be recording the book in November and I hope to release it in December. I was also able to get on Scott’s schedule for book 9, which I’m currently working on. For those of you who are waiting for the audiobook, I really appreciate your patience. Progress is being made, and all of the First Colony books will also be released in audiobook format. I get a lot of questions about that.

At the end of the month, I will be attending the NINC conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. Novelist INC (NINC) is an excellent organization for writers. I attended the conference last year and loved it. It’s very informative and it’s nice to meet other writers who write in different genres.

Last month I did a Facebook live event in my reader's group, where I answered a lot of questions. It was my first time doing that and it was definitely a learning experience, but one that I enjoyed. I plan to do more of those events as the group grows and also as a check-in, in addition to writing updates on this blog. If you’d like to see the video, you can access it by joining the group – Ken Lozito’s SF Worlds

That’s it for me. I’m going to get back to work. As always, thank you for reading my work.

Ken

PS – If you're wondering about the title to this post. I have a good friend who is also a writer and we exchange daily emails about what we've accomplished that day. It keeps us motivated and accountable. We-(mostly he)- comes up with the monthly subject lines for our emails. I'm pretty sure he'll be okay that I used it for the title here.

This summer is flying by and it'll be back to school here at the end of the month. Muahahaha! I have two kids in high school so hence the evil laugh. 🙂

Moving on to more serious stuff:

Last month I released Fracture – First Colony Book 8 continuing the saga of humanity’s first interstellar colony. There's a lot that happens in this book and the return of some characters who were in the previous books.

Whenever I release a book, I’m always stunned by how fast people can read. It usually takes me at least a week or more to read a book. Yet I have people who have contacted me after they finished the book telling me how they’ve read it in one sitting. That’s both amazing and humbling for me to hear. First, that they’ve finished the book so quickly and second, that they enjoyed the book so much that it held their interest for that long. Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of Fracture and read it. Please if you have a few minutes, leave a review and recommend to others who might like it. Word of mouth helps out so much. 

After I release a book I usually get the following questions, so I figured I’d put them here along with the answers.

When is the next book in the First Colony (Book 9) series coming out? I’m currently writing it, but I expect to release it by the end of October. I’ll be posting my progress in these monthly blog posts so check back next month for an update.

When is the audiobook for Fracture – First Colony Book 8 going to be released? That’s a tough one. It usually takes about 2 or 3 months to produce the audiobook, but this one might take longer because of things outside of my control. It’s a bit frustrating when things don’t line up, but please know that one way or another there will be an audiobook version of Fracture released.

How many books will the First Colony series be? That’s another tough question. The current series arc that began with Discovery (Book 5) will be at least two more books after the current book I’m writing (Book 9). I’ve always said there are a lot of stories to tell in the First Colony universe and not all of them will be as epic in scope as the current storyline. I could see this series easily growing to be 15 books and beyond, which doesn’t account for spinoff series. I love writing in this universe and plan to write in it for a long, long time.

What else are you working on? I just finished writing a novella that will be part of a multiauthor anthology released in a few months. I’ll be revising it in the coming weeks while I’m writing First Colony Book 9. Beyond that, I haven’t decided yet. Either I will jump in and work on First Colony Book 10 (Most likely) or I will be writing the first book in a new series. 

So there you have it. Thank you for stopping by. I’m going to get back to the writing.