Jon's Blog

• Finally Caught Up!

  2008 Jul 04

  For the first time since I started publishing on Lulu.com I am at last as close to having everything in print as I am likely to ever be.
  
  I have four new books in print now (see below) and a bit of an explanation about the new downloads. I have recently decided to start charging for downloads on most new e-books. This began a short while ago, the last time I published on Lulu.com. Here's my thinking. Anything I have offered as a free pdf download in the past will remain free so long as they remain available. This is my promise. Also the first book of any new series I intend to offer as a free download as well. Stand alone stories... well, that will probably be dependant on how I feel about them. For those of you who have already bought some of my download titles; thank you! I really hope you felt they were worth the price.
  
  Speaking of the worth of my stories. I note very few have actually rated any of my stories here. That is understandable, I think. It is one thing to download and read a story, but to return to anyone's storefront to rate or review a story means you have to really feel strongly about the story to take the time, even if it is just to click on the simple rating system. My thanks to those of you who have done so, and to those who have written or in any other way done something to let me know you appreciate my books. I'll keep writing so long as there's even a chance you'll keep reading!
  
  

  New Books in Print

  
  

  Ars Nova Magica Book Four - The Book of Candle

  
  The Wizard Candle has died a hero's death, but his students continue on and now it's up to them to Oceanvine, Sextant and their new students to save the world from the sinister One Maiyim conspiracy in a life-or-death battle in the thrilling conclusion of Ars Nova Magica.
  
  

  Dry Dock: A Story of Maiyim

  
  It's been thirty-five years since the fall of One Maiyim. Oceanvine and Saltspray decide to take a nice leisurely cruise around the islands, but while One Maiyim might be gone, someone is certainly making trouble out there. Hybrid Fantasy/Science Fiction, this story stands as a bridge bbetween the for Ars Nova Magica stories and the upcoming series: Ars Scientiaque Magicae.
  
  

  A Plethora of Deities V: Tempting the Fates

  
  Love is the watchword when goddess Inanna meets Michael Fulden. A pleasant chance encounter turns into a date and a romance, but love is never easy, even for the Goddess of Love and when she gets into an argument with the Moirae, those ancient Greek goddesses also known as the Fates, she finds herself living in interesting times.
  
  

  Off On a Tangent

  
  A comic romp in an alternate reality. It's a satire on Medieval-based fantasy (Learn why you don't want to walk into a "Fay bar"), with a lot of humor ("Be careful where you step. There have been elves here."), and some horrendous puns (Meet the Avant Gods!). This was the first book length story I ever wrote. My writing may have improved since then, but thisis certainly one of the funniest stories I've ever done.
  

• Four More Books Now in Print!

  2008 Apr 26

  I have just released several new books via my Lulu.com storefront:

  
  

  The Tears of Methis

  
  
  In Book Three of Ars Nova Magica when a Friendship Corps party goes missing in the Saindo Archipelago., Candle, Oceanvine and Sextant rush to the rescue. But the problems in Saindo are minor compared to the death and destruction they encounter in the Republic of Bellinen. Now the Wizard and his students face their greatest challenge in a series of life-or-death encounters.
  This volume also includes the novella "Freshman Orientation" wherein Apprentice Sally Candleson discovers there's no such thing as a routine first week at University. Hybrid Fantasy-Science Fiction in a Mid-20th Century millieu.
  
  

  By the Light of the Silvery Moons

  
  
  Book Two of The Terralano Venture A year ago the the human crew of the exploration starship "Meriwether I" responded to a strange distress call and made first contact with the Lano, an elf-like race whose ship seemed to run on magic. Earth erupted in turmoil when the first Lano representatives arrived, but now it is the Lano's turn when Captain Susan Ho and her crew arrive on the lano capital world, Treloi in Meriwether II. The Lano population is split on the subject of interspecies marriage and adoption with proponants on boths sides of the issue demonstrating fiercely for what they believe in. The situation only gets worse, however, and a third, but hostile space-faring race is discovered. SF action and humor!
  
  

  The Wayfarers

  
  
  

  I. A Land without Borders

  
  
  In a world divided into wild and stable regions the only humans who can find their way from one stability to the next are the members of the Guild of Wayfarers. Wayfarers not only guide travels through the Wild, but also act as judges, detectives, diplomats and frequently act as clerics. Raff and Emblem Cawlens are two of the best Master Wayfarers. When they learn of a strange and dangerous new path through the Wild, the job falls to them to find and stop the rogue wayfarer responsible.
  
  

  II. A World without a Name

  
  
  Master Wayfarers Raff and Emblem Cawlens were enroute to their home in the Green Lands with their new apprentice, Kazani, when they were summoned to the court of Kharasian Empire. Wayfarers often act as diplomats and during international negotiations, but someone is not bargaining in good faith. The result will be an all-out war with the High King of Corisa. Meanwhile the Council of Elders in the Ken Nation are meeting to form a new government that will reshape the entire world. Fantasy adventure in an 18th Century millieu.
  

• The Conclusion to Ars Nova Magica now available

  2008 Mar 28

  Ars Nova Magica #4

  
  

  The Book of Candle

  
  
  The Wizard Candle has died a hero's death, but his students continue on and now it's up to Oceanvine, Sextant and their new students to save the world from the sinister One Maiyim conspiracy in a life-or-death battle in the thrilling conclusion of Ars Nova Magica.
  
  Now available with all my other books at Free eBooks by Jonathan Edward Feinstein in .lit and html formats. This book should be available at Jonathan's Storefront later this year.
  

• Down Time, Ltd is now in Print!

  2008 Jan 08

  The first four books of the Down Time, Ltd. series are now available at http://www.lulu.com/jonathan27 Join temporal pilot Aurelian Pflum and his crew on several wild rides through time and probability.
  
  In Down Time Pflum and his assistant Jack Laterus must track down a pair of con artists who have attempted to hide out in 1933 Europe.
  
  The Department of temporal transport force Pflum and Jack to take their Transit off on a journey into worlds not only of alternative history but alternative physics in Taking Time
  
  Then in Time Out Pflum and his new assistant Persi Vincouer agree to assist inventor Doctor Mackenzie's new device that promises to revolutionize time travel. The problem is revolutions are never safe!
  
  Finally the Transit is stranded on a world in which society is entirely devoted to the performing arts in Show Time!
  

• Happy New Year!

  2008 Jan 01

  And may the Fates be with you!

  
  Newly available at www.sc2.com/e-books
  
  Tempting the Fates- Book Five of A Plethora of Deities. Love is the watchword when goddess Inanna meets Michael Fulden. A pleasant chance encounter turns into a date and a romance, but Love is never easy, even for the goddess of love and when she gets into an argument with the Moirae, those ancient Greek goddesses also known as the Fates, she finds herself living in interesting times.
  Tempting the Fates is available in .lit and HTML formats.
  

• Two More Books Available

  2007 Oct 07

  Now Available for free from http://www.sc2.com/e-books

  
  

  By the Light of the Silvery Moons - Book Two of The Terralano Venture.

  The excitement may have calmed down on Earth, but it is just getting started on the Lano home world, Treloi. Captains Susan Ho and Eesai di Sonea and their crew bring Meriwether II to Treloi to sell a precious cargo of monopoles and get swept up in a clash between tolerance and bigotry. The discovery of a new and possibly hostile alien race only exacerbates the situation!
  
  

  Also available at reasonable prices from http://www.lulu.com/jonathan27

  
  

  The Staff of Aritos - Book Two of Ars Nova Magica

  
  Wizard Candle and his new students planned on a whole summer of intensive studies in the magical arts. But class comes to an abrupt halt when plague breaks out on the Isle of Fire which turns out to just be the warm-up act for what's happening in Granom. Magic and Science mix in this fantasy set in a mid-Twentieth Century millieu.
  
  Author's note: Actually this has been available since August, but I released it while on vacation and one thing leading to another, forgot to blog it at the time.
  
  
  
  

• Two New Maiyim Books Now in Print

  2007 Jul 24

  Now available at http://www.lulu.com/jonathan27
  
  Further adventures on Maiyim, the world of water!
  
  

  Five Stories of Maiyim

  
  
  A collection of shorter stories involving the world and characters of The Maiyim Tetralogy and Ars Nova Magica.
  
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  Book One of Ars Nova Magica a new tetralogy
  

  The Maiyim Bourne

  
  
  Doctor Oceanvine left the Lady Elinor Jenynges a legacy aboard the yacht "Maiyim Bourne." Elie thinks it's just some small trinket, but instead she discovers a whole new direction for her life as apprentice to Candle, the last remaining wizard on all Maiyim. Fantasy in a Mid-20th Century millieu.
  
  
  

• A World Without a Name

  2007 Jul 08

  A World Without a Name - Book Two of The Wayfarers. Raff and Em Cawlens are taking their young charge, Kaz, back to the Green Lands, but when two great Powers go to war, they must negotiate a fair and equitable peace between them. However, they must travel thousands of miles to accomplish that and someone is not playing fair! Download free in .lit or HTML format at http://www.sc2.com/e-books
  
  

• A Plethora of Deities, now in print!

  2007 May 27

  I am pleased to announce that Books One through Four of "A Plethora of Deities" are now available in print from my Lulu.com storefront www.lulu.com/jonathan27. The stories; Downhill All the Way, In the Sky With Diamonds, The Seed, and The Tree are humorous fantasy stories about a wide range of gods, angels, demons and the mortals who must deal with them whether they want to or not.
  

• New E-book format

  2007 May 09

  New: Along with e-books available free in .lit and Html format at http://www.sc2.com/e-books I am now able to offer some of my books in .pdf format at http://www.lulu.com/jonathan27. The .pdf e-books are also now offered for free. Enjoy!