The Dragon's Champion audiobook is Finished :)

Creating an audiobook for The Dragon's Champion was a very interesting experience. Normally, when I write, I imagine voices, faces, demeanor, etc. for all of the characters. I know their backstories, their futures, and their hopes and fears. However, when I listen to a narrator bring the story to life, it feels almost as if I am hearing the story for the first time. Even though I know what is going to happen, the narration itself brings a new mystery to the book.

The good news- I quite enjoyed listening to it!

I was nervous at first. How would the male narrator handle the female voices? Would he get the pacing correct? What about pronouncing some of the names?

Luckily, I didn't need to worry about most of that. A lot of the time it was read the way I imagined it should be. The few times it wasn't, actually ended up being fine too, because it was part of a production that when taken as a whole was very entertaining. The names were ironed out once I sent a pronunciation guide too. (Any of you who have read the book know that Al the dwarf has a fairly difficult full name...)

All things considered, I am very happy with the production and looking forward to rolling out the audiobook version for the rest of the books in the series!

Be sure to check out the previews on Audible, Amazon, or iTunes!

The King's Ring is available now!

The second book in The Netherworld Gate series is out now. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Click here to check out The King's Ring.

 I did put in a few Easter eggs and I am curious to see how people will respond to them. :)

Talon left a wide trail of blood in his wake as he hunted down the Tomni'Tai Scroll. Now, armed with a magical sword fashioned from one of the Ancients themselves, he is ready to pursue the next item on his list; The King's Ring. Once he attains it, he will have two of the three relics he needs to unleash an ancient army from the Netherworld Gate. Then he will turn his wrath to Basei, the demigod of battle.

Yet, still there is hope. Jahre, the elf sage of Selemet Isle has opened the possibility for Talon to use his powers for the good of Terramyr. Will the heroes succeed in persuading Talon away from his course of destruction, or will they be forced to rise against him?

Turkey, Snow, and ... Trolls...

I do hope you all have had a wonderful Holiday Season! As an extra gift for the holidays, I am running another book give away through Goodreads. Three winners will be chosen to receive a signed copy of Ascension: The Dragons of Kendualdern. What better way to start off a new year than with a new book?

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Ascension

by Sam Ferguson

Giveaway ends January 09, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

  Also, remember to pick up your copy of Jonathan Haymaker and Dimwater's Dragon.

Click Here to order Dimwater's Dragon

Click Here to order Jonathan Haymaker

Cover Reveal for Son of the Dragon

For those of you who have been reading the Netherworld Gate Series, the end is nigh!

That is, the end of the trilogy is coming. Take a peek at the cover and let me know what you think! Son of the Dragon is available for pre-order through amazon.

Experience the exciting conclusion to The Netherworld Gate series.

If you haven't yet started the Netherworld Gate series, check it out!

Book one

Book two

The Dragon's Champion series is going to be Produced in Audio Book Format!

I am very excited to announce that the entire Dragon's Champion series is going to be produced in Audio Book format by Dragon Scale Publishing in 2016. The Dragon's Champion, Book one, should be completed and released by February 2016. Each sequel will then be completed roughly every six weeks after that. If all goes according to schedule, then the series will be completed by September 2016, when Return of the Dragon will hit the audio book shelves on Amazon, iTunes, and Audible.

Be sure to follow me on Twitter for updates on this project's progress.

In the meantime, the e-Book for The Dragon's Champion, Book one has been discounted to .99 cents for a limited time through the Holiday season. Enjoy!

Click here to view the series on Amazon.

10 Signed Copies of The Dragon's Champion up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway!

I have ten signed copies of The Dragon's Champion, book one in The Dragon's Champion series, ready to fly out of here and to ten lucky people for free! Just check out the giveaway on Goodreads. No cost to sign up or enter the giveaway.

Best of luck!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Dragon's Champion

by Sam Ferguson

Giveaway ends November 08, 2015.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Book Giveaway!!!

As promised, here are the details of the giveaway! It's simple. There are five (5) autographed copies itching to fly from my office bookshelf to your hands. You can choose either one copy of Dimwater's Dragon, or one copy of Jonathan Haymaker if you are selected as a winner.

What do you have to do?

Follow me on twitter and tweet your favorite character, and why you like them, from any of my books. My handle is @Author_SamFerg

You can pick any character from The Dragon's Champion series, The Netherworld Gate series, The Dragons of Kendualdern: Ascension, or even pick out of the short story anthology Tales from Terramyr.

Once you tweet who you like and why, your name is entered into a drawing that will be held on December 24th. That's it. It's that simple. No essays, no purchases, and no postage payment necessary. Just tweet to me who your favorite character is and why, and your Twitter handle will be entered into the drawing.

On December 24th (sometime before my kids beg me to let them open presents early) the five winners will be announced on Twitter. They will then get a direct message from me with the next steps to send me the name they want it made out to, the address to send it to, and they can specify which book they wish to receive.

Want bonus chances? Get your twitter followers to retweet your tweet. For each retweet Twitter logs on your original tweet, you will get an additional ticket in the drawing.

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*Only one book per winner. Even if you have a bazillion tickets, your name can only be drawn once and therefore, you can only get one book. I want five actual people to get books :)  (Though I suppose it is possible to have multiple Twitter accounts and thereby foil and trick me into giving you both books... you will then just have to live with the shame of having two books instead of one...)

*This is a Twitter exclusive drawing. The only way to enter is to Tweet @Author_SamFerg. Even if you send me cookies, or smiley face stickers, I can only accept a proper entry via Twitter.

*All Tweets and retweets must be logged before 11:59 pm (MST) on December 23rd to be eligible for the drawing. The 5 winners will be announced on December 24th, 2015.

Best of luck, and I look forward to seeing which characters you all like :)

Book Giveaway Contest Coming Soon!

I thought it might be fun to have a short contest. The details are going to come soon, but what I can say is that the prize will be the winner's choice of either a signed copy of Dimwater's Dragon, or Jonathan Haymaker.

Spread the word!


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Jonathan Haymaker now available for pre-order

I am pleased to announce that a new fantasy novel is available for pre-order now.

"Jonathan Haymaker" is not your typical farm-boy-turned-hero story either- Jonathan isn't out trying to save the world. While an unprecedentedly gigantic horde of trolls invades from the Murkle Quags, cowering the local armies and routing even the strongest of human champions, Jonathan's singular aim is to rescue his brother and bring him home again. Be sure to check it out. The e-book will be released in December.

Click here to reserve your copy today!

Return of the Dragon updates available for those who need them

I must apologize, as it appears that despite my best efforts, some incomplete versions of the e-book were sent out by Amazon. Normally, they do a great job so overall I don't have any real complaints, but it appears that many who pre-ordered Return of the Dragon, got an incomplete version. This should only affect some of the pre-ordered copies, and not any copies purchased on or after October 5th.

To explain, I should say that just before the book was originally due, my infant son was admitted into the hospital after a serious accident wherein his legs were severely burned. He is on the mend now, although it is still unclear whether he may need surgery to help his skin heal, but for several weeks my family was entirely consumed with helping him and trying to take care of the otehr children at the same time. There was no way for me to finish the edits in the last half of the manuscript on time.

For this reason, I cut the book off at chapter 15, keeping those chapters that needed further revision back, with a short note as a placeholder. I had the understanding that as long as I got the updates and edits finished and turned in before October 2nd, then every reader would get the completed book. Unfortunately, although I was able to finish the edits by October 1st, it has come to my attention that many of the pre-ordered copies released are not the final version.

The good news is, there is an easy fix. For any of you who have the incomplete version, please use one of the below contact methods to request the updated version. (I am speaking with them to push the updates automatically to each reader, but they are reluctant to do so.)

Again, please accept my apologies.

Here is the excerpt from Amazon:

Customers would still be able to call our support team through the 
below numbers to have the revised content sent to their Kindle library 
irrespective of the changes made.
                                   
                                                                        
                                                                    
Customers
 or readers can contact our Kindle Customer service through the phone 
number listed below to request the updated content:
 
www.amazon.com/clicktocall
 
www.amazon.com/clicktochat
 
OR
 
U.S. and Canada: 1-866-216-1072
 
International: 1-206-266-2992
 
We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.