Some of you may not have found time yet to read my historical fantasy novels, The Magic Battery and Spells of War. If you haven’t, you can get them now for just $1.00 each from Smashwords with the coupon code SG36X. This offer is good for the rest of 2023.
Starting today, December 15, and until New Year’s Day, Smashwords is running a sitewide end-of-year sale on participating books. This includes all three of my books on Smashwords, which are available at 50% off. While you’re there, look for other titles that might interest you. Here are the links for my books:
Just in time for your holiday shopping, The Magic Battery and Spells of War are now available from Amazon in paperback!
Walter Donway has written an enthusiastic review of Spells of War. It’s always nice to see these. Give it a mention if you’d like to help my sales. If you haven’t gotten Spells of War yet, I hope this review will push you to buy and read it.
The Magic Battery and Spells of War are available at half price as part of Smashwords’ site-wide July promotion. No coupon code is necessary; just go to the book’s page. These prices are good through the end of July 2022.
Monica Cellio has posted a review of Spells of War.
Spells of War tells an interesting story with characters I cared about. In both books, the author made me care about, and understand the inner struggles of, people who are on the “other side” — the inquisitor in the first book and Petros and his peers in the second. Spells of War shows the devastation that war causes on all involved.
As she notes, Monica was a beta reader and got a free copy in return for her useful advice. There was no quid pro quo beyond that.
Here’s the information on ordering Spells of War.
It’s the big day! Spells of War is now available for online purchase from Smashwords and Amazon!
To get things going, I’m offering a special price of $1.25 each on The Magic Battery and Spells of War when you buy them on Smashwords through April 15. Each novel stands by itself, but naturally I’d like you to read them both. Enter the following coupon code on Smashwords: MH42X. Expires April 15, 2022. (Unfortunately, Amazon doesn’t let me offer discounts unless I give them exclusive rights to distribute my book.)
You can help spread the word about Spells of War! You can list and review it on Goodreads and LibraryThing. You can mention it in your favorite social media or your blog. Everything helps.
I’ll post updates on it on the Magic Battery page on Facebook. Sharing or Liking those updates is another way to help.
A reading from the novel is up on YouTube. You can watch it directly on YouTube or on the Spells of War page on this site.
On Tuesday, April 5, barring unexpected events, Spells of War will be available on Smashwords and Kindle! Since the events of The Magic Battery, Thomas Lorenz has enjoyed success and happiness in Heidelberg, but now the Turks have acquired his secret of creating magical devices and are using it to create weapons of war. While he is off in Vienna aiding his Emperor’s cause, Frieda makes an important discovery about magic. The future of Europe and magic are at stake.
A short-lived discount code will be available when the book comes out, so be sure to check back then. Meanwhile, be sure to bookmark https://garymcgath.com/SOW. Please tell your friends, so they can get the book too. That’s what the sharing buttons are for.
Here’s the cover for Spells of War. I hope you like it. I hope lots of readers like it.
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Several readers have received the beta draft of Spells of War. Now I can ignore it for a while. My purpose wasn’t to do trope-busting, but just to follow up on the implications of The Magic Battery. Even so, it has some unusual features.
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