The Sentinel’s Alliance – Publication day #fantasy #epicfantasy #blogtour #newrelease

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

The day is finally here. After years of writing I can finally say I’ve completed and published a complete trilogy! I am very proud of these books and delighted with the response from readers and reviewers.

Today I’ve been busy selling books on a market stall in my local town centre – Staines upon Thames. It was an early start as we needed to arrive by 7am to get the pitch. We managed to bag a spot right outside Waterstones. It was an intense day and I met lots of interesting people and sold a few books. It’s always great to speak to readers in person and there’s no better feeling than signing a copy of your book and seeing the reader walk away happy with their purchase.

Thanks to Gareth Stevens and Laura Laakso for sharing the pitch.

Whilst I was busy on the market stall, reviewers and bloggers have been sharing the news that my latest book The Sentinel’s Alliance is out now.

You can still pick up your copy for only 99p but be warned, I will be putting the price up soon.

The Sentinel’s Alliance – Amazon universal link

The whole trilogy is still on sale for only 99p each worldwide. I won’t go on about it anymore today as you’re probably already fed up with all my recent posts about the book launch.

Instead I’m off to check out all the reviews and promo posts that have been happening today and I will be back tomorrow to share some of the highlights and thank all the bloggers involved. Keep an eye out on social media and I hope if you’ve pick up the books that you’ll enjoy them. Until tomorrow…

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1 day to go! The Sentinel’s Alliance goes live 6th July. Only 99p to preorder #fantasy http://mybook.to/sentinelalliance

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

This is just a quick post to highlight the ebook publication of The Sentinel’s Alliance on 6th July 2019!

But I’ll let you into a secret, the paperback is already available to buy at Amazon – I had to make it live to be able to order stock copies. So if you prefer paperbacks you don’t need to wait any longer.

I’m so excited to see the whole trilogy finally complete and I’m even more excited by the fact I will be celebrating the day with a huge blog tour blitz. 32 bloggers have signed up to share reviews, interviews and book spotlight posts. I can’t wait to see what the verdict is on the trilogy.

I’ll be spending the day running a market stall with two other authors in Staines Upon Thames’s High Street. I have high hopes of selling a few signed copies to my local community but I will still be checking up on social media all day, so please message me and share whatever you can to help spread the love for the Silent Sea Chronicles trilogy.

The Sentinel’s Alliance has already received 3 4 star ratings on Goodreads from ARC readers!

Can new alliances save the islands of the Silent Sea from the murderers stalking their shores?

As the island of Kalaya and its people recover from civil war, a new threat surfaces. Invaders from the island of Elkena hunt the seas, butchering those who possess magic. Their scar-faced captain seeks the Fire Mage who it has been foretold will kill him and Tei and her people are in his warpath.

Tei and a band of Kalayans travel to Stone Haven, the home of their new allies, planning to restore magic to the dead island. But the Stone Haven Council have abhorred magic since their people were massacred by Elkenan invaders twenty years before. Commander Farrell must persuade his people to accept magic again, but his plans expose them to their biggest fear and he risks leading Tei and her people into danger, and jeopardising the safety of both their islands.

Under Farrell’s guidance treaties are forged, but is the newly formed Silent Sea Alliance enough to defeat the invaders and stop their bloodthirsty quest to destroy magic forever?

See the trilogy on Goodreads

The whole series is still on sale at 99p each. I would love to make an impact with sales over the next few days, so if you know anyone who enjoys a face-paced, character-driven fantasy with world building reviewers have been raving about, why not direct them my way.

The Lost Sentinel The Sentinel’s Reign The Sentinel’s Alliance.

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Silent Sea Chronicles blog tour wrap up #fantasy #bookreviews #bookbloggers

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

The 10 day blog tour is over and it’s been amazing. I’ve been honoured to have so many reviewers post reviews of The Lost Sentinel and The Sentinel’s Reign on their blogs. I’ve tried to respond to each reviewer personally, but if I’ve accidentally missed you, I would like to thank you now for being involved. It means a lot to see people have enjoyed my books, well it means more than a lot…

Here’s a reminder of the blog schedule;

A very big thank you goes to Rachel, she’s done a brilliant job hosting the tour and organising everything. If you want a blog tour, I highly recommend you contact Rachel’s Random Resources.

I’ve shared links to the reviews for the last 10 day, so I won’t clutter this post with links, even though I want to keep sharing the brilliant reviews with you. Instead, let’s take a quick look at the stats;

The Lost Sentinel now has 38 ratings on Goodreads and 28 reviews with an average of 4.08 stars.

The Sentinel’s Reign has 19 ratings on Goodreads and 14 reviews with an average of 4.11 stars.

My overall ratings on Goodreads for all 4 books is 106 with an average of 4.16 stars. I’m so happy to have reached triple figures and hope to see this number continue to grow.

Amazon reviews are still low for both books, which is a shames as I want to run a BookBub ad and I think they look at Amazon rather than Goodreads ratings. I shall go for it anyway and keep my fingers crossed I am lucky this time.

If you have read the books would you consider writing a quick review?

The Lost Sentinel The Sentinel’s Reign The Sentinel’s Alliance

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Don’t forget the big upcoming event on 6th July – the release of The Sentinel’s Alliance!

Many of the above reviewers have agreed to read The Sentinel’s Alliance – book 3, so I hope you can come back on to read what they thought of the conclusion to the trilogy. Look forward to seeing you then.

The Sentinel’s Alliance – bk3 5 days to go! #preorder #99p #99c #fantasy

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

I can’t believe there are only 5 days to go until the Silent Sea Chronicles trilogy is complete. The Sentinel’s Alliance will be published on 6th July 2019 and I can’t wait!

The series so far has been shown a lot of love by reviewers during the 10 day blog tour, I will be posting a wrap up post later today, but I just wanted to take a moment to highlight this beautiful book…

For the pre-order period it is at the special discount price of 99p / 99c worldwide. Please take advantage of that and at the same time you will be supporting me on release day.

The Sentinel’s Alliance – Amazon universal link

Reviewers with ARC’s are already saying great things and will hopefully be sharing their reviews during the big release day blog blitz hosted by Rachel’s Random Resources on 6th July 2019.

Blurb

Can new alliances save the islands of the Silent Sea from the murderers stalking their shores?

Under Farrell’s guidance treaties are forged, but is the newly formed Silent Sea Alliance enough to defeat the invaders and stop their bloodthirsty quest to destroy magic forever?

See it on Goodreads

And in case you missed my previous posts, the whole series is on sale to celebrate the release of book 3. Each book is 99p.

The Lost Sentinel The Sentinel’s Reign The Sentinel’s Alliance.

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Silent Sea Chronicles 10 day Blog Tour begins today #fantasy #heroicfantasy #bookreview

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

I’m so excited to share the news that the 10 day blog review tour for books 1 and 2 in the Silent Sea Chronicles trilogy starts today.

Lots of wonderful bloggers have signed up to read and review The Lost Sentinel and The Sentinel’s Reign and will post reviews between 21st and 30th June 2019.

Here’s the schedule of blogs.

I hope to share a summary blog post each day with links to the reviews.

This has all been organised by Rachel’s Random Resources. If you’re an indieauthor looking for help organising blog tours, cover reveals etc, I highly recommend her services.

During the blog tour all books in the series are just 99p each, and that’s worldwide. Pick up my entire trilogy for just £2.97 or your country’s equivalent.

Book 3 The Sentinel’s Reign is due out on 6th July and is available now for pre-order. I’ll leave the links below so you can see the blurb and reviews for yourselves. Here is a quick recap…

Silent Sea Chronicles

Book 1 – The Lost Sentinel

Can Tei help the exiles find the lost Sentinel and restore the dying magic of their island before it’s too late.

Book 2 – The Sentinel’s Reign

Civil war and foreign invaders threaten to destroy the Sentinel’s reign.

Book 3 – The Sentinel’s Alliance

Alliances must be made across the Silent Sea to stop the Elkenan invaders in their murderous quest to destroy magic forever.

Universal Amazon links; Book 1 Book 2 Book 3

Goodreads links; Book 1 Book 2 Book 3

I’ll be back later with links to the reviews.

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Mid year update #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #indieauthor

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

I haven’t been around on social media as much as I’d like as I’ve been juggling writing projects. I hope things will calm down once my latest book is released on 6th July. More about that in a moment.

What I’ve been doing…

I’ve tried a few new ventures. A craft bookstall at my local high street Staines-upon-Thames, where I met some nice people and managed to sell a few books too. A couple of people bought all three of my books, which was a great boost and made the day worthwhile.

I shared the stall with G.J Stevens who writes Zombie thrillers. I’ve read his debut In The End and highly recommend it. Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to share my review here at some point.

A week later, I joined forces with two authors G.J Stevens again and Katy Johnson who writes mystery thrillers and we ran a pop-up author shop in Eton high street. It wasn’t as successful as Staines, but again I met some interesting people and we hope to run the shop again in July on a couple of dates. More info will follow and I hope to get some more pictures the next time around.

I now feel more confidant with these type of events and have my public liability set up for a year, so I’m determined to make more use of it! Anyone know any local events we can crash?

Last week I went to Winchester Writers’ Festival and attended a fun workshop about fantasy writing run by Jasper Fforde. I also pitched a new novel idea to two agents and a publisher and received some encouraging feedback along with plenty of ideas to develop the novel. I highly recommend the day and want to thank @JunoGoldstone for showing me around and making the day less daunting.

Writing News

I’ve spent months editing and finalising Book 3 – The Sentinel’s Alliance. Now it’s just the last proofread to do before the big release day 6th July 2019! The pre-order is live, so why not make my day and pre-order a copy for only 99p worldwide.

Can new alliances save the islands of the Silent Sea from the murderers stalking their shores?

Find out in The Sentinel’s Alliance.

SALE ALERT

To celebrate this, and to kick off the 10 day review blog tour starting tomorrow (21st June), I have reduced each book in the series to 99p. That’s all three books for £2.97 – on offer worldwide. How can you resist?

The Lost Sentinel

The Sentinel’s Reign

I will share more news about the blog tour run by Rachel’s Random Resources tomorrow, but here’s a quick peek at all the wonderful bloggers taking part.

On the 6th July, the release day for The Sentinel’s Alliance, Rachel will also be running a one day book blitz with 32 bloggers involved. More news to follow. It will be epic!

OTHER NEWS

And onto my other big news, the audiobook for Visions of Zarua is complete and is just going through the checks by ACX. I hope to have a link to share very soon. Any audio book reviewers who enjoy fantasy and want a free code, let me know and I’ll add you to the list.

I have another very interesting project in the pipeline and good news for all the residents of Staines-upon-Thames, I’ll be appearing in a pop-up craft shop in July. I’ll cover this in another post very soon.

That’s it for my latest news, so I’ll be back tomorrow with the start of the two book blog tour. Hope you can join us.

I’ll leave you with the trailer for the audiobook. Guy Barnes, the narrator, composed the music and produced this trailer. It’s brilliant, so please share.

The #audiobook for Visions of Zarua should be going live by the end of June.
If you're a #fantasy and #epicfantasy #bookreviewer #bookblogger why not get in touch about reviewing the audiobook.
Skillfully narrated by @guybarnes #dualtimeline #darkfantasy #fantasymystery pic.twitter.com/fjNDeVC30O

— Suzanne Rogerson (@rogersonsm) June 20, 2019

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#fantasy #bloggers Join The Sentinel’s Alliance Release day blog tour 6th July 2019

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

The Sentinel’s Alliance – Book 3 in the Silent Sea Chronicles will be released on 6th July 2019. I’m looking for bloggers and reviewers who would like to join in the publication day push run by Rachel’s Random Resources. Sign up to take part in promo / spotlight posts, reviews and Q&A’s.

The blurb

Can new alliances save the Silent Sea Islands from the murderers stalking their shores?

As the island of Kalaya and its people recover from civil war, a new threat surfaces. Invaders from the island of Elkena hunt the seas for magic users, determined to obliterate them. Their scar-faced captain seeks the Fire Mage and Tei and her people are in his warpath.

Under Farrell’s guidance treaties are forged, but is the newly formed Silent Sea Alliance enough to defeat the invaders and stop their bloodthirsty quest to destroy magic forever?

The Sentinel’s Alliance is the final book in the Silent Sea Chronicles trilogy.

The Sentinel’s Alliance is available for pre-order now. Only 99p.

If you can’t take part on the day but would still like to be involved, please contact me. ARC copies of all three books are available to reviewers. Book 3 available in June.

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#CoverReveal The Sentinel’s Alliance Bk 3 Silent Sea Chronicles #fantasy #preorder

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

This is the moment I’ve been waiting for. I’m so excited to share the cover for my latest book, The Sentinel’s Alliance. Publication date 6th July 2019.

And here, at last, is the gorgeous cover…

I’m still working on the blurb, but here’s a taster.

Can new alliances save the Silent Sea Islands from the murderers stalking their shores?

Under Farrell’s guidance treaties are forged, but is the newly formed Silent Sea Alliance enough to defeat the invaders and stop their bloodthirsty quest to destroy magic forever?

Preorder now! For the special price of 99p

I love this cover, I hope you do too. Why don’t you let me know your thoughts. And if you have any recommendations for changes to the blurb, please let me know.

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If you’ve read books 1 and 2 and would like to be added to my list of ARC reviewers for The Sentinel’s Alliance, please comment below or use the Contact Me form.

Or if you’ve missed the first two books in the series, here’s a recap.

The Lost Sentinel – Book 1

The magical island of Kalaya is dying, along with its Sentinel.

The Sentinel’s Reign – Book 2

The Sentinel’s reign is doomed to failure unless Tei can prevent the Kalayan people from plunging into war.

Please share this post and help me spread the word, and don’t forget to pre-order your copy now at the special price of 99p.

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#Indieauthor April Update #amwriting #amwritingfantasy

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

Hi Everyone

It’s been a while since I’ve been around. I sort of stuck to my plan of a social media ban, and the best news is that I finished WIP The Sentinel’s Alliance – Book 3 in Silent Sea Chronicles! It’s already had beta reader feedback and I’m now working through some edits. Very soon I will be sharing the cover, pre-order links and the blurb.

I’m aiming to publish 6th July 2019 so the next few months will be busy. It will be worth it to finish the trilogy. I can’t wait to see what you all think. Let me know if you want to go on the list of ARC reviewers.

I also have some big news about Visions of Zarua to share very soon and lots of book reviews to come mainly how-to writing guides but also some brilliant fiction I’ve been reading lately.

I’m still on the look out for reviewers for The Lost Sentinel, The Sentinel’s Reign and Visions of Zarua. If you’re interested please comment or use the Contact Me form. The blurbs and goodreads links etc are in this post An appeal for reviewers.

Lastly, before the publication of Book 3 in the Silent Sea Chronicles trilogy, Rachel’s Random Resources has organised a blog review tour for books 1 and 2 starting 21st June. If you want to join in, I think there a still a couple of spaces available.

I will be back soon with reviews, news and I’ll be setting down some targets for the summer. See you then.

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Blogging Hiatus – Will be finishing WIP! #amwriting #amwritingfantasy

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Suzanne Rogerson Author

This is just a quick note to say that I will be taking a break from blogging, not that I have been the most prolific blogger over the last year anyway.

I will be doing my best to avoid obsessively checking my book sales, kindle unlimited pages read, reviews and all forms of social media. This will be cold turkey for me and I expect tears and tantrums!

I haven’t written properly for months, so starting now I have to commit to finishing The Sentinel’s Alliance and getting a publication date set for this year. I also have to prepare for the Winchester Festival and perfect my first chapter and synopsis, plus I have been speaking with a narrator regarding the possibility of producing an audiobook for Visions of Zarua! I feel like I have so much going on that I need to step back and just focus on the writing.

I will be back in April with some books reviews, and hopefully more news on the book front.

Please message me if you want to get in touch and I will respond as soon as I can.

The picture below is where I need to be in my head, writing until my fingers bleed!