The Armadaverse just got a lot wider! All current books are now available across numerous services, with only Whom Gods Shall Fear, Part One still to come at the end of May.

Paperbacks are now on sale from major global retailers, and the ebooks can be found on all popular platforms. They're also available from digital libraries!

It's been a long time since there was an audiobook release in the Armadaverse.

For the past year, Amazon has had a new programme in beta which can generate audiobooks from Kindle editions. After being invited recently, RCV has now tested the system using the two available expansion episodes: I Dream of Damastion and A Storm to the Savage.

You can obtain these immediately from Amazon US or Audible US. I'm keen to know what readers think of the job the system has done, because this could be a game-changer for books which otherwise would never have been available in this accessible format.

Owners of the Kindle edition receive a huge 80% discount on the retail purchase price through Amazon.

The Ravening Deep has now joined I Dream of Damastion in the wide marketplace!

The novel has populated across numerous ebook sales platforms and libraries already, and paperbacks are available from major retailers across the globe. More will be added as they publish their product pages.

The ebook is still available to buy for Kindle, but is no longer in the Kindle Unlimited subscription service.

More of the Armadaverse books will be arriving with non-Amazon retailers over the next six weeks. You can see approximate timescales in the previous announcement.

It was hoped that the Omnibus Editions would be able to stay in Kindle Unlimited, but unfortunately due to Amazon's Kindle Select rules they cannot. Ebooks in the programme must be exclusive to Kindle, and if the content is available elsewhere (even as separate books), then they are excluded.

So, if you're currently reading the Books 1&2 Starter Pack or the Books 1–3 Omnibus through Kindle Unlimited, you have until Monday 14th April! There may be a day or two grace period as the KU system catches up.

The Armada Wars back catalogue will soon be 'going wide', which means the Ebook editions will be available at a range of retailers and no longer exclusive to Amazon Kindle.

The drawback of this decision is that the books will no longer be available to borrow as part of Kindle Unlimited. Electronic editions can only take part in KU if they're exclusive to Amazon.

Kindle editions will still be available via Amazon/Kindle as normal retail purchases, and if you've purchased any outright they will of course stay in your account.

If you're currently reading an Armadaverse title via KU, here are the deadlines before the books leave the subscription platform:

Over the years it's been mentioned a few times that the data collection policies of Meta, formerly Facebook platform, are sinister at best. The idea of removing the Armada Wars brand from that entire platform has been under consideration for some time, with web objects and cookies owned or utilised by Meta already being stripped from this site.

Fast forward to 2025, and the swamp is now swampier. Facebook is nothing but advertising, right wing nonsense, and AI slop. Instagram and Threads are full of bot accounts purveying porn sites and scams, and spreading hatred and disinformation. And now with the recent announcement by Zuckerberg that fact checking will be removed, and the Meta brand needs "more masculine energy", this may spell the end for the whole Meta platform as a credible social media experience. The key term there is "social" — it's now very much antisocial, and the forecast is not great for the coming months and years.

For that reason, the whole Armada Wars brand is now leaving the Meta platform, wholesale. The official AW and RCV pages will be deactivated and rest on the business account (which will also be deactivated). This walkout will include Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and any other Meta-owned utility apps.

The only account that will stay active is RCV on Threads, and that will be contingent on the site not going downhill following the disturbing comments made by the Meta CEO.

Going forward, this site will publish all AW news.
RCV's homepage is at https://outdoorsauthor.blog/

As we hurtle towards the Tenth Armadaversary, it's slightly daunting but also extremely satisfying to acknowledge that in a few months' time, this is what the line-up will look like... 

The previous excerpts from upcoming finale Whom Gods Shall Fear were brief, but this one is possibly the one many of you have been waiting for!

The murderous Maber Castigon is worryingly popular, but who am I to judge?
Here is a whole Deep-damned scene from his flashback chapters...

Another teaser excerpt for you all! Some names have been starred out in this excerpt, as they would constitute spoilers.