If you're enjoying Armada Wars, you may also like The Calypsis Project by Canadian author Brittany M. Willows.

The Calypsis Project is the first volume in a duology (with the second part, TCP: Rebirth, due soon), and will also get an additional prequel volume, TCP: Pulse.

http://thecalypsisproject.com

Some more improvements to the site this week:

• ​A series category has been added to the books section, which may be of interest!
• A page for The Great War of the Shaeld is now under the new series category.
• ​The main characters page has been split in two, with the less-important people being moved to the new secondary characters page.

The shiny new versions of the paperbacks are now available across Amazon. There was some kind of issue populating Steal from the Devil on the UK site, but this is now fully resolved.

Amazon is selling off remaining stock of the previous versions in some instances. You can be sure you are getting the latest version by checking the relevant book page in this site's novel section: you can follow the links to see each book on Amazon (all the links here point to the latest versions), and ensure the ISBN numbers and cover styles match what is shown on this site.

​The most notable differences on the new paperback covers are (a) the author line is no longer in italics and (b) the "Armada Wars" line appears above the book's title, like it does on the Kindle versions.

Kindle updates were released today for all the current Armada Wars novels: Steal from the Devil, List of the Dead, and The Ravening Deep. The changes include updated front and back matter, tidying, improved spacing around some elements, drop-caps at the start of chapters, and a few spelling and punctuation tweaks. If you hadn't already upgraded, your copy of Steal from the Devil will also be updated to the recently released third edition, which includes some new material.

If you have automatic updates turned on you will probably find the updates have been delivered already. if not, just go to your Amazon account and navigate to "Kindle > Manage your Content and Devices" to send the updates.

The web site has been lavished with attention this week. In the past day, the following changes have gone live:

• Voice and Maber Castigon got their own character pages under the Main Characters category.
• Pages referencing them were linked.
• Biology notes were added to the Viskr and Shaeld Hratha pages.
• The Books section was reorganised so that main novels and expansion episodes come under their own sections.
• A section was added to the FAQ to assist those wanting to update their Kindle editions.
• Unnecessary duplicate headings were pruned throughout the site.

Some changes and improvements have been made to the site in the past day. As well as various layout and formatting tweaks, the following changes were made:
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• The Imperial Combine page was moved under the Universe section.
• A new Imperial Starships page was added. This and the Many Worlds page were both moved under the Imperial Combine page.
• The 'Major Powers' page was merged with the Imperial Combine page to make a new Universe category named Societies. The Mastalekt species was added.
• Individual pages have been added to the Main Characters section for Elm Caden, Rendir Throam, and Euryce Eilentes.
• Many pages (including books, news, and features) have had links inserted for the new Universe content.
• The top menu has been rearranged to make the most popular sections easier to see.
• The About page was rejigged to make it more digestible.

It's been a week of news in the Armadaverse. If you're feeling shell-shocked, imagine how I feel.

Along with everything else added to the site this week, I sneaked on the details pages and synopses for the two novellas which will expand the fourth full novel, From Shattered Stars.

These are:

1. A Storm to the Savage
2. Forge Ruinous

Whereas the novella expanding The Ravening Deep is intended to explore one of the core mysteries of the novels, in quite personal ways, these two novellas will be more action-oriented. They will take a closer look at two of the groups operating within the Imperial Combine: intelligence field agents, and Tankers.

You will probably pick out hints from their synopses about what is coming in the last two novels.

It's been two and a half years now since Steal from the Devil first came into the public arena, and a lot has happened since then. Reading back, it's easy for me to spot quirky little annoyances, or see things which could have been used more fully to portend future events.

I've therefore made a number of changes to the book, which collectively constitute an upgrade to the Third Edition (but don't worry — I've not gone all George Lucas on it). This edition will be available as a Kindle update and a new paperback within about a week (see yesterday's blog article about the new editions), and it is already available as the default Kindle version for new customers.

The editorial changes are as follows:

• Front matter updated for new releases.
• ‘By the Author’ moved before ‘Contents’.
• P7, 303, 310-312 — word insertions.
• P27 - seven new paragraphs added.
• P61, 300, 308 — new dialogue.
• PP300-301 — new prose.
• P33 - tense correction.
• P37, 44, 66, 68, 73, 84, 103, 295, 298 — word substitutions.
• P37, 38, 99, 239 — capitalisation.
• P292, 304 — word order.
• PP122-124, 285-286 — spacing improved.
• P43, 70, 72, 76, 80-81, 83, 85, 89, 96-97, 106, 124, 290, 297, 299, 302, 305-306, 308-311 — wording changes.
• P319 — back matter updated.
• P320 — author bio edited.

As you may have gathered from a previous post, the current paperbacks of the Armada Wars novels are undergoing a slight evolution.

For one thing, the matte effect covers are being replaced by traditional glossy covers. The proofs have arrived today and I have to say they look much better — colours are rendered more accurately and consistently, text layout and appearance has been improved, the "Armada Wars" title from the Kindle editions has been added, and they generally just look smashing.

Those paperbacks are populating to Amazon right now.

The other big news is that Steal from the Devil will be entering its third edition with this iteration. Unlike previous revisions, this one will add some new text: some dialogue, some prose, some inner thoughts. And a few minor tweaks and corrections of course. This update will also be issued to Kindle customers.

Finally, as was mentioned in the previous post, this update marks the end for the larger and more expensive "standard editions".