Monday, March 4, 2013

A Grand New Age of Boom or Dust? M. Pax is the new Joss Whedon

I really love this cover art. Go Mary!
Boomtown Craze, Book 3 in the Backworlds series is here!

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendents to survive in a harsh universe.

To secure his future, Craze must propel his world into a more prosperous era. Only days away from the grand opening of his new and improved tavern, he is confronted by a loony Backworlder intent on mucking up his plans. Gaunt and trembling, she claims her spaceship is possessed. She also has a connection to the underworld that shakes loose the dark past of one of Craze’s closest friends. It all threatens to end Craze’s prosperity before it begins.

Meanwhile off world, Captain Talos works desperately to outwit the mercenary Jixes and lure them away from his and Craze’s budding prospects. The mind-control weapon Talos uses against them is wearing thin, and his next move may be his last.

Will Craze and Talos’s efforts bring about a grand new age of boom or damn them to forever struggle in the dust?

Available in ebook at:

Other Outlets can be found at http://mpaxauthor.com

It will also be available in paperback from Amazon shortly.
M. Pax is a Browncoat and SG fan, she’s also slightly obsessed with Jane Austen. In the summers she docents as a star guide at Pine Mountain Observatory where the other astronomers now believe she has the most extensive collection of moon photos in existence. No fear, there will be more next summer. She lives in stunning Central Oregon with the Husband Unit and two lovely, spoiled cats.

You can also find M. Pax on LinkedIN, Pinterest, YouTube, and Wattpad

From March 4 to March 22, folks can enter to win the following:

1 set of signed Backworlds paperbacks, including The Backworlds, Stopover at the Backworlds’ Edge, and Boomtown Craze. Will only ship to US residents.
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26 comments:

Sheena-kay Graham said...

Definitely being on the spaceship. I can hang out at the space port afterwards. I really like this series based off what I've read here. Thanks for the giveaway and congrats M. Pax.

Theresa Milstein said...

Wow, what a post title, Michael.

M Pax, what an amazing cover. Well done!

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Yeah for Mary!

Rusty Webb said...

Good Job Mary! I'm starting to get behind, I suppose I'll need to catch up on her Boomtown novels. I've only read the first so far - which was awesome.

lbdiamond said...

Yay for M. Pax!!! Love this title!

Matthew MacNish said...

Congratulations, Mary!

Cindy said...

Wow, what an awesome cover. Congrats to Mary!

Julie Flanders said...

Excited for Mary, yay! Love your post title, Michael. :)

PT Dilloway, Grumpy Bulldog said...

I still have the first one to read. Isn't tomorrow your follow-up procedure on your kidney stone? Good luck with that!

J.L. Campbell said...

Congrats to Mary. She's making waves for sure.

Melissa Rose said...

I don't read a lot of science fictions books (Mainly because I haven't found the right one to start with) But that seems very interesting.

Jay Noel said...

Love this...can't wait to read Craze's next set of adventures.

David P. King said...

If anyone is worthy of being compared to Joss Whedon, then I have to get to my amazon and make me some purchases, pronto-style! :)

Yolanda Renee said...

Awesome, cover, post, but especially Mary! Way to go!

Stephen Hayes said...

ScFi certainly seems to be thriving these days. There are probably physiological reasons for this.

Michael Offutt, S.F.A. said...

@Theresa: I wrote the post title that way because "The Backwords" is very "Firefly-esque".

@P.T. Dilloway: Yes, tomorrow is my follow-up surgery and will be my last post this week as I'll be taking the rest of the week to recover. I know, I haven't been blogging much lately. I'll make it up in April for the A to Z challenge.

@DPK: LOL. As I commented above, I compared Mary to Joss because they both write such similar stories.

@Stephen: Please remember that I network (on purpose) with authors who write Science Fiction. Alex, P.T. Dilloway, M. Pax, Ellie Garratt, Stephen Tremp, etc. So by coming to my blog, it may seem like science fiction is booming because I like to highlight their selections. But I suspect that worldwide, sci-fi is actually "down".

M Pax said...

Thank you most awesome, Michael. Me and Joss in the same sentence? That gave me flutters :D

I owe you a review for Slipstream, which I really liked. Can't wait ot see what happens in Occulus!

Elise Fallson said...

Congratulations to Mary! Awesome cover. (:

Christine Rains said...

Yay for Mary! Her new book sounds fantastic. Love that sharp cover.

Ciara said...

M Pax has been everywhere today! I LOVE that cover. She's also got a Firefly theme going on. I've been hanging on Firefly boards talking about how it influenced my Neumarian Chronicles. I've got to read her book now!!

Belle said...

M Pax is a great writer. Love her books.

Helena said...

Boomtown definitely has my attention, and M Pax herself sounds like a real hoot -- love her!

L.G. Smith said...

Mary is becoming quite prolific with all her releases! And I love the photo of her hugging that cannon sized telescope. :)

Susan Gourley/Kelley said...

I love that cover too. It reminds me of Stargate Atlantis, one of my favorite shows.

Liz said...

My TBR pile is becoming unwieldy.

Tonja said...

Your title is an awesome compliment! :)