It’s been edited, re-edited, and polished until shiny, and now Venus Rising–the second book in The Unity Sequence, and the follow up to the occasionally critically acclaimed Ascension Point–is available from all good online bookstores. Here’s the blurb:
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A year has passed since the events of ASCENSION POINT, and the galaxy shifts uncomfortably as the opposing forces of progress and tradition threaten the new and fragile peace. Titan society teeters on the brink of civil war, the Commonwealth bristles with hostility towards the returning Seryn, while the Collective remains silent in the spaces between the stars, watching. And waiting.
Against this backdrop of turmoil and unrest, the Peacetrooper brother of Commonwealth Senator Neela Kane has gone missing. Intelligence places him on Karak, an Independent desert world, and Operative Dante Zo is dispatched to bring him home—or confirm his demise. Quinn, employee of the shadowy Seryn Agency, is also headed to Karak, where rumours abound of a fierce and sudden tribal war centred on a mysterious woman with uncanny power: Venus, the Seryn’s most dangerous rogue agent.
Meanwhile, on Karak itself, other forces bring their pieces into play. Tasha, a young but mercurial assassin, is unleashed to kill the foreign witch and bring peace back to her home. But with a renegade Titan mercenary at her side, Venus will let nothing stand in the way of her plan—and the conquest of Karak is just the beginning. With a world in the firing line, and the fate of the entire galaxy at stake, only one question remains:
In the name of duty, is there anything that can’t be sacrificed?
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I’m also delighted to be able to say that, like its predecessor, Venus Rising has been awarded ‘Outstanding in Genre’ status by Red Adept Select.
It’s available from Amazon.com in Kindle and paperback, and from Amazon.co.uk (Kindle, paperback). Those of you with other e-readers or iDevices can grab it from Kobo, Barnes and Noble or iTunes.
Thanks to all who’ve followed me on another journey from vague idea to publication–and happy reading!
DAN HARRIS: 10% SCI, 90% FI 
Congratulations, mate!
Thanks, buddy. Feels good. I’ll take an evening to celebrate, then it’s on to book three 🙂
That’s the only way. Still, the buzzing is euphoric and takes a while to settle down. More power to you if you can manage that sooner.
I actually banged out the outline while VR was with beta readers, so it’s been ready to draft for a couple of months. Was just on hold while I polished up this one. Now there’s nothing stopping me! 🙂
Yay! And I had just run out of books to read.
Expert timing! 😀
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I am excited! The sequel to Dan Harris’ ASCENSION POINT just came out. If you all haven’t read it, you totally should. And then you should immediately purchase VENUS RISING. Because it’s the right thing to do.