Stellar Ranger Devon Ardel aims to avenge the death of her best friend Hap, killed by a new alien race known as Votainions, bent on destroying the Federation. Her vengeance leads her to join the Starforgers, a new interstellar division of the military, at a time when the Federation is on the verge of the first galactic war. The Starforgers are woefully under manned and out gunned; they are forced to make deals with cutthroat pirates and civilian merchants to protect the Federation in its hour of need.

The civilian leaders of the Federation are locked in bitter political debates about their future and the future of sentient androids known as Silicants. The Silicants want freedom from their human masters and are willing to make secret alliances to buy their freedom. The Chief Architect of the Votainion Empire’s armada is following a spiritual vision and will stop at nothing to take back what he believes is their birth rite – the home world of the Federation, Selene. His actions start a war that will rage for a thousand years and have far reaching implications.

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Get it today for your Nook or Kindle. It’s also available in multiple formats from Smashwords.

You can purchase Null Pointer for Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook.

It was rediscovered by an unlucky Starveyer pilot who crashed on it’s lush, green surface. What she finds and how she survives is the story of Tyrmia by Ken McConnell.

Tyrmia will be available on the Kindle and Nook, exclusively from GB PRESS.

Available for purchase Thanksgiving week.

We initially focused on producing high-quality, Print On Demand paperbacks. These books were professionally edited and designed and were limited to only a handful of writer friends. GB PRESS does not make any money in producing these books. It is to the authors to pay the editors and designers for their work. The press is more of a collaborative union of independent artists. Our goal was first and foremost the creation of beautiful books. But that ideology is shifting away from paper back books and towards e-books.

GB PRESS is moving towards an e-book first and paper back second method of publishing. The costs of creating an e-book are not really that much less than creating a POD book. You still have to have a cover, although only a front cover. You still have to have the book formatted a special way, and you still have to have it professionally edited. However, what makes the e-book market so inviting, is that it’s easier to get readers to notice you in the digital markets. For new authors and artist to get noticed they have to have quality product and they have to be out there on the web engaging the public with Twitter, blogs and other social media.

From now on, when GB PRESS brings a title to the market, we will first debut an e-book and then, when the e-book develops an audience, we will focus on bringing it out in trade paperback. For some titles that may be a short period of time. For newer authors, that may be several months or years. It will be the responsibility of the author to generate interest and a social network for themselves and their books.

Tales From Ocherva, Volume One by Ken McConnell. Ten short stories about Stellar Rangers and Silicant androids set on the barren world of Ocherva. If you enjoyed my Space Opera novel, Starstrikers, you will like this anthology of Space Western short stories set in the same universe.

This e-book only release from GB PRESS is available on the Kindle and from Smashwords. Future releases on the Nook and iBookstore to follow. There are no current plans for a paper edition of this anthology.

You can read more about the making of this e-book and the writing of its stories on my blog: www.ken-mcconnell.com

Reader Reviews for Starstrikers and Tales From Ocherva:

“Kudos to Ken McConnell for creating a space saga that is both new and unique but also embraces the themes we’ve grown to love over the years in movies, books, and television. Starstrikers is indeed out of this world!” – Shannon Yarbrough LL Book Review

“Starstrikers opens up new and inventive ideas while toiling with timelines and emotions in an exciting adventure that keeps you eager to read right to the end.” – Christopher Morgan

“If the author adds more books and makes this into a series, I’ll surely be on board to read ‘em.” – Frontlaven

“…a refreshing as well as nostalgic approach to the realm of space operas.” – D W Country

“His android short stories are actually related to each other while each can be read alone, so the more you read the more you get to know about the characters involved. Yet, each story adds to that character’s history while each story is easily read stand-alone and still gives you a character you get to know.” – Bill Blohm

Help GB PRESS get the word out about this exciting new mystery by writing you own reviews on Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Smashwords. The more you talk it up, the more likely your friends are to pick up a copy or read it for free on the author’s website.  Thanks for reading GB PRESS books and spreading the word!

“Like a good mystery should, this story moves along at a nicely quipped pace and definitely keeps you guessing.”

“Null_Pointer is another tight, concise, attractive, appealing, and enjoyable read for me that new authors considering self-publishing should buy and use as a reference!  This is how it’s done!”