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Blaze Ward
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Indie Writer, Publisher. Science Fiction. Action-Thriller. Occasional Erotica.

Seattle-ish.

www.blazeward.com/books

Publisher: Boundaryshockquarterly.com
Publisher: Thrillridemagazine.com

knottedroadpress.com/shop

https://mastodon.social/@blazeward7
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just went up for preorder and processing everywhere.

and there will be a unit patch for Shanhai Pass, plus going back for others I have in vault.

Are you ready?
Warlord of Yaumgan, by Blaze Ward. Heather's war, book one. Warlord of Yaumgan series begins in Feb and runs five novels.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Warlord of Yaumgan is going up for preorder in a few days. Drops on the store on Feb 1, 2026 and wide on Feb 10.

time to get caught up.

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Auberon, by Blaze Ward. The Jessica Keller Chroniclles, book one. the opening of the R.A.N. books, with these nine, plus two spin-offs and the CS-405 trilogy towards the end. From there, it flows to First Centurion Kosnett with Encounter at Vilahana for six books, before we get to Heather and Warlord of Yaumgan, a five-book series dropping in 2026. Encounter at Vilahana, by Blaze Ward. First Centurion Kosnett, Book One. Sequel to the Jessica Keller Chronicles and follows up by Warlord of Yaumgan, coming in Feb 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Tracked down another one of my tuckerized characters yesterday and got her to sign my copy. If you are a character here, I need you to step up. (And if you want to appear in a future book, I'm writing 3 as we speak.)

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A spin-off from Marrakesh.
Knight Errant, by Blaze Ward. A'Zedi Survey Corps, book 1.
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Bread came out lovely
loaf of freshly baked bread, split along the top and baked buttered
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Y'all up for some Grand Theft Starship?

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Can't Shoot Straight Gang, by Blaze Ward. A Handsome Rob Gig, book one. Part of the Alexandria Station universe.
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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hell of a night. Wine Walk book Fair in town. Wine usually means almost no sales for me (the Babe cleans up) but I did amazing and sold out of Night Strike books, mostly selling to husbands and history buffs.

but man, I hurt this morning.
Night Strike by Blaze Ward. Red Branch Book One. Jet and statue of liberty in front of an explosion.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Old white woman in MAGA red hat and shirt screaming "I voted to be racist, not poor!"
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The Jessica Keller Chronicles (complete, 14 titles)
First Centurion Kosnett (complete, 6 titles)
Warlord of Yaumgan (coming 2026, 5 titles)

You got a lot of reading in front of you if you want to catch up.

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Auberon, by Blaze Ward. The Jessica Keller Chronicles, book one. A starship carrier and flight wing on a purple background. "Jessica could win the war if they would let her." And they might be desperate enough finally. Encounter at Vilahana, by Blaze Ward. First Centurion Kosnett, Book 1 sequel series to the Jessica Keller Chronicles. Followed in 2026 by Warlord of Yaumgan.
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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uhm, yum!
The Fabulous Publisher Babe(tm) playing with fire holy shit that's good stuff. Glass ramekin of results
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The end of Season Two is nigh.

y'all ready for this?

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Guardians of Tomorrow by Blaze Ward. The Science Officer, Book 16
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Book 15 is out. Book 16 ends Season Two and the War of the Pirate Clans, Volume 2.

You ready?
Guardians of Tomorrow. The Science Officer, Book 16 by Blaze Ward. End of Season Two and The War of the Pirate Clans, Volume 2.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Rewatched Lassiter this week.

Bob Hoskins gave a Master Class in "the villain as the hero of his own story." Writers, worth 100 minutes of your time.
movie poster for Lassiter, with Tom Selleck. "When the law has a job they can't handle, they need a man outside the law."
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Heather 1 is coming in February (Jessica => Phil => Heather => Kohahu => Veronika)

time to get caught up where it all began.

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Auberon, by Blaze Ward. The Jessica Keller Chronicles, book 1 and the start of an immense universe. Cover is a big spaceship on a purple background, with several starfighters flying.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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ew. ick. block.

go follow someone who thinks you aren't the worst scum in the universe.
A!Kat ai follows you. This is their main bio at [AT SIGN]a-katai.com before I blocked them
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Because I'm getting ready to start book seven and have added book five to the publishing schedule (April 2026).

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And I adore doing research for these books. outside of editing, this is most of what I read these days.
Night Strike. Red Branch, Book One by Blaze Ward. Statue of Liberty with an explosion behind her. Soviet red flag across the top. British Vampire jet flying.
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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and the Boundary Shock Quarterly news letter just went out.

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Boundary Shock Quarterly magazine cover for issue 32. Zeroes and ones
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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turned out awesome. Can't wait to cut it
fresh load of bread, cooling on a wire rack.
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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"A Moment of clarity." Two tycoons in a nice office. One says "I hear their wages are stagnating. Heh. Poor devils will never be able to afford out products." The second one looks up in surprise. "Wait. What?"
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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"There are always men like you."

And they need sticking to.

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Lost Dreams, by Blaze Ward. Last Stand, Episode One. Starship flying over a cloud deck on the way to a bank job or something.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Some days, you have to ask yourself what Science Fiction REALLY means.

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Assassin, by Blaze Ward. Farouk Al-Hashemi, Vol 1. because I had a long conversation with some Egyptian Muslim friends about science fiction.
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Zeros and Ones

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Boundary Shock Quarterly magazine, issue 32: Zeroes and Ones. Cover of an android against a futuristic cityscape.
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Counting down to Book 15 (and 16 and the end of Season Two)

Are you ready for the War of the Pirate Clans, Volume Two?

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The Science Officer, by Blaze Ward. Book One of the series. He'll survive the pirates. Will they survive him? Starship low on the horizon, sending a shuttle to the ground.
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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image of three cops and one dapper dude everyone mistakes for a detective in a crime novel
October 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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"You may choose one person to tell you The Aristocrats joke"
Weird Al Yankovic, holding a mouse.
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Hunting Nazis who escaped World War 2, you say?

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Night Strike, by Blaze Ward. Red Branch, book one of four published. Five and Six done and I'm researching seven and eight now. Plus lots of other action-thriller books you should look up.
October 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM