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The final book in the IRON BREAKERS trilogy titled THE FLOODGATES is coming out this month! I’ll update soon with the exact release date and the official book blurb!

On top of that, the expanded and revised edition of STAG’S RUN will be released in June also, so keep an eye out for that!

IRON BREAKERS is an LGBT+ centric historic/fantasy series. 

summer palace spoilers below.

exactly! that was the part that seemed off to me. i don’t know, it seemed to me like it was all about laurent apologizing for what he did and going down on his knees for damen (even though he already did that once), something that he clearly dislikes doing and damen just kind of… did nothing?

even when they were talking about auguste and marlas. damen said it was a fair fight, but based on what laurent told him, it clearly wasn’t. auguste was tired, damen wasn’t. auguste could have killed damen but gave him a chance. damen didn’t offer auguste the same in return. that doesn’t sound like a fair fight to me. and when laurent gets very emotional and asks why, damen doesn’t say anything. he doesn’t even voice that he’s sorry or offer some kind of support.

Also that Damen said in the original trilogy, that Auguste would never have won, because he wasn't good enough. But from what he tells here, it sounds like Auguste was a lot better than Damen and could have killed him, despite being tired, but chose not to. 

Synopsis: Ren Frayne is the bastard son of the Queen of Frayne, a title he’s more than comfortable with when it brings him limited responsibilities, and all the luxuries of life he could ever want. But when the king and Ren’s half-brother, Crown Prince Hellic are brutally murdered, Ren is accused. Now, he is forced to flee the city together with the mysterious prisoner Anik who may know how to survive in the wild, but who seems to have an agenda of his own. One that may spell danger for Ren. Ren’s accuser now sits on his family’s throne, and things are about to get much, much worse. It may be time to seek help in unexpected places.

So what is it and where can I find it? Stag’s Run is the first book in an LGBT+ fantasy/adventure novel trilogy, the second book scheduled to be released in the next half year. Iron Breakers: Stag’s Run will be available 100% for free on Amazon as an e-book. Art and regular updates are posted to the @ironbreakers Tumblr, and the series also has a Patreon. If you have any questions regarding this series, please don’t hesitate to send an ask to @ironbreakers and I’ll do my best to help you out!

ME: A Deluxe Edition Xbox One and PS4 cover on the Best Buy website

Edit: + PC Digital Download cover

Accompanying product description:

Synopsis

Mass Effect: Andromeda takes players to the Andromeda galaxy, far beyond the Milky Way. There, players will lead our fight for a new home in hostile territory as the Pathfinder - a leader of military-trained explorers. This is the story of humanity’s next chapter, and player choices throughout the game will ultimately determine our survival.

Product Features

Chart Your Own Course in a Dangerous New Galaxy

Unravel the mysteries of the Andromeda galaxy as you discover rich, alien worlds in the search for humanity’s new home

Lead the First Humans in Andromeda on a Desperate Search for our New Home

In this new chapter of Mass Effect, meet and recruit all-new, interesting characters caught up in an epic space saga filled with mystery and galactic conflict

Fight with your Pathfinder Team In Battle Against Terrifying Enemies and Creatures

New additions like destructible environments, boosted jumps for added verticality, and all-new weapons and Biotics make combat more thrilling than ever

Build a Formidable Hero With Amazing Weapons, Powers and Tech

With a much more flexible skill and weapon progression tree, you can replicate your play style to make you unstoppable against new, powerful alien enemies

ME: A Xbox One and PS4 covers on the Best Buy website

Accompanying product description:

Synopsis

Mass Effect: Andromeda takes players to the Andromeda galaxy, far beyond the Milky Way. There, players will lead our fight for a new home in hostile territory as the Pathfinder - a leader of military-trained explorers. This is the story of humanity’s next chapter, and player choices throughout the game will ultimately determine our survival.

Product Features

Chart Your Own Course in a Dangerous New Galaxy

Unravel the mysteries of the Andromeda galaxy as you discover rich, alien worlds in the search for humanity’s new home

Lead the First Humans in Andromeda on a Desperate Search for our New Home

In this new chapter of Mass Effect, meet and recruit all-new, interesting characters caught up in an epic space saga filled with mystery and galactic conflict

Fight with your Pathfinder Team In Battle Against Terrifying Enemies and Creatures

New additions like destructible environments, boosted jumps for added verticality, and all-new weapons and Biotics make combat more thrilling than ever

Build a Formidable Hero With Amazing Weapons, Powers and Tech

With a much more flexible skill and weapon progression tree, you can replicate your play style to make you unstoppable against new, powerful alien enemies

Okay guys, when I picked up Captive Prince because it was recommended to me from someone on tumblr, I read the back and was like “oh FUCK no, this shit is racist and sick I can already tell.” The whole “Damianos is sent as a pleasure slave” shows the book in a slash/romance light. Considering it says this on the first book, where they don’t even like each other, let alone fall in love, it was a terrible mistake on the publishers part. It’s focusing on a romance that hadn’t even happened yet and doesn’t till the end of the second. It also doesn’t focus on the fact that Damen himself owned slaves and is forced to see the wrongness of his actions.

This was done kinda fast. Maybe I would rewrite it again. But after finishing the first book, the summary didn’t relate to what I read at all. A rewrite of the back cover and what the first book is actually about:

When Prince Damianos, heir to the Akielon throne, is betrayed by his half brother Kastor and sent to Vere under the guise of an Akielon slave, He meets Prince Laurent. Knowing he had killed this Prince’s older brother and fears for his life; he stays under the guise of a slave. He is forced to address the morality of his own slave owning while also fighting for his freedom to return home.

BioWare is Closing the Forums & BSN

Well, at least we’re pretty sure they are. Despite repeated inquiries to clarify the contents of their blog post in regards to BSN, BioWare has refused to elaborate on the following:

How will the approximately 4100 BSN Projects (fan-created mods) be affected by the closure of the site?

How will the official Dragon Age: Origins (DAO) Toolset be affected by the closure of the site?

How will the official DAO Toolset Wiki be affected by the closure of the site?

How will the official DLC and Patch downloads for DAO, Dragon Age II, and Mass Effect 2 be affected by the closure of the site?

How will the soundtrack downloads for Mass Effect 3 be affected by the closure of the site?

How will the redemption of promotional codes be affected by the closure of the site?

How will the registration/verification of game content be affected by the closure of the site?

Nice of them to omit all this info, eh?

Not to mention, that blog post reads like a bad meme, right? “Your feedback is important to us… so we’re going to close our official forums.”

…

What really puts a foul taste in my mouth besides them dropping this announcement on us and then fielding questions for all of one day… (Sidebar: Seriously, the Community Manager, Conal Pierse, hasn’t made a single post since August 2nd, and nobody from BioWare has bothered to respond to any of the above questions that have been asked repeatedly by players.) … is the obvious calculation that went into the timing of this announcement:

The announcement was made on a Friday, which lessens news coverage.

The announcement was made at the very end of July, when many folks are on vacation, lessening the amount of people who will see it.

The announcement gives the community only a month of warning before the change to read-only, which is a very short time span.

Conveniently, this time span corresponds to when many college-age players are moving back to college to start the new academic year.

The announcement was made well in advance of their next title, ensuring that any drama from the closure will have died down prior, and ensuring that any drama related to ME:A cannot be posted on the forum.

Well done, BioWare.

So, what about all those 4100 Projects? They are about to be lost, unless they are hosted elsewhere.

What about all the gameplay and modding guides contained in forum posts? Gone.

What about player blogs where they shared modding advice, fan fiction, or musings on their favorite characters? Bye-bye.

What about the players who haven’t logged into the forums since mid-July and happen to try to log back in on November 1st? Nope. Sorry. The forum will be completely gone.

So, myself and some others have started two projects:

A website. Because all the information related to the closure will be gone come October 25th. This website will explain to users what happened and what – if anything – they can do about their content. Mods, blogs, etc.

Site Archives. A couple folks are working on archiving the entirely of the existing BioWare Forums site, the BSN, and the original ME1 site, which is still around.

The New BSN Project Archive. We’re headquartered on Nexusmods and are putting together a spreadsheet of all BSN Projects so these great mods aren’t lost. It’s a huge project and we need more help, so please pitch in if you can. Read more about our efforts here.

Please help let folks know about the closure by reblogging this post. Also, please spread the link to the website. We need to build hits before the forums close, to ensure that folks will be able to find the site with their search engine.

me, at 3 AM: 

The pool of great LGBT fiction books is slowly expanding due to some amazing new novels released over the past few years. After seeing so many people on Tumblr eating them all up and asking for more, I decided to try my hand at the IRON BREAKERS project: an action/drama/adventure fiction novel trilogy set in medieval times.

There are so many LGBT-centric books out there that centre around the struggles and hardships of LGBT people, and while those stories are important to tell, I completely relate to readers wanting more stories where the gay guy is the hero, where the bisexual woman saves the kingdom and the asexual kid slays the dragon, and where their sexuality isn’t the focus of the story.

IRON BREAKERS is a story about kingdoms, royalty, bravery, sword fights, horse chases, epic battles, unexpected love and mysterious allies. It’s a story about looking yourself in the eye and realising you have a lot to learn, that not everything is as black and white as it seems, and about having the strength to open your heart.

Follow the IRON BREAKERS blog for updates on the writing process and artwork