Myself and a few other writerly boltholers, Grenadier (Robbie MacNIven*), Raziel (Alec McQuay), he2etic (James Fadeley), Forjador (Manuel Mesones) and Tyrant (Jonathan Ward), have gotten together** to write and produce a major new project.
We call it the Outliers Saga:
This is a multi-volume novella anthology series, setting out is our own unique take on superheroes and transhumanism, and how a world might be changed by the proliferation of gifted individuals.*** We intend this to be a fast-paced and exciting series releasing biannually, eventually branching into all kinds of exciting side projects and cool stories.
For an idea of what to expect, here's a short blurb:
'Mankind has been the constant in the equation of progress. Until now. Government agencies everywhere have strived to hide a secret conflict, one that threatens a revolution or a witch hunt on a global scale. It is a cold war, not one between enemy nations but against Outliers: transhumans with abilities that we could only dream of. Although a scant few have appeared throughout history, their presence has always been put down as myth and hearsay. But in the last few years their numbers have exploded. And as the information age has made them almost impossible to hide, knowledge of their existence is about to leak onto the public stage.'
Our artist and all-round graphic design virtuoso is the many-talented Manuel Mesones (another boltholer, Forjador). You may remember him as the cover artist for the three bolthole anthologies. His art brings a unique visual style to Outliers.
Free stuff!:
I've hinted a lot about the nature of the Outliers setting, but the best way to experience it is simply to read it.
A free ebook Primer will be released on Tuesday 6th September 2016 and will be available on a number of different websites. Links will be posted on our Facebook events page (https://www.facebook.com/events/1154646107932370/) on the day of release.
So what does the Primer contain?
Three previously-published short stories
One brand-new short story
Character profiles
Exclusive artwork
Other pieces of short fiction
Over thirty thousand words of content, all 100% FREE.
Want more detail? Check out our website: http://outliers-saga.com/
* (Who is now an author for BL, writing for Space Wolves, Deathwatch and soon, the blooming Space Sharks. Let's take a moment to consider how frigging cool that is!)
**(Much like a megazord)
***(Interesting fact. Turns out Marvel and DC have copyrighted the name 'superhero' in all its forms.)
