The sequel to Academy of Outcasts is out May 5th! It is available in stores, and online in all formats. Including audiobook and Kindle Unlimited.

Ozwald Carnavon used to be a lowly rank-one nobody mining “Red” on a plane of fire.

Now, he’s the acting head of the officially sanctioned (but totally broke) Academy of Outcasts. Situated in “The Tube”—a mile-tall wizard tower that fell over fifty years ago and is now an obnoxiously haunted ruin—the school is the talk of the Under Slump, mostly because they’ll accept anyone with a pulse and a single spell to share.

But running an academy for magical misfits isn’t all spell-crafting and experiments. When the legendary founder, Gaul “the Mutilator” Haddar, vanishes to hunt pirates, he leaves Oz in charge of a gaggle of aspiring mages who are more likely to blow themselves up than pass a test.

And then the landlord comes knocking.

The thrilling sequel in this epic new saga from LARRY CORREIA, award-winning author of Monster Hunter International and Saga of the Forgotten Warrior.

This progression fantasy epic features a D&D-inspired setting split by portals into elemental realms, slow-growth power progression, magic academies, and unforgettable characters!

I love writing these, and the first one did fantastic so I’m glad you guys like them. And yes, there’s lots more Trax Bloodtrail. (book reviewer Jonathan Koan just said this was the best book of the 50 he’s read so far this year and gave it a 9.7 out of 10)

I will be doing some local book signings for this as well if you are in the Utah area.

That one is a ticketed event due to limited space, but you can get your ticket here – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-signing-with-larry-correia-jeffery-h-haskell-tickets-1987864037849

Then I’ll be at the American Fork Barnes & Noble on Saturday the 23rd at 2.

The Sugar House Barnes & Noble on the 31st at 12.

The Park City Barnes & Noble on June 6 at 12.

And the West Jordan Barnes & Noble on June 20 (not sure the time of that one)

The on June 26th in Salt Lake City at a location still to be announced will be the ticketed/back event for the release of American Paladin.

You know, all the recent TL/DR complaints got me to thinking… as a novelist I’m really not serving the impatient, entitled, short attention span, functionally illiterate, community nearly as well as I should. So I’m going to produce TL/DR versions of all my novels. Here are the first books of each series-

Monster Hunter International – An accountant shoots monsters, then shoots more monsters, and then shoots different kinds of monsters.

Son of the Black Sword – An Indian guy who might be autistic forgets a bunch of stuff then remembers it. Also there is stabbing.

Academy of Outcasts – Like this kid wants to be a wizard or something, but there’s a shark, and the shark might be autistic.

Servants of War – This kid who is not autistic but needs glasses gets to drive a giant robot with magic. Also lots of rats eating people.

Gun Runner – A different kid drives a different giant robot, only it isn’t magic. And the space ship captain is based on Nick Searcy.

Dead Six – Its like a buddy cop show only they aren’t buddies or cops and there’s a lot of shoot outs in two different deserts.

Lost Planet Homicide – Now this one has buddies who are cops but the shoot outs are in a big cave. It’s like Space Bosch, but not Space Justified, because the character based on Nick Searcy is in a different one.

The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent – honestly, the title should be enough for you. Also there is a manatee.

Into The Storm – I don’t know. This was someone else’s universe, but I got to write about the Dirty Dozen only with mad science lightning swords.

American Paladin – Have Gun Will Travel but for the guy who shoots Aztecs from another dimension, like if the Punisher was a cowboy.

There you go. If you functional illiterates made it this far you owe me 80 cents for each of those summaries. I take Venmo.

A brief update-

Right now I’m working on MHI. Specifically the collaboration with Les Johnson for another memoirs book involving space aliens.

In the immediate queue I’ve got Academy of Outcasts #3, MHI #9 (Monster Hunter Trespass), and then American Paladin #2.

I just finished the edits for American Paladin. My next releases are the Monster Hunter Files 2 anthology of short stories in March, Magic & Bullets (Academy of Outcasts #2) in May, and I believe American Paladin is also May.  

My current releases are Heart of the Mountain which just came out in audio, and Dust Sacrifice (the AmPal graphic novel) is shipping now.

There are other collabs also in the works, Jason Cordova is working on the sequel of Monster Hunter: Fever, and Steve Diamond is working on the sequel to Servants of War. There is also going to be a graphic novel adaptation of Gun Runner (and the art for it looks amazing).

Trying to balance all this stuff, my original plan was to write MHI #9 and #10 (Omega) back to back to complete the Owen storyline, but I don’t know if I’m going to be able to do that as I’m not good at spending too much time working on one setting, and I really need to nail that ending.

Before the FAQs (I get these same questions every time I do an update post), would I like to write more Grimnoir, Tom Stranger, and Lost Planet Homicide? Absolutely. I just don’t know when that’s going to get squeezed in yet. Will there be more MHI universe after Omega? Yes. That’s just the end of Owen’s story arc that began in MHI, but as demonstrated by things like Alpha, Nemesis, Guardian, and Memoirs there are plenty of others stories to tell there. And sadly no, there will not be more Malcontents ever, because that’s out of my hands, I don’t own that IP, that was work for hire.

And the worst frequently asked question of all (which is really more of a perpetual whine) here’s my perpetual answer: I’m terribly sorry that I’m working on (the series you despise) rather than (the series you love) and yes, even though I claim to write different things at different times for logical business or creative reasons you don’t grasp, in reality writers are like those soda machines with a hundred flavors and you just push the button you want and wonderful stories effortlessly come out super fast on demand, so clearly I am only writing books in this order because I am cruel and spiteful against you personally, even though I don’t know you at all. Cool? Run with that.

The audiobook is finally here!

Heart of the Mountain

That’s it, the series is done. This is the last thing we’ve been waiting for. Hell yeah! 😀

I got the edits back for American Paladin. Working on those now. Due this month.

Then I’ve got the MHI Memoirs collab with Les Johnson waiting for me. Hoping to be done with that by the end of the year.

Then it’s back to regular MHI for #9, MH Trespass, followed by Academy of Outcasts 3.
Jason Cordova is working on the sequel to Fever and Steve Diamond is working on the sequel to Servants of War.