Glynn Stewart

Science Fiction & Fantasy Author

Castle Federation

Avalon Trilogy, the first Castle Federation Box Set, is Now Available

If you’ve been waiting to dig into the Castle Federation series, now is the time to start! We have compiled the first three books into the Avalon Trilogy, an affordable digital box set. This box set contains Space Carrier Avalon, Stellar Fox, and Battle Group Avalon.

This box set is available on the major ebook retailers including Kindle, Kobo, Google Play, Nook, and Apple Books.

A bygone legend with a washed-up crew

A crack team gathered for one last tour

A cold war that has simmered to its final hour

When the Castle Federation deployed the first starfighters, they revolutionized war and drove the Terran Commonwealth from their space. The first of the carriers for those deadly strike craft was Avalon, a legend that turned the tide of a dozen battles.

That was decades ago. Now Avalon is obsolete, a backwater posting—but still a legend to the Federation and her allies and enemies alike. Wing Commander Kyle Roberts and a cadre of officers are sent aboard the old carrier to take her on a final tour along the frontier.

Aboard, Roberts finds outdated fighters, broken pilots…and key subordinates who just might be traitors. He and the others will get Avalon ready for war once more regardless. Show tour or not, the old enemy has been seen near the border and no matter what, when the call comes, Avalon will answer!

This trilogy contains Space Carrier Avalon, Stellar Fox, and Battle Group Avalon.

The Castle Federation Series is Now Available on All Retailers

Glynn Stewart’s far-future transhumanist epic is coming to Kobo, iTunes, and other retailers. This means that all the ebooks for the complete six-book series are available for purchase. This also means that this series is no longer part of the Kindle Unlimited program. You can still buy the book on Amazon, but you won’t have access to it as part of your subscription.

This is a strategic decision for us as a publisher. Being part of Kindle Unlimited means granting Amazon an exclusivity clause, and we want to be able to market our books outside the Amazon store. It’s largely thanks to them that we’ve been able to come this far, but like many authors and publishers, we’re leery about putting all our eggs in one basket, and being entirely dependent on Amazon’s policies. We also really want to be able to reach out to our Canadian fans who use Kobo, mostly because that’s where we live and we’re excited to find other Canadian sci-fi fans.

If you loved the Space Carrier Avalon books and already have an account at iTunes or Kobo, please consider leaving a review.

 

A couple of FAQ:

Will the books continue to be DRM free?

Yes, all of our ebooks are DRM-free across all platforms.

Will you make other series available on Kobo and iTunes / will you remove any other series from Kindle Unlimited?

Exile (and its prequel novella, Ashen Stars) will definitely be available on all retailers! For everyone who wants to get caught up on the other series like Starship’s Mage and the Duchy of Terra, our current plans are to keep all the other series in Kindle Unlimited for now.

Can I read an excerpt before I buy?

Yes, you can read the excerpt here, or download it from your favourite retailer.

The Castle Federation series is a far-future transhumanist space opera where the Terran Commonwealth, driven by their vision of Unification, are determined to bring all of human space under the rule of Earth.

They were stymied thirty years before by the forces of the Alliance of Free Stars, a multi-national force led by the Castle Federation and the Coraline Imperium.

Now, after three decades of cold war, the Commonwealth is moving again…

The series focuses on the development of Kyle Roberts from a relatively low-ranking Commander, Air Group, to the architect of the operation that turns the tide of the war and the choices and sacrifices he and his comrades make along the way.

Read an Excerpt

Operation Medusa, book 6 in the Castle Federation series, is out now!

Operation Medusa, the sixth and final book in the Castle Federation series by Glynn Stewart, is now out on Amazon.

A battered but undefeated Alliance
A war they cannot win by force
A plan to turn the tide of history!

For two years, the Castle Federation and the Alliance of Free Stars have stood against Marshal James Walkingstick of the Terran Commonwealth and his mission of conquest. Battles have been won and lost, worlds have died, and soldiers like Admiral Kyle Roberts have been forged on the anvil of war.

But the Alliance cannot win. The Commonwealth has more worlds, more ships, more soldiers. They claim their victory is inevitable. That history is on their side.

Refusing to accept the Commonwealth’s future, the Alliance embarks on a do-or-die mission to end the war in one strike. If Kyle Roberts’s plan works, the Commonwealth will break.

But if it fails the Alliance will be broken.

Rimward Stars is out now!

The fifth novel in the Castle Federation series, Rimward Stars, is now out!

A helpless ally calls for aid
A ruthless enemy strikes without mercy
The fate of empires turns on even the smallest actions

When a minor trade partner sends the Castle Federation a desperate call for aid, they have few resources to spare from their all-consuming war against the Terran Commonwealth. Unwilling to be seen failing their allies but able to spare only a tiny force, Castle sends a hero to command the task group: Captain Kyle Roberts, the Stellar Fox.

Beyond the Rimward frontier of the Federation and its allies, little is as it seems. The pirates are being armed by an outside force, and the politics of these worlds is made deadlier by their poverty. When the Coraline Imperium—the Federation’s oft-difficult ally—sends forces as well, it risks a conflict that could undermine the Alliance protecting them both.

There are deeper games afoot as local schemes play the great powers against each other. Captain Roberts is caught in the chaos as fire and blood explode across the region. There is only one certainty: these Rimward Stars must not fall.

An April Update

This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit the books page for up to date links and releases.

We are beginning the process of redesigning the website, so a lot of content on here has fallen a bit out of date. Working on that in the interim, but my priority is always the books.

Speaking of which: Rimward Stars is a bit over sixty percent done, trucking along on schedule for a target mid-May release.

Next up after that are ONSET 3: Blood of the Innocent and Terra and Imperium, both planned to be out this summer.

There’s a Secret Project (SP: V let’s call it) that should also see a release either late summer or early fall, plans are still in the process of assembly.

 

I will be moving this summer as well, but that’s already built in to the schedule for ONSET3 and DT3. I hope, anyway!

 

After Terra and Imperium is the slot for a Starship’s Mage novel, and I’ve decided to do something… well, frankly, something a bit risky. Instead of immediately beginning the UnArcana Rebellions series, my sixth planned release for 2017 is a Captain David Rice novel, tentatively entitled Interstellar Mage, kicking off a planned series of 2 or 3 books bringing Rice’s storyline up to the Legatan Secession.

(David, along with several others from along the way, will show up in UnArcana Rebellions, and I’m hoping some people want to see just what he’s been up to in the intervening five years!)

The Castle Federation series will probably wrap up this year with its sixth book, opening a “slot”, so my intent will be to finish Rice’s series and begin UnArcana Rebellions in 2018.

Next year will also see my other Secret Project (SP: E, let’s call it), though that’s a longer-term affair, and the sequel trilogy to Duchy of Terra.

 

(For those keeping track, yes, my writing time is now scheduled through the end of 2018. Mewp.)

 

Happy reading!

-Glynn Stewart

Q-Ship Chameleon out now!

Q-Ship Chameleon is now out!

Q-Ship Chameleon, the fourth Castle Federation novel, is out now!

It will be at a discounted price until November 4, 2016.

A heroic Captain denied command
A battered but relentless enemy
A covert operation to strike at the heart of an unstoppable foe!

Captain Kyle Roberts has commanded the carrier Avalon through the most vicious battles of the war against the Terran Commonwealth—but with Avalon in for repair, his political enemies deny him a new ship.

Unwilling to accept a desk, he takes command of a covert operation using a captured Commonwealth warship to strike at the very heart of their enemy, drawing away the reinforcements that could destroy the Alliance’s recent gains.

But the spies who planned the operation have secrets they haven’t shared. Their allies have their own agendas—and the Commonwealth has surprises of its own!