Audio For the Win!

 Some great news! We have a release date for the audio version of my Clockwork Empire steampunk series. They hit the stores on January 28. Cut Bonnem and Kim Bretton narrate the books, and they're wonderful! The editor sent me some snippets, and I love the accents, I love the intonations, and I love the narration. Love!

I guess I'm a little unusual. See, some authors don't like listening to someone else read their books aloud, usually because the author has lived with the book for a year or more and has developed an internal voice of what the book and the characters sound like, and no narrator can match it. So the author feels uncomfortable: "The narrator got it wrong! That's not how Betty sounds!" or some such.

Me? I absolutely love it. Instead of feeling uncomfortable, I get fascinated. I get to see how someone else imagines my work. It's like getting a peek into a reader's head. Whenever one of my books comes out on audio, I can't wait to listen.

All four books will drop at once, though the first one in the series is The Doomsday Vault. The cover blurb goes:

A bizarre strain of zombies roam the streets of Victorian London, infecting all they touch with the Clockwork Plague. While most victims die painful deaths, a few become Clockworkers, geniuses who create the greatest inventions of the age—right before going insane.

The plague has also taken its toll on the life of twenty-two-year-old Alice Michaels. After her mother and brother die from the disease because of her, she feels obligated to ensure her father’s happiness. Unfortunately, that means ignoring her passion for automatons and instead, pursuing the wealthiest man possible.

But when zombies attack Alice’s cab, being tied down in a loveless marriage is the least of her worries. She is quickly swept up into a secret organization chasing down Clockworkers—and into the arms of Gavin Ennock, a former airship cabin boy and talented fiddle player. Together they will navigate a political conspiracy that threatens to consume their country and the world ...

Check out the cover. I'll hit you all up again when they come out!