It’s here! It’s done! The End of Gods is ready to read… sort of.
First of all, my apologies for the lack of news and delays. If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that I’ve had an odd few months. My mum died suddenly and my daughter got married in close succession. My life was a low-budget Richard Curtis romcom (one wedding, one funeral) and it created what Faye Bright might call, ‘A right bloody palaver!’
But the good news is that The End of Gods is ready!
The bad news is that it’s Christmas.
Does that make me Scrooge? Not exactly, but it does mean that the Royal Mail is struggling to deliver parcels on time, and book printers are rushing to get books from major publishers into the bookshops.
There could not be a worse time to publish a paperback novel. I would not want to publish it now and promise delivery for Christmas. It’s just too stressful for all concerned.
So here’s what I’m going to do…
The paperback of The End of Gods will be officially published on 8th January.
‘Boo!’ I hear you cry. ‘Hiss! Down with this sort of thing!’
Hang on a minute, because here’s the good bit…
The eBook version is available right now.
‘Hmm, okay,’ you say, narrowing your eyes. ‘But I really wanted a paperback.’
So, here’s the deal…
If you pre-order the paperback of The End of Gods from me, you will receive the eBook version for FREE!
‘Ooh, how does that work?’ you might ask, not unreasonably.
Simply pre-order the paperback edition of The End of Gods (or the whole trilogy) from my online store, and you will receive a link to download the eBook version. You will be able to choose from a Kindle version, an ePub version (for Kobo, Apple etc) or a print PDF version.
Here are the terms and conditions, it might help if you say it in that sped-up voice that they use on podcast and radio ads…
Offer only applies to orders for The End of Gods paperback (or the End of Magic trilogy paperback bundle) – either signed and unsigned editions – made via the Witches of Woodville online store only. Not applicable to orders made via any other retailers. The customer will be sent a link to download an ebook file of The End of Gods (or the whole trilogy if they order the paperback bundle). They will be able to select from Kindle, ePub (Apple, Kobo, Google etc) or a print-ready PDF.
Offer expires at 23:59 GMT, 1st January 2026.
How does that sound? There are buttons below that will take you directly to my store where you can pre-order the books. From me. Exclusively (I’m not putting anything up on Amazon etc till January because they don’t like authors giving stuff away for free unless they can, too).
Hope that all makes sense and thank you all for your patience.
Happy reading,
Mark Stay
Readers in the USA🇺🇸 and Europe🇪🇺: because of Trump’s tariffs and Brexit (neither of which I voted for!) shipping physical products is challenging. If you’re desperate for a signed copy, please reply to this email and I’ll see if we can figure something out.
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