One of the problems of being online is the waves of negativity. YouTubers have some of the worst culprits for this. If a crappy movie comes out, especially one from Disney, it gets dumped on from a very high height by several different channels. Are they right? Most of the time, but it gets tiresome after a while. The newer Star Wars movies got torn to shreds by these channels, rightly so in my opinion, but it still got tiresome. This resulted in folks like Larry Correia complaining that they never celebrated anything good.
Sadly, I added to this trend lately with a tweet criticising a very late comic book I backed on Indiegogo in 2020. It had been due in 2021, but I received it on the 25th of November this year. To add insult to injury, the book was poorly made and the first page came away from the spine. The tweet I wrote took off and was even mentioned in places like Kiwi Farms (for those who don't know what that is, don't ask) to my surprise. I felt bad about that tweet, but deleting it would have been pointless.
So, I decided to start talking about the stuff I was enjoying or had enjoyed. My first attempt at this, a tweet about some wonderful comics I received promptly, did not get nearly as much attention as the last. That was a shame. For my next celebratory piece, I chose to write about it here.
Titan Mage is a book series anyone and everyone should read, or listen to. To summarise briefly, the main character, Locke, is a man who dies and is reborn in another realm as a powerful mage and mech pilot. All the ladies want him, too, which is an added bonus. He goes on many fascinating adventures with the ladies by his side, or on top of him, or underneath him, and let me tell you, the sex scenes sure as hell are anything but boring. Now, I'm being vague on the details because I want to avoid spoilers. You really should check them out. But, I should point out that I did not read the books. I listened to the audiobooks.
The narration team of Daryl Mayfield and Jess Trepanier do nothing short of an excellent job with the material. Personally, I love the dual narration approach to audiobooks and feel it elevates the performance. Every time one has been released, I purchase it with either an Audible credit or money if it gets released before my credit is due. As I have said to the author, she brought back my excitement for a new release, something I haven't felt in a long time.
These releases are among many that should be talked about and enjoyed. It is reasons like the Titan Mage series that my head is more in books and audiobooks than it is in cinema or comics. Why? Because I feel the passion is still there for such storytelling, especially from us independent authors. I feel that authors like Edie Skye are showing others how it is done, and I always feel honoured that she gave me a front cover blurb for Detective in Mind.
Long may she continue.
You can find Titan Mage books on Amazon here for US readers, and here for UK readers.
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