Commerce Emperor

Commerce Emperor going to Kindle in March (Pre-order up) + Future of the story

Hi fellow Merchants!

I thought about putting those big news inside last chapter's post, but I figured it would be easier to just post a post here.

Commerce Emperor going to KU on March 2nd.

The first and most important new is that after long deliberations, I have decided to put the novel on Kindle Unlimited/Audible in partnership with Aethon and we've stopped on a date: March 2nd.

My original plan was to publish the whole Archfrost arc as a single volume, but due to the longer chapters I guess we would have ended with a giant 400K behemoth. It seemed easier for my publisher and I to simply split it in two. Henceforth, this first volume of Commerce Emperor will cover the prologue and first nineteen chapters of the story (so all the way to the battle with Florence and Chastel).

I suppose everyone reading this post already has progressed that far a long time ago, but I'm issuing a warning. Unfortunately, as per KU exclusivity rules I will have to remove those early chapters around two weeks before the official release; so likely around February 21st. I'll move that post early to inform people starting with the story.

Here's the Amazon link for those who are interested (audible link should be up shortly):

Link: /amazon/B0CRF8V452

As always, I would be super grateful to anyone sharing word of the story's release on Amazon. It's very much become my breadwinner and the main reason why I can keep posting my stories for free on Royal Road, even for a limited time.

Pause after the Archfrost arc's conclusion

The second is that I'm very likely to take a few months' pause off Commerce Emperor after the end of the Archfrost Arc (which should end around chapter forty-five according to my estimations). The reason is twofold:

- first, I wish to recenter the story on Merchant adventures and travels over the current war focus of the Archfrost arc's second half, which I feel isn't really hitting the novel's core strengths; I feel I kinda prefer smaller scaled adventures focusing on commerce, travel, and building up wealth over the current epic war direction and I need to rework the plot a bit after concluding the current storyline.

- and second, there's only a limited set of hours in a day and I want to take some time to write some scifi and/or comedy. Long-time followers will know that the latter keeps coming back like an itch that just won't go away.

As usual, I'll keep posting chapters on RR even after the arc hits its end on Patreon, so you won't go months not knowing how the arc ends. Don't worry ;)

In any case, I hope you've enjoyed the story so far, and I hope the Archfrost's arc conclusion will satisfy you.

Best regards,

Voidy.