And especially … welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers this month! I’m happy to have you part of our community and excited to share with you some recent news:
After receiving the Reader’s House Editor’s Choice of Literary Excellence Award, I got featured in 190 countries and in a few thousand media outlets.
Here’s what some had to say:
MOSAIC DIGEST
“A master of genre-blending, Drew Briney stands as one of speculative fiction’s most inventive voices.”
NOVELIST POST
“Briney’s inventive storytelling, emotional depth, and fearless genre fusion establish him as a visionary author redefining modern speculative fiction with intellect and heart.”
AUTHOR ESSENCE
“Drew Briney stands at the forefront of modern speculative fiction, writing stories that refuse to sit neatly within a single genre. His work lives at the intersection of technology, mysticism, and philosophical inquiry, expanding the boundaries of what sci-fi and fantasy can achieve. …
His narratives are spectacular in scale yet intimately grounded, always driven by a deep curiosity about human nature. …
For Briney, genre-blending is not a stylistic choice but a philosophy: a way to examine justice, resilience, and what it means to remain human in the face of extraordinary change.”
NEWYOX
“Briney’s books challenge readers to confront the ethical dilemmas of technological advancement while reveling in the imaginative possibilities of combining magic and science.”
Before all of the promos and book offers, would you mind giving me a fifteen seconds of your time? I’m considering moving to an independent print publisher (in addition to Amazon) but there is a related detail I need to understand. I’d appreciate your input.
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A Wild West on a Colony World …
Raven's a thief who just swallowed a dragon. A small one, sure, but now his arms are growing scales, the local wildlife is acting up, and his snarky AI familiar is no help whatsoever.
Raven's best friend Aik is a guardsman carrying a torch for the thief. A pickpocket and a guard? Never going to happen. And Aik’s ex-fiancé Silya, an initiate priestess in a magical crisis, hates Raven with the heat of a thousand suns.
This unlikely team must work together to face strange beasts, alien artifacts, and a world-altering threat. If they don’t figure out what to do soon, it might just be the end of everything.
Things are about to get messy.
Merciless; ruthless; cold. And faints at the sight of blood.
In the heart of the imperial nexus, where shadows cling to every stone, Alidinia moves like a ghost. His weapon of choice isn’t steel — it’s poison, a silent kiss of death and a necessity for an assassin who faints at the sight of blood. And despite his impediment, Alidinia has excelled in the dark world of commissioned killing. His resourcefulness and his skill with potions has kept him alive in a world where treachery blooms like last night’s hangover.
But Alidinia wants more: he harbours dreams of toppling the empire. And yet reality has been a cruel mistress. His whispered rebellions remain threads in the tapestry of courtly intrigue, easily overlooked, and in danger of fading into shadows.
The world was saved once. The heroes are gone. The system they left behind is breaking.
Charles “Chub” Hale leads a blue-collar “cleanup crew,” a found-family of enhanced misfits just trying to pay the bills. But Chub is hiding a secret from his past that is bankrupting his company and eroding the trust of the only family he has left.
While Chub struggles to hold his fractured team together, a covert revolutionary cell detonates a conspiracy that plunges the city into chaos. A blackout. A broadcast that exposes the government’s darkest secrets.
This external chaos becomes a fuse, accelerating Chub’s own crisis and forcing his team into the heart of the very conspiracy he’s been running from. Caught between his own lies, a ruthless Director, and a city on the brink, Chub’s secret is about to be exposed.
What if all this time he has been the biggest threat to the family he has built?
After Deliverance is a gritty, character-driven superhero saga for readers who loved the moral ambiguity of Watchmen and the intricate, slow-burn world-building of Worm.
Would You Do Anything for Magic?
A plague has swept through the village of Dasen, taking all the magic from the place and the druids. Master Rody longs for the day that it returns. Back when conversing with nature is normal and casting spells is natural to them.
The desire grows urgent as deadly forces arise from years of captivity. Years of magical absence has left the village defenseless. But just when everything seems bleak, an ordinary boy rises up to the challenge. Will he be able to prove himself among his cruel peers? Will he even reach the Cave of Time before it’s too late?
Holiday Sale - $5.99
Rogue demons. Dangerous doesn’t begin to describe them.
Nephilim. Half angel, half mortal. That doesn’t begin to describe them, either.
Both walk the earth. Both are deadly.
When they come together, the collateral damage to humans can be devastating.
Nephilim Del and Marrin have been assigned to send three rogue demons back to Hell. The demons have kidnapped children, and they have a plan. The two hunters are supposed to work with a partner – not a welcome addition as far as they are concerned.
Also - Bundle deals with all of my books — exclusive for newsletter subscribers are here: Drew’s Bundles
There were no free promotions for my genres this month - it seems romance and erotica are taking over all of the promotion - but I may have something equally worth your while …. read on.
I’ve noticed several of you are getting copies of my books from these newsletter promotions. The problem is, I never advertise some of my books so you’re limited in what you can download for free this way. I offered you a better deal when I sent you my very first newsletter but perhaps you missed it or forgot about it.
You received a free ebook when you signed up for this newsletter. After you have read and reviewed it (and if you want another ebook), send me a screenshot of your review and let me know which of my books you’d like to review next and I’ll send you another of my ebooks for free - your choice - and it’s not limited to the few I put on the promos. I call this my “Free Books for Life” program. If, for whatever reason, you don’t particularly like a book but would like to read another and are willing to review the new book, the same deal applies.
Don’t know how to review a book and feel intimidated? No worries - it can be super simple. Here’s an article I wrote on how to write a super simple review. You don’t have to write about everything I mention in the article, either. Two sentence reviews are sometimes just as golden as lengthy reviews if they’re genuine and thoughtful.
If you’re interested, here are links to Amazon and Goodreads where you can review any of my books. Send me a screenshot and tell me what you’d like to read next and I’ll send you another ebook. There’s never any obligation to continue, however, so if you run out of time or just don’t feel like it, no worries. Life happens.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B07B8ZGL26
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39096093-unproven
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B07H3FVL3Q
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43707775-assassin-hunter
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B086ZCV2Y3
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54141040-soul-hunter
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B0DG881GZ8
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218540055-mage-hunter
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B00K2XDWPU
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22088429-slice
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B00K2HM0CC
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22057126-moon-514
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?ie=UTF8&channel=glance-detail&asin=B013RVZ1OS
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26090531-5-blades
(coming February 2026)
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