I’m very pleased today to welcome the Cover Reveals for Michael Michel’s upcoming new editions of his series, The Dreams of Dust and Steel— series: The Price of Power and A Graveyard for Heroes to this patch o’ cyberspace this morning! I’ve been looking forward to reading these books for too long now, I’m glad that I waited until now. Before the main event, let’s learn a little bit about the series, the new edition, and author, shall we? It’ll just take a moment, and then we can all take a peak at the cover.
About the Books:
Loss. Redemption. Grief. And the dangers of belief.
Prince Barodane could not hold back the darkness. Not even in himself. He laid an innocent city in its grave and then died a hero.
In his absence, war whispers across the land.
Power-hungry Highborn dispatch spies and assassins to the shadows as they maneuver for the throne, while an even greater threat rises in the South. Monsters and cultists flock to the banners of a mad prophet determined to control reality…and then shatter it.
Destiny stalks three to the brink of oblivion.
A dead prince that isn’t actually dead. Barodane buried his shameful past in a stupor of drugs, drink, and crime, and now, he’d rather watch the world fall apart than wear a crown again.
An orphan with hero’s blood who is forced to make a harrowing choice: betray her country or sacrifice her first love.
And a powerful seer who has no choice at all–her grandson must die.
If any of them fails to pay the price…
The cost will be the world’s complete annihilation.
“Dreams of Dust and Steel has the feel of a muddy boot heel, and the size and scope of the classics. Here, pain can be turned into magic powers, and the price of success is often worse than failure. This is Game of Thrones meets X-Men, and it’s as rooted in spirituality as it is steeped in bloody violence. A character-driven epic–that once finished–will span five books, a million words, and birth a dozen other analogous works you won’t want to miss.”
“During a dark prophet’s rise to power, fate calls on four heroes to sacrifice everything they love…or face oblivion.”
The New Edition
The Dreams of Dust and Steel series launches April 2nd, 2025 with The Price of Power in eBook and paperback. It features custom chapter header icons, a dramatis personae, new covers, and a fancy new map.
There’s an ARC application form for those who’d like to read and review The Price of Power here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VcbEGJ5Tan9veDzoafBAqzKW5hBWbSVdz20uShussg0/viewform?edit_requested=true
About the Author
Michel lives in Bend, Oregon with the love of his life and their two children. When he isn’t obsessively writing, editing, or doing publishing work, he can be found exercising, coaching leaders in the corporate world, and dancing his butt off at amazing festivals like Burning Man. His favorite shows are Dark, The Wire, Arcane, and Norsemen. He loves nature and deep conversations. Few things bring him more joy than a couple of hours playing table tennis.
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The Covers
Don’t those look great? The Cover Art & Typography are by Christopher Cant and Rachel St. Clair. They did a bang-up job if you ask me.
