Signal Boost: Combat Frame XSeed: Illustrated Combat Frame Tech Guide

Now that there's four--soon to be five--Combat Frame XSeed novels out there, publishing a tie-in product for such a tech-heavy property becomes a viable project.

Dragon Award winner Brian Niemeier has done it, and to my knowledge he is the first independent author to do what otherwise is only done by Big Brand properties like Mouse Wars. This is the illustrated tech guide tie-in, and it will be a great addition to your bookshelf, especially when you go back to re-read the series.

I cannot overstate the importance of publishing this book. Independent science fiction authors are notorious for not fully exploiting the properties that they create, as they are often unaware of the full implications of the very technologies that make their writing careers possible as well as the spread of the core concept--Print On Demand--to things other than books, most relevant being merchandise.

Should you get a copy? Why not? All it does is add to your enjoyment of what you already enjoy. Don't balk at the price; look at the description. This is a coffee table book, 8.5" x 11" in size (i.e. a spiral-bound notebook), which is as good as Amazon's POD capacity allows, and not your standard 5" by 8" or 6" by 9" novel. If you've been looking to use a tabletop RPG or wargame ruleset to play XSeed scenarios then this book is your huckleberry, especially if your ruleset makes it easy to convert real-world measurements into game terms (as Mekton Zeta and Dream Pod 9's full build system for Jovian Chronicles does).

If you want a copy--only available in paperback--click on the image and it will take you to the Amazon store page.