Avenger EnterPrises
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This section is dedicated to things associated - however loosely - with Avenger Enterprises. Avenger started out as my own publishing venture and became an umbrella for all manner of activities.
I am currently relaunching Avenger Enterprises as a vehicle for my fiction. Ultimately the plan is to publish licensed Traveller* novels alongside my own. How we get to that point is a three-stage process.
Stage 1: I have released my fantasy novel The Eye of Glory in print and ebook format as a test piece. If I can achieve enough sales to demonstrate viability I will move to stage 2.
Stage 2: I intend to run a kickstarter to fund a full release of the SF novel Nightfall In Avalon, and ideally its sequels. NIA is complete and ready to publish but I need to fund the final expenses such as proper cover art** and, well, whatever else comes up. This is very much a voyage of discovery.
Stage 3: I have a framework agreement in place to publish novels set in the Official Traveller Universe. All manner of plans and outlines exist but this part of the project requires significant time input. I need to know this is viable before I invest.
* Traveller is the Science-Fiction RPG created by Marc Miller.
** I won't have anything to do with generative AI
I am currently relaunching Avenger Enterprises as a vehicle for my fiction. Ultimately the plan is to publish licensed Traveller* novels alongside my own. How we get to that point is a three-stage process.
Stage 1: I have released my fantasy novel The Eye of Glory in print and ebook format as a test piece. If I can achieve enough sales to demonstrate viability I will move to stage 2.
Stage 2: I intend to run a kickstarter to fund a full release of the SF novel Nightfall In Avalon, and ideally its sequels. NIA is complete and ready to publish but I need to fund the final expenses such as proper cover art** and, well, whatever else comes up. This is very much a voyage of discovery.
Stage 3: I have a framework agreement in place to publish novels set in the Official Traveller Universe. All manner of plans and outlines exist but this part of the project requires significant time input. I need to know this is viable before I invest.
* Traveller is the Science-Fiction RPG created by Marc Miller.
** I won't have anything to do with generative AI
The Eye of Glory
The festering semi-ruin that is the city of Kerinstye is the last bastion of civilisation, if you can call it that. Ruled by seven bickering princes and an assortment of sleazy factions, Kerinstye is home to people like backstreet wizard Talsin and part-time footpad Dalden.
What seems like a typical piece of petty larceny opens up a new world for Talsin and Dalden; a scary world of monsters, heroes and armies of savage nomads. Kerinstye faces total destruction, and its only hope is a hero-making artefact known as The Eye of Glory. Co-opted into the great quest to find the Eye and save what is left of the city, Talsin and Dalden must confront barbarians, soul-eating monsters and a fearsome logistician - and all the while hoping their allies never realise they were the ones who stole the damn thing in the first place.
This is heroic fantasy from the viewpoint of people who aren't heroes.
At present TEOG is available as an ebook or print on demand novel from Lulu.
Ebook: https://www.lulu.com/shop/martin-dougherty/the-eye-of-glory/ebook/product-jeqkk7e.html?q=the+eye+of+glory&page=1&pageSize=4
Print Version: https://www.lulu.com/shop/martin-dougherty/the-eye-of-glory/paperback/product-57vr454.html?q=the+eye+of+glory&page=1&pageSize=4
The festering semi-ruin that is the city of Kerinstye is the last bastion of civilisation, if you can call it that. Ruled by seven bickering princes and an assortment of sleazy factions, Kerinstye is home to people like backstreet wizard Talsin and part-time footpad Dalden.
What seems like a typical piece of petty larceny opens up a new world for Talsin and Dalden; a scary world of monsters, heroes and armies of savage nomads. Kerinstye faces total destruction, and its only hope is a hero-making artefact known as The Eye of Glory. Co-opted into the great quest to find the Eye and save what is left of the city, Talsin and Dalden must confront barbarians, soul-eating monsters and a fearsome logistician - and all the while hoping their allies never realise they were the ones who stole the damn thing in the first place.
This is heroic fantasy from the viewpoint of people who aren't heroes.
At present TEOG is available as an ebook or print on demand novel from Lulu.
Ebook: https://www.lulu.com/shop/martin-dougherty/the-eye-of-glory/ebook/product-jeqkk7e.html?q=the+eye+of+glory&page=1&pageSize=4
Print Version: https://www.lulu.com/shop/martin-dougherty/the-eye-of-glory/paperback/product-57vr454.html?q=the+eye+of+glory&page=1&pageSize=4
Avenger Enterprises Factoids
Avenger Enterprises was founded in the early 2000s as a licensee for the Traveller RPG. The reason for the name is complicated and a bit lame, so getting an answer to that will cost you a few minutes and a beer. Over time Avenger became an umbrella for various activities such as convention appearances and the like. My online gaming ID is usually some variant on MJD-Avenger.
I used to play a lot of Call of Duty, but a few years back I moved to Elite:Dangerous. I played the original Elite when it came out (and yes, I got to Elite ranking). In this incarnation I've flown with a few different squadrons but most notably the Asshat Adventure Club. If you want to find me I'm on PC. My CMDR is MJDAvenger, and my Fleet Carrier is named RSS Avenger.
The original carrier, which I had to leave behind when I moved from console to PC, was Deepnight Avenger. That name is a reference to the Deepnight Corporation which I invented for the Traveller RPG and (rather obviously) to Avenger Enterprises. The Traveller universe contains a number of Deepnight ships - the ill-fated Deepnight Endeavour, Deepnight Revelation which made the epic journey to Terminus Point and perhaps saved the entire galaxy, and others.
The concept of Research Starship (RSS) Avenger predates the Deepnight Corporation. It was created for Starfarers' Gazette, a tongue-in-cheek publication supporting the Traveller RPG. Imagine Top Gear in a spaceship... that sort of thing. The editions of Starfarers' Gazette I have managed to recover have been mildly edited to remove some serial numbers but otherwise retain their original character. Make of them what you will.
Avenger Enterprises was founded in the early 2000s as a licensee for the Traveller RPG. The reason for the name is complicated and a bit lame, so getting an answer to that will cost you a few minutes and a beer. Over time Avenger became an umbrella for various activities such as convention appearances and the like. My online gaming ID is usually some variant on MJD-Avenger.
I used to play a lot of Call of Duty, but a few years back I moved to Elite:Dangerous. I played the original Elite when it came out (and yes, I got to Elite ranking). In this incarnation I've flown with a few different squadrons but most notably the Asshat Adventure Club. If you want to find me I'm on PC. My CMDR is MJDAvenger, and my Fleet Carrier is named RSS Avenger.
The original carrier, which I had to leave behind when I moved from console to PC, was Deepnight Avenger. That name is a reference to the Deepnight Corporation which I invented for the Traveller RPG and (rather obviously) to Avenger Enterprises. The Traveller universe contains a number of Deepnight ships - the ill-fated Deepnight Endeavour, Deepnight Revelation which made the epic journey to Terminus Point and perhaps saved the entire galaxy, and others.
The concept of Research Starship (RSS) Avenger predates the Deepnight Corporation. It was created for Starfarers' Gazette, a tongue-in-cheek publication supporting the Traveller RPG. Imagine Top Gear in a spaceship... that sort of thing. The editions of Starfarers' Gazette I have managed to recover have been mildly edited to remove some serial numbers but otherwise retain their original character. Make of them what you will.
