The campaign concluded successfully! Thanks to all our awesome backers!
Second stretch goal unlocked! Getting us to 500% will fund an audio book version of the original Combat Frame XSeed!
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We're on a roll! You guys got us to 200% funded, ensuring our second series of Combat Frame XSeed trading cards! Look for new trading card perks and our new stretch goal soon!
You guys did it! Our first stretch goal, Series Two Combat Frame XSeed trading cards, is now unlocked. They will be made available as perks when we reach $2,000. Stay tuned for the poll to pick which mechs will appear on the cards!
You spoke. We listened. Our next run of trading cards will feature the four 1-Series XSeed combat frames! Thanks to everyone who voted. Now let's get to 200% and fund those cards!
They made him necessary. He’ll make them pay.
Earth groans under the yoke of the Systems Overterrestrial Coalition. Socs enjoy privileged status while grounders languish as second-class citizens.
Student Thomas Arthur Dormio leads the Brussels Service Academy’s history club, a front for a dissident grounder cell. The Human Liberation Organization conducts a campaign of blackmail, sabotage, and terrorism to free Earth from the Socs.
En route to make contact with the HLO, Second Lieutenant Theodore Red arrives in orbit over Western Europe. But before he starts the next phase of the resistance on Earth, Red has a man to kill.
Will the HLO avenge themselves on the Coalition? Or will personal grudges and conflicting purposes tear them apart? Find out in the pages of Combat Frame XSeed: Coalition Year 40!
Brian Niemeier is a best selling science fiction author and a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist. His second book, Souldancer, won the first ever Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel., and its sequel, The Secret Kings, became a 2017 Dragon Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Brian's passion for mecha anime and Western science fiction revitalized military sci-fi in the hit martial thriller Combat Frame XSeed. But that was just the beginning! Now, he invites you to help continue the renewal of science fiction!
What readers said about Combat Frame XSeed:
Strongly recommended for fans of adventure, science fiction, and far future thrillers, Combat Frame XSeed captures the spirit of the real robot genre without resorting to the thin reskinnings that plague many Western copies of Eastern genres. Better yet, its knights and thrillers approach breathes new life into military science fiction adventure.
-Castalia House Blog
It’s a triumph of mecha action. Taking cues from Gundam, Macross and other famous anime mecha shows, Brian Niemeier weaves a fast paced and violent plot filled with fleshed out characters and awesome ideas that never fail to entertain the reader. It is a masterclass in tight plotting and mecha action. All the pieces come together from chapter climax to book climax in a never ending, glorious climb.
-Superversive SF
Super fun. Brian delivered what he promised.
-Jon Del Arroz, author of For Steam and Country
Disclosure: All quoted reviewers backed the original Indiegogo campaign. The CH blogger received an advance copy in return for beta reading services.
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The Plan
We blew the lid off the original Combat Frame XSeed campaign! Thanks to your support, Book 1 of my action-packed military sci fi thriller has been completed and shipped to backers!
You, the readers, spoke, and I listened. I know you can't wait to continue the white-knuckle ride begun in Combat Frame XSeed. For a taste of what's to come, you're invited to read the first two chapters for free at the links below.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Excited to read the whole book? Thought so. I'm giving my backers the chance to get Combat Frame XSeed: Coalition Year 40 before the official launch!
As I mentioned last time, indie authors have broad creative freedom to bring you the fun, exciting stories you deserve. But there's a catch. Indies don't have publishers to pay for art, editing, and formatting. We also don't get advances to keep the heat on while we write the next book.
I've proven that I deliver on promises to backers. You know you'll get a fun, quality product when we meet our goal. The best part is that main production on CFXS: CY40 has already been funded, so eBook and trade paperback fulfillment are guaranteed! I'm seeking funds to cover those surprise publishing expenses that always crop up, to pay for the production of Book 3, and to cover perk fulfillment costs.
As before, due to the sixty-day delay between a new book's launch and Amazon's first royalty payment, funds left over will take the place of an advance to help with my personal, business, and household expenses. That way I can devote my full attention to writing and bring you mecha action on schedule!
If we don't meet our goal, all money pledged is refunded, so you can be confident in backing this project with zero risk!
We've already made significant inroads toward saving science fiction. Let's keep up the momentum!
Back Combat Frame XSeed: Coalition Year 40 now! Help spread the word to fellow sci-fi readers. Indiegogo has share tools to make boosting the signal easy.
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