You can see it here as part of this interview with Jason at Eleven-ThirtyEight. Tom Lintern is back with another terrific cover. Don’t miss the interview, as it offers some hints about what’s to come in The Rise of Earth next June, a discussion of the Jupiter Pirates series in general, and some talk about some space-fantasy series called … Star Wars?
The Rise of Earth hits bookstores June 14, 2016, but look for a special Jupiter Pirates short story in December.
More to come soon!
This is a really fun one!
I got on the phone with the merry band at The More You Nerd for a freewheeling conversation about The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra. We talk about … heck, it’s simpler to say what we didn’t talk about. Our discussion includes the difference between pirates and privateers, the struggle between the Jovian Union and Earth, the relationship between the Hashoones and their retainers, where I get the names for characters, storytelling decisions, some teasers about what’s coming in the third through fifth books, and much more.
We even talk about another space-fantasy franchise, a little something called Star Wars.
Upcoming: There will be a free Jupiter Pirates short story this summer. Members of The Crew will get the first shot at downloading it, so sign up today!
Back in the spring I sat down at Book Expo America with my pal Frank Rich to talk about writing as a career, books as team efforts, Star Wars and of course Jupiter Pirates.
I might be wrong about this, but I believe Sohaib Awan was the first person who ever interviewed me about my books — this was at Comic-Con 2008 when I was terrified by the immensity of everything around me and fighting the urge to flee into the Gaslamp or spend the next four days hiding under a table in DK’s booth.
Sohaib asked great questions then about the Clone Wars Visual Guide, and he asks great questions now about Jupiter Pirates. I really enjoyed this interview and hope you do too.
I sat down to chat with Stephanie Whelan of the blog Views from the Tesseract for a fun, wide-ranging interview. We cover favorite authors, storytelling and influences, the importance of families, and talk a little about The Jupiter Pirates: Curse of the Iris. Check it out!
So The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra hits bookstores in two months. We’re getting there!
Here’s a short video of Jason introducing the series, and talking about the inspiration for it — add a dash of Star Wars here, a pinch of pirates there, stir in adventure and intrigue and space battles. Enjoy!
Jason chatted with Wayne and Jesse from the Star Wars Book Report podcast about The Jupiter Pirates and the building blocks of storytelling, as well as about his Star Wars work. The Jupiter Pirates discussion begins around the 32:00 mark.
I sat down (OK, virtually) with Eleven-Thirty Eight, mostly to talk Star Wars, but also to discuss The Jupiter Pirates, the Hashoones and where the series might take them. You can read the interview here.
Plus there’s talk about why kids (of whatever age) love pirates. ARRRRR.