Space Academy Miscreants (Space Academy #4) now available for preorder!

 

NOW AVAILABLE FOR AUDIOBOOK PREORDER!

SPACE ACADEMY MISCREANTS (Space Academy #4)

“Captain’s log… we’re doomed.”

Captain Vance Turbo of the E.S.S Ares has managed to save the entire universe and gotten himself a big fat promotion for it. However, that doesn’t mean much as he’s just received a message that his daughter is in peril! His daughter that he didn’t know about because she was cooked up in a lab by his ex-girlfriend. Knowing he can’t take his ship on a personal vendetta, Vance decides to charter a pirate ship to head to the distant tyranny of Crius. Unfortunately, his journey isn’t exactly a secret and he finds himself ambushed. Ambushed by someone Vance never thought he’d see again.

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer’s Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

Vance Turbo remains the luckiest unlucky character I’ve created. Lucky because he grew up in a Post-Cyberpunk utopian future created by the sacrifices of people like Agent G, Kei Springs, and Detective Neal Gordon of the Moon PD.

Unlucky because it seems like every single threat to that peace falls to him to fix and everyone in the galaxy wants to burn down said Utopia for not being human friendly enough or too human friendly. Now he’s on a quest to find out if he’s a father that involves his long dead parents, his promotion to High Inquisitor (err, Protector), and the slave holding world of CRIUS! Yes, a link to LUCIFER’S STAR! Released on October 22nd! The Kindle is already up.

Audible (Preorder): https://www.audible.com/pd/Space-Academy-Miscreants-Audiobook/B0DJ3MZ8FH

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Academy-Miscreants-C-Phipps-ebook/dp/B0DHR8X69M/

Writing Update - April 24, 2024

Hey folks,

I thought I would give a wonderful update about what's going on with my current projects because what is the point of this if not to keep my fans updated with what's in the works? This has been a very busy April and the news is both good, bad, and in-between.

* The Supervillainy Saga: The next book, THE RISE OF SUPERVILLAINY, is presently slated to be the finale of the series. It's lasted ten books but sales are a bit down and Gary has achieved a lot of what I've wanted to tell so putting the series to rest for a time seems like a sensible choice. The premise for it is well-timed, though, because we'll be doing a "Gary meets the X-men" style story.

+ Fear not fans of the Gary universe as when the Supervillainy Saga is finished, we'll be doing a sequel series called WORLD'S WORST SUPERHERO. Which will take place in the same world and deal with Gary's opposite number in would-be patriotic superhero, Jack Washington Junior. Except, well, he just  keeps doing villainy! By accident, really!

+ Space Academy Miscreants (Space Academy #4) is now off to the recording studio at Podium where we'll be seeing Vance Turbo's adventures against the evil SLAVE LORDS OF CRIUS and meeting someone he never expected to see: [spoiler]! I think this will be a very enjoyable work.

+ Speaking of Space Academy, SPACE ACADEMY VAGRANTS will be coming out probably just two months after the release of Space Academy Miscreants. It will be a massive treasure hunt story and a redoing of the planned third Lucifer's Star book. Basically, the concept just fit for Vance and crew.

+ We will actually be wrapping up the Lucifer's Star series with a short story included with Miscreants called "The End of History" which will provide a nice epilogue for Cassius and company looking back on their connections to Vance Turbo and his crew.

+ The fourth and final Cthulhu Armageddon book, CTHULHU'S CANYON has been started up and I hope to have it done by the end of Summer. This will return John Henry Booth to the Wasteland for one last time to discover the fate of his two children and whether it's possible to save what little remains of humanity.

+ Speaking of Cthulhu, I have a novelette in TIME LOOPERS, a Cthulhu Mythos anthology edited by David Hambling  of Harry Stubbs fame. We're also going to be releasing THE BOOK OF HASTUR, which is another set of excellent Cthulhu Mythos stories that will be starring John Henry Booth. It's my hope to eventually do a compliation of all of the short stories into one Pulpy mythos volume.

+ Plans remain for the third Moon Cops book and second Morgan Detective Agency book. A Peter Stone sequel too but finishing up the above is currently preoccupying me. Not that I have too much on my plate, no sir!

Futurepunk is here!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Futurepunk

The Futurepunk setting is The 'Verse created by C.T. Phipps for a series of science fiction stories that take place over an extremely long length of time, showing the setting advance and change as well as shift science fiction subgenres. It starts 20 Minutes in the Future, moves into Cyberpunk Dystopia, becomes a Solar Punk Utopia, collapses into a dark Space Opera set After the End, and then jumps ahead to a Sufficiently Advanced Dark Fantasy setting to end it all.

The setting shares not only a singular timeline but also some general themes of Capitalism Is Bad, Eat the Rich, What Measure Is a Non-Human? and Antihero protagonists attempting to fight against a system that keeps plodding along regardless. Multiple protagonists crossover through the storyline and interweave with the setting's history. While there has been crossovers with his The Supervillainy Saga and United States Of Monsters books, these are all three separate universes.

The setting can be divided into the following time periods:

• Pre-Collapse: The setting of the first two Agent G books and several short stories, this is Next Sunday A.D. where the world is more or less the same as our except for the existence of Black Technology, which is science fiction technology kept from the public for the benefit of megacorporations and the government. Word of God is that it is the 2060s.
• Post-Collapse: This is the setting for the third Agent G book and The Cyber Dragons Trilogy. The Yellowstone caldera has erupted and plunged Earth into a year long winter as Black Technology became public thanks to our protagonists. As such, humanity has moved into arcologies and society has degenerated into a Cyberpunk Dystopia. Word of God is that this period lasts roughly forty years. The Dark Destiny books take place in an Alternate Universe where the Yellowstone eruption never happened.
• Post-First Contact: Aliens contact the Earth in 2100 and proceed to help humanity get its crap together. The environment is repaired, a social safety net is re-instituted, and AI work alongside humanity to visit the stars. It is a Solar Punk setting similar to Star Trek. This is the setting for the Space Academy series and its spinoffs. This lasts until the 30th century.
• The Second Dark Age: Earth is destroyed by terrorists and humankind turns against AI due to Fantastic Racism, leading to a massive separation of humanity's many colonies. AI are enslaved despite many being indistinguishable from people, Feudal Future fascist empires have arisen, megacorps run amuck, and the only democracy is an expansionist The Empire. This is the setting for the Lucifer's Star books. It is set in the 40th century and a dark Space Opera with Cyberpunk for Flavor.
• The Far Era: The original Humanity has Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence and left behind many creations that are effectively indistinguishable in worlds that they have molded to their liking. The protagonists live in a high fantasy world that may actually be nothing more than a giant theme park. This is just one of countless such worlds. It is the setting for the Wraith Knight books. Word of God says this is about ten million years in the future.

     Novels 

• Futurepunk
  • Agent G
    • Agent G: Infiltrator
    • Agent G: Saboteur
    • Agent G: Assassin
  • The Cyber Dragons Trilogy
    • Daughter of the Cyber Dragons
    • Revenge of the Cyber Dragons
  • Space Academy with Michael Suttkus
    • Space Academy Dropouts
    • Space Academy Rejects
    • Space Academy Washouts
  • Lucifer's Star with Michael Suttkus
    • Lucifer's Star
    • Lucifer's Nebula
  • Wraith Knight
    • Wraith Knight
    • Wraith Lord
    • Wraith King

Writing Update for December 2022

 
Hey folks,

I thought it'd be a good idea to give y'all an update on what I've been working on and what my current projects are. After all, you are the reason that I get to continue making my wonderful stories versus working a more boring 9-5 job.

New Releases

Kindle

Revenge of the Cyber Dragons (Cyber Dragons #2)

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Revenge-Cyber-Dragons-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B0BNYC1CRX/

Ex-Rider Keiko "Kei" Springs was living with her adopted daughter Becky away from her previous life of crime. Unfortunately, the past is not easy to escape and her sadistic former sensei, Snake, gives her an ultimatum: perform eight tasks for him or die. The final mission before her freedom is nearly impossible, though. Snake wants her to take down a luxury resort where the super-rich are implanted with their heart's desires, only to be brainwashed into serial killers for blackmail potential.

Teaming up with the eccentric techjack Paradise, her on-again off-again lover Case, and a Judicial Magistrate named Parvati Rao—Kei thinks she can pull it off. Unfortunately, that's before she discovers the luxury resort is owned and operated by a nearly omnipotent AI that has it out for her.

Audible

Space Academy Washouts (Space Academy #3)

Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Space-Academy-Washouts-Audiobook/B0BLTR7SXZ

"These are the voyages of the starship...something-something."

Captain Vance Turbo has been struggling for the past few years, his reputation in tatters and most of his allies having turned against him. Offered a chance to go after a sinister crime syndicate at a peace treaty in Notha Space, he jumps at it. However, no sooner does he do so that he discovers that a malevolent AI and even more powerful forces are at work...ones that threaten everyone and everything in the galaxy. Will Vance somehow stumble his way into saving the universe again or will his luck finally run out?

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

In Production (Books)

Wraith King (Wraith Knight #3) 

Done: 70K

Synopsis: Jacob Riverson and his brides have successfully raised a massive military force to do battle with the armies of the Nine Usurpers. The greatest battle in history is fought between the armies of Light and Darkness, only for both sides to be annihilated by unexpected treachery.

Forced to align with his most hated enemy, Jacob attempts to rescue whatever survivors he can of his forces while preparing for a last ditch attempt to fix the World Between.

Can the last Wraith Knight prove himself worthy of godhood or is the entirety of the creed he has lived by, both in life and death, nothing more than a lie?

The Tree of Azathoth (Cthulhu Armageddon #3)

Done: 30K

Synopsis: Twenty years have passed since John Henry Booth survived his encounter with Great Cthulhu and the Unspeakable Horror. The Esoteric East breathes its final breaths and the last hour of humanity at hand. Seeking death or salvation from an old foe, John conducts a foul ritual that he is stunned by the results of. Waking up in a strange Dreamlands city that thrives with humans, Deep Ones, ghouls, and more, he finds himself inhabiting the body of a John Henry Booth working as a private detective for the unnatural.

Unsure whether he is in a hallucination, parallel world, or some combination of both, John seeks out the Dreaming King that supposedly created this world as salvation for the scattered survivors of his now-destroyed homeworld. Along the way he meets long-dead friends, still alive foes, and people who look like one but are truly the other. Oh and the cats in the city talk too. John Henry Booth has his strangest adventure yet in the footsteps of the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath crossed with The Maltese Falcon.

The End of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga #9)

Done: 32K

Synopsis:  Life is good since Gary rebooted the universe. The majority of supervillains in the world are dead or locked up, Moses Anders AKA Ultragod is President of the United States, and he's cheerfully a superhero for hire that deals with strictly low-rent stuff. Unfortunately, all of that is about to fall apart. A nano-plague released by the late President Omega is devastating the world and the walls of reality are crumbling down due to the paradoxes of the reboot. 

Gary has the opportunity solve these problems with the help of the Trench Coat Magician but the latter believes the best solution is to kill everyone's favorite antihero. What happens if Gary's attempts to fix everything have broken the world beyond all repair?

In Production (Audible)

Tales of Supervillainy: Cindy's Seven audiobook as narrated by Heather Kafer 

Revenge of the Cyber Dragons audiobook as narrated by Catherine Ho

The Fall of the House audiobook as narrated by Jeffrey Kafer

Space Academy Washouts' audiobook is now available for preorder

"These are the voyages of the starship...something-something."

Captain Vance Turbo has been struggling for the past few years, his reputation in tatters and most of his allies having turned against him. Offered a chance to go after a sinister crime syndicate at a peace treaty in Notha Space, he jumps at the chance. However, no sooner does he do so that he discovers that a malevolent AI and even more powerful forces are at work. Ones that threaten everyone and everything in the galaxy. Will Vance somehow stumble his way into saving the universe again or will his luck finally run out?

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

RELEASE DATE: 12/13/2022

Available for preorder

Space Academy Cover Changes

 
Hey folks,

I'm  pleased to announce an update for the Space Academy series. We've got a  new set of covers and some short stories for the Kindle editions of the  funniest series in science fiction today. Vance Turbo, HERO OF SPACE  and the worst crew in the galaxy are repeatedly called upon to defend  the Galactic Community from conspiracies, four-foot-tall fascist  squirrels, ancient alien gods, and gun-toting space rednecks. I think  these new covers capture the zaniness of my and my co-authors' work.

They're available on Kindle, Audible (narrated by Jeffrey Kafer), and Kindle Unlimited.

#1: Space Academy Dropouts: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Q1MS51G

#2: Space Academy Rejects: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Z7QFFCQ

#3: Space Academy Washouts: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B8MXLJ1B

I hope you'll all check them out.

Two new title releases and good news!

I'm now pleased to say the third (and not final) volume of Space Academy is now released in Kindle form! There's a lot of good news that comes with this volume because it is also coming with Podium and I signing a deal with six books in the series (that's three more) to be narrated by Jeffrey Kafer! Yay!

SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS

I'm now pleased to say the third (and not final) volume of Space Academy is now released in Kindle form! There's a lot of good news that comes with this volume because it is also coming with Podium and I signing a deal with six books in the series (that's three more) to be narrated by Jeffrey Kafer! Yay!

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Academy-Washouts-C-Phipps-ebook/dp/B0B8MXLJ1B/

"These are the voyages of the starship...something-something."

Captain  Vance Turbo has been struggling for the past few years, his reputation  in tatters and most of his allies having turned against him. Offered a  chance to go after a sinister crime syndicate at a peace treaty in Notha  Space, he jumps at the chance. However, no sooner does he do so that he  discovers that a malevolent AI and even more powerful forces are at  work. Ones that threaten everyone and everything in the galaxy. Will  Vance somehow stumble his way into saving the universe again or will his  luck finally run out?

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genreI'm now pleased to say the third (and not final) volume of Space Academy is now released in Kindle form! There's a lot of good news that comes with this volume because it is also coming with Podium and I signing a deal with six books in the series (that's three more) to be narrated by Jeffrey Kafer! Yay!

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Academy-Washouts-C-Phipps-ebook/dp/B0B8MXLJ1B/

"These are the voyages of the starship...something-something."

Captain  Vance Turbo has been struggling for the past few years, his reputation  in tatters and most of his allies having turned against him. Offered a  chance to go after a sinister crime syndicate at a peace treaty in Notha  Space, he jumps at the chance. However, no sooner does he do so that he  discovers that a malevolent AI and even more powerful forces are at  work. Ones that threaten everyone and everything in the galaxy. Will  Vance somehow stumble his way into saving the universe again or will his  luck finally run out?

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

That's not the only good news, however, because we also have TALES OF CAPES AND COWLS available for Kindle. It is a wonderful anthology containing numerous superhero stories by such awesome authors as myself, Keith R.A. Candido, Michael Suttkus, David Niall Wilson, and Matthew Davenport.

TALES OF CAPES AND COWLS

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Capes-Cowls-C-Phipps-ebook/dp/B0B1PDVDV1/

"Look, up in the sky, it's Ultragod!"

Superheroes have conquered movies, television, video games, and (of course) the comic book. However, there's still a dearth of fantastic superhero literature out there. Tales of Capes and Cowls is a wonderful collection of nine short stories, novelettes, and a novella about the text-based adventures of superheroes.

Inside, you'll find stories about a supervillain recruited to kill Hitler before he wins WW2 using magic, a street level hero out to stop an insane AI, a group of young heroes befriending a powerful wizard, a daring jailbreak, and a 1960s romp with that era's modest heroes! Works by C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga), David Niall Wilson (Hoods), Keith R.E. DeCandido (Super City Cops), Richard Roberts (Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain), and more!

Space Academy Rejects is now available!

Hey folks,

SPACE ACADEMY REJECTS is now available for purchase on Kindle and Audiobook! It is the sequel to Space Academy Dropouts and I think to be one of my funniest creations yet.

"Where no one has been dumb enough to have gone before."

Vance Turbo, HERO OF SPACE, has spent most of his hard-won officer's career helping refugees. This ends when a star gets blown up and he accidentally ends up saving everyone. Now the captain of the E.S.S Ares, he is on a goodwill mission to Contested Space. Unfortunately, his crew is made up of people who couldn't qualify for Space Academy but are now in thanks to lowered enlistment standards. Captain Turbo has also been charged by the Elder Races to find out who blew up the star or they're going to destroy humanity. Did we mention the evil Notha Emperor wants to be his best friend? All in a day's work for the galaxy's most questionably qualified explorer.

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

Available here 

Space Academy Dropouts and Daughter of the Cyber Dragons are now available!

Hey folks,

I'm pleased to say that April is a red letter month for me as I have not one but two releases on audiobook! Yes, SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS (narrated by Jeffrey Kafer) and DAUGHTER OF THE CYBER DRAGONS (narrated by Catherine Ho) are out! 

Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Space-Academy-Dropouts-Audiobook/B09VWJZ7SY

"Boldly going because they're completely lost."

The newly renamed Vance Turbo has sabotaged his own career at Space Fleet Academy due to a desire to atone for a training accident. Unfortunately, his actions result in him getting press-ganged into an expendable crew of misfits recruited by a legendary starship captain. Their mission? To recover a collection of lost sun-destroying missiles that could restart a galactic war. Unfortunately, Vance is smart enough to know something is wrong with this picture. After all, no sane person would recruit this crew to save the universe.

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Daughter-of-the-Cyber-Dragons-Audiobook/B09VK4YHP7

Keiko "Kei" Springs is a Rider, a specialized form of delivery girl and mercenary all in one.

They are among the most highly prized criminals in the dystopian neon city of New Los Angeles. Kei has been running from her past for years and has literally erased it from her mind using a popular street drug called lethe. Unfortunately, you can't outrun your past forever, even on her specialized Nina cybercycle.

Strapped for cash, Kei accepts a job she probably shouldn't after barely surviving a live fire test by a married pair of oligarchs. Teamed up with a group of other mercenaries and cyborgs, Kei is to seek out a stolen computer program that has the power to drive otherwise ordinary individuals to shocking acts of violence. Her team includes her ex, a handsome bioroid assassin, a teenage hacker, and a ruthless corporate exec that all have their own agendas. It'd be the worst time of her life if not for all the ones she can't remember.

The Cyber Dragons trilogy is set in the same world as the Agent G series and is an exciting action adventure cyberpunk thriller with plenty of humor.

Spae Academy Dropouts and Daughter of the Cyber Dragons are available for preorder

Hey folks,

I am very pleased to say that SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS and DAUGHTER OF THE CYBER DRAGONS are now available for preorder on Audible. Daughter of the Cyber Dragons is available on April 5th and Space Academy Dropouts on April 12th.

SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS



Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Space-Academy-Dropouts-Audiobook/B09VWJZ7SY

"Boldly going because they're completely lost."

The newly renamed Vance Turbo has sabotaged his own career at Space Fleet Academy due to a desire to atone for a training accident. Unfortunately, his actions result in him getting press-ganged into an expendable crew of misfits recruited by a legendary starship captain. Their mission? To recover a collection of lost sun-destroying missiles that could restart a galactic war. Unfortunately, Vance is smart enough to know something is wrong with this picture. After all, no sane person would recruit this crew to save the universe.

Space Academy is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

DAUGHTER OF THE CYBER DRAGONS

 

Link: https://www.audible.com/pd/Daughter-of-the-Cyber-Dragons-Audiobook/B09VK4YHP7

Keiko "Kei" Springs is a Rider, a specialized form of delivery girl and mercenary all in one.

They are among the most highly prized criminals in the dystopian neon city of New Los Angeles. Kei has been running from her past for years and has literally erased it from her mind using a popular street drug called lethe. Unfortunately, you can't outrun your past forever, even on her specialized Nina cybercycle.

Strapped for cash, Kei accepts a job she probably shouldn't after barely surviving a live fire test by a married pair of oligarchs. Teamed up with a group of other mercenaries and cyborgs, Kei is to seek out a stolen computer program that has the power to drive otherwise ordinary individuals to shocking acts of violence. Her team includes her ex, a handsome bioroid assassin, a teenage hacker, and a ruthless corporate exec that all have their own agendas. It'd be the worst time of her life if not for all the ones she can't remember.

The Cyber Dragons trilogy is set in the same world as the Agent G series and is an exciting action adventure cyberpunk thriller with plenty of humor.

Space Academy Dropouts is now available!

Hey folks,

I am very pleased to say that SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS is now available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. This is my first book available and KU and I'm interested to see if it pans out as that might lead to releasing more of my books on Amazon's lending service.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SUPERVILLAINY SAGA:

"Boldly going because they're completely lost."

The newly renamed Vance Turbo has sabotaged his own career at Space Fleet Academy due to a desire to atone for training accident. Unfortunately, his actions result in him getting press-ganged into an expendable crew of misfits recruited by a legendary starship captain. Their mission? To recover a collection of lost sun-destroying missiles that could restart a galactic war. Unfortunately, Vance is smart enough to know something is wrong with this picture. After all, no sane person would recruit this crew to save the universe.

SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS is an all-new series from the hilarious duo of C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer's Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

Available here