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Paternus: Rise of Gods - Fantasy Novel Hardbacks

Created by Dyrk Ashton

PLEASE NOTE: DELIVERY and SHIPPING FEES Reasonable effort will be made to combine add-on orders for shipping, and to combine add-on orders with pledge level rewards. This may result in significantly reduced actual shipping costs. If actual shipping cost is significantly less than what you paid, refunds will be made with delivery (rounded up to the nearest dollar and not including packaging and handling costs). Items will be shipped together in Feb/Mar 2020, except War of Gods ARCs. The eARC will be delivered in April. The paperback ARC should arrive by the date of release, May 19, 2020.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

One week to go for the Paternus: Wrath of Gods - Fantasy Novels Hardbacks Kickstarter
over 3 years ago – Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 08:28:44 PM

Greetings dear Rise of Gods hardback Kickstarter backers!

We've got one more week for the Wrath of Gods (Book 2) hardbacks Kickstarter. If you still want book 2 but haven't pledged, now is the time! The Kickstarter ends a week from today, Monday, Sept. 28 at 11:59 PM EST. If you received a hardback of book 1, your numbers will be matched in book 2!

We fully funded on the first day, have blown past the first two stretch goals, and are on the third. The first stretch goal has made it so the hardbacks will now include a map of New Vanaheim, the secret Norwegian valley realm of Fryeja. I'm thrilled to announce it will be hand-drawn by cartographer Seth Tomlinson. Here is his page on ArtStation, but below are a few of his images.

The second stretch goal was for a timeline of births and origins of Paternus characters, which will now appear in the back of the book.

We're real close to funding the third stretch goal, which is for the timeline to be greatly expanded to include important historical events in the lives of Peter and the Firstborn throughout the history of the world.

Thank you! If it weren't for you this second Kickstarter wouldn't even be happening or the tremendous success it has been already. I love you all! Take care and have a fantastic week.

All the best,

Dyrk

The Paternus: Wrath of Gods Hardbacks Kickstarter is live!
over 3 years ago – Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 05:38:50 PM

Hello everyone! A bunch of you already know about it, but my sincerest apologies to the rest of you for not sending this update out until now. The last few days have been madness - in the best possible way - but madness nonetheless. Sorry!

The Kickstarter for Paternus: Wrath of Gods (The Paternus Trilogy, Book 2) hardbacks is now live! Not only that, but we have already blown past the funding goal (in less than twelve hours) and the first stretch goal!

These hardbacks will be printed to the same specs as Book 1, and the character illustration will be of Asterion, The Bull, rendered by the fabulously talented Felix Ortiz. Now that the first stretch goal has been funded, the books will also have a map of New Vanaheim, the secret valley realm of Freyja of the Black Sword Hand. Stretch goal #2, now unlocked, is for a timeline of births and origins of characters from The Paternus Trilogy to also be included in the books.

Some of the pledge level rewards and add-ons:

Signed & Numbered Wrath of Gods Hardbacks
Signed Trilogy Paperbacks
Gallery Quality Posters
Exclusive Wrath of Gods Bookmarks
and MORE!

Anyone who already owns or pledges for Book 1 (a limited number still available!) will have numbers for Book 2 matched.

Thank you all, and I hope everyone is well :)

All the very best,

Dyrk

Shipping refund messages sent!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 09:56:34 PM

Hello everybody! Sorry it took me so long to get this taken care of. Part of the delay was all the COVID issues with international shipping, part needing to get the War of Gods ARCs out first so I had those shipping numbers, part being crazy busy, and part procrastination. You can decide which percentages to apply to those parts :D

It took some serious spreadsheet mojo, but I've now sent out messages through Kickstarter to everyone who is owed a refund on shipping costs. If you did not receive one of these messages and think you may be owed a refund, please don't hesitate to contact me. I want to make things right!

Refunds were determined by subtracting actual postage cost from the total of shipping paid for pledge levels and for add-ons. $2.00 packaging and handling cost per package sent was then subtracted from that number (some people received two packages because they got the War of Gods ARC paperback as well).

If the difference rounded to at least $2.00 owed to you, you received a message from me. Again, if you think I've miscalculated your account and you may be owed, please let me know.

In other exciting news, we're still on schedule for the Kickstarter for Book 2 hardbacks to launch on September 8. And breaking news (I'm so excited) - the artist for the character art piece for the inside front of the Book 2 hardback will be the incredibly talented Felix Ortiz. You can see some of his amazing work here on ArtStation.

Thanks again, everyone. I hope you are well!

All the best,
 Dyrk

Paternus Updates, and a Kickstarter Announcement!
over 3 years ago – Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:35:15 PM

Hello everyone! I hope you all are well!

A number of things to report:

Shipping of Paternus: War of Gods Uncorrected Proof Paperback ARCs. The final items of the Kickstarter have been shipped! All of them were posted on Friday, July 10. I've received notifications from around the U.S. and the U.K. that those have been arriving beginning only a few days after they were shipped. I hope everyone is receiving them okay. If you pledged to receive one, please let me know if yours still hasn't arrived by August 1 or so and I'll see what I can find out from my end.

The Paternus Trilogy is complete! Book 3, War of Gods officially released on June 23. I'm thrilled with the early response, and couldn't be happier with the reviews that have come in so far from bloggers, on Amazon, and on Goodreads. Many of those reviews came from you wonderful folks. I can't thank you enough.

Reviews are incredibly helpful to authors. If you've read the book or plan to soon, I would be eternally grateful if you could post something to Amazon or Goodreads (or both). If you are on BookBub, reviews there are wonderful as well. I certainly understand if you'd rather not, though. I'm elated enough that you decided to be part of the book 1 hardback Kickstarter :)

Shipping refunds. I apologize for taking so long to get to this. The months before and weeks since the release of book 3 were fairly mad, to say the least. I also had a bit of burn-out, but have rested up and feel myself again. I plan to get to this next week. It will be complicated, comparing spreadsheets of what was paid for shipping and what it actually cost. Some ended up costing more, but I expected that to happen, and I shipped over a dozen replacements due to packages being lost or returned. Be that as it may, I promised that if you paid more than $2 than actual shipping cost, I would refund the difference. I will be working the spreadsheet comparison mojo next week and will contact everyone who is entitled to a refund to see about the best way for me to get it to you. Again, very sorry it has taken me this long to get to it!

Last but not least - Kickstarter for Book 2, Paternus: Wrath of Gods Hardbacks! I'm very excited to announce that I'll be launching the Kickstarter for Book 2 on Tuesday, September 8! I haven't told anyone about that yet, so you all are the very first to know. These will be printed to the same specs as book one, with color interior art and chapter headings (though I haven't figured out yet whether the art and color will be part of the main funding goal, or stretch goals like they were for the Book 1 KS). Every backer who backed book 1 will also receive the same numbered edition as they did for book 1. The books will of course also have stamped covers of the same cover stock, but instead of blue, they will be green. I think they will look fantastic and can't wait to launch the KS. I'm not too worried about funding this time around, but fingers crossed we pass the finish line on the Kickstarter. When the time comes, I'll probably bug you all to share as much as possible to help, though, so beware :D

Looking ahead, I hope to launch the KS for the book 3 hardbacks in January of 2021. The cover stock for book 3 will be red. AND, also included in the Kickstarter for book 3 will be a classy slipcase for the series!

Thank you again! If I haven't told you lately, I love you all, and there's nothing you can do about it ;)

All the very best,

Dyrk

They're here!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 12:26:41 AM

A very brief update: The War of Gods Uncorrected Proof paperback ARCS are finally here! Five boxes worth. I'm going on vacation (first time in years) this Saturday, but am sworn to get each and every one of these out before I go. Fingers crossed for better delivery speed this time around. Thank you all for your kind and gracious patience :)

All the very best,

Dyrk