why is SOUL OF SERPENTS my favorite DEMONSOULED book?

Someone asked why SOUL OF SERPENTS is my favorite DEMONSOULED book.

Well, I do have a soft spot for it, partly because I thought it was the last novel I would ever write. In 2010, I had stopped trying to traditionally publish novels because it was a waste of time, and instead started focusing more on nonfiction about Linux. Then in 2011 I discovered the Kindle, and published a book on Linux, which started to sell. I decided, for the sake of completeness, to put up DEMONSOULED and SOUL OF TYRANTS (which I had written in 2001 and 2005, respectively). But since DEMONSOULED and SOUL OF TYRANTS had an unfinished plot arc between them, I had to have a third book.

Hence, SOUL OF SERPENTS. I figure after SOUL OF SERPENTS was finished, I would write more nonfiction books, but from time to time wistfully mention my fantasy trilogy, which would sell 1 or 2 copies every few months.

Of course, then things failed to go according to plan when people started buying the DEMONSOULED books.

So, after four years, I’ve sold 11,600 copies of SOUL OF SERPENTS, and written about another twenty-five additional novels since then. Not bad for the “last” novel I would ever write! Thanks, everyone!

This summer one of my projects is to update the DEMONSOULED series with new covers to get some new readers into the series before I start working on MASK OF DRAGONS. Here’s the rough mockup of what the new SOUL OF SERPENTS cover will look like:

-JM