Hello, Reader who enjoys (or at least tolerates) cats.

Above, you see Mochi, giving his brother Taroko a kiss on the cheek. They used to sit up here together as kittens. Now, they have to prove that they still fit. This sweetness was immediately followed by wrestling that tested the integrity of the cat tree. Fortunately, they are not creasia.

But...here's someone who is :)

I won't burry the lead here; Rish finished the audio for Arcove's Bright Side. His voices for the characters are amazing. You can listen to us ramble about it exuberantly here. We tried to avoid spoilers in that interview. We'll do another one with spoilers for after people have listened. You can also enjoy the first 3 chapters of the story over there if you'd like to test-drive it, or you can subscribe and get the whole thing as a podcast.

The complete 17 hour audiobook of Arcove's Bright Side is here and comes with the ebook. If you previously purchased the ebook, you should have gotten a discount code. Let me know if you think something went wrong.

Additionally, the paperback is on the Zon and available signed from me. Digital versions of the book (ebook and audio) are only available from me.

Once again, reading order for the Hunters Universe Saga is:

Hunters Unlucky
Lullaby
Distraction
Arcove's Bright Side
Legacy

These books have a high degree of natural realism. The behavior of the creasia is based upon actual lions and I have 3 long essays about it on my Patreon:

"Population Genetics and Inbreeding Depression in Creasia" - https://www.patreon.com/posts/64404539
"A Bisexual Lion is Just a Lion" - https://www.patreon.com/posts/64453967
"More Lions (sorry)" - https://www.patreon.com/posts/64686850

Just because books are about animals does not mean they are for kids. The first two are appropriate for all ages, but after that, use your judgement. I did not write them with children in mind, although they were certainly written with science and biology in mind.

If you would like to start at the beginning of the series, here's a long sample of the first book.

What else is happening?

• I have recently moved my entire signed paperback store from Squarespace to Payhip. This means that all of my books and extras (ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, a few hardbacks, plus extras like interviews and outtakes) are now in one place: https://shop.abigailhilton.com/ In order to celebrate this, I'm offering 15% off on all items through the end of the month. The code is: ONELRG7UWZ

• I recently previewed hardcovers of the Hunters books. They are even prettier than I expected.

• If you're an Audible fan, Lullaby just went live there. I am not planning to post the audiobooks of the rest of the series on that site, but if you'd like Lullaby from Audible, you can get it now (and also on most other audio retailers).

• In case you missed the previous announcement, I updated my rewards summary page on Patreon. The quick links make things easier to find.

Yours, an author busy with an audio release,
Abbie