Apologies for this slightly late announcement, but I’ve been keeping my head down to finish the first draft of Sol, the fifth book in the Silver Ships series.

Belatedly, I’m pleased to announce that the Méridien audiobook, the third audiobook in the series, is online in both MP3 and CD formats.

My sincere thanks to all the fans who have waited so patiently for the continuation of the audiobook series.

Visit Amazon.com, Audible.com, or Blackstone Audio for your copy of the Méridien audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner and distributed by Blackstone Audio.

The Haraken Cover

First of all, the fourth book in the Silver Ships series has a new title, Haraken.

Two reasons for the change: (1) the book is more about the people, the Harakens, than the system they inhabit, Hellébore, and (2) it’s easier to insert this title into some of the listing services, which have antiquated data systems and have difficulty handling accented letters.

I’m wrapping up the editing and proofreading processes this month and will publish the eBook on March 1st.

You can visit my website, scottjucha.com, to get a preview of the first two chapters and the book’s description after the 20th of this month.

Libre Audiobook Cover

Good News! The audiobook for Libre, the second audiobook in the Silver Ships series, is finally online.

Its publishing required that I become my own audiobook producer, but the transition will enable me to keep the audiobooks published on schedule. My sincere thanks to all the fans who waited so patiently for the audiobook series to continue.

Visit Amazon.com, Audible.com, or Blackstone Audio for your copy of Libre‘s audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner and distributed by Blackstone Audio.

Author’s Wife Demonstrates Ease of Flying Model Silver Ship

— TSS News release —-

In collaboration with Melvin Industries, author S. H. Jucha commissioned the building of a model of a gravity-driven Silver Ship, otherwise known as a “dark traveler.” The above photo, shows the author’s wife demonstrating the ease with which the ship can be controlled.

Melvin Industries President, Dave Melvin was quoted as saying, “This is one of the most difficult contracts our company has ever worked on, but we were thrilled to be selected to build this first-of-a-kind drive system.” Asked when a full-scale model might be available, Mr. Melvin declined to comment saying, “It was too soon to tell.”

S. H. Jucha did admit that there were challenges to perfecting the tiny controller, but in the end the bugs were discovered and corrected. “I’m overjoyed with this proof of concept of a gravity-driven ship and can’t wait to see a full-sized shuttle, utilizing this design, in the future.”

This reporter can only say, “Watch out SpaceX! You may have competition!”

Disclaimer: This post, which is pure fiction, is meant to be a thank you to a group of very supportive readers of my novels, Dave Melvin, his wife Cindy, and his daughter Tiffany. Dave sent me the model on a whim, and I laughed saying that I had no individuals that small to fly it. Dave replied by sending me a remote controller, built with a “message in the bottle” so to speak. P.S. Dave, Peggy got a kick out of “flying” it.

I’ve been asked by several readers to post the Reddit Q&A session. So here you go!

S. H. Jucha, author of The Silver Ship, Ask Me Anything (self.books)

submitted 4 hours ago by S_H_Jucha AMA Author – stickied post

Hello, science fiction fans. I’m S. H. Jucha, the author of the science fiction series, The Silver Ships. My first novel, The Silver Ships, was published in February 2015 and the second in the series, Libre, in July. Méridien, the conclusion to the trilogy will be available on November 1st.

[–]tuppenance 3 points 3 hours ago

I have the audio book for The Silver Ships. When will LIBRE be available? I’m really looking forward to it – I have a trip coming up.

[–]S_H_Jucha AMA Author[S] 3 points 3 hours ago

There’s been a slight delay in the “Libre” audiobook, but it’s coming soon and the “Méridien” audiobook will follow shortly afterwards. Grover Gardner, who narrates the series, has had an impacted schedule lately so production has gotten behind. By the way, Grover, who narrated Stephen King’s “The Stand”, was nominated for a 2015 SOVAS award for his narration of “The Silver Ships”!

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Join me for a Q&A on Reddit on Monday, October 26th.

This will be an opportunity for readers to ask questions about my science fiction series, your favorite characters, the future of the series, or anything else related to my novels!

Ask your questions, and I will endeavor to answer all of them. The session is scheduled from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM ET, but I will post my AMA (Ask Me Anything) notice to start the Q&A session at 2 PM ET.

A login to Reddit is required to post your questions but it only takes a username and password to create an account on Reddit. I hope you will join me for the discussion.

Méridien Cover

Méridien, the end of The Silver Ships trilogy, is nearing completion. On Sept. 7th, I’ll deliver my manuscript into the hands of my indie editor and thereafter to my proofreaders.

The trilogy’s conclusion has taken longer to complete than The Silver Ships or Libre because it’s over a third longer than either of the them. I felt it was important to conclude subplots and speak to themes that had developed over the course of the trilogy. I hope my readers enjoy the extra pages.

In a later post, I will speak to the future for Alex and company. Apparently, the universe is not willing to let them rest for long.

The expected publishing date for Méridien is Nov. 1st.

“The Silver Ships” at CBE

If you’re in NYC in late May, you should check out BookExpo America, one of the nation’s largest book expositions.

The Combined Book Exhibits hosts BookExpo America in New York City during the dates of May 27th to may 29th.

My first novel, The Silver Ships, will be exhibited in the section entitled the New Title Showcase.

For the first five people who visit the BEA and send me a selfie holding my book, with the BEA display in the background, I will send you a signed high-quality 21″x 30″ poster of the  The Silver Ships cover art. Send your photo to scott@scottjucha.com.

Watch my interview with U.S. Navy physicist Dr. Matthew Foster as we discuss nanotechnology in The Silver Ships.

Dr. Foster hosts a blog, Quarky Trons, that examines the use of hard science in today’s science fiction novels. He and I discuss the many uses of advanced technology that I incorporated into the Silver Ships. I hope you enjoy.