Scar Maps cover

By the way, check out my old cover for the short Rose story "Scar Maps" done by Maria Sweeney. I took it down as a separate work since it spoiled too much from the novels and added it as an epilogue to "Iron Melting" which takes place after what it spoils, but that art was pretty nice...

New (old) Rose story out

The first lighthearted short story that introduced Rose the Iron Flower is now available on Amazon and Smashwords!

Rose, a female warrior with a superhuman constitution, and her partner Finn celebrate their defeat of a dark lord by attending a feast. But when Rose's morals lead her to interrupt a religious ceremony, they must face the wrath of the local god.

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I2V3C7W/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I2V3C7W/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Smashwords - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/402265

Always proud

Some of you may remember Annie from the Power Instinct series (previously featured further down), who showed quite the tomboyish spunk with a defiant clenched fist in her downed pose. In Matrimelee, a later game in the series, Annie took on a more mature and feminine look - along with changing the spelling of her name to "Anny."

But did she lose any of her admirable toughness with the change in image? Well, looking at her new losing pose you might think so, as she not longer clenches a fist, but merely lies with open hands flat on the ground...

But the real answer is, of course, no! Check out her proud words even after being put down (no doubt only momentarily) after a tough battle, still sounding energetic and questioning her defeat - one can easily imagine her next line to be something like "No way!" and that she will resume the fight... if her player chooses to continue, anyway. 

New release - Lost from Legend

Action packed fantasy adventure with a touch of romance and one or two badass female warriors.

After losing his memory, Jack had moved on and started a family with the woman who saved his life. But when his former love finds him at his humble inn and reveals Jack was once a warrior king, he remembers her place in his heart. For all he adores his wife, he is hard pressed to reject the powerful queen who loves him.

Urged to take back his throne and longing to complete his memory, Jack visits his homeland. There, he battles an elusive mage with ambitions to take the crown while his wife is terrorized by a ghostly stalker seeking revenge. But as he struggles to defend his loved ones from these mysterious foes, the mistakes of his own past may be prove to be his undoing.

Find it on:

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HNTX01C/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HNTX01C/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Smashwords - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/394190

Also, enter my Goodreads giveaway for paperback copies of Books 3 and 4 of the Legend of the Iron Flower series, Iron Bonds and Iron Tears!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/73398-iron-bonds

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/76687-iron-tears

Tomboyish spunk

Another female classic fighting game character who handled adversity with admirable strength was Annie from the Power Instinct series. 

With her unassuming girl-next-door look, one might not assume her on sight to be a tough as nails fighter - but she sure was! Even after being supposedly defeated, she keeps her fist tightly clenched, a sign in my mind that she isn't quite as helpless as her empty health bar implies! It's a good thing her opponents in this game are honorable enough not to attack her again while she's down - for them that is, since if they did, I would bet on her to make an angry comeback and kick their butts!

Iron Bloom now free

The first book of the Legend of the Iron Flower series is available for free at all retailers! Pick your favorite from the list below and give it a go:

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AWKEKP4/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AWKEKP4/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Smashwords -https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/271229

Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/iron-bloom-billy-wong/1114512115?ean=2940044298491

Kobo - http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/iron-bloom

Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/ee/book/iron-bloom/id601796290?mt=11

Sony - https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/billy-wong/iron-bloom/_/R-400000000000000937933

Big, big update!

First, the sixth in the Legend of the Iron Flower series, Iron Melting, is now available for purchase.

The continuing saga of a warrior whose army-slaying sword belies her kind heart.

Wracked with anxiety over a dread prophecy concerning her children and guilt for the men she has killed to protect them, weary heroine Rose decides to take a break by visiting her mother with her family. But ill fortune strikes again as she and her husband Finn encounter The Lost, an organization of people who have lost everything and wish to balance the scales of fairness by making everyone suffer as they have. When they learn The Lost serve the same destructive force their children are foretold to revive, it looks like they may have to face a reckoning earlier than expected.

Sixth in the Iron Flower series. Includes a bonus short story, "Scar Maps." Find it on:

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H16B2AS/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H16B2AS/?tag=bilthestaarts-20

Smashwords - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/383537

Also, 3 new short stories are out - check out Deep Web Dweller, Troll Regeneration, and Kraken of the Mountains in the sidebar.

Finally, enter my Goodreads giveaway for a paperback copy of Iron Bonds, the third book in the Iron Flower series!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/73398-iron-bonds