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US Covers for Sentients of Orion: Mirror Space
US Covers for Sentients of Orion: Chaos Space
And here is book 2, Chaos Space. As the series follows several character threads, so the covers reflect that.
US Covers for Sentients of Orion – Dark Space
Here is the new cover for DARK SPACE for the E-Reads US e-book release. The series new covers were created by the amazing Austin Designworks! I’ll be showing each cover over consecutive days, so look out tomorrow for CHAOS SPACE.
November Release for Sentients of Orion
Well it looks like SENTIENTS of ORION will have a November release on E-Reads. I’m very delighted to be bring the books out through this well established and respected company who have authors like Harlan Ellison, Greg Bear, Piers Anthony and Isaac Asimov.
Top SF Books of the Decade
So immensely pleased to see Dark Space mentioned on Liviu Suciu’s list for 2007. Liviu’s probably one of the most well read SFF critics on the web:
Mark Van Name, One Jump Ahead (2007)
Rhys Hughes, The Crystal Cosmos (2007)
David Gunn, Death’s Head (2007)
Marianne de Pierres, Dark Space (2007)
Read the full list.
New Covers
Shall I go for new covers or stay with the old?
Here’s a mock up Amy did for me a while ago. What do you think of this kind of look?
Sentients A-Go for USA
It’s been a while since I announced the release of Sentients of Orion in e-book form in the US. Things went quiet then because it’s taken me months to organise some admin stuff to do with the release. Finally that’s completed, so I hope to have a release date for you soon.
I’m also very excited to whisper that Wayne Haag (the amazing artist ANKARIS) and I will be doing some work together on the Sentients series release in the USA and maybe other projects in time. Details to come!
For those of you who have supported Sentients during its release in the the Commonwealth (particularly my then editor, Darren Nash), I thank you from the bottom of my heart. As some of you know, I wept blood over this series. I’m so happy to think it will get a wider release. If the ebook sales go alright, then it may be available POD.
So when the time comes, I will ask you to spread word for me.
love
Marianne x0
Art of Ankaris
Scene Update
Not sure if this is a pirate site but the summation of the series is a nice one:
Marianne de Pierres presents an engaging space opera with plenty of action. Sheltered baronessa Mira Fedor, a minor noble of the mining planet Araldis, expects to become the first female pilot of the royal fleet’s AI command ship. She instead finds herself on the run from the Principe, who wants to tear away her piloting skills and give them to his son, Trinder Pellegrini. When playboy Trin enrages his father and is banished to a meaningless desk job, he uncovers machinations related to the family’s mines that may be connected with a burgeoning alien invasion. Playing with the time line, de Pierres creates an absorbing story as the consequences and actions resolve to show her grand design. Twists and hints will keep readers eagerly awaiting the next volumes.
Mira Fedor by Danielle
Danielle Neuman, an artist with a focus in comics has done a fantastic concept sketch for my character Mira Fedor.
Sentients of Orion 
