If you read The Ocoda Chronicles years ago, I want you to know something: the books you read then are not quite the books available today.

Over the years, I've continued working on this series. I've gone back through the books, revised the writing, corrected problems, improved the presentation, and remastered the series while preserving the characters, story, and universe that made The Ocoda Chronicles what it is.

Some of you have been with Caleb and his family almost from the beginning. You read those early editions—with their rough edges and all—and some of you were kind enough to tell me what worked and what didn't. I listened.

That's one of the reasons I went back.

I wanted these books to represent the story the way I always wanted it told.

So I'm asking something of those of you who read Paladin or any of The Ocoda Chronicles years ago:

Come back and take another look.

If you own the Kindle edition, check whether Amazon has made the updated version available to you. If you're reading the series for the first time, you're starting with the remastered editions.

And after you've read one, I'd appreciate an honest review.

Not necessarily a five-star review. An honest one.

Reviews help other science-fiction readers decide whether this strange, enormous universe I've spent so many years creating might be for them. And for an independent author, those reviews matter more than most readers probably realize.

If you reviewed an earlier edition years ago, I'd especially love to know what you think of the book now.

The battles are still there.

 The ships are still there.

 Caleb is definitely still Caleb.

But the books have grown up a little.

Then again, so has the guy who wrote them.

Daniel O'Connell

Author of The Ocoda Chronicles