Annual Veteran's Day Promotion with Free eBooks; Last Days for Sherlock Holmes in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe; Cool New eBook Editions of Some of Our Sherlock Holmes Books; A Sherlock Holmes Lucky Dip Book

Free eBooks for Veteran's Day

Hi everyone, 

In honor of Veteran's Day in America, Belanger Books always donates a portion of our sales to The Fisher House Foundation. The Fisher House Foundation is a nonprofit which builds comfort homes where military & veterans families can stay free of charge, while a loved one is in the hospital. Belanger Books has now donated hundreds of dollars to their cause.

What we do: For Veteran's Day, we donate a portion of our royalties to The Fisher House Foundation from all of our book sales (ebook, paperback, and hard cover).  To help the Fisher House, please consider purchasing one of our books, or donating directly to The Fisher House Foundation at this link.

This year, we are offering a select few of our eBook editions for free. Why would we give away our books? We find that by giving away free ebooks, people often come back and either buy the paperback version of the book or purchase additional eBooks.  This is a great way to sample our books and then buy a book to help support our Veterans.  This year's free ebooks:

The Reminiscences of Solar Pons

Once more the most successful of pastiche-detectives, Solar Pons, walks on stage with a new sequence of adventures. In this fourth major collection, Solar Pons is engaged with an intriguing variety of problems — the curious puzzle of the antique sovereign boxes narrated in the novelette, "The Adventure of the Mosaic Cylinders"; the sanguine riddle of the body in the thirteenth coffin told in "The Adventure of the Mazarine Blue"; the perplexing matter of the man devoted to British bowlers — "The Adventure of the Hats of M. Dulac"; the incredible plot to foment a religious war — "The Adventure of the Black Cardinal"; the disturbing facts in the murder of a psychic client — "The Adventure of the Blind Clairaudient" — and others. Solar Pons has won a place for himself among the outstanding exponents of the deductive. 

Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk, Tales of a Retro Future

The World's Greatest Detective in the Retro Futuristic Realms of Steampunk!
Imagine a slight change to our historical timeline where the Industrial Revolution heated up much quicker than expected. Technological marvels such as airships, trains, battleships, and submarines came into being much earlier. They were followed by steam-powered wonders such as mechanical men, flying ships, and even crafts capable of reaching the deepest fathoms of the sea or traveling to distant celestial orbs.
That is the world where Sherlock Holmes and his Boswell, Dr. Watson find themselves in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk.

The Rascal In The Castle: Sherlock's Possible! Dog and the Queen's Revenge

A desperate King. A vengeful villain. A nation on the brink of war.

Sounds like a job for DIGBY - the watchdog of Sherlock Holmes!

When one of Holmes's most brilliant enemies returns to threaten a royal wedding, Digby must travel over land and sea to help solve the mystery. Can Digby prevent two nations from going to war? Can Digby cross the ocean without losing his lunch? Will Holmes finally admit that he has a dog?

Menacing "hunds", sinister schemes, and an army of hungry vermin -- lucky for Holmes and Watson that Digby is on the case!

A Tribute to H.G. Wells, Stories Inspired by the Master of Science Fiction Volume 1: Mars: Bringer of War

A Tribute to H.G. Wells, Stories Inspired by the Master of Science Fiction Volume 2: A Dark and Beautiful Future 

Science-Fiction today would not be the same without the influence of H.G. Wells. Books like The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and The Island of Dr. Moreau still feel timely over a hundred years later due to their look into technological advances, fantastical creatures, and their social commentary. Now, some of today's top science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery writers pay tribute to the great father of the fantastic. 

A Tribute to H.G. Wells, Stories Inspired by the Master of Science Fiction Volume 1: Mars: Bringer of War features all new adventures inspired by Wells' The War of the Worlds. Experience the Martian invasion as seen from grizzled veterans, terrified lovers, desperate school children; and by intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic; from the Wild West to an Underworld of Fiction, and finally to the war's apocalyptic aftermath.

A Tribute to H.G. Wells, Stories Inspired by the Master of Science Fiction Volume 2: Visions of a Dark and Beautiful Future features all new adventures inspired by his great work including The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and many more!

Final Hours for Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe on Kickstarter!

We are in the final hours for the Kickstarter campaign for Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe!

Imagine Sherlock Holmes solving cases where the clues include a mysterious cask of amontillado - the haunting cries of a raven - an unnerving asylum - a man's uncanny doppelgänger!  These are just some of the stories in our new anthology Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe.

You can learn more about the project and back it by clicking here.

New eBook Editions of Some of our Sherlock Holmes Classics

We are currently releasing new and updated editions of some of our Sherlock Holmes back catalog.  These new editions are a great way to introduce readers to new Sherlock Holmes stories.  The current editions:

Beyond Watson: A Sherlock Holmes Anthology of Stories Not Told by Dr. John H. Watson

Imagine a Holmes without his Boswell...

Or, rather, imagine a Holmes without the voice of Watson. Is there a difference?

After all, we have learned about the great detective not through his own voice and eyes, but through that of his loyal companion, his dear friend, his Boswell. What might we be missing? Who else could tell of the great detective’s feats?

Find out as some of today's best Sherlock Holmes authors including Derrick Belanger, Luke Kuhns, Kieran Lyne, David Marcum, Jack McDevitt, Richard Paolinelli, David Ruffle, Geri Schear, Don Smith, Elizabeth Varadan, Daniel Victor, and Marcia Wilson tell stories from the perspectives of:

Sherlock Holmes

Mrs Hudson

Colonel Sebastian Moran

Raymond Chandler

Inspector Lestrade

Winston Churchill

Violet Hunter

Henry Mencken

and many others...

Holmes Away From Home: Adventures From The Great Hiatus, Volume 1, 1891 - 1892

Holmes Away From Home: Adventures from the Great Hiatus, Volume II: 1893-1894

The very name of the world’s greatest detective conjures up images of Victorian London, gaslit streets, hansom cabs, and dense fogs. But there was a time, a dark three-year period, when London had to make do without Sherlock Holmes.

From 1891 to 1894, he was presumed to be dead, having perished during the epic struggle with that infamous Napoleon of Crime, Professor Moriarty, atop the Reichenbach Falls. But unknown to most, even his friend Dr. Watson, Holmes survived.

During those three years, he roamed the world, acting as an agent for the British Government and using his very special skills along the way. In Volume 1 of Holmes Away From Home, the incredible two-volume collection of new traditional Holmes adventures, we find Our Hero criss-crossing the world – Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States.

During this period known as The Great Hiatus, Holmes may have been in disguise, but there is no mistaking the person that Watson described as “the best and wisest man whom I have ever known.” The game is afoot!

A Sherlock Holmes Lucky Dip Book

Love Sherlock Holmes stories? Want to make the difference in the life of a child? Then our friends at MX Publishing have a great deal for you with A Sherlock Holmes Dip Book! 

From MX Publishing:

"Be surprised and add a lucky dip book for just $6 or £5 to your shopping basket. When you buy a lucky dip book we donate $1.50/£1 to the Happy Life Children's Home.  Happy Life provide hope and a home to Kenya's abandoned children.

Our lucky dip books are selected from our entire range of Sherlock Holmes novels and short story collections.  They make for a great treat for yourself or a lovely gift for the book-lover in your life.

All books are sold as new and retail at between $9 to $50.  So you're guaranteed to save at least 30%."  

Help support Happy Life and get a great Sherlock Holmes read by clicking here.

That wraps up this blog post. Stay tuned for more information, including our final Kickstarter for the year!

--Derrick Belanger

Belanger Books is a small press owned by artist Brian Belanger and author Derrick Belanger specializing in new Sherlock Holmes books, Solar Pons, Children's books, Classic Sci-fi, Steampunk, and genre specific anthologies.  Some of our books have been #1 bestsellers in their categories on Amazon.