Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause Cover Story

by Dan McGirt on July 28, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

The cover for Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause is here at last. The gorgeously absurd and absurdly gorgeous illustration, once again, is by award-winning artist Richard Hescox, with cover design by Kris Tobiassen. They did a great job! I’ll let the picture speak for itself. You’ll have to read the book to get the full story, but what you see depicted here is our hero Jason Cosmo and the lovely twins Sapphrina and Rubis. And a very large bear.

Noble Cause (2010) by Dan McGirt

Noble Cause (2010)

Alas, we had to trim the picture a little to fit the dimensions of a book cover.

Since I don’t want Richard Hescox’s great work to go to waste, here is a peek at the full image before it was edited for the book cover:

Cover art for Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause by Richard Hescox

Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause Copyright 2010 Richard Hescox

I hope you enjoy this cover as much as I do.  Stay tuned for Noble Cause!

Best regards,

Dan McGirt

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Hero Wanted ebook, soon no longer a free book

by Dan McGirt on July 11, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

On July 18, 2009, I uploaded the Jason Cosmo: HERO WANTED to Smashwords as a free ebook. My initial intention was to offer the ebook as a free download only until the HERO WANTED print edition was released in August 2009. The goal was twofold:

  • A thank you to long-suffering, infinitely patient Loyal Readers who had been waiting for another Jason Cosmo adventure since 1993
  • Make it easy and painless for potential new readers to try Jason Cosmo.

For many and various reasons, I delayed charging for the HERO WANTED ebook. But the time is soon approaching when the free ride will end, as all good things must. Specifically, I’ll be adding a price tag on July 18, 2010, the one-year anniversary of the ebook release.

What does this mean for you, Loyal Reader? It means if you haven’t downloaded the free HERO WANTED ebook, what are you waiting for? You’ve had a whole year and now you’ve got one week left to get it for free!

(As for why I’m suddenly going to start charging for the ebook, the less said the better, but it involves a slight misunderstanding with the Russian mob and an unpleasant chap named Bruno. I really don’t want to talk about it.)

This does not mean I won’t be offering other fiction for free in the future–I definitely will be. In fact, I’ve got several free stories available right now:

And you can sample the first two chapters of the forthcoming Jason Cosmo sequel, NOBLE CAUSE here on JasonCosmo.com.

But if you haven’t yet grabbed the HERO WANTED ebook, do it now!

Best regards,

Dan McGirt

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause Progress Report

May 13, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! A quick progress report on the next Jason Cosmo title, Noble Cause.  I am still banging away at the manuscript. Ace artist Richard Hescox is sketching ideas for the cover that I hope to see soon. I expect he’ll finish painting the cover by end of June.  Shortly thereafter, I’ll debut the [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause – Chapter 2 (pt 3)

April 27, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Continuing our preview of Noble Cause with the third section of Chapter 2.  If you missed Chapter 1, start here.  The first part of Chapter 2 is here. All caught up? Great! We rejoin our story, already in progress: I skidded to a stop just short of the ursine colossus. Glancing back [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause – Chapter 2 (pt 2)

April 26, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Continuing our preview of Noble Cause with Chapter 2.  If you missed Chapter 1, start here.  The first part of Chapter 2 is here. All caught up? Then, let’s join the action, already in progress: It was only a bear. But that was like saying the sun is only a bright light. [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause – Chapter 2 (pt 1)

April 24, 2010

Greetings,  Loyal Reader! We now continue the preview of Noble Cause with Chapter 2. If you missed Chapter 1, start here. All caught up? Great! Here we go: Chapter 2 “Run! Run for your life! He’ll kill us all!” I sighed. It was going to be one of those days. ### Caratha was a proud [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 9

April 16, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Now concluding our preview of Chapter 1 of the forthcoming Jason Cosmo novel Noble Cause (if you need to catch up first, start here with part 1): “What’s this?” said Nestor Breen. He was a pock-faced, greasy-haired, beady-eyed walking cliché of a contract killer. “I don’t work with blue freaks and fancy [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 8

April 15, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! We continue our preview of Chapter 1 of Noble Cause, already in progress. If you need to catch up, start with part 1 and follow the links. Haakon hurried on his way, dripping a trail of blood behind him. I regarded my remaining opponents. “Any others having second thoughts, now is your [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 7

April 14, 2010

Greetings,  Loyal Reader! Continuing our preview of NOBLE CAUSE, Chapter 1. If you missed the earlier episodes, start with part 1 and follow the links.  Here we go: “Thanks. Who’s next?” “Haakon Hookhand. Haakon!” No one stepped forward. I scanned the crowd, spying a sturdy sailor who was missing his right hand. In its place [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 6

April 13, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Continuing our preview of NOBLE CAUSE, Chapter 1. If you missed the earlier episodes, start with part 1 and follow the links. All caught up? Here we go: Malik’s speed startled me yet again. Swifter than a diving falcon, he closed the distance between us. With one hand he reached over my [...]

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