Blood rains down on the streets of Anaka City.

For over a century, the mysterious Shield of Humanity has stood defunct, it’s crimes against the kindred world all but a distance memory. Now someone is targeting members of the vampire royal families, and the vicious slayings have The Council on edge. They dispatch their elite detective, the vampire Stealth and his shapeshifting metahuman partner, Annaleigh Shade, to unravel the dark mystery surrounding the murders.

Following a gruesome trail of dismembered bodies from the shadowy alleyways of Louisiana to the dusty roads of Texas, they are desperate to apprehend the relentless killer before another royal falls prey. 

But everything is not what it seems. Their cunning foe always seems to be one step ahead. Can Stealth and Annaleigh uncover the malevolent force responsible for the grisly slayings? Or will more royals fall victim before they uncover the truth?

Behind every shadow lurks sinister secrets. The stakes have never been higher as the bloodthirsty assassin taunts The Council, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The bodies are piling up, and the clock is ticking in this thrilling paranormal mystery.

Coming late 2023

And I, for one, think it needs to be restricted even more.

Earlier this week, Amazon announced it will be lowering the volume limits on new title creations being uploaded to KDP. The limit? Three new title creations per day. This comes after generative AI novels and short stories have been seen flooding the Amazon platform and pushing human-created books off of the top 100 bestsellers lists.

For the most part, authors are thrilled. However, there are those choice few who have been outspoken about the new limits, citing those prolific writers who routinely upload numerous content files every week.

I’m about to be that person. If this new limit affects you in any way, you are part of the problem. Now that I have no doubt peeved some folks off, let’s dive into this.

Personally, I feel there should be a limit in place of one “new” title each month. Let’s face it, if you are one of those who are pushing out content this fast, or faster, chances are slim to none that it is worth reading. But in these new self-publishing times, quantity over quality seems to be the norm. Yes, I understand some writers will try to release entire series at one time, or within a few days of each other. Again, if I have to explain to you why this is an economic disaster for this industry, please leave it. Because, again, if this is how you operate as an author, you are part of the problem.

Finally, it looks like Amazon is trying to stem the avalanche of subpar material that has been hitting their proverbial shelves since the inception of KDP and ebooks. As I’ve said many times before, we need gatekeepers in the form of quality control. This is the first step I’ve seen Amazon take toward trying to obtain that since my self-publishing journey started back in 2003.

The whole GenAI craze is just the newest incarnation of the ghost-written crap that started up around 2015/2016. As with any half-assed venture, GenAI and authors who churn new content to flood the market every few days are making matters worse. They are literally cutting off their own noses to spite their face. And if your attitude is ‘Well, so long as I am making money, then I don’t care!’ then again, YOU are part of the problem. I’m not going to sit here and explain common economics to you. Heave knows I have harped on this for the past 8 years and made numerous posts about it. The problem is no one wants to listen. And with GenAI now taking Amazon by storm, my predictions of this industry collapsing in on itself are quickly coming to pass.

As I’ve said before – I hate to say I told you so, but, well, here we are.