New Release - I Woke Up in Another Life as a Daredevil Prince of a Fairy Kingdom!

Description:

Haru Shinoda has a big problem. He’s woken up in an unfamiliar body in a fantasy fairy kingdom. How did this happen??

He’s a junior accountant at Zasshi World Publishing in Tokyo. He’s a fan of isekai stories, but he never thought he’d get isekai-ed himself.

In his new life he’s Crown Prince Erik of the Airan Kingdom, where everyone is half-human and half-fairy. Erik is a beloved favorite son, the apple of King Eldrick and Princess Griselda’s eye in spite of his wild risk-taking nature. He’s super athletic and leads the kingdom’s Daredevil Squad of knights on missions.

In his real life Haru is the exact opposite of Prince Erik. How can he possibly pull this off?

And... if he’s in Erik’s body... where is Erik??

As the kingdom’s top magic user works to find the answer, Haru delves into the mystery that lies at the heart of his connection to Airan.

His clues are an antique mirror, a story told by his late grandmother, and a promise from long ago...

Join Haru and discover a world of fairy kingdoms and adventure!

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The new ebook is out! Here is Volume 1 of I Woke Up in Another Life as a Daredevil Prince of a Fairy Kingdom!

If you’ve been following this blog, you may have noticed a little change. I dropped “Hellraising” from the title. It was an artistic decision based on the fact that this one small word mischaracterized the Prince Erik character. He’s a daredevil but not a hellraiser, because hellraising implies lawlessness, drunken carousing, and the like, and that wasn’t Erik.

If you’re a writer, you know these things aren’t small - they actually make a big difference. I felt uncomfortable with the title and couldn’t figure out why, until I really thought about it. Once I realized the problem, I changed the title immediately.

This story has its origin in my two Daredevil Prince books. It’s the isekai anime the two voice actors Jake Rowan and Shinsuke Shiratori star in as Prince Erik, in the English dub and Japanese versions. From that, I got the idea to write the actual isekai story itself as a separate series.

Just FYI, there is no romance, gay or otherwise, in this story. It’s straight-up isekai fantasy. Isekai, if you’re not familiar with the term, is a story where the main character either wakes up or reincarnates in a different world.

I tried to capture the feel of a Japanese isekai light novel in the characters, setting, and premise. I’m not sure how many body switch isekai stories there are, but I’m sure they exist...

Another change I made during the writing of this book involves the series length. Originally, I thought this was a trilogy. I looked at the overall story and concluded it would best be told in two volumes. So the story will be finished in the next volume.

I am thrilled with the cover art. The artist is gem2niki. If you Google her name, it’ll bring up numerous websites that feature her art. I think her main site is Poyo Yo! Studio. I admire her art and really appreciate what she did with this cover. A professional cover makes a world of difference, doesn’t it? =D

The paperback version should be ready for release sometime in May.

So here are some links:

Amazon
I Woke Up - Ebook

Smashwords
I Woke Up - Ebook

It’s also available at Apple Books and other sites. I’m continuing to upload the ebook to other sites as well.

I’m very pleased with how this first volume turned out, and looking forward to finishing the series later this year. I hope you’ll enjoy this first volume as much as I enjoyed writing it!