The Based Books For Male Readers (I’m sure some women would enjoy them, too) is live starting today, Wednesday, July 30th through August 5th.

Tons and tons of digital books, all priced from 99 cents down to FREE are available for download from Amazon.

Here’s part of the blurb:

Whether you’re a father, a fighter, a builder, or just a man looking for stories that resonate with who you are and what you face, the Based Book Sale delivers. This is where you’ll find battle-tested wisdom, thrilling adventures, dangerous ideas, and the kind of timeless values that modern publishing tries to suppress. In a literary world flooded with sensitivity readers, diversity checklist characters, and sanitized stories, this sale is a direct challenge to the decline. We offer books that speak to masculine virtues, moral struggles, and heroic ideals.

All of the books are presented in a linear list, which means the substack page is really, really long. At the bottom, you may find your list is truncated, but there should be a button or link to expand the page so you can see every thing.

The sale is supposed to contain two of my books, but one has been left off. I’m looking into that.

Keep in mind that even if you’re a “based” guy, not all of these books may be your proverbial cup of tea (or bourbon if that’s a more manly drink). Read the descriptions and see which ones appeal to you (hopefully mine do). Remember, a lot of them are absolutely free and those that aren’t only cost 99 cents, so hardly a bank account breaker.

Of my books:

Ice by James Pyles

In eons past, the armies of Surtur the fire goddess and Ymir the frost giant waged an unceasing battle for dominance over the Earth. For all those ages, they maintained an uneasy but enduring balance. Then humanity rose from the mud, and with the passage of time, came to fear fire more than ice, devoting their own meager forces to the conflict. Not to be denied, Surtur beat back both mortals and giants, consigning the planet to unrelenting heat and the ice lords to seeming oblivion. Before leaving the material realm, in jest she gave humanity the gift of magic and the curse of the return of dragons.

For thousands of years thereafter, the race of people knew nothing but a world without ice. Spanning the globe in sailing ships, the humans continued to thrive and remembered not the distant past. Then Captain Ki-Moon Yong of the Oceanic Trading Company vessel the Star of Jindo is assigned the task of solving the most profound mystery ever encountered. Another ship has gone missing and her only remaining crewman suddenly commits suicide after visiting the sunken continent of Antarctica. All of the dinosaur species of the south have gone mad, invading the guarded towns and cities on their way north, as if to escape some monstrous terror.

The answers to these enigmas all lie on the continent at the bottom of the world, and Captain Moon must take the Star to a strange research facility to discover them. But once there, he is confronted with a truth so profound and so nightmarish that it will change the very nature of reality. Can the Star of Jindo escape the inevitable in time to warn an unbelieving world of that truth, or will they be consumed in frozen horror?

Ice is absolutely free for the duration of the sale, so go for it. The reviews on Amazon are all four and five stars so the readers (so far) seem to like the story.

The next book is supposed to be in the sale, but I can’t find it in the list at the moment.

Nevertheless:

Our Legacy, The Stars: A Tom Corbett Adventure by James Pyles

Following the adventures of titular character Tom Corbett and pals Roger Manning and Astro, as they tour the galaxy in their ship, Polaris, Starry Eyed Press proudly presents Our Legacy, The Stars, an all-new Tom Corbett literary adventure.

With an all new mission for the crew of the Polaris with the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance, James Pyles continues in the tradition of fun and adventure of the classic series.

Formerly available for Kindle Vella, this episodic tale has been assembled into a complete novel for the first time.

“Pyles takes us back to a simpler time in science fiction, complete with all of the warm nostalgic fuzzies that go along with it.” – The Literary Post

This one costs 99 cents and also has four and five star Amazon reviews. If you love retro space opera, this one’s for you.

Don’t forget to have a look at ALL of the books at The Based Books For Male Readers. You may find stories you never thought were existed or even written anymore, stories of adventure, truth, honor, and heroism.

Have fun and for those books (mine, please) that you do download and read, don’t forget to leave an honest review.

Thanks.

Addendum: “Our Legacy The Stars: A Tom Corbett Adventure” has now been added to the sale.