{"id":953,"date":"2020-10-07T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/?p=953"},"modified":"2020-10-07T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T17:03:23","slug":"peace-maker-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/07\/peace-maker-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Maker is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike the wait for this sequel (just 5 days short of 4 years!), I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll keep this short and sweet. But just in case you didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see any of the social media yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and just in case you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been WAITING, AMBER for this to happen for 4 years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hello. It is 7 October, 2020, which means that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/peacemaker.php\"><em>Peace Maker<\/em><\/a> finally came out yesterday. Hurrah! The first draft was done at least 6 months (if my notes are correct) before the first book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/peacefire.php\"><em>Peace Fire<\/em><\/a>, even came out. But\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Look, everyone involved had Things go down that held this up. April 2016 to now, there lost lives, lost jobs, new homes, new jobs, mental and physical health issues large and small, and so forth. Yikes. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s almost like the world, or at least the nation in which I currently live, has been a dumpster fire of troubles from 2016 to now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium_large wp-image-955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PMStillLife-768x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PMStillLife-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PMStillLife-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PMStillLife-1024x592.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PMStillLife-207x120.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PMStillLife.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Enjoy my hastily composed still life for Peace Maker<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But here is it, the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> book in the Peaceforgers trilogy. And I am so, so thrilled it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s finally in your hands. Or it could be&#8230;If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have your copy, you should be able to find it (or have them order a copy for you) wherever books are sold. And, just in case you prefer to buy online and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel like searching, here are some links to the most usual of suspects:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/peace-maker-amber-bird\/1137446737?ean=9781945636158\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a> paperback<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/peace-maker-amber-bird\/1137446737?ean=2940162756774\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a> ebook<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Amber_Bird_Peace_Maker?id=cS7oDwAAQBAJ\">Google Play Books<\/a> ebook<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id1526685157\">Apple Books<\/a> ebook<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1945636157\">Amazon<\/a> paperback<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08F77WL1Y\">Amazon<\/a> ebook<\/p>\n<p>And find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/16\/i-still-swear\/\">Radio Edit<\/a> version (ebook only) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08HM4M44F\">Amazon<\/a>. 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