It's all over! It's all over! We stamped, numbered, signed and inscribed 1,500 copies of THE STARTER for all y'all, and our work here is complete. The big-ass postal truck came yesterday to take away THE STARTER pre-orders. We're happy as drunken clams. Yes, you can still order by clicking here.

A few more photos (to see the full-size photos from the whole week, go to THE STARTER Flickr Page). From upper-left: FDO™ signs the very last pre-order; the guys from BackMyBooks.com stopped by to help pack a crap-load of books; Master Yoda stopped by to answer questions (he was a little sozzled from his trip to the Caymans), and the Big-Ass Postal Truck of Døøm took away all y'all's copies.

Everyone should have their copy by the end of the week. Probably. Enjoy! PS: It's not "all" over, we still have two days of clean-up, book stamping/signing and setting up our inventory for the next year, but the important part (all y'all's books is f-ing done).

Junkies, we are closing in on Mission Accomplished. As we head into Day Four, we have 330 boxes left to pack. All orders will be at the post office on Tuesday, August 31. USPS is a little slow getting them to you, but they are en route. And, if you haven't ordered or you want one for a gift? Order today (Monday, 8/30) and we'll still be able to get them out before we finish at the Warehouse of Døøm.

New photos, from upper left: three giant frickin' orange bins full of packed copies of THE STARTER and THE ROOKIE; the FDO™ throwin' out them horns because we are rocking it so hard; the Director of Døøm runs out of steam (give the lady a break, it's our third-straight 14-hour day, she just crashed). See full-sized photos at the STARTER Flickr page.

How's it goin', eh? Welcome to Black Manitou Island, a place of fun and frolic. This will be the home of our heroes until they succeed in creating a universal organ-donor animal ... or die trying. Oh, come on! Just because this is a Sigler novel you think someone might get hurt?

We're knee-deep in STARTER shipping at the Warehouse of Døøm, but even that won't stop us from bringing you more of the thrilling ANCESTOR story. The show must go on ...

Day Two from the Warehouse of Døøm saw us rocking that shit like Iron Maiden. We busted through the rest of the foreign orders and also shipped 400 domestic (US) orders. We have 600 left to box & ship. The post office loves us like your girlfriend does when you go on a business trip. We are so on-point right now, we had 24 orders come in since we got to the warehouse, and we will ship them out on Monday at the latest. Order now and have yours in the mail on August 30.

PHOTOS (clockwise, from upper left). An SUV full of STARTER boxes heading to the post office; The Champagne of Beers and the Caviar of Books; Yes, somehow the FDO™ taped a Reeses Pieces onto one of THE STARTER boxes; our first empty pallet (784 copies shiped, bitches!); the first STARTER Shipping Wound (not that impressive, but still, it's the first); and finally, the FDO™'s secret weapon for working 12-hour days in a rented one-car-garage-sized storage space in the middle of summer in San Diego. See full-size photos at THE STARTER Shipping Flickr page.

Yes, this is the part where I drop so much STARTER shipping eye candy that those of you you haven't bought it get all riled up and your fingers take you involuntarily to the ordering page, so you, too, can git sum.

If you want to see bigger images of these photos, head on over to Scott's Flickr Page.

Day One went well. We packed up all the ROOKIE/STARTER 2-book sets in our fancy new shipping boxes. This batch heads to the post office today, creating some extra room in the Warehouse of Døøm. We got halfway through the foreign orders and will finish today. Again, finishing this smaller batch and getting it out the door creates room and allows us to focus on the biggest chunk -- US domestic orders.

Mars Planets
by Scott Sigler

Sala Intrigue
by Ben Clifford

Chilich Spider-Bears
by Casey Alden

Neptune Scarlet Fliers
by Scott Sigler

Click here to download ANCESTOR Episode #13

The God Machine gets cracking as Jian and Claus Rhumkorrf work to overcome the final hurdle in the immune reaction response. If they figure it out, it means millions of lives saved, and billions in revenue for Genada, Inc. Sara Purinam evacuated the entire staff after a lethal sabotage effort. Now Genada's massive C-5 Galaxy flies the staff and fifty experimental cows toward Black Manitou Island. 

Mentioned in the Four Minutes of Fury:

• I'm recording tonight to be a guest on the Adam Carolla show, which airs 8/23!
• Dark Øverlord Media is headed to Dragon*Con! Come on out and say hello!