Join The Vanguard

Join The Vanguard — get Lincoln Cole's books free, weeks before launch, in exchange for an honest review. First up: Last Light in the Dark.
Last Light in the Dark — cover
They went to investigate.
Now they are the hunted.

Join The Vanguard

A small crew of readers who go in first — free advance copies, weeks before release.

I’m putting together a group of readers who get my books two to three weeks before they go on sale. Free. The only thing I ask back is an honest review on launch day — two sentences, even one, whatever you actually thought of it.

The book up first is Last Light in the Dark: a military salvage team is sent into the Veil, a sphere of absolute darkness that has swallowed a whole solar system, to find out what happened to everyone who went in before them. An abandoned moon base, fresh scratch marks dragged into the ventilation shafts, and a radio operator who keeps insisting everything is “hunky dory.” It is the closest I have come to writing Alien with the lights off.

What you get in The Vanguard
Advance copies of every new release — free, weeks before they go on sale
A note the morning each book goes live, with the review link ready to go
Reader-only discounts and promotions I run nowhere else
First look at covers, titles, and the things I’m still arguing with myself about

A whole library — not just one book

Last Light is what’s up first, but Vanguard readers get early access to everything I write — 46+ books across 10 series, from space horror to dark fantasy to techno-thrillers.

Last Light
READING NOW
Last Light
Space Horror · 9 books
Fallen Hearts
Fallen Hearts
Epic Fantasy · 7 books
The Ashen Kingdoms
The Ashen Kingdoms
Dark Fantasy · 5 books
Wild Flowers
Wild Flowers
Thriller · 5 books
World on Fire
World on Fire
Supernatural Horror · 4 books
Graveyard of Empires
Graveyard of Empires
Space Opera · 4 books
World of Shadows
World of Shadows
Religious Horror · 3 books
Horizon's Wake
Horizon's Wake
Techno-Thriller · 3 books
World at War
World at War
Supernatural Thriller · 3 books
Time
Time
Literary Fiction · 3 books

Step one — join the crew

Free advance copies before launch, in exchange for an honest review. After you join, check your inbox to confirm, then grab your copy below. Unsubscribe any time.


Step two — grab your advance copy of Last Light

Get Last Light in the Dark →

Reads on Kindle, Kobo, your phone, or right in your browser. No app required.

No schedule, no minimum, no group chat. Read what you want, skip what you don’t, and leave any time with no hard feelings. Honest is the only requirement — never a positive review — and the advance copy is yours either way.

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