Rage; The legendary Bane of Demons – along with High Mage Nicodemus, Princess Ariane, and Tuk have all been sent on a new quest by Kothas, King of Arthkan.
Having learned that Tuk is in possession of a powerful lucky charm that was once his – the Bracelet of Chance – and magically unable to take it by force, the sorcerer Erasmus has sicced a pack of werewolves on Rage and his companions believing Tuk would be able to survive their onslaught by sheer luck. Erasmus thought he would then have a better chance of persuading Tuk to give him the Bracelet.
But everything went wrong. Nicodemus, Ariane, Tuk, and even Erasmus have been bitten, and are now beginning to change into werewolves.
And in the second part, the First Night is over, a new day begins, and after their epic fight against Erasmus’ pack of werewolves, our unlikely heroes are back on track, with no horses, and ragtags for clothes. And, would you believe it? Luck is with them again, as they are going to encounter a party of new characters on the road. Introducing Basilius and Celsius from the Council of Magicians, Sabara from the continent of Kusha, Serena, priestess of Axliom, and Herkless, Demi-God of Power!
The third issue of the Rage Compilation Series contained Rage #5 and Rage #6! This compilation series was available exclusively in print at Amazon, and digitally on Kindle. Since it was an Amazon exclusive, every Rage Compilation issue was also on KDP Select, so that Kindle subscribers could read it for free.
The good news was that you have a new Rage cover by Dynamite’s Carlos Paul, and that it was the only Rage book available to Kindle subscribers. And if you don’t own Rage #3 and Rage #4 yet, it was cheaper to buy this compilation on Kindle!
Then one day, Amazon decided to terminate my KDP Publisher Account.
After having been published on Amazon Createspace, and then Amazon Kindle for mostly fifteen years, all my books have been deleted in January 2026, and I’ve been banned from creating a new account, for activities on my account attempting to manipulate Kindle services, violation of policies relative to my account, and violation of their Terms and Conditions.
When I asked for explanations, KDP Tech Support answered that according to Kindle’s policy, they reserve the right to not divulge information they consider as sensible data.
This means that all my books have been censored by Amazon without any detailed explanation.
After investigating, I noticed that this type of account deletion isn’t uncommon. It happened to many auto-publishers before me. A few got their accounts back after many appeals, others didn’t. Some of them called the services of lawyers who specialize in account deletion (it seems there are a few, because there’s money to be made obviously), and spent an amount of money I deem too high to retrieve their accounts (and I’m not even sure that it’s a final amount). Others finally called the services of an aggregator, some of whom would also handle all of their other accounts. For me it would be too many eggs in the same basket, and it contributes to make independent publishers more and more… dependent. And even with the obvious financial loss, I’m still attached to my independence (even if it’s relative, since I obviously depend on the mood changes and bugs of Tech Support Agents for my different accounts).
So I’m handling the appeals myself, and don’t expect to have my account back anytime soon.
So this means… No more Rage Compilation Series. I’m currently planning to print a Trade Paperback of the first six issues of the Rage Series instead. I’ll keep you posted.