The “Into the Gorge” mint includes an all-new short story + a 60-min audio episode + original artwork, all for free: no hurdles & no BS. Read on for how & where to mint!
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"Into the Gorge" is the 1st piece of my limited-edition NFT series "Shadows of the Gods." This standalone short story + original art free mint is the proof-of-concept for my full book launch this fall, so you're doing me a huge favor by taking part!
Minting will take place on my shiny new project site: shadowsbook.xyz.
The Shadows Book site is a fully custom build by @AriaWorkshop: a custom token-gated dApp platform on Ethereum, powered by my own gas-optimized smart contract.
Minting goes live on Wednesday, July 27 at 12pm UTC / 14.00h CET / 8:00am EST.
We've set a limit of 2 tokens per wallet & there is a max supply set, so be sure to mint early so you don't miss out! As a bonus: everyone who mints will automatically be included on the allowlist for the drop of Book One: The Death Bringer this fall (wallet snapshot TBA).
Here's how it will work:
- Connect your Ethereum wallet to my project site
- Mint up to 2 tokens for 0 ETH + gas fees
- Upon minting, your NFT unlocks the site’s token-gated Library
- The Library includes eBook AND audio downloads in Kindle/Apple Books/Spotify-friendly formats
- And of course you’ll be able to view the NFT in your wallet on OpenSea!
My goal here is to deliver a simple, functional, no BS launch. The art + story are the utility. There’s no DAO, no token, no investors. It’s just me, a solo creator & the artists, developer & designers who decided to collaborate with me to make all this happen.
No one ever accomplishes anything worthwhile alone, & there's an amazing team behind this project. Each one is an incredible creator in their own right & I can't believe how lucky I am to work with these people!
- The original art for “Into the Gorge” was created by the amazingly talented & unbelievably kind @CR24TI7E.
- @AriaWorkshop is our developer extraordinaire & none of this would exist without his dedication & hard work!
- The “Into the Gorge” audio episode features the professional voice-acting talents of my college roommate/best friend @OccupyClaire!
- Of course, it's not really an audio-book without music! @JETS0N aka Mr. Bourland is creating the music that will bring Shadows of the Gods to life.
- You probably know @NFTerryBain as an artist; he's also a professional book designer & publishing industry veteran who's designing the physical books available to collect this fall.
- Last but not least, @LINK_artwork is the incredible web designer helping make sure our mint site shines!
If you like what we're building & want to see NFT books/publishing succeed, it would be really cool if you'd share the mint details with your friends here. I've also created a Twitter group for friends of the project where I share news/reveals/insider updates - send me a DM if you want in!
-- M.S. Bourland / @msbourland