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New Book Release – The Shadow War
Happy to announce that I’ve released The Shadow War, the seventh book in The Fourth Age of Shanakan. It covers the same period of time as The Path of Thirteen Steps, but while that book follows Cal Serhan’s time in London, the new book is about what happened in Shanakan…
The Shadow War
The final edits come back to me on Thursday. It will probably take a week to get through those and release the book as an eBook on Amazon, so I expect it to be available to read by the 12th of August. Meanwhile, I’ve passed fifty thousand words in the…
Thousand Cranes
Every now and then I read a book that reminds me of when I was at school. Thousand Cranes is one of those – not because the subject matter or the story is anything to do with school, but it’s the sort of book I used to read then. Thousand…
The Killing Moon
NK Jemisin is a very good writer. I loved the Broken Earth books, so I approached this one with high expectations. It’s a tale set in a civilization not unlike ancient Egypt and Nubia, as she explains in her author’s note. Most of the action takes place in the city…
The Shadow War
…and more. Here’s a quick peek at the cover of the next Shanakan book. I’ve done the me-edit, my own attempt to iron out the typo’s and foolish errors, but doubtless my editors will find more. And I’ve already started the next book. This time it’s back to Samara for…
The Shadow War
The next Shanakan book (Number 7), The Shadow War, has been through its first edit pass and work on the cover is at an advanced stage. I expect to be ordering proof copies within the week. As those who follow the process will know, it takes a couple of weeks…
Free eBook
Just a heads up that The Seventh Friend eBook will be free on June 3rd. Get a copy or tell your friends!
The Shadow War
Getting close to the end of this book now. It’s the seventh book in The Fourth Age of Shanakan and covers the period of Cal Serhan’s exile from his world. This is, essentially, what happened while he was gone, and connects with the end of The Path of Thirteen Steps….
The Path of Thirteen Steps
Good news for all you that follow my writing. The next book: The Path of Thirteen Steps, has been published today. This is the sixth book in The Fourth Age of Shanakan and follows on from The Wanderer. It relates Cal Serhan’s adventures in London and his struggle to return…
More Books
The Wanderer, the fifth book in The Fourth Age of Shanakan, is now available as a paperback and e-book on Amazon. But there’s more. The sixth book – The Path of Thirteen Steps – is now at the editing stage. In addition I have begun the Seventh: Working title –…