With the recent release of The Covenant, I thought it was time to plug my other books. To celebrate this release, and a refresh of my back catalogue, I have tried to streamline prices across all books, individually by each country. This should make me e-books at least (and some of the paperbacks) significantly cheaper …
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The Covenant Unleashed
The book is now live. It is quite an auspicious day, since we’ve just entered March where I live, and once again, the Roman god of war seems to have his fill of violence and bloodshed. The Covenant can be purchased as an ebook, softback or hardback, with my thanks to all for your patience. …
The Dawn Breaks
Second star to the right, and straight on ’til morning… J.M Barrie, Peter Pan. All of January, and much of February is now gone. Where have I been? The usual, under the weather with whatever bloody awful flu or virus can be had. It’s put me out and held me up, no mistake – but …
Comparisons
When developing and planning a book, it’s good practice to have an idea where it goes on your shelf, and more importantly, where you are aiming to put it in the market. That’s one thing, but your book has to be different. Further, it has to be yours in style and feel, and in how …
Got You Covered
My man, the one and only (and recently award-winning – congrats Ken!) Ken Dawson over at Creative Covers has come through with some draft ideas for the cover of Covenant, my verisimilitude-thick, vampire-action coagulated, urban fantasy that combines John Steakley with Mi5. Still not sure on the actual title, might have to add ‘The’ or …
Antagonism
‘Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.’ – Reverend William Anderson Scott, Daniel, a model for Young Men. ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.’ – Albert Einstein (Attrib, but multiple other origins proposed). We continue our little series about my latest, …
Ruthfullness
More tales from the dusk-haunted dark. Ruth Cassidy is our secondary POV deuteragonist. She wore a couple of different names before I settled on what she now goes by, and it was more by accident than design she was given something biblical. After all, Ruth is generally regarded as a heroine, and the etymology of …
First, Knight
As we progress towards the launch of The Covenant, we continue with a few spotlights. Here’s a snippet of what’s in store and introduces our primary deuteragonist, Robert Knight: +++ Thursday 10 December, 1808 Hrs Zulu, Afghanistan. When the bomb went off, crimson gore spattered the windscreen and the driver’s window in a thick slap. …
Deuteragony
Deuteragonist: deu·ter·ag·on·istnoun: the person second in importanceto the protagonist in a drama. Oxford Language Dictionary The Covenant is a bit special for me, since it features the two halves of the same coin: the first POV and character of the protagonist (Robert Knight), is joined by what essentially is a second protagonist who is supposedly …
Dusk Before Dawn
“Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise.” Victor Hugo So what does Covenant have that others don’t? If you’ve read my previous post, you’ll understand what I aspire to with this novel, standing at circa 100,000 words – a foray into a parallel, mostly hidden society of immortal bloodsuckers who co-habit …
Mightier Is The Pen 