Lethal Inheritance is the book I started this blog for just after I found an agent to represent it. It's also the book that inspired me to start writing., which means that it's very close to my heart. Some of you have followed my journey for the last two years, some of you have only started following recently, but the great news is that I've decided to take my writing career fully into my own hands. My Indie publishing company Catapult Press is publishing it on ebook this month. At this stage there are no plans to produce a paperback, so if you haven't got an ereader yet, it's time to take the plunge. The structural edit was completed ages ago; my wonderful editor Krisi Keley, author of the extraordinary, literary fantasy On the Soul of a Vampire Series has completed the copy edit; the proof reader is doing his thing and the cover is ready, so we expect it to be out by the 20th of this month. And, yes, I AM REALLY EXCITED. So what's it about? It's YA/adult contemporary fantasy … [Read more...]
Review: THE ANCIENTS by NICK MARSH
Title THE ANCIENTS Author NICK MARSH Publisher AMAZON KINDLE Release date 23.12.11 Category FANTASY ‘The Ancients’ is a traditional fantasy that avoids the excesses of many works of the genre in that it does not over indulge in descriptions or give us convoluted plots and endless battles. It is instead, a tightly written, clear plot with a delightful twist on the fantasy world. What I loved about this book is that it sets us wondering what is real and what is not, and if things are not as they seem, is there any point to life? A fascinating and highly thought provoking theme. The statement here seems to be that regardless of the nature of our reality, it is how we live our life, the relationships we form, and the love and pain that we experience and share that make life worth living. The story begins after a bloody civil war in which the King is ousted and sent to the gallows. Dazlar, the last of the Royal Guards, returns weary and alone to the village of his birth, hoping for … [Read more...]
