The minister finished the eulogy. Quiet, soft piano music faded up and filled the hush. A low electronic hum started, the wheels of the conveyor gradually turning. He was supposed to have protected him. That was his job, to be the rock, the guardian against all that the world could throw at them. He had … Continue reading THE GUARDIAN
They found him lying between the petals of the ornamental pink flower that was the centrepiece of the fountain. A little too much consumed at the masked ball. Nymphs and faeries ruled the gardens that night, dancing in the shadows created by the fireworks. He had been in good humour, blessing all with goodwill, even … Continue reading THE KING’S HEIR
To coincide with the release of my new novel ‘State Of War’, I’ve written a guest blog post over on Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo about some of the challenges and inspirations involved in writing a trilogy of novels. Do hop over and give it a read.
Two years ago I managed to finish my first novel and publish it on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. While basking in the satisfaction of completing the book, ‘A Justified State’ (and receiving the odd couple of gratifying reviews), I got a nagging sense that the characters I had created had more of a story to tell beyond ‘THE END’ of the first book.
Pretty quickly the basis of a plot for parts 2 and 3 of a trilogy came together. ‘A Justified State’ is a detective thriller set in an imagined near future world, loosely based on my home city, Glasgow. I wanted to avoid repeating what I had written in the first book, not only because I thought readers would be bored reading the same sort of story again, and also because I knew I would be bored writing something similar. So I set about taking the characters from…
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My new novel, State Of War, the third and final part of 'The State' trilogy, is on sale from today in both paperback and ebook versions. Follow the links below to check it out and pick up a copy. STATE OF WAR – PART THREE OF ‘THE STATE TRILOGY’ The State is at war at home … Continue reading STATE OF WAR: THE NEW NOVEL – ON SALE NOW
Ahead of the release of my new novel 'State Of War' this Monday, 25th May, I'm delighted to announce that all three books in The State Trilogy are now available globally to purchase as eBooks on Google Play. You can pick them up the Google Play eBooks by following these links: A JUSTIFIED STATE … Continue reading THE STATE TRILOGY – NOW AVAILABLE FROM GOOGLE BOOKS
