Two Days to Publication!

- Books

In just two days, on November 2, 2023, Legacy of a Hated God, the final Mennik Thorn novel, will be out in the world.

The ebook, paperback, and hardcover will all be available on the same day (although paperback will be Amazon only for a while as it will take a couple of weeks to work its way out to the other stores; sorry).

The early reviews have been fantastic. I am so grateful to everyone who has read the book and shared their opinions, and I look forward to hearing what everyone else thought!

Legacy of a Hated God took everything I loved about the previous books (and there is a lot to love) and dialed it right up to eleven. - Jodie Crump, Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub.

Let’s take a look at how the hardcover actually looks. Here’s the front cover:

Front cover of Legacy of a Hated God hardcover, by Patrick Samphire.

And the full-wrap dustjacket:

Full wrap dust jacket of Legacy of a Hated God hardcover, by Patrick Samphire.

The naked inner cover, so you can get a good look at the art without all that annoying text on top of it:

Inner cover of Legacy of a Hated God hardcover, by Patrick Samphire.

And, finally, the first page of the story as it appears in the hardcover:

First page of Legacy of a Hated God hardcover, by Patrick Samphire. Text on page reads: Chapter One. I had opinions on religion.
Depths, given the chance, I had opinions on most things. It was one of my most endearing qualities. But when it came to religion, I had plenty, and they could be summed up fairly neatly:
Gods were complete bastards, and only an idiot would get involved with them.
The priest sitting opposite me would probably have been the first to agree. Ironically, his people had built an entire religion on how much they hated their god. I could empathise, but if I’d had any sense at all, I would have told him to fuck right off out the door and keep fucking off out of my city, into the ocean. 
Unfortunately, he’d caught me off guard. I’d just taken a long lunch at a coffee house close to where my former best

If you’re looking at this on a big screen like I am, those images are probably giant, so sorry about that!

If you haven’t pre-ordered the book yet, you can still get the ebook at the special, reduced pre-order price right now:

Pre-order Legacy of a Hated God

This book has been a while in the works. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have writing it. Let me know if you did!