There are two enormous book sales going on right now, and my Mennik Thorn novels, SHADOW OF A DEAD GOD, NECTAR FOR THE GOD, and STRANGE CARGO, are part of both sales. You can get all three books for 99p/99c each in the UK and US. (Sorry, Amazon doesn’t allow the same sale reductions outside those territories.)
First up is the SPFBO finalist sale. SPFBO is the most reputable and high profile contest for indie fantasy books, and over 40 finalists from all years, including most of this year’s finalists, are in the sale.
I entirely failed to mention in this blog that my latest novel, NECTAR FOR THE GOD, had been published. This was the latest instalment of my MENNIK THORN epic fantasy mystery series. And, yes, it’s out, it has been published, and it’s doing great, so thank you to everyone who has bought it, despite me failing to mention it in the blog…
Here’s the blurb:
In the city of Agatos, nothing stays buried forever.
Only an idiot would ignore his debt to a high mage, and Mennik Thorn is not an idiot, no matter what anyone might say. He’s just been … distracted. But now he’s left it too late, and if he doesn’t obey the high mage’s commands within the day, his best friends’ lives will be forfeit. So it’s hardly the time to take on an impossible case: proving a woman who murdered a stranger in full view is innocent.
Unfortunately, Mennik can’t resist doing the right thing – and now he’s caught in a deadly rivalry between warring high mages, his witnesses are dying, and something ancient has turned its eyes upon him.
The fate of the city is once again in the hands of a second-rate mage. Mennik Thorn should have stayed in hiding.
The book is available in ebook and paperback from Amazon and in hardcover from most stores.
But NECTAR FOR THE GOD isn’t the only new thing I’ve got out. I’ve also released a short story in Nik’s world, called THE WORD FOR FRIEND IS DEATH, which you can get for free by subscribing to my newsletter.
And I’ve repackaged and redesigned my two THE CASEBOOK OF HARRIET GEORGE novellas, because honestly the covers weren’t up to standard. You can get these in ebook anywhere and in paperback from Amazon.
Like I said, I should have my blogging privileges revoked. Honestly, if you want to hear regularly from me about writing, books, and so on, the best way to do that is by subscribing to my newsletter, which is regularly sent out. Alternatively, if all you want is to hear when my new books come out, you can apparently do that by following my profile on BookBub or Amazon US or Amazon UK.
Those of you waiting for a sequel to SHADOW OF A DEAD GOD have had to wait a while, I’m afraid. Of course it’s no secret as to why after the last 18 months! But at last NECTAR FOR THE GOD is available to be pre-ordered, and I can’t wait to share it with you
Here’s the blurb:
In the city of Agatos, nothing stays buried forever.
Only an idiot would ignore his debt to a high mage, and Mennik Thorn is not an idiot, no matter what anyone might say. He’s just been … distracted. But now he’s left it too late, and if he doesn’t obey the high mage’s commands within the day, his best friends’ lives will be forfeit. So it’s hardly the time to take on an impossible case: proving a woman who murdered a stranger in full view is innocent.
Unfortunately, Mennik can’t resist doing the right thing – and now he’s caught in a deadly rivalry between warring high mages, his witnesses are dying, and something ancient has turned its eyes upon him.
The fate of the city is once again in the hands of a second-rate mage. Mennik Thorn should have stayed in hiding.
NECTAR FOR THE GOD will be published on December 2, 2021, and you can pre-order it now.
Right now, the book is at a special preorder price, but it won’t stay that way forever!
I never wanted to have to delay my books. As a reader, I hate it when a book I’ve been looking forwards to gets delayed.
But then this is this year. I’ve now been hit by Covid for the second time. The first time, in April, was pretty bad and I ended up losing a couple of month’s work from it, and everything since then has been much slowed down. Now I’ve got it again, and it’s hitting me hard again. I know recovery is going to be slow.
Last time, I pushed through and got SHADOW OF A DEAD GOD out on time, despite the Covid, but it wasn’t a good idea. This time, I need to take it more easily.
So. My short story collection, AT THE GATES AND OTHER STORIES, which was scheduled to come out on December 3rd, 2020, will now be coming out on January 2nd, 2021. I’m really sorry to those who’ve pre-ordered it and will now have to wait longer. But I want it to be right, not a rushed job.
The sequel to SHADOW OF A DEAD GOD, NECTAR FOR THE GOD, was pencilled in for May 2021, and if I suddenly hit full health again tomorrow, that would still be happening, despite the illnesses, but I know from experience that that won’t happen. It is going to take me months to get back to health. So, NECTAR FOR THE GOD will now be coming out in the second half of 2021. I can’t say exactly when, because I don’t know exactly how long it’ll take me to recover.
I really hate having to do this, but I hope everyone will understand, and the books will appear eventually.
