Books
The Lucan Drakenfeld Mysteries
The first novel due to be published some time in the latter half of 2013 (tentatively titled A Death Divine), this is a new series and a new direction for me. It’s a first-person crime novel set in a pseudo-classical secondary world (particularly inspired by Ancient Rome, Greece, Byzantium etc), and at the heart of it is a locked-room mystery.
I like to think this shows me as a much better writer, having learned a lot from the previous, much stranger fantasy series. I’ll have more information as and when it comes, but here’s the press release.
Legends of the Red Sun series:
Nights of Villjamur
First in the Legends of the Red Sun series, and a very love-hate book. It’s a noir-pulp fantasy novel set in an ancient city, focussing on a cast of characters and how they deal with personal issues amidst epic events. It’s a little experimental, especially with the prose (which some people don’t like) and I’m never quite sure if it worked with so many clashing styles.
City of Ruin
Second in the Legends of the Red Sun series, though designed to work as a standalone, this novel sees things get a lot weirder and darker. Whilst not consciously a New Weird fantasy, I certainly hope that the sub-genre acts as an inspiration. Also, if anyone was going to read just one book of mine, I’d like it to be this one. I’m proud of it.
The Book of Transformations
Third in the Legends of the Red Sun series, and something of a change of gear: it combines a transgendered lead as well as superheroes in an epic fantasy setting.
For reviews of these books, head to the review section.