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The cover art for Lucifer's Nebula revealed!

Alex Raspad has done an amazing job here and really brought to home Isla and Cassius in action. LUCIFER'S NEBULA is still being written but I'm hoping we can release it in Kindle and paperback form by the Winter of 2017.


Pick up your copy of Lucifer's Star here

Darkstorm (Rhenwars Saga 1#) by M.L. Spencer review

    Darkstorm is an interesting novel because I can't help but think of a high school class of Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and other short fantasy novel series with Rhenwars sitting in the back as the Goth chick. It's a book which superficially has a resemblance to all the fun Dungeons and Dragons "adventure" fiction where there's a threat to the world, a misfit party of adventurers, evil villains, and a ticking clock forcing everyone to put aside their personal baggage. The...

Remember Bowling Green: The Adventures of Frederick Douglass, Time Traveler review

Remember, Remember, the 10th of March
The Day of Ronald Trump's start
I see a reason, that time-traveling treason
Should make his campaign stop

    Okay, I'm not exactly a poet but, fortunately, Frederick Douglass is. This is basically a political polemic inspired by the arrival of a certain controversial figure in the White House. However, if you don't mind heavy-handed political satire then I recommend this book in the same category that I recommend the Illuminatus Trilogy by Rob...

Lucifer's Star is now out in paperback!

 I'm pleased to announce Lucifer's Star, my dark space opera novel taking place in the 1003 A.S of the New Calendar, is is now available in paperback form for purchase! It's a story I wrote after having watched The Force Awakens said, "You know, I think I could have done that better."

From the bestselling author of The Rules of Supervillainy:

Cassius Mass was the greatest star pilot of the Crius Archduchy. He fought fiercely for his cause, only to watch his nation fall to the Interstellar...

The Little Ships (Alexis Carew 3#) by J.A. Sutherland review

    I've mentioned on numerous occasions how much I love J.A. Sutherland's Alexis Carew series. I've already reviewed the first two books in the series but had to take a brief break before working on the third. I'm glad I did as it allowed me to read it with a fresh mind to absorbing the character's latest adventures. Given the book takes Alexis to her seventeenth year, it also prevented me from being too confused if I'd read them back-to-back-to-back.

    The pre...

Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium review

    In the grim dark future, there is only black comedy. The word grimdark is a portmanteau created created by 4chan to make fun of the opening crawl of Warhammer 40K's text i.e. "In the grim dark future there is only war." This is due to the fact Warhammer 40K was originally created as a parody setting of countless over-the-top dark science fiction elements blended together with what was, essentially, a really dark campaign of Warhammer. Which was, itself, a really dark campai...

Cover sketch for Lucifer's Nebula!

I'm presently working on the sequel to Lucifer's Star, Lucifer's Nebula, which will continue the adventure of Cassius Mass and the crew of the Melampus. Here's the wonderful sketch for its cover by Alex Raspad.


The influences are obvious but that's the point. I'm also glad to have Isla be a bit more in the action this time than on the first cover.

If you're interested, check out the original book here.

The Secret King: First Contact by Dawn Chapman review

    The Secret King: First Contact by Dawn Chapman is the sequel to the first novel, Lethao, which chronicled the journey of the human-like Aonise to the planet Earth after their sun exploded. One part 1970s Battlestar Galactica, one part Jack Kirby, and one part Game of Thrones--it was a very enjoyable story which made me eager to review the next one. Even so, I had to admit a certain amount of trepidation due to my overwhelming hatred of humans.

    Perhaps I sh...

The Secret King: Lethao by Dawn Chapman review

    I'm in a space opera kind of mood which, if my genre fondness holds out, means I'll probably spend the next couple of months absorbed in the genre before moving on. That means trying to find good examples from both mainstream and independent authors. While the "easy" sources like Star Trek, Star Wars, and newcomer in the Expanse are out there, I wanted to try something which was not linked to a major franchise. Steve Caldwell (The Bookwyrm Speaks) recommended I try out The...

Beauty in Ruins: In Space No One Can See You Bleed . . . by C.T. Ph...

 
Beauty in Ruins: In Space No One Can See You Bleed . . . by C.T. Ph...: Beauty and Ruins the review website has posted  a nice little article about my book, LUCIFER'S STAR, and why space stories should be dark and gritty.

I may have written it.

Check it out.