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Rod Duncan

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Rod Duncan worked in scientific research and computing before settling in Leicester to be a writer. His first novel, Backlash, was short-listed for the John Creasey Memorial Award (now the CWA Debut Dagger).

After four crime novels he switched to fantasy. The Bullet Catcher's Daughter was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award. He is currently writing a series of alternate history books, called ‘The Map of Unknown Things'.

Rod is also a screenwriter, and was once eaten alive in the feature film Zombie Undead.
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Will there be a fourth (or more) book/s in "the Fall of the Gaslit Empire," sir? Very, VERY pleased with the first three.

Rod Duncan Hi there Wordsmith.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the first three. Feedback like that makes the whole process worth it.

As for your question - I am presently…moreHi there Wordsmith.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the first three. Feedback like that makes the whole process worth it.

As for your question - I am presently writing a novel that follows on from where we left off at the end of The Custodian of Marvels. I think that will be presented as book 1 in a new trilogy rather than book 4 of the Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire. I put a snippet from it on the Gas-Lit Empire Facebook page, here:
https://www.facebook.com/gaslitempire...

Thanks for the encouragement.

Rod(less)

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After reading The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter, I was an immediate fan. Apart from the great characters and plotting, I really admire how you interpret and re-combine the tropes of many different genres into something surprising and engaging. If you had to pick a couple of different novels or authors that influenced the way you are approaching this series, who/what would they be?

Rod Duncan Hi Kait,

I'm so glad you enjoyed the book.

I try to not read anything similar in genre to whatever I am writing at the time. I am too easily influenced…moreHi Kait,

I'm so glad you enjoyed the book.

I try to not read anything similar in genre to whatever I am writing at the time. I am too easily influenced and fear that the narrative 'voice' of the book would pull me away from the voice I have set about using.

Having said that, I think you will see general influences from crime fiction and science fiction in this series. The self-deprecating, wry 1st person narrative of private investigator novels is there (early Val McDermid, Janet Evanovich, Raymond Chandler). But also elements of the more muscular 3rd person thriller (Martin Cruz Smith, Robert Harris, Peter Hoeg ). For world building within an alternate history, I am probably influenced by Mervyn Peake as much as anyone. As for the period aesthetic - Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Jerome K. Jerome.

But I have to say that I am heavily influenced by film also.

Now - I have just spilled a cup of tea over myself, so have to leave it there while I clean up! (less)

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	The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter (Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,240 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unseemly Science (The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire #2) 3.88 avg rating — 1,475 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Custodian of Marvels (Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 1,129 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of All Crows (The Map of Unknown Things, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outlaw and the Upstart King (The Map of Unknown Things, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fugitive and the Vanishing Man (The Map of Unknown Things, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire Boxed Set by Rod Duncan (Goodreads Author), Will Staehle (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mentalist 3.77 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breakbeat 2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Backlash 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There was once a line marked out by God, through which were divided Heaven and Hell. And thus was chaos banished from the world. The Devil created lawyers to make amends. They argued the thickness of the line until there was room enough within it for all the sins of men to fit. And all the sins of women too. – The Bullet Catcher’s Handbook ”
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“the wealthy seem remarkably honest, for they are seldom found guilty of any crime.”
― Rod Duncan, The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter

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“There is no more complete and satisfying way for a man to disappear than for him to have never existed.”
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