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Die Like the Rest

It’s out! Get it from your favorite retailer. As always, paperback and hardcover versions will appear in the next day or so. I hope you enjoy it.

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Imperial Twilight Audiobook

My audiobook publisher, Tantor Media, just told me the audiobook version of Imperial Twilight (Ashes of Empire 2) will come out on November 9th. It is already available for preorder from most retailers, including Amazon, Audible, Kobo, and more. Of course, Imperial Sunset in audiobook has been out since last September.

And in other news… Die Like the Rest (Ghost Squadron #3) is coming out this week, perhaps as early as tomorrow. Watch this space.

Finally, I’m fast approaching the one-third mark writing The Dirty and the Dead, Caelin Morrow’s third casefile, so there’s a lot going on around here. Barring unforeseens, this one should come out early in the new year.

Stay safe and healthy, fellow humans.

One Step Closer

I just sent Die Like the Rest (Ghost Squadron #3) to my editor at long last. Barring any unforeseen events, it should release around mid-November. And now, to the next project, Assistant Commissioner Caelin Morrow’s latest anti-corruption investigation in The Dirty and the Dead. I’m rather excited to be starting this one because I really like the outline I’m developing. It should hit the bookshelves around March 2022.

Stay safe and healthy fellow humans.

Better Late than Never

I just finished writing Die Like the Rest (Ghost Squadron #3). It’s a little later than I’d hoped and the release date will most likely be early November, but it’s done and I’m pretty happy with the story. Now for the standard revisions before the manuscript goes to my editor.

Next on my to-do list is the third Caelin Morrow case, The Dirty and the Dead, and I’ll start on it while my editor goes through Die Like the Rest. With autumn here and the days getting both shorter and colder, I won’t have too many excuses for idleness. While it’s still balmy enough to enjoy a glass of wine on the veranda after supper, albeit wearing a sweater instead of a tshirt, that won’t last. Already, the leaves in the trees are turning, the geese are flying overhead in huge V formations, getting ready for the migration south and the chipmunks are scurrying about, their cheeks filled with acorns and nuts for their winter larders. And before we know it, we’ll have our lovely Canadian winter, with all the trimmings. The forecasters are telling us it’ll be a tad harsher than the last one. But that’s life.

In other news, the audiobook version of Imperial Sunset has been published and is available from your favorite audiobook retailer. The link below will take you to the relevant page on my publisher’s website: https://tantor.com/imperial-sunset-eric-thomson.html

And finally, while the cover for Die Like the Rest isn’t finalized yet, the image below is pretty close to what you’ll see on the bookshelves. Stay safe and healthy fellow humans.

And on the First Monday

In September, we celebrate work by being idle. Yes, it’s Labour Day once again in Canada and the US. Around here, that means summer is unofficially over, although the weather will remain nice and balmy for a bit yet. Considering how fast summer went by, I can only conclude that time passes more rapidly as one gets older. But it’s been a pleasant season nonetheless. On muggy days, our backyard oasis reminded us intensely of our favorite scuba diving destinations, and we made the illusion complete with a daily gin & tonic on the veranda before supper. But as with the passing of the seasons, the gin is now gone and what’s left of the tonic water will remain in the cupboard until next year.

Work on the next Ghost Squadron story has been progressing in fits and starts, but I’m past the two-thirds mark, so a late October publication date is achievable, especially now that summer is winding down.

And now, back to officially endorsed idleness. Stay safe and healthy, fellow humans.

Time

The ides of August have come and gone, and I just realized it’s been over a month since I last posted something here. As the Alan Parsons Project song says, “Time is flowing like a river” and in this case, a mighty one.

I’m past the halfway mark on the third Ghost Squadron adventure, Die Like the Rest. But it’s slower going than I would like. I was hoping for a late September release date, but October looks more realistic at this point. What can I say? Summer isn’t the most productive time for me. I’d rather be outside, enjoying life, than chained to a desk seeing as how fall will be here all too quickly. Already, the sun is barely up when I get out of bed rather than high in the sky, and it gets cool enough at night that the cars are covered in condensation (this area is humid!) come morning.

Still, as another song says, “Summertime, and the living is easy.”

Stay safe and healthy fellow humans.

This Blog is Closed

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A Dark and Dirty War

It’s out!

https://books2read.com/darkdirtywar

Or if you would rather buy from my publisher’s online bookstore (but you’ll have to side load it onto your reading device)

https://bookstore.sanddiverbooks.ca/product/a-dark-and-dirty-war-siobhan-dunmoore-book-7/

As always, some retailers take longer to place it on their virtual shelves, so if your favorite doesn’t have it yet, check back later in the day or tomorrow. The hardcover and paperback versions will also be coming out within the next day or so.

I hope you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

And now, back to Die Like the Rest (Ghost Squadron #3). I’ve written a quarter of it already.

It’s Back

My editor sent back A Dark and Dirty War (Siobhan Dunmoore Book 7), so we’re one big step closer to publication. Since she didn’t raise any major issues, a July release date is almost certain at this point.

Stay safe and healthy, fellow humans.

A Change for the Better

A few minutes ago, I officially moved the blog to my thomsonfiction.ca domain at the address

https://blog.thomsonfiction.ca/

What this means is that I am now in full control of my blog’s domain and readers of the blog will no longer see advertising. If you follow my blog or are an email subscriber, I have migrated you to the new blog, meaning your transition should be seamless. If you’re a casual reader, please update your bookmark to the new address. All posts, pages, links, images, etc have also migrated to the new blog.

This is the last blog entry on the old ericthomsonblog.wordpress.com site. All future blog posts will appear on the blog.thomsonfiction.ca site. I’ll leave this one up for a while, but eventually, it will disappear.

Stay safe and healthy, fellow humans.