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May Update : Ignoring the AI Apocalypse

I’m seventeen chapters into Gilded Treason, having finished an outline of 951 years of Gyran History of Gyre.  Drinith and her companions arrive in Gyre in 948, the events of Greater Evil occur in 949 and Gilded Treason takes place in 950. (The apparent discrepancy a keen reader might notice is due to the Gyran calendar having a zeroth year.) 

I’m busy ignoring all the hype about AI and chatbots. Its visual equivalents looked impressive to me at first, but their images come across as cut from the...

A New Interview

Raina Nightingale interviewed me about Fatal Shadow and other stuff. You can check it out here.

The Vicenary Jury of Gyre

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In Gyre, true power rests in the Parliament of Merit, the Ducalion of Gyre being merely an impotent figurehead. However, despite the pretence of all meritocrats being equal, matters related to the seccurity of the state in the broadest sense are delegated to a select group of the most influential and popular among them. This shadowy commitee is known as the Vicenary Jury. It is also nicknamed (somewhat degoratorily) as the Iron Circle.

This ...

SPFBO Summer Sale

Check out this summer sale of SPFBO entrants on until 30th June. Lots of great fantasy books to choose from!

June Promotions

Wicked Villains Fantasy & SciFi Giveaway is on until 15th June.

Imagination Unleashed Fantasy & SciFi Giveaway is on until 30th June.

Some New Reviews of Fatal Shadow

Diane Donovan, Editor, Donovan’s Literary Services published a review of Fatal Shadow. The same review is also published in the MidWest Review.

“From ambushers and assassins to the evolution of more than one conspiracy that places Drinith in the middle of battles she didn’t even know were being fought on different levels, Noel Coughlan creates a fantasy force to reckon with.”

Lexie Foxe from Reader’s Favorite also published a review. 

“Fatal Shadow is an excellent opening to what promis...

Free Book Promotions for May

Words of Wonder is on until 3rd June.

Cosmic Destiny Fantasy & SciFi Giveaway is on until 31st May.

One For The Books

Trapped in his chrysalis of waterproof fabric, Frater Yory could do little except read the slim pamphlet he had brought over and over, until every word, every syllable, had been stamped into his consciousness. The mournful poetry of the exiled Rhumgadian poet, Versifer, captured his own melancholy perfectly. Here he was, clinging to a dragon’s tail ten thousand leagues from the golden halls of the Panatheneum, risking his life for another book and the knowledge it contained.

In between re...

April Promotions

Epic Journeys Fantasy Reads is on until 1st May.

Spring Book Fair is on until 30th April.

New Promotions

This Free Fantasy Ebooks Promotion is on until 31st March.

The Free Fantasy & Ebooks Promotion is also on until 31st March. Check it out now before it’s too late.