My Latest on the Writing Front

Well, 2021 was a somewhat mixed year, regardless of Covid. As many of you will know, I published hardback versions of almost all my books and updated many of the covers. I also began my 12th novel, although its writing tended to be in fits and starts.

This year, however, I dedicated myself to finishing it, which is what I've now arrived at: Kindle e-book, paperback and hardback of A Force Between Waters all available by clicking on Amazon.

And here's the synopsis and paperback/hardback cover artwork:




When Denzel and his fellow trader Winston lead their pack-ponies home from the small Lancastrian port of Bolton, he’s amazed when he finds the strangely wrapped body of a girl floating in a pool beside the track. This turns out, though, to be only the first of many mysteries involving Denzel and his Gaian College at Wallsuches.

What’s behind the longstanding animosity between the neighbouring hamlet of Horwich and the fishing port of Chorley? Why has it recently spilled over into bloody conflict? How might this threaten Denzel’s College and its remote Gaian Foundation in the Lancastrian capital of Clitheroe? And what part, if any, does the enigmatic girl found in the pool play in all this?

Set in a future Lancashire, after climate change, we follow Denzel as he’s dragged not only into a search for answers, but into a fight against a legacy from his world’s cataclysmic past. And against all this upheaval, can Denzel finally fulfil a promise he made many years before to his lamented younger sister?


Look out here for any further updates to come. And don't forget: you can find all my books on my website

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