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Exciting news - the Kindle version of Sun Dragon is now available for pre-order. So you can buy it now and it will be immediately available to you on October 31st. See the purchase links below!The launch event for Sun Dragon will be held on November 1 st and there's a huge range of wonderful prizes. Bit you have to be attending to be in with a chance to win! Come and join the event here:
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2012: NASA's Curiosity Rover lands on Mars to search for signs of whether microbial life existed on the planet.
2018: The first alien lifeform, a simple wormlike creature is discovered, gripping the world's imagination.
2022: The first manned mission to Mars begins the longest and most dangerous journey ever undertaken by humankind.
From hundreds of potential candidates, six astronauts from countries around the world are selected to crew the historic mission. Led by Commander Samantha Collins, they must travel across the gulf of interplanetary space, over 150 million miles from home and help. Their mission is to investigate alien life, but what they discover is far beyond what anyone ever imagined...
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Win a Signed Copy of Sun Dragon!Everyone who has signed up to attend the Sun Dragon event for this coming Saturday 1st November will automatically be entered into a draw for a signed copy of Sun Dragon. If you haven't signed up yet then now is the time to do so as there are only a few days to go! Throughout the day there will be competitions and giveaways, not only from me but a an excellent line up of authors.
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Sun Dragon is also available for pre-order and will be released on Friday 31st October. See the details below:
2012: NASA's Curiosity Rover lands on Mars to search for signs of whether microbial life existed on the planet.
2018: The first alien lifeform, a simple wormlike creature is discovered, gripping the world's imagination.
2022: The first manned mission to Mars begins the longest and most dangerous journey ever undertaken by humankind.
From hundreds of potential candidates, six astronauts from countries around the world are selected to crew the historic mission. Led by Commander Samantha Collins, they must travel across the gulf of interplanetary space, over 150 million miles from home and help. Their mission is to investigate alien life, but what they discover is far beyond what anyone ever imagined...
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There's only two days left until the Sun Dragon virtual launch party! Exciting times. I've received the proofs for the paperback and the few tweaks needed are done - so this should be ready in the next few weeks. The Kindle version will be released tomorrow and as little tease here's the second chapter:http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...
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We've reached the letter 'V' in the macabre journey through the alphabet. I had some trouble picking a word, but some research (God bless the internet and all who sail in her!) provided me with a wonderful and unusual word - 'vastation'.If you've not read the previous drabbles in the series then you will find them all here:
http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/p/w...
V is for Vastation
There are ways to restore purity to a sinner. You can absolve them of their wrongdoing, or in some cases drive out the evil spirits corrupting them. But what do you do when their wickedness is so ingrained in their soul that cleansing will not suffice?
Killing them would condemn their spirit to eternity without hope of salvation. And so it is with a heavy heart that I must do this. There will be pain, but it is the only way. I will bear the weight of your screams so that you can meet your end with a pure heart.
New Drabble - I'm SorryMy latest standalone drabble has been posted in the Indie Book Bargains newsletter. Sign up on their website for a daily newsletter of Kindle bargains and a drabble. And there's some great contributers - visit their site at www.indie-book-bargains.co.uk.
You can read my other standalone drabbles here:
http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/p/1...
I'm Sorry
“I’m sorry.”
“Of course you are, but why are you sorry?”
I’m sorry that nothing I do ever is quite right.
I’m sorry for crying myself to sleep each and every night.
I’m sorry that I live in fear for when you return home.
I’m sorry that what remains of my life is for you alone.
I’m sorry about the decision made all those years ago.
I’m sorry I’m forced to live with no love bestowed.
I’m sorry for never being able to make you feel proud.
But most of all I’m sorry I can’t say these words out loud.
Sounds like the story of my life.
Brenda wrote: "Sounds like the story of my life."I really hope it isn't.
The Drabbles of Art series continues with Saturn Devouring his Son by Francisco Goya which is quite a gruesome image and therefore a great inspiration for a drabble!
If you missed the start of the series then you can read the first drabble of the series here:
http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/p/a...
Saturn Devouring his Son by Francisco Goya
It didn’t hurt like I’d expected. I knew it was coming of course – we all did. None of us would be allowed to grow into adults and wither in time. We existed only to satisfy our father’s hunger and allow him to live for a few years longer.
He took no interest in us until the feeding, but despite the neglect he cast a glamour so that we didn’t shriek as he consumed our flesh. Instead of pain I experienced only a confused wonder as I faded away with each bite. Not merely meat, but my spirit he consumed until…
I'm very pleased to announce that the epic conclusion to The Third Path trilogy 'The Last True Demon' is now available for pre-order on Kindle and will be released on Sunday February 1st.
The Last True Demon is the concluding book in The Third Path trilogy.
Stealing Lazarus’ miracle granted me immortality. Unfortunately, as I discovered upon a cold slab of stone, it didn’t make me indestructible. According to a dark prophecy I should have been the one who could stop the Antichrist bringing his Father to the Earth.
I learned the hard way as he ripped the miracle from my flesh. Now I’ve passed over and I’m in the ruins of the Garden of Eden with the Friar, Hammond, and Venet, a wounded angel. There’s a slim chance we can save humanity. All we have to do is find God and convince him to intervene and save us all.
The only problem?
He doesn’t believe that we exist…
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After a long hiatus the Imp returns (well not quite!) in the latest Tales of the Imp drabble featured in today's Indie Book Bargains newsletter. You can read the previous drabbles in the series here:http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/p/t...
Missing in Action
It’s been months since I last saw the Imp and my life’s become a mess.
I don’t know where he’s gone, only that he’s not here and I don’t know what to do. Considering all of the crap he’s put me through, my feelings come as a surprise.
I’m sat in front of the computer trying to write and the words just won’t come. He claimed to be my muse and maybe that was truer than I realised.
All I know is that he understood me in a way no person ever could and now I’m alone.
Where is he?
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For this week's Tuesday Tease we have the opening chapter for my next book - 'The Last True Demon'. Details on the book can be found after the excerpt:
http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...
Some exciting news for Elite and sci-fi fans! 'Elite: Legacy', my official tie-in for the Elite: Dangerous game, paperback and hardback editions are now available for pre-order on the Elite: Dangerous store:https://store.elitedangerous.com/book...
The first 100 orders for the hardback edition will be signed!
The mining colony Freeholm in the Artemis system is celebrating ten years of independence. Once a penal colony for political prisoners from the neighbouring planet of Laphria, the station is now a thriving mine and refinery.
The brutal murder of two of the station’s resident traders when ambushed in the surrounding asteroid belt sends shockwaves through the community. With the identity of the attackers unknown, Freeholm’s head of security and hero of the rebellion, Darik Cavus, must discover the deadly conspiracy unfolding against his home.
They cannot face the threat alone. Darik’s daughter, Julia, must travel and find help before the station’s small defence force is overwhelmed. The forces moving against the colony seek to prevent her mission.
Events start to spiral out of control for Julia and her small band of allies, and nothing is as it first seems.
Discover more about Elite: Dangerous here: www.elitedangerous.com
I've posted a preview of one of the books I have planned for next year - The Space Inbetween:http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...
In the latest Drabbles of the Gods we visit the Mayan civilisation and the death god Kisin.
You can read the previous drabbles in the series here:
http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/p/d...
Kisin
After the Upper God created the underworld, Kisin took advantage and slew the higher being. The Upper God resurrected himself and condemned Kisin to the underworld. We feel his fury whenever he kicks and shakes the earth.
He tried again to outdo the Upper God by attempting to create humans in his own likeness. From his failure spawned the existence of some of the totemic animals.
Kisin’s duty is to measures the souls passing into his realm. The sinners are cast into eternal flame and those whose evil deserves special punishment become the beasts destined to serve at his whim.
I've been interviewed by Kath Middleton on her blog - see what I had to say here:http://www.kathmiddletonbooks.com/blo...
I'm pleased to announce that signed copies of my print books are now available from the Old Ones Productions store. Take a look here:
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A new drabble of mine has been posted in the Book Hippo daily newsletter - check out the daily Kindle bargains here: bookhippo.ukYou can check out some of my other drabbles here:
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The Thing With No Name
What a power it is to name a thing. With a simple word or phrase, you identify it and so can know its nature and divine its purpose.
What then when you encounter something that has no name? More than that, it can have no name.
To look at it is to feel a twist in your sanity and compounding your terror. You don’t know that it is a thing at all, only that this isn’t something you can flee from, fight, or bargain with.
What do you do when all that you know is that it must be endured?
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