Chapters 1-9 of ‘Closeburn Crossing’ are now available for free on Wattpad!

That’s around half of the book posted there.

Chapter 10 will be published next Tuesday.

Thank you to my fellow Wattpadders for your reads, votes and comments so far!

Also, as always, a big thank you to my paperback and e-book readers and audiobook listeners. Your support is much appreciated.

Photo: ‘The Jungle of Chiapas’ by Bere von Awstburg from Pixabay.

Jungles and rainforests have always fascinated me. I think ever since watching Raiders of the Lost Ark as a child, and probably even before.

They inspired me to write about Iria.

Iria is the largest jungle on Altinor, the faraway planet the main character, Daniel Mearns, travels to in my Altinor books.

Iria is home to many beings, including spider-trees, singing voriez plants and the Phibs.

Phibs are bipedal, talking frogs the height of humans who have a warrior culture.

I’d love to visit more jungles and rainforests.

Have you been to a jungle or rainforest you’d recommend?

Or is there one you’ve always wanted to visit?

I recently wrote a chapter of Edge of the Wild, the third book in the Altinor trilogy, from the point of view of Tarban, a young soldier in the Delvidran army.

During it, he’s with the Commander of the army, Laton.

He is both frightened and intrigued by her and what they speak about.

Laton is the central antagonist of the books, other than Ordran.

An exceptional warrior, she is intelligent, ambitious, tortured, stern, loyal, at once strong and brittle – Laton has a very human alchemy of qualities that make her a fearsome antagonist to Daniel.

Do you have a favourite antagonist/villain in literature?

One of mine is Long John Silver, from Treasure Island.

He first appears one way to Jim Hawkins, the story’s protagonist.

Then due to each of John Silver’s choices later in the book, Jim finds his view of him often changing.

Whether an out-and-out evil villain or an ambiguous antagonist you sometimes found yourself empathising with or even rooting for, which adversaries did you enjoy reading about?

‘Jim, Long John Silver and his Parrot’ by N.C. Wyeth for a 1911 edition of Treasure Island.

Yesterday, the first proof copy of my book, An Exiled Soul, arrived in the post.

An Exiled Soul is the second novel in my Altinor trilogy.

Over the moon to show you the first page of An Exiled Soul paperback and the contents page.

As always with the publishing process, there are a few issues to iron out with the printing.

Fingers crossed it’s not going to take long.

I’ll keep you updated on the paperback release date.

In the meantime, the ebook is available on Amazon from today!

Delighted to tell you An Exiled Soul, follow-up to Closeburn Crossing and the second book in the Altinor trilogy, is out today as an ebook on Amazon!

Click these links for the book’s pages on:

Amazon UK

Amazon US

It is also available on many more Amazon regional websites.

After months of working on it, I am very excited for it to be finally ready.⠀ ⠀

A paperback version is also on the way. Stay tuned!⠀

Over the moon to tell you the ebook of An Exiled Soul, follow-up to Closeburn Crossing and book two in the Altinor trilogy, is available for pre-order on Amazon!

The ebook will be released on Saturday the 4th May 2019.

Click this link for the pre-order page on:

Amazon UK

Amazon US

It is also available on many more Amazon regional websites.

After months of working on it, I am very excited for it to be finally ready.⠀ ⠀

Stay tuned as I will let you know the release date of the paperback soon!⠀

Hi everyone, I am excited to share with you that in An Exiled Soul, the upcoming follow-up to Closeburn Crossing and book two in the Altinor trilogy, you will learn more about Alpona, a talking horse and Daniel’s friend, and Skara, who is a descendant of a powerful warrior family and Ketch’s wife.

The novel expands on the stories of Daniel, Alpona and Ketch as they travel through areas of the world of Altinor, many of which not visited in the first book.

An Exiled Soul is an adventure with colourful new characters, exhilarating action and emotional moments. Keep you posted!