Just checking in

Thought it might be time to do a general update for my readers. I’m not very good at that, I’m afraid, so apologies. Often just feels sort of intrusive on my part, the concept that I should just blurt out to the world what I’m up to, but I suppose that’s more a part of being a private person than anything else. But on to what I’m up to, if you’re interested. audiobooks This is…

A Halloween teaser for you

Probably the creepiest novel I’ve written is From Mountains of Ice.  Imagine you could speak with the dead, unwillingly, but able. Imagine their voices sometimes clamoured in your head, their memories, experiences, advice all there whenever you touched something made from their bones. Then imagine your prince gone m ad, your country drowning under taxation and a ruinous rule, and you the hope your people, dead and living, entreat to set things aright. And so Sylvio…

Cloudbearer’s Shadow now in audiobook

Cloudbearer’s Shadow, the fourth novel in Ann Marston’s much-beloved fantasy series, The Rune Blades of Celi, is now available in audiobook from Amazon, Audible and iTunes. Once more narrator Austin Vanfleet creates a hypnotic experience for listeners. The recording runs 11 hours and 46 minutes, a perfect way to escape from the daily onslaught of Covid19 news.

Tower in the Crooked Wood coming in audiobook

It goes without saying I believe in the books we publish. That’s why when Paula Johanson offered us her wonderful YA fantasy, Tower in the Crooked Wood, I was so excited to bring to publication this West Coast First Nations influenced story. That was back in 2015. Five years later, Tower in the Crooked Wood is still available in ebook. In December this year it’s also going to be available in audiobook. Canadian actor, artist, graphic designer…

The Gilded Chain now in audiobook

Dave Duncan’s first novel in the King’s Blades The first novel in Dave Duncan’s wildly popular King’s Blades series, The Gilded Chain, is now available in audiobook, masterfully narrated by Austin Vanfleet. This introduction to The King’s Blades sets the stage for the eight novels which streamed from that remarkable imagination of Duncan’s. As unwanted and rebellious boys, the King’s Blades find refuge in Ironhall…. Years later, they emerge as the finest swordsmen in the realm—a magical ritual of a sword through…