I won’t say too much in case you’ve not read Templum Knight book 4: The Archon’s Asssassin, but let’s just say things were looking extremely grim for our hero, Deacon Shader by the end! Templum Knight was originally planned to be a 6-book series, but the entire project was sidelined when I acquired an agent…
It’s been an apocalyptic week, even for these dystopian times! Here in North Carolina we’ve been largely confined to barracks due to the air pollution caused by the Canadian wildfires. Yesterday was a red alert here, today is orange (but feels worse). Some parts of the country are at purple alert, on the cusp of…
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I’m closing in on the end of a major ghost writing commission while working on Dead Dwarves Don’t Die every day. The first draft is progressing apace, and I’m looking forward to getting stuck into the revisions, which is where the real writing takes place. I’m also dedicating one day a week to Sorcerers’ Isle…
An Epic Saga of Redemption D. Woodhouse (Audible UK) If you’re not familiar with the work of Derek Prior then you are missing out. The characters he creates are so much more than your generic two dimensional carbon copy fantasy tropes. Add to this an epic plot with grandiose world building and you have the…
I never imagined, when I wrote The Resurrection of Deacon Shader all those years ago in Australia, that fantasy and reality would start to converge so much in my lifetime. But then, I never imagined Orwell’s dystopian nightmare would descend upon us with such rapidity. But we are there, in terms of the Shader narrative:…
Reviewed by D. Woodhouse, Audible UK A macabre fantasy masterpiece This is honestly the best Grimdark fantasy novel I’ve ever come across. Truly bleak and unforgiving, populated with loathsome characters and a Stygian plot that’ll make your skin crawl. Be warned the depths of the human psyche this book ploughs is beyond Abyssal and into…
