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Mark A. Latham

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Mark A. Latham is a writer, editor, history nerd, proud dogfather, frustrated grunge singer and amateur baker from Staffordshire, UK. An immigrant to rural Nottinghamshire, he lives in a very old house (sadly not haunted), and is still regarded in the village as a foreigner.

Formerly the editor of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf magazine, Mark designs tabletop games, and is an author of strange, fantastical and macabre tales.

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Aelderland: A World in Maps

At a recent event at the wonderful One More Chapter bookshop, I was asked several questions about the worldbuilding in The Last Vigilant, and specifically about the map at the front of the book and how closely it ties into the creation of Aelderland. This is a topic that I’m very passionate about, because [...]

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	The Last Vigilant (Kingdom of Oak and Steel, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lazarus Gate (The Apollonian Case Files #1) 3.52 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Red Tower 3.93 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Betrayal in Blood 3.81 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Iscariot Sanction (The Apollonian Case Files, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cthulhu Campaigns: Ancient Rome by Mark A. Latham (Goodreads Author), Ru-Mor (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legion Prophecy (The Apollonian Case Files, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bug Hunts: Surviving and Combating the Alien Menace 3.44 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judgement (Angels of Death, #5) 3.74 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow 3.71 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ignorance is no excuse when the end comes. If knowledge is denied us, we owe it to ourselves to seek it out.”
― Mark A. Latham, The Last Vigilant

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“To command is to fear. A leader who never fears making a mistake is an arrogant one. Or worse: a complacent one.”
― Mark A. Latham, The Last Vigilant

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