As proud as I am of 'The Talisman of Wrath' and its sequel, 'A War of Destiny' there is a glaring omission in the saga: a map. There is a good(?) reason for this, although I have to concede that I may have been wrong in my decision not to include one.

"But S P, why on Earth would you omit something that seems de rigeuer in all fantasy novels?" I hear you ask.
I shall tell you. When I read a fantasy novel, I tend to give the cartography no more than an initial cursory glance before I plunge into the text. Occasionally, if the narrative confuses me a little, I'll have another quick look just to get my bearings. Sometimes, however, there is so much detail in the map that I struggle to work it out. By the time I've got it straight in my head I've gone off the boil with the story itself.

Now part from shouting, "you map-blind numpty!" at me through your screen, I wonder, dear reader, if you could let me know if you think that I'm wrong. Should I update 'The Talisman of Wrath' and include one? I realise, of course, that this would disadvantage those who have already bought or borrowed the books, but to this conundrum I have a solution:

I have actually prepared a map which, if there is enough demand, I will include in a new edition; but for those who own or have read the old one, if they request a copy of said map, I shall send them one as a PDF by return of email.
Even if I don't update the books I will be delighted to send any reader of the saga a copy of the map.

Just drop me a line at stephenpmuir@spmuir.com

By the way, I know I said that I'd do separate blogs for Goodreads and my website but for obvious reasons I'm going to cheat on this one; for which I clearly feel a large pang of guilt -- as if!

Until next time then, dear reader,
SP