New release: Terminus
It’s release day! I’m excited to announce that my latest novel, Terminus, is now available for purchase! What started as a somewhat uninspired character in a short story on the Promptly Written Podcast has now come to fruition as a full-length homage to spy/espionage fiction. While “homage” can be a dirty word, carrying with it all the trite, derivative implications one finds in such mimicry, an homage can also be something done with love.
And that’s what I tried to do here. I’m under no delusion that what I’ve put forth is truly original. It has many of the Fleming trappings and tropes along with a healthy dose of Le Carre's cynicism. But I wrote Terminus as a nod to those types of books in a very deliberate way. It was meant to be a creative exercise, simply a palate cleanser between writing my other stories—it was just meant to be fun.
But the research! Oh my, the research. I endeavored to keep this Cold War thriller as factual as possible, and in some sense, I invented nothing even though the events take place in parts of the world I’ve never visited during a time period I didn’t experience. I invested way more time researching than I intended and can count on one hand the number of times I had to use some very minimal creative license. So, the folks who run Neuschwanstein Castle will have to forgive me for imagining what the Knight’s House looks like, and the owners of Hotel Das Rubezahl will have to extend a similar courtesy. While I tried to refrain from specifying any details that might conflict with reality, neither party responded to my requests for information, and so the onus is on them for any inaccuracies as far as I’m concerned.
Overall, I’m pretty happy with the book. It’s a fairly quick read, coming in at around 49,000 words, something you could knock out in a weekend. I wanted it to have that short and punchy pulpy thriller vibe, and the cover art captures that well. The book is probably the most accessible thing I’ve written in recent memory. If you’re so inclined, check it out! You can get electronic and paperback copies, or you can read for free if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription.
Next up, The Reeve Book Four!
And that’s what I tried to do here. I’m under no delusion that what I’ve put forth is truly original. It has many of the Fleming trappings and tropes along with a healthy dose of Le Carre's cynicism. But I wrote Terminus as a nod to those types of books in a very deliberate way. It was meant to be a creative exercise, simply a palate cleanser between writing my other stories—it was just meant to be fun.
But the research! Oh my, the research. I endeavored to keep this Cold War thriller as factual as possible, and in some sense, I invented nothing even though the events take place in parts of the world I’ve never visited during a time period I didn’t experience. I invested way more time researching than I intended and can count on one hand the number of times I had to use some very minimal creative license. So, the folks who run Neuschwanstein Castle will have to forgive me for imagining what the Knight’s House looks like, and the owners of Hotel Das Rubezahl will have to extend a similar courtesy. While I tried to refrain from specifying any details that might conflict with reality, neither party responded to my requests for information, and so the onus is on them for any inaccuracies as far as I’m concerned.
Overall, I’m pretty happy with the book. It’s a fairly quick read, coming in at around 49,000 words, something you could knock out in a weekend. I wanted it to have that short and punchy pulpy thriller vibe, and the cover art captures that well. The book is probably the most accessible thing I’ve written in recent memory. If you’re so inclined, check it out! You can get electronic and paperback copies, or you can read for free if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription.
Next up, The Reeve Book Four!
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