Bennett: Book 2 of the Chronicles of the White Tower

by Mark Patrick

A fast-moving medieval Fantasy-Adventure.Bennett, a knight of the White Tower, and Stella, a Romany girl with a deadly knife, discover an unexpected love together. Their new marriage is complicated by the rescue of Palima, a Mistress of War, who was imprisoned within a stone ages in the past for her part in a battle against evil.Can Bennett cope with a stranger dwelling within his new wife’s head? And can the three of them rally the forces of the Romany and overcome Mandrake, a power-hungry man, who prolongs his life by absorbing the life-energy of the men and women who die on his followers' obscene altars?

259 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2012

About the author

An Englishman who, for the last thirty years, has lived in Spain, Mark Patrick has enjoyed a lifelong love affair with books. Add to that an early training in photography and cine, and you have a writer who sees his writing as the art of creating cinema in the mind.

He believes characters should have depth, as well as faults and limitations. They are as important to a book as a strong, fast moving plot.

Sharing his life with a wife, three children and two dogs (at last count), he’s a lover of most types of music; particularly vocal jazz, photography, old films, and older jokes.

If you visit, you might find him reading anything from A (Austin) to Z (Zola), or passing through topics in the Encyclopedia Britannica between novels, while listening to Mozart, Miles Davis or Billie Holiday.

He likes getting feedback. You can e-mail Mark at markpatrickspain@gmail.com and he'll try and respond to messages (as long as they are polite).