The Caledon is on the verge of collapse and Kalian, once a living legend among her people, can no longer fight. The battle with the Sarracs has left hundreds dead and Kalian’s sword-hand ruined, and her legionaries can do nothing but hide in the hills and hope. Unopposed, Rhaedian’s savages terrorise the land, and will soon be marching to crush the last stronghold of the Caledon. Meanwhile Ushir is marred by war and conspiracy, leaving Lucan and the rest of the legion more desperate than ever to sail home. But the isolated Caledon are now pieces in a greater game, and the east is not finished with them yet. For the Gadarim on both sides of the world, the call of duty grows harder to heed.
I often see author profiles that talk about being lifelong storytellers and coming up with wild ideas since they were kids. It'd be nice to say that of me, but that's not how it went. When I was about eighteen a friend asked me, out of the blue, to help write some stories for a comic book he was working on and, while it never came to anything, trying it made me realise this was something I enjoyed.
I then spent many years intermittently trying to write books and short stories, none of which were particularly good and most of which were pretty half-hearted.
In 2014 I decided to have a proper go of it and wrote a massive tome that was far too long and bulky to publish, but which at least had the makings of a decent book. I hacked at it, abandoned it, came back to it again, abandoned it again etc, and eventually came up with my first fantasy novel.
Since then I've been writing and learning as I go along. 7 books out so far - hopefully there will be many more to follow, and each one better than the last.