“The problem is Alec, you’re living the plot of a soap opera — when you’re supposed to write it.” As the villain of his story, Alec has turned everyone against him. When his professional and personal lives collide, Alec must face the truth, one he’s spent years hiding. We are all formed by our life experiences, aren’t we? Those events which shape us into the person we are today. Alec Wainwright’s experiences are all negative. A childhood filled with guilt and embarrassment, a disastrous collection of relationships with women and a career where pirates would feel more at home. It’s easy to blame everyone else but the birds are coming home to roost. A huge flock of them. They’re not going to be scared away by sarcasm and bitterness either. No, Alec is about to find out there is no running away from the past.
Phil Parker herds words around the page. Sometimes they cooperate. Usually they don't. He loves reading speculative fiction of all kinds, blogs and reviews at https://www.philparker-fantasywriter.com
Author of: * The Chronicles of the Bastard, Robin Goodfellow (a prequel anthology leading into the Knight's Protocol trilogy) * The Bastard from Fairyland * The Bastard in the Dark * Revenge for the Bastard which form the Knights' Protocol trilogy - re-issued 2021
* The Valkyrie of Vanaheim (2022) * City of Onyx (2023) * The Inside Story of the British Bureau for the Arcane - The Dark Elf Dynasty File (2024)