Status Updates From White Silence, Red Justice

I've been delighted to see the first readers starting White Silence, Red Justice. Writing a novel set in Arctic Norway, where I live, was a very different experience from writing my earlier books. I hope the landscape becomes as much a character in the story as the people. If you've started reading, I'd love to hear your thoughts as you go. Happy reading!

I’ve reached the final days before publication. It feels rather strange to see a story that began with Arctic silence, an isolated motel, and an old question about justice becoming a real book. White Silence, Red Justice is released on 16 July.

Proofreading the Berit Anna chapters today. She may be the heart of the book: a woman trying to avoid a calling that has been waiting for her since birth.

I could not resist this book at all! It did not seem like 579 pages at all. Whoa! :) :D <3 James you interfered in my study time LOL - ROFL - my professors are going to be fuming! I was supposed to be studying Church History!!! LOL - lovely book - RTC shortly once I finish with some counseling sessions with some LGBTQIA+ Catholics. :) <3 Marvellous! <3

One thing I keep noticing on this final pass is how much of the story is really about silence — what people refuse to say, what the snow hides, and what the dead don’t forget.

Today I reached the Furuness Motel chapters again. This is where the long threads finally begin to knot together.

I’m doing the final proofread of White Silence, Red Justice now. It’s strange revisiting a book at this stage — not quite mine anymore, but not quite the reader’s yet either.

Gripping! Can't take my hands off it! Congratulations James! :) <3 :D