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Blood Brute's finale, On the Edge of Salt, hit 40% completion! That 40% includes not just the book's drafting and editing, but formatting, uploading and all the finishing touches, too!

Releasing 1st June--Available to preorder on Amazon!

Delighted to announce that On the Edge of Salt, Book 6 of The Blood Brute Series, is now at 35% completion! Publishing on 1st June, this is the final installment in the series! The vampire Rise has faced everything... but can he let go of those he loves the most? Available for preorder on Amazon!

Delighted to announce that On the Edge of Salt, Book 6 of The Blood Brute Series, is now at 35% completion! Publishing on 1st June, this is the final installment in the series! The vampire Rise has faced everything... but can he let go of those he loves the most? Available for preorder on Amazon!

20% through writing the finale of The Blood Brute Series! Book 6 releases on the 1st June!
-Dixon Reuel

Myth of Five is done and dusted! Please look forward to its launch on 1st December! Currently available for preorder on Amazon - grab a copy to be among the first to read!

Myth of Five is currently in its final proofing stages before its launch in just over TWO WEEKS! Exciting stuff!

Set 20 years after Book 4, Strain of Four, this next installment follows Rise as he ages and grapples with what it truly means to be a blood brute: a zombie-bitten vampire!

Myth of Five is officially gone to my proofreader!

Set 20 years after Strain of Four, the blood brute Rise finally comes face-to-face with someone stronger, younger, and better at boundary invocation than him!

Releasing 1st December - preorder on Amazon!
-Dixon Reuel

With a little over a month to launch, Myth of Five is just going through its final edits and prep work before publication!

Set 20 years after the events of Strain of Four, the blood brute Rise faces new challenges both inside and outside the walls of his dear Owl Court smallholding! Available for preorder on Amazon!

-Dixon Reuel

With a little over a month to launch, Myth of Five is just going through its final edits and prep work before publication!

Set 20 years after the events of Strain of Four, the blood brute Rise faces new challenges both inside and outside the walls of his dear Owl Court smallholding! Available for preorder on Amazon!

-Dixon Reuel

Just crossed the 50,000 word mark on Myth of Five!

And Volume 1 is published and out in the world - enjoy!

Delighted to report that I'm at the halfway mark in writing Myth of Five!

Set 20 years on after the events of Strain of Four, Rise must contend with the past arriving right into his lap!

Releasing 1st December 2023 - Available for Preorder on Amazon!

- Dixon Reuel

Just crossed the 20,000-word mark in drafting Myth of Five!

Set 20 years after the events of Strain of Four, the Dreamer of Holly Hill must finally be awoken!

Coming this December - available to preorder on Amazon!
-Dixon Reuel

Volume 1 of The Blood Brute is fully formatted, uploaded, and ready to launch on 15th September!

Containing the first THREE BOOKS of The Blood Brute Series, this volume has Rise of One, Fall of Two, and Ebb of Three!

Click on Want To Read to be reminded of its release!

-Dixon Reuel

The outline is complete for Myth of Five and I've begun the first draft of this novel!

After the events of Strain of Four, what on earth is going to happen to The Vampire Rise? Be sure to click Want To Read to find out lol!

-Dixon Reuel

Aaaaaand that's the 4th Blood Brute book gone to my editor!

To celebrate, the rest of the series has gone on sale! Check it out on Amazon & let me know if you survived Vampire Rise's adventures!

-Dixon Reuel

Over two-thirds edited! Off to my professionals soon for the final once-over!

I've also switched-up STRAIN OF FOUR's bio (it should appear here on Goodreads over the next few days)!

Soooooo excited for you all to read the further adventures of Rise and the Owl Court coven!

-Dixon Reuel

With less than 50 days to launch, I've passed the halfway mark in writing and publishing STRAIN OF FOUR!

The book is written and I'm halfway through editing it myself - then it's off to my editor for the real work!

Available to preorder now on Amazon!
- Dixon Reuel

Just hit 50,000 words on Strain of Four! Releasing this Summer, I'm soooo delighted to be trucking through Blood Brute's 4th book!

And I'm at some juicy parts indeed!
- Dixon Reuel

Woop, woop! I've written the first 20,000 words of Strain of Four !

Out on 1st June - preorder now on Amazon to follow the adventures of The Vampire Rise as his coven battle a zombie apocalypse!

Delighted to announce that STRAIN OF FOUR is now fully outlined!

The 4th Blood Brute title has some great characters that I can't wait for you all to meet! The Vampire Rise even catches the eye of a young lady friend! ((Of course, he is his usual jackass self in response!)).

Publishing on 1st June of this year, STRAIN OF FOUR is available to preorder now on Amazon.

Amid the Chaos!
-Dixon Reuel

I'm delighted to announce the cover reveal and preorder details for Blood Brute's 3rd installment, EBB OF THREE! Available across Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited, EBB OF THREE releases 1st December - in less than a month!

Dark Urban Fantasy! For lovers of THE SONG OF ACHILLES or THE PERSIAN BOY!

Preorder: bit.ly/BBEbbOfThree
Goodreads: bit.ly/BB3GR

Aaaaaand that's EBB OF THREE gone off for editing!

I'm very lucky that I was able to take last week off work and use my annual leave to get Blood Brute's 3rd book over the line and off to my fantastic editor.

EBB OF THREE has some huge character moments, esp. for Rise, so it was a doozy to write! It's already available for preorder on Amazon, publishing 1st December 2021! Less than 2 months away!
-DR

EBB OF THREE is now 75% complete & wings its way off to my fantastic editor this coming Monday! Just gotta 'fill up the corners', as a Hobbit would say, and tease out that ending.

With a deep dev edit is that the final 25% of a book doesn't really come together until after I get that edit back & have a proper sit-down to review.

FALL OF TWO's whole ending changed that way, too! All part of the writing process!
-DR

Aaaaaand Book 3, EBB OF THREE, is two-thirds complete!

Publishing on 1st December, I'm working hard to bring you the next instalment of Rise's adventure.

And, I gotta say, there's a whole heap of hurt a-coming!

You can preorder EBB OF THREE on Amazon already!
-DR

I just hit 40% completion on Blood Brute's 3rd book!

Starting each installment in the series with a really detailed outline is what helps my writing process so, so much! I'm always glad that I take the time to deeply outline not just the story of that particular book, but Rise's 'movement' as a character - in Book 3, EBB OF THREE, can he move from blind self belief to prudence?

Out 1st December 2021! Preorder now!

And that's BLOOD BRUTE's other prequel, FINDING HOME, completed and published and released into the world!

I hope everybody enjoys this insight into the coven's life before the events of the first book, RISE OF ONE!

FINDING HOME is available from an array of ebook retailers (Amazon, Google Play, Kobo etc) at this link: http://bit.ly/BBFindingHome

Happy reading! Let me know what you think!
-DR

And that's it! Blood Brute's prequel, On the Edge of Salt is now published and out in the world!

With WWI on the horizon, a village drains of its young men as a vampire comes to town!

Download now for FREE on the ereader platform of your choice: http://bit.ly/OnTheEdgeOfSalt

And Rise of One is back from proofing! All edits are also complete! Now it's time to move onto formatting and getting the final files uploaded to Amazon, Apple, Kobo, B&N, etc. all in time for release!

Rise of One, first book in the Blood Brute series, is out 15th December! Preorder now: http://bit.ly/RiseOfOne