Imperial Rogue (Ashes of Empire #7) is live in ebook format. Print versions will come in the next few days. Get your copy here:
https://books2read.com/imperialrogue
Enjoy!
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To the editor, that is. Imperial Rogue (Ashes of Empire Book 7) is now in my capable editor’s hands after 13 days of review the manuscript — 6 full reviews in all! Barring any unforeseen issues, it should hit the bookshelves around November15th. And my, that was a long time coming. Almost a year. But this year has been a bit more difficult than previous ones for several reasons. In any case, it’ll be your hands soon.
Watch this space for the announcement that Imperial Rogue is out. In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, my friend.
It’s taken much longer than I thought it would, though serious family issues in late Spring and early Summer didn’t help, but Imperial Rogue (Ashes of Empire #7) is finally done. It won’t come out in October because I need to do several revision runs and then it goes to my editor, but barring any unforeseen problems, it’ll be published sometime in November. I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I published my last book, but life does tend to mess up the best laid plans.
In any case, happy Fall — or Spring if you live in the southern hemisphere. The leaves are turning multicolour around here and nighttime temperatures are already reaching for the freezing point, though daytime is still nice. Keep your eye on your favourite retailer come mid-November! Stay safe and healthy, my friends.
Apologies for not posting in such a long time, but suffice to say I had to deal with serious family issues since mid-May. They’ve settled down in the last week or so, which means I now have more energy for other things, such as making this blog post and more importantly, writing my next novel.
I’m pleased to say that after many delays, Imperial Rogue (Ashes of Empire Book 7) is finally moving again and I’m two-thirds done. It won’t come out until October, for several reasons, but progress in the last few days has been better than at any time in the last few months, so I’m hopeful that I’ll be done writing by the end of August.
Here in the Great White North, the weather has been excellent of late, warm, sunny and downright pleasant. I do love summer as much as I dislike winter and I’m enjoying it by sitting out on the deck every day from four in the afternoon until bed time (with a break for supper) reading books by fine authors I’ve discovered recently.
And that’s it for now. Stay safe and healthy fellow humans. Peace.
It’s been a while since my last post, and I apologize. But we spent over a month in the Caribbean in the January-February timeframe and I’ve been busy.
I’m doing something I’ve never done before: writing three books simultaneously. Why? Because I like to be productive even when something in a book’s plot isn’t working and I’m stuck until I figure it out. And lately I’ve been stuck a lot for some reason.
So, what are those books? First, there is Imperial Rogue (Ashes of Empire Book 7), then there’s The Cost of Treason (Constabulary Casefiles Book 5) and finally, the first in a new series, set in a different universe, that of the Thousand Worlds, Coins for the Dead.
The first two sit at one-third completion, while the third is only at 10%. None of the books will be published before the summer, alas.
You can see the covers here https://www.thomsonfiction.ca/upcoming-books.php
And that’s all I have to share on this gray, rainy April day in the Great White North.
Stay safe, fellow humans.
“May peace and plenty be the first
To lift the latch at your door
And happiness be guided to your home
By the candle of Christmas.
God’s blessings and peace be yours throughout
This New Year.”
Another year has gone by, and gone by fast. Time seems to be accelerating, the older I get. Perhaps it’s the notion most of it has already passed that makes it feel so. Oh well…
In other news, it looks like there will be a seventh Ashes of Empire adventure after all. I toyed with a new series set in the same universe, a few years after Imperial Dawn but in the end, it didn’t gel. So now I’m re-working the concept as Imperial Rogue – Ashes of Empire #7. It’ll feature some of the folks from Imperial Dawn like Norum and DeCarde reprising their roles. When will it be out? Likely not before late April or early May.
And now, peace fellow humans. Stay safe, stay healthy, and enjoy the season.
It is clearly summer in the Great White North because I’ve eschewed long pants in favor of shorts all day long, every day, although it’s been rainy. But since I’m spending so much time behind my keyboard, it doesn’t matter.
Imperial Dawn (Ashes of Empire #6) has been out for a week now and is doing quite well. If you haven’t get snagged your copy yet, what are you waiting for? Yes, it’s the last of the Ashes of Empire series, but I’ll be starting a follow-on series to be called Imperial Rogue which will be set a few years after Imperial Dawn. It will feature the adventures of an agent of the Second Empire as he does roguish things across the galaxy in the service of the empire, and will look at future developments of the Second Empire and its adversary, the Republic of Lyonesse.
I don’t have a title for the first book yet, but I expect to begin working on it once the fifth Ghost Squadron adventure, Violent Fires, is out. And when will it be out? I figure sometime in late September. I have a third of it written so far. That means the first Imperial Rogue story could potentially hit the shelves in early 2025.
And that’s all the news fit to share! Stay safe and healthy, fellow humans.
Imperial Dawn (Ashes of Empire #6) is finally out after all this time. It’ll likely be the last installment in the Ashes of Empire saga. Get it from your favorite retailer (and as always, if your favorite retailer isn’t listed yet, give it a few hours or maybe a day or two).
https://books2read.com/imperialdawn
I’ve finally finished writing Imperial Dawn. And mightily glad I am to have done so. For some reason, it was the most difficult of my stories to write so far. And it will be the last installment in the Ashes of Empire series. But don’t fret, I’m planning a new series called Imperial Rogue that will be set a few years (decades?) after Imperial Dawn and will feature the adventures of Harry Paget, agent of the empire, as he gallivants across human space, fixing things and getting into trouble.
Imperial Dawn will likely come out in late June and that’s driven by the fact that my editor won’t be available until the second week of June even though I’ll have completed my revisions by the end of this month.
Stay safe and healthy, fellow humans
I just sent The Final Shore (Siobhan Dunmoore Book 9) to my editor, which means a mid-March publication date is looking more and more possible. Now, back to Imperial Dawn. I’ve just opened the file and began to re-familiarize myself with where I was at when I switched over to the last Dunmoore adventure. With any luck, it’ll be a late May publication date. After that? I’ve been toying with a new series set in the same universe as all my others, but further in the future than Ashes of Empire, featuring a roguish officer who carries out dirty work for the imperial government.
Stay safe and healthy, fellow humans.
