The penultimate chapter in the Great Hearts series: Imperator. If you’ve been itching for your next fix of dark science fantasy, this has got you covered. The longest book in the series by far, expect ridiculous amounts of action, morally questionable decisions and heartbreaking revelations. Dropping February 10th. Pre-order here
The Great Hearts V is complete! It’s nearly here. The Great Hearts V: Imperator has had its finishing touches and is almost ready to be out in the world. This is the longest of the series by a fair stretch at 196,000 words – for fans of paperbacks that is clocking in at just under …
Interactive Reviews featuring: Mark Lawrence I’m a huge fan of Mark Lawrence. His adept portrayal of broken but potentially still redeemable characters massively influenced my own work – which probably surprises no-one who has read The Great Hearts. I had the pleasure of meeting Mark once. In a moment of star-struck awe, I awkwardly passed …
Interactive Reviews featuring: Sarah Chorn So…I made a thing. I haphazardly like to teach myself programming and R has been the main focus of study for a little while now. I’ve found that the best way for me to learn something is to try and make small projects and so I tried to come up …
TGHIV draft 1 is 100% It’s getting closer, surely but steadily. TGHIV is out with beta readers now and the first round of editing is underway. First lot of feedback is very positive (always a great relief), so watch this space for a release date. I’m really happy with the way that the book shaped …
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The Great Hearts: The First Collection – Out Now! The first three books of the series in one epub for easy reading. Happy days!
Analysing my writing #4: The Great Hearts III Anyone who has read Shadowstrike will know that there is much more of a focus on the Emperor and seraph, so seeing them front and centre (and, of course, ONE), shouldn’t be too surprising. Shadowstrike has some pretty dark moments (shocker) and a lot of fighting, …
Analysing my writing #3: The Great Hearts II Sigh. There it is again. ONE. I’m going to have to do a separate piece entirely on how I use it within my writing… TGH2 starts to introduce us more to the Emperor and to the magic within the world of the Great Hearts, seraph, so it’s …
Analysing my writing #2: TGH1 ONE. TGH is a grimdark coming-of-age adventure. By far the darkest moments within the novel are at the beginning, a series of events that defines the protagonist’s life and shoves him on a journey to gain enough power for revenge. Interestingly, in terms of the overall number of ‘negative’ …
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