NOMAD is coming...

Star Trek: The Latter Fire is out now!

Turn your eyes to the skies (or at least to your nearest bookstore) because my newest novel The Latter Fire is on sale this week; the official release date is the 23rd but it's already been sneaking out in the UK, USA and Australia, so you should be able to find it on sale very soon - and eBook editions will quickly follow.

The five-year mission of the Starship Enterprise has brought the vessel and her crew to the forefront of an important first contact operation.

Under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, the ship is heading to the planet Syhaar Prime in the Beta Quadrant—the homeworld of an alien civilization preparing to take its first steps onto the galactic stage.

One year earlier, the Enterprise came across a badly damaged Syhaari explorer vessel drifting in deep space. In collaboration with the explorer’s captain, Kirk and his crew were able to restore the ship to full function and send it on its way.

And now, as the Syhaari display rapid technological progress in the past year, hard questions must be asked. Is it possible that the Enterprise crew leaked advanced technology or information to the Syhaari during their first encounter, in violation of the Prime Directive?

Star Trek: The Latter Fire is my first novel set in the "classic" era of Star Trek: The Original Series and it's an era I've been wanting to write a tale for since I first started working on Trek stories; it's also the first novel release this year to feature the 50th Anniversary logo, as part of the celebration of the original show's half-century.

I had a great time writing The Latter Fire - it's a novel in the tradition of some of my favourite ST:TOS episodes (with some nods to the animated series too!), a big and brassy epic with a 60's SF tone - and I hope readers will enjoy it...

First Contact Day 2016 postponed

A quick update: the organizers of the First Contact Day 2016 convention in Telford I was scheduled to attend with fellow Star Trek writers Una McCormack and Larry Nemecek have announced that the event has been postponed - more details are here at the FCD website.

I'm sorry to hear this - Una and I had a great time at last year's First Contact Day - and I hope the FCD team can return for another event in the future.

New book day - Star Trek: The Latter Fire

New book day is always the best day.

 

Horus Heresy Weekender 2016

Welcome to February; hopefully this month will have less blood on its hands, but it is kicking off with a bang (or more accurately, a dakka) as the Horus Heresy Weekender 2016 event happens up in Nottingham at the Belfry hotel on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th February.

 

There's a whole bunch of stuff going on at HHW2016, including gaming events, seminars, along with panels and signings that will feature me and a few of my fellow Black Library authors. It will also be an opportunity to get hold of advance copies of the new War Without End mega-sized anthology, and the last few dozen copies of my limited run collector's edition novella Vow of Faith will also be on sale at the show. More details here at the Forge World website.