UK Games Expo this weekend!

This weekend, gamers will be gathering for the UK Games Expo event at the NEC Hilton Metropole hotel, for one of the biggest celebrations of board games, card games and miniatures games in the country..

...and I am very pleased to be attending the event for the first time as a guest; I am of course expecting to squander a foolish amount of money in the dealer's room, as well as finding some actual games to particpate in. I've heard a lot of great things about UK Games Expo and I'm really looking forward to taking part!

I'll be taking part in a writer's panel over the weekend and I'll have a table in the "Library" area of the event where I'll be available to sign autographs, chat and sell my books, so if you're coming along, please stop by and say hello.

For more information about the event, visit the official website Here.

Incoming! [May 2014]

This is May's 'Coming Soon' update on my future projects and events:

"The Turn of The Card" - Hardcover and paperback edition of the Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters anthology from Ragnarok Publishing, featuring my short story inspired by the Colossal Kaiju Combat gameworld. May.

UK Games Expo - I'll be appearing at this tabletop gaming event in Birmingham. May 30th-June 1st.

The Horus Heresy: Nemesis - A new hardback edition of my 2010 novel from the Horus Heresy saga, from Black Library. June 20th.

The Horus Heresy: La Fuite de L’Eisenstein - French hardback edition of my novel The Flight of the Eisenstein, from Black Library France. July 11th.

"The Turn of The Card" - Audiobook version of the Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters anthology from Ragnarok Publishing, featuring my short story inspired by the Colossal Kaiju Combat gameworld. July 15th.

Lon Con 3 - I'll be along for a couple of days of the World Science Fiction convention in London. 15th-16th August.

24: Deadline - An original hardback prequel novel set before the events of the new TV series 24: Live Another Day, from Forge Books. 5th August.

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Der Stoff der Träume - German eBook edition of my novella The Stuff of Dreams. February 2015.

First Contact Day 2015 - I'll be appearing at this Star Trek convention at the Leicester Space Centre. 4th-5th April 2015.

The Horus Heresy: The Flight of the Eisenstein - A trade paperback edition of my 2007 novel from the Horus Heresy saga, from Black Library. TBC.

'Deus Ex 4' - A new chapter in the Deus Ex videogame series, for next-generation consoles and PCs, from Square Enix. TBC.

Hanging out with this guy all week, I have been...

...for, y'know, reasons.

 

 

 

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24: Deadline is approaching...

The Following Blog Takes Place Between 11.00am and 12.00pm. Events Occur In Real Time.

"Right now, Forge Books are planning to release a thriller novel written by me. It is based on the award-winning television series 24... and I'm pretty damn stoked about it. I'm New York Times Bestselling novelist James Swallow, and today is the longest day of my life."

Action hero Jack Bauer returns this week in the new television series 24: Live Another Day, set four years after the events of 24's eighth season - and I've written Deadline, a novel that bridges the gap between the last turbulent day of Jack's life and this latest adventure...

I'll be talking more about this project in the months ahead, but for know, here's the back cover blurb...

The time is 5:00 PM.

One hour ago, federal agent Jack Bauer was declared a fugitive. If he wants to survive, he must get out of the country, and he doesn’t have much time.

With his former colleagues in the Counter Terrorist Unit now dead, under arrest, or shut down, Jack has no resources to call upon, no back-up, and nowhere to go—only his determination can drive him on. One thing remains clear to him: the promise he made to his daughter Kim. Jack vows that he will see Kim one last time to tell her he loves her...before he drops off the radar forever.

Meanwhile, a hastily-assembled FBI task force sets out to track down and capture Jack, even as a covert operations unit of Russia’s SVR sets out to do the same - only the remit of the Russians is to kill on sight. As the clock runs down, Jack must face old friends and past enemies in a desperate race to stay one step ahead of the hunters, leaving them with a grim warning -

Stay out of my way, and I’ll be gone within 24 hours. You’ll never see me again. Come after me...and you’ll regret it.

24: Deadline will be on sale on August 5th and is available to pre-order in hardback and Kindle formats. For more information, click Here.