Later this month, I'm excited to be sharing something exclusive to all my readers, as a thank-you for your ongoing support: a brand new serial short story!
Rough Air is set between the events of Ghost and Shadow, following Marc Dane as he uses his wits to take down a group of hijackers on board an airliner. I did some interesting research into what you might use to stop a mid-air takeover, given all you get on a commercial flight is plastic cutlery... You'll have to read the story to find out what I came up with for Marc! Read More...
I'm happy to announce that from today, I have a new home on the World Wide Web; you can visit me at jswallow.com.
I've worked on the new site to create something simple, quick to navigate and most importantly, filled with stuff. You'll find information on all of my professional writing career to date - every book, every short story, every script and video game - complete with images, audio clips, trailers and videos. You can keep up to date with my 'coming soon' section and my (somewhat irregular) blog!
There's a fully indexed 'library' of my work categorized by themes, series and subject, covering all my original fiction and tie-ins. I'll be writing Author's Notes as I go, so readers can learn more about the stories behind my projects over the last twenty years!
There's also a 'free fiction' category, which I'll be adding to regularly over the next month or so, in the run-up to the launch of my next Marc Dane thriller novel Shadow.
On Friday April 26th, and on each following Friday over five weeks, I'll be putting up a chapter of a brand new Marc Dane novelette called "Rough Air", free to download in ebook form for all visitors to the site. More on that next week!
My new site will be taking over the duties of the Red Flag blog in the coming months, but there will be a bit of overlap before I shut that down, so if you want to continue to follow me and my writing, please update your browsers and bookmarks accordingly!
The release of my next Marc Dane novel Shadow is
fast approaching, and we've had a new pass over the cover art since I
last talked about it - the new colours are really striking and I hope
it’ll make the book stand out on store shelves...
Things are about to go viral in Dane's most dangerous adventure yet . . .
Ex-MI6
field technician Marc Dane and his partner - former US Delta Force
sniper Lucy Keyes - are pitted against their most terrifying challenge
yet, when a genius bio-researcher with the ability to create a deadly
biological weapon is kidnapped by a ruthless terrorist.
Their
desperate search for the missing scientist takes them across the world,
from the desolate wilderness of Iceland to the dark underbelly of a
fracturing Europe, where they will discover a shocking atrocity in the
making.
Backed by shadowy interests, a cadre of hard-line
ultra-right-wing extremists plan to unleash a lethal virus among the
population of a major European city.
Only Marc Dane can prevent this devastating attack from taking place - before a whole continent is plunged into terror...
Shadow is out in hardcover, export trade paperback and eBook editions at the end of May, and you can pre-order it at Amazon (click Here) or wherever you buy your
fiction.
But a new cover design isn’t all I have to announce; I'm currently putting the finishing touches on a brand new serial short story, which will be available in free downloadable chapters in the run-up to the release of Shadow.
Today marks the official global release of Tom Clancy's The Division 2, the action-packed videogame sequel from Ubisoft Massive, and I'm thrilled to have been a part of the writing team on this dynamic new project...
If Washington D.C. falls, Humanity falls. Washington D.C. is on the brink of collapse. Lawlessness and instability threaten our society, and rumours of a coup in the Capitol are only amplifying the chaos. All active Division agents are desperately needed to save the city before it's too late.
The capital in crisis. Unlike anything before it, The Division 2's Washington D.C. is a 1:1 representation of the real city, making the game world more authentic than ever. The game's map offers up-close-and-personal views of landmarks, natural landscapes, neighborhoods, and enemy hideouts.
Enemy factions at your doorstep. Various factions, vying for power in the wake of the crisis, are aiming to claim D.C.’s future for themselves. Only Division agents are equipped to take on these new threats and protect the civilians that remain.
Gear Up. Save DC. You
are a member of the Division, an elite group of civilian agents charged
with being the last line of defense. With DC at risk, it's time to gear
up and use your unique skills to take on this new threat.
The Division 2 features a strong narrative element distributed throughout the core storyline.
As well as being a long-time reader of the Tom Clancy novels, I’ve also been a dedicated player of the videogames created under the author’s name. Last year I worked on the Ghost Recon Wildlands open-world shooter game, and having expended a lot of hours on the first iteration of The Division, I was excited to be involved with the sequel.
My contribution to The Division 2 comes in the form of the "endgame" faction, a deadly group of lethal special ops soldiers known as Black Tusk, who become the key enemy for players in the later phases of the game. My scripts for the Black Tusk faction are just one component of a huge project, involving several other scriptwriters and a great many talented people.I hope gamers will have as much fun playing The Division 2as I had working on it...
I'm heading out to the city of Belfast this weekend to take part in my first Irish event - the Noireland International Crime Fiction Festival - and I'm really looking forward to it!
The event runs from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, and I'll be joining top writers like Ann Cleeves, Anthony Horowitz, Adam Hamdy, Belinda Bauer, Denise Mina, Stuart MacBride and more to talk about crime and thrillers.
I'm taking part in the "Twenty-First Century Bonds" panel on Sunday morning from 9:30am, along with Asia Mackay (author of Killing It) and Douglas Lindsey (Song of the Dead) -James Bond has endured as one of the great icons of the thriller genre but how has he influenced modern thrillers and what are the challenges of writing about Secret Service agents for 21st century audiences?
