You Are Hearing Me Talk... To The 24 Podcast

Joshua Rivers over at The 24 Podcast site reached out to me a while back to have a chat about writing for Jack Bauer and my recent 24 tie-in novel Deadline...

You can check out the interview Here or visit the site and listen to all episode reviews and more...

Warhammer Fest is this weekend!

Another weekend, another convention - and this time, it's Warhammer Fest...

As it says over at the Games Workshop official site:
Warhammer Fest is a celebration of everything about the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000; the miniatures, the backgrounds, the stories and the games. You will encounter fantastic miniatures displays, seminars by our design teams, in-depth demonstrations and inspiring Design Studio displays. You will also be able to pick up the latest releases from Games Workshop, Forge World and Black Library, including many items available for the first time over the weekend, along with exclusive event only merchandise. With such a wide range of activities, you can plan your day around specific elements, or just enjoy whatever grabs your attention.

The event is taking place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Saturday 11th (10.00am – 5.00pm) and on Sunday 12th (9.30am – 4.00pm)

I'll be signing books - including the new Horus Heresy anthology Death And Defiance and an advance release of my new Garro audio drama Shield of Lies - as well as taking part in Q&A sessions and a reading on both days.

For more information about Warhammer Fest, click Here.

Black Library Audio Preview 2014

I've been writing audio dramas for Black Library for a couple of years now and as biased as I might be, it's worth saying that there's some very cool audio stuff out there in the worlds of Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy.

This week, to showcase some of the best of BL's adventures across the formats of audio books, audio dramas and full cast audio plays, there's a free preview available for streaming or download at the Black Library site. The preview is a full 70 minutes of action and adventure, which includes an excerpt from my Horus Heresy story Oath of Moment, featuring the character of Nathaniel Garro.

You'll also hear extracts from the audiobooks of Rebirth, The Talon of Horus and Horus Rising; the Gotrek and Felix audio drama Curse of the Everliving and Warhammer 40,000 story Blood in the Machine; and a sample from BL's new episodic series The Tranzia Rebellion.

To visit the site, click Here. Alternatively, you can find the streaming audio link Here and the direct download Here.

Destination Star Trek 3 is this weekend!

It's been a good while since I last did a pure-bred Star Trek convention and this weekend I get to go boldly once more at Destination Star Trek 3 over the weekend of October 3rd-5th at the ExCel Centre in London...

Along with my colleague and fellow Star Trek novelist Una McCormack, I'll be at DST3 on Saturday 4th October, and we'll both be appearing on the "Simon & Schuster Author Q&A Panel" on the Excelsior stage from 2:45pm to 3:30pm. We'll be talking about our previous work on Star Trek, including our collaboration on The Fall miniseries last year, and also dropping some hints about our upcoming Trek projects for 2015.

And after we're done at the Q&A, Una and I will then decamp to the Simon & Schuster sales stand in the Publication Alley area of the event to sign books for a while, so come along and say hello!

Entry to the Excelsior Stage is free for all DST3 attendees, but you need a general entry ticket for the event; for more information about Destination Star Trek 3, click Here.

You Are Hearing Me Talk... To The Official Star Trek Axanar Podcast

I never cease to be amazed by the amount of creative energy that Star Trek fans put into their 'fan-works' and in recent years one of the things that has come on in leaps and bounds are the fan films produced by volunteer-only actors, technicians and writers. One such production that caught my eye is Star Trek: Axanar,  a Classic Trek-era movie being developed to tell the story of the Four Years War - a pivotal battle between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, hinted at in TOS episodes such as "Court Martial" and "Whom Gods Destroy" and detailed in the old FASA roleplaying game supplement of the same name.



As part of the run-up for the Axanar movie, the team behind it produced the excellent Prelude To Axanar, an 'in-universe' mock Discovery Channel-type documentary about the battle - and you can check that out Here.

Meanwhile, work continues apace on the full-blown prodution, and as part of the project the folks over at the Trek FM network are hosting a regular podcast about Star Trek: Axanar. I was pleased to be invited on to talk with hosts Christopher Jones and Alec Peters about my love of classic Star Trek lore, war stories and more. I also drop a few hints about some of my upcoming novels...

To listen to the podcast, click Here to visit the Trek FM site, or find the Axanar podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.