The third book
in my bestselling Marc Dane thriller series will be hitting bookshelves
at the end of next month, but if you'd like to be in with a chance to
win a copy of the hardcover before then, I'm running an exclusive
competition with my publisher Bonnier Zaffre.
A terrible threat from the depths of the dark net.
A devastating betrayal at the heart of a covert strike force.
A deadly pursuit across a digital battlefield.
A ruthless terrorist fuelled by revenge.
As devastating attacks unfold across the globe, Marc Dane must call on all his skills and ingenuity to track down the mysterious figure behind it all - a faceless criminal known only as "Madrigal".
I've set a Reader's Club mailing list with BZ (there's a sign-up button on the top right of this page) and it's free to join; subscribers get an update on new releases in the Marc Dane series and I have a strict no-spam policy, so your inbox won't get flooded. When you join you also get a "deleted scene" from the original draft of Nomad - think of it as a "DVD extra" for the novel!
Reader's Club members will get the chance to win a copy of the new novel Ghost from May 2nd - so click on the sign-up button or the tab above...
The cover art for my forthcoming Star Trek Discovery novel Fear Itself has now been officially released over at StarTrek.com, so here it is in all it's Saru-tastic glory...!
Lieutenant Saru is a Kelpien, a member of a prey species born on a world overrun by monstrous predators…and a being who very intimately understands the nature of fear.
Challenged on all sides, he is determined to surpass his origins and succeed as a Starfleet officer aboard the U.S.S. Shenzhou.
But when Saru breaks protocol in order to prove himself to his crewmates, what begins as a vital rescue mission to save a vessel in distress soon escalates out of control.
Forced into a command role he may not be ready for, Saru is caught between his duty and the conflicting agendas of two antagonistic alien races.
To survive, he will need to seek a path of peace against all odds, and risk compromising the very ideals he has sworn to uphold….
It's been a great experience penning this novel, getting the chance to work so closely with the Discovery writer's room and unfold a little more of Saru's background. I'll be talking more about it in the weeks and months ahead...
Star Trek Discovery - Fear Itself will be out on or around June 5th, in dead-tree, eBook and audiobook editions. More details Here at the Simon & Schuster website.
We can be heroes...
...But just for a couple of days over this weekend in Utrecht, in The Netherlands - I'll be appearing on Saturday 31st March and Sunday 1st April at the Heroes Dutch Comic Con, as a guest of the American Book Center.
Here's my schedule of appearances and signings over the weekend; come along and say hello!
Saturday 31st March
10:15am-11:00am: "Games & Stories, Stories & Games" at the Cozy Corner.
11:00am-12:00pm, 12:30pm-1:30pm & 2:45pm-3:30pm: Book signings at the ABC pop-up bookshop.
Sunday 1st April
10:15am-11:00am: "Writing Unforgettable Characters" at the Cozy Corner.
11:00am-11:45am: "Secrets, Mysteries & Plot Twists" at the Cozy Corner.
12:00pm-1:00pm: Book signing at the ABC pop-up bookshop.
Here's where you can find me during the event, in Hall 9....
For more details of the panel sessions, click Here, or for general information on the convention, look Here.
I was very pleased to sign on with the folks at Tor/Forge over in the United States for the American editions of my Marc Dane action thriller novels, and now I can officially reveal the cover art for the US release of Nomad, the first book in the series...
It's great to be teaming up with Forge Books to bring Marc Dane to an American readership, and it also means I get to work with my good friend and top editor Marco Palmieri once again!
Nomad will be out in the USA on the 11th of September in a new hardcover edition, and there are more details Here about where you can get a copy.
Having been working on videogame projects since 1999 and written for the grim dark future of Warhammer 40,000 since 2003, it was clearly fated that one day I was going to get to combine the two...
...and so I am pleased to announce that I have teamed up with Cyanide Studios and Focus Interactive, to work with them on the narrative for their forthcoming turn-based tactical game Space Hulk: Tactics!
Bringing a unique twist to the classic gameplay of the cult board game, engage in bloody battles through an immense Space Hulk - a twisted mass of asteroids, wrecked ships and debris – as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers. Which side will you choose?
Battle through two distinct, narrative-driven campaigns, from the points of view of two different factions: one campaign puts you in control of a Blood Angels squad, which you will customise and upgrade as you progress, while the other puts you in control of the Genestealers for the first time in a Space Hulk game!
Test your skills against other players in the expansive online competitive multiplayer, letting you command a swarm of Genestealers or a custom squad of different unit types from one of four Space Marine Chapters – the Blood Angels, the Space Wolves, the Ultramarines, and the Dark Angels. Multiplayer modes and tools offer a rich and deep online experience, and include an intuitive map creation tool, which gives players everything they need to create original maps with custom objective, and share them with other players to play either online or against the AI, all from within the game!
Space Hulk: Tactics will be released later in 2018 on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms, and you can find more details about the game at the official website Here.
