Why? Why? Why?

Last week, Balance of Betrayal was published. Of all the books in the Bremmand Chronicles – including the ones still to be published – it is the one with the most unexpected characters.

I don’t mean that they are strange or behave in peculiar ways (although maybe some of them do!). They are unexpected […]

The unexpected hero

This week, Balance of Betrayal is published. Of all the books in the Bremmand Chronicles – including the ones still to be published – it is the one with the most unexpected characters.

By unexpected I don’t mean that they are strange or behave in peculiar ways (although maybe some of them do!). They […]

One week to go!

I can hardly believe it but Balance of Betrayal finally sees the light of day on 19th April. The imminent publication of one’s work is always a nervous moment, for any author. What if it isn’t as good as my last book? What if I’ve made some horrible mistake in the plot? What if […]

The unconscionable act

I did something unconscionable recently. Not in real life, you understand, but in Balance of Betrayal. I drove someone to their death.

I’ve killed characters before – soldiers falling in battle, disease carrying away whole families, murders, war crimes, all sorts of death – but this was different.

In this case an essentially innocent […]