With the impending October  release of the sixth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s fascinating “Saxon Stories” series, “Death of Kings,” I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at the books that have come before. I’m a sucker for a good first person narrative, especially when the character in question happens to be someone with as much color as Cornwell’s Saxon-born Uthred. Told as a collection of yarns by an aging and battle-weary Uthred, these tales stretch from …

The inaugural post for this blog has been a long time coming. It was initially scheduled along with Wind Rider being made freely available on the site. Something big got in the way of that plan. I began work on the sequel, Deep Dweller. Now that draft one is complete and I have a moment to breathe, I thought it would be useful to start here, while I still have many of the details of the novel writing experience fresh …

Dareth marvels at the great canyon wall from a seldom used track that runs near its base. None of the other villagers use the path for good reason. The shakes that plague the canyon floor often send stones and debris hurtling down from far above. Today it looks as though the others might have been right to fear. Today it seems that Dareth’s curiosity is going to get the better of him.