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"I return my gaze to the fragmented monster resting in my palm. Can this really be the remains of an angel? And if it is shouldn’t we all tremble in anticipation of what awaits at our end?"

Ok, Ok, Ok, I get it. You're asking: If this blog post is about my upcoming novel, The Lord of Always, then why the heck is it accompanied by a cover image of The Strange Case at Misty Ridge?

Well, there is a connection between the books - although it's more of a shared universe scenario, rather than a direct link with the stories. Secondly, though, and I guess it's time to 'fess up: with the year I've had I haven't yet been able to get the cover sorted. Lazy, right? Well, maybe.

The novel itself hasn't been difficult to write, but completing it has been burdened by the horrendous weather we suffered a while back. Muggins here managed to slip on the ice while out walking the dog. Not too bad in itself, you'd think, right? And usually you'd be correct; except this fool didn't just slip on the ice. I managed to slip right off the bridge I was crossing at the time.

Thankfully the water was shallow enough I didn't drown. The downside to this is that I smashed my left kneecap in the fall, and Jesus H. Christ did it hurt!

Somewhat bizarrely, the following day, my youngest son also slipped on ice, and he managed to fracture an elbow and his kneecap (again the left one).

We must be a fragile family.

Now, you'd assume being laid up would allow me to zip on with the writing, correct? Unfortunately, not. I was in that much discomfort I could barely concentrate on anything - other than swallowing painkillers.

Anyhow, I'm well on the mend now, and close to completing The Lord of Always. The novel has just returned from being edited, and I'm working through those edits now, so it won't be long before the story is revealed in all its twisted glory.

The Lord of Always tells the story of a young couple named Frank and Roz Tanner, and their battle for survival amid a landscape of merging realities, monstrous creatures and cruel deities, and an array of other cosmic shenanigans...oh, and exploding monkeys!

Frank Tanner is losing his mind to Alzheimer's disease. As the illness claims him, he remembers thoughts long buried; memories of ancient beings that declared themselves to be gods, demons and angels, and of the devastation they wreaked upon all they judged; he remembers the mysterious George Smoke, and questions why this was the only man these gods feared?

It was long ago that George Smoke swore a promise to Frank Tanner. Now, as Alzheimer's looks set to claim him, Frank dares to hope...

The Lord of Always will be available in June 2018.

"Humankind is but the pieces in a game, plastic soldiers waging war between boy gods."

For anyone who hasn't yet read The Strange Case at Misty Ridge (see image), it is available in paperback, or on Amazon Kindle, and can be read *free* with Kindle Unlimted.

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