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The Day Guard Book Covers
Yes (fist pumps...). The covers are now available.
Kindle.
Paperback.
Still targeting release at the end of December 2018
Blurb:
IT’S A HOT WAR.
Cornelius Crane, King of the Vampire Dominion, has his eyes fixed on the final destruction of the Mirovar force team and Anton Slayne.
The Day Guard is ready. Crane’s new super-soldiers can fight the Ramp masters of the Order of Thoth and the Red Empire during daylight.
The Order of Thoth has called a secret conclave to decide who will lead. The faceless men who run the Order will stop at nothing to ensure Francis Mirovar does not become the next Head of the Order.
Rogue vampire general, Chloe Armitage, seeks a new alliance with an ancient foe. A terrible power Anton Slayne has never seen before.
Will the Day Guard tip the balance of power in favor of Cornelius Crane? Will the faceless men of the Order secure their grip on power? Will Chloe Armitage advance her enigmatic cause?
Will Anton Slayne and his friends prevail, or will the last true hope of humanity versus the vampires be extinguished forever?
Kindle.
Paperback.
Still targeting release at the end of December 2018
Blurb:
IT’S A HOT WAR.
Cornelius Crane, King of the Vampire Dominion, has his eyes fixed on the final destruction of the Mirovar force team and Anton Slayne.
The Day Guard is ready. Crane’s new super-soldiers can fight the Ramp masters of the Order of Thoth and the Red Empire during daylight.
The Order of Thoth has called a secret conclave to decide who will lead. The faceless men who run the Order will stop at nothing to ensure Francis Mirovar does not become the next Head of the Order.
Rogue vampire general, Chloe Armitage, seeks a new alliance with an ancient foe. A terrible power Anton Slayne has never seen before.
Will the Day Guard tip the balance of power in favor of Cornelius Crane? Will the faceless men of the Order secure their grip on power? Will Chloe Armitage advance her enigmatic cause?
Will Anton Slayne and his friends prevail, or will the last true hope of humanity versus the vampires be extinguished forever?
Kill Anton Slayne!
The Day Guard,
Cornelius Crane video calls Chloe Armitage... a brief discussion ensues.
Crane's eyes narrowed. “Your next mission is to find and kill Anton Slayne, that is your only mission now.”
“Excuse me, Sir, don’t you mean Arthur Slayne?” Chloe asked, momentarily nonplussed.
“No. I mean Anton Slayne, his grandson.”
“Yes, Sir. I presume this is the same person known as Anton Smith in the Panopticon, who is with the Mirovar force team - is that correct?”
“Yes. Why didn’t you know about Anton Slayne?”
“He wasn’t there when I went to the house in Boston. Marcus and I broke in and waited for William and Anna Slayne to return from a Boston University faculty dinner.”
“You should have known they had a son. The Panopticon has been compromised, the data for Anton Smith is fake.”
“Compromised? By whom?”
“Good question, it remains to be seen.” Crane stared at her. “When I find out, my punishment of the culprit will know no bounds.”
Chloe blinked, “Sir?”
“You have your orders, I expect results.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Crane closed the call.
Chloe said, "[INSERT CLUSTER F-BOMB]."
Cornelius Crane video calls Chloe Armitage... a brief discussion ensues.
Crane's eyes narrowed. “Your next mission is to find and kill Anton Slayne, that is your only mission now.”
“Excuse me, Sir, don’t you mean Arthur Slayne?” Chloe asked, momentarily nonplussed.
“No. I mean Anton Slayne, his grandson.”
“Yes, Sir. I presume this is the same person known as Anton Smith in the Panopticon, who is with the Mirovar force team - is that correct?”
“Yes. Why didn’t you know about Anton Slayne?”
“He wasn’t there when I went to the house in Boston. Marcus and I broke in and waited for William and Anna Slayne to return from a Boston University faculty dinner.”
“You should have known they had a son. The Panopticon has been compromised, the data for Anton Smith is fake.”
“Compromised? By whom?”
“Good question, it remains to be seen.” Crane stared at her. “When I find out, my punishment of the culprit will know no bounds.”
Chloe blinked, “Sir?”
“You have your orders, I expect results.”
“Yes, Sir.”
Crane closed the call.
Chloe said, "[INSERT CLUSTER F-BOMB]."
The Day Guard on sale from the 1st November 2018
The Day Guard by Graeme RodaughanI was about to write a review for The Day Guard, then I realized, I’m just too close to this project to rid myself of authorial bias. So, I figured it would be interesting to send out a little memo to the unsung crew who have assisted with the writing of this
This is what I got back.
"Your memo requesting feedback on your ‘project,’ was prepared on A4 white paper. We demand all communications be prepared on vellum, sourced from human skin, and hand written in your own blood. Your lack of compliance with this rule has resulted in the issuing of a formal notice of warning. I remind you, this is your second warning, and there will not be a third. Kind regards." - Ludmilla, first advocate of the Guild of Vampire Characters.
"Thanks for your memo, it generated a good laugh in the staff room. We’ll get back to you next year … if we feel like it. Bwahahahahahaha…" - The staff at Narratives “R” Us.
"Your memo requesting feedback on your project had three misplaced commas, four misspellings, a sentence without a verb, a confusion over the different use of to and too, was written in the passive voice, and was possibly plagiarized. We have made a number of red-line markups. Please correct and reissue your memo." - The Grammar Police.
"A memo, really?" - The Muse.
"Thanks, your memo came in handy when I ran out of paper in the toilet." - A. Badguy, Society of Villainous Characters.
"We discovered your memo dated May the 17th, 2016, regarding a request for feedback on your debut novel, “A Subtle Agency.” It had unfortunately become trapped behind the “paranormal romance,” filing cabinet. We note that you have another three memos in our backlog. I assure you, they have all have been ticketed, and will be addressed within the next five years in accordance with our service level agreement. Yours cordially." - Mr Bartholomew Peabody, Dept. Misplaced Genres.
What can I say, no more memos.
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