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  FIRST CHAPTER OF THE PERILOUS TOWER BOOK 3 OF THE GATES OF GOOD & EVIL 1 THE MOST DISTURBING THING   The sky galleon, an absurd craft with an equally silly name, Three Reckless Old Ladies, streaked north along the coast of the Sea of Thurkad. There had been no further sign of the […]

Live in Australia or New Zealand and looking for a book bargain? For a limited time you can get Geomancer for 99c, and the rest of my The Well of Echoes series at a reduced price, in Apple Books’ biggest promotion of the year, Start a Series for 99c.  The link only works for A/NZ, […]

One Throw of the Die A novelette from my Three Worlds Anthology, A Wizard’s War and Other Stories, available in ebook now, and in print late this year, hopefully. Spoiler alert! If you haven’t read my epic fantasy quartet The Well of Echoes, and intend to, you should do so before reading One Throw of […]

Another frequently asked question, so I’ve reposted it from Civilian Reader of a couple of years ago, with revisions. I’m not sure when I had the idea of writing a fantasy novel, though I first acted on it in 1977 after reading Terry Brooks’ The Sword of Shannara. (I met Terry for the first time at […]

Even after twenty years, people still ask about the 33 ‘runes’ around the covers of the original four books of The View from the Mirror, which are the same as the glyphs around the border of the mysterious, dangerous and deceitful ancient artefact, the Mirror of Aachan. But they’re not runes, they’re glyphs, and part […]

For many years now people have been asking about the Histories of Santhenar, and more detail on the key events (some mentioned in my Three Worlds books, others not) that have shaped both Santhenar, Tallallame and Aachan over the past ten thousand years and more. I’ve gone through the books and my notes, some dating […]

If anyone is interested in undertaking university research or study of my books, or SF/fantasy in general, Fisher Library at The University of Sydney has all the drafts of every one of my 29 books, plus my shorter stories and articles, plus all my other writing papers and correspondence from the past 25 years – and […]

Book 2: The Gates of Good and Evil 1 NO ONE COULD HELP HER ‘Gergrig wants the child,’ said Yetchah, the weathered boards creaking as she moved around the circle of Whelm. Her dark eyes, touched by the firelight, blazed with longing. ‘If we give her to him, he will surely agree to be our […]

For everyone who’s asked about The Fatal Gate audiobook, it’s now available for pre-order from Audible, iTunes and all the other usual places, and will be available for download from early November. CD versions available later in November. It’s read by the wonderful Grant Cartwright, who has read almost all of my audiobooks, and contains […]

Book Review, The Martian. If you like hard SF (ie, SF with all the technical details right) this book is for you. I dare say you know the premise: “I’m stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I’ll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down I’ll … Continue reading Book Review – The Martian →

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