The Loss is Book 4 in the thrilling Zombie Ocean series. 7 billion zombies. 1 mayor. Ten years after the zombie apocalypse destroyed civilization, ‘Last Mayor of America’ Amo faces the loss of everything he’s built. He wants to be a good man. He wants to save his people. But what is good, and who are his people any more? He will save or break the world. The zombie apocalypse like you’ve never seen it before, packed with gore, twists and severe moral hazard. The Loss, Book 4 of the Zombie Ocean, is available in e-book format for $3.99: …
The Least – Zombie Ocean 3
The Least is Book 3 in the thrilling Zombie Ocean series. 7 billion zombies. 1 paraplegic. When the zombie ocean crushes humanity, ex-Olympic athlete Robert ‘Cerulean’ doesn’t stand a chance. His spine is broken. His mind is broken. He’s a decent, kind man who has suffered far worse than he deserved. He’s stuck in a wheelchair among 7 billion zombies. Will he survive? ‘Born on the 4th of July’ crashes into the zombie apocalypse, packed with gore, twists and unbelievable heroism. Amazon reader reviews for The Last (book 1): “A thoroughly enjoyable zombie romp unlike any other piece of …
Movie option!!
Today I signed a movie option for my zombie book The Last! It is not big money at this stage, but the potential is there. I’m excited. Its a contract we’ve been negotiating for a few months now. I’ve learned a thing or two about movie option contracts in the process. I had legal advice from the Society of Authors after becoming an associate member which was very enlightening. Now it is done, and The Last is in the producers’ hands. They say the vast majority of optioned novels/screenplays never make it to the screen. Fingers crossed The Last will …
Adventures in Book Marketing: The Last
The Last is without doubt my most successful book yet. It has sold close to a thousand copies since release 4 months ago, with several hundred more in Kindle Unlimited borrows, and close to 10,000 copies given away free. Why is this happening? It surely has been down to three things: title, cover, blurb. In a nutshell- the book’s marketing. This post is about the marketing path to the current title, cover and blurb. DESIGN ONE I started off with a wordy, opaque title which I thought was clever, silly and fun. It tied in perfectly to the book, being …
The Lost – Zombie Ocean 2
The Lost is Book 2 in the Zombie Ocean series, and a zombie apocalypse story with a twist: the hero is a 5-year-old girl. 7 billion zombies. 1 little girl. When the zombie apocalypse claims America, only 1 in 10 million survive. Anna is one of them. She’s five years old. She likes banana milkshakes and Alice in Wonderland. She’s alone in a world she cannot understand. Will she survive? ‘Alice in Wonderland’ smashed up with the zombie apocalypse like you’ve never seen it before, packed with gore, twists and the delightfully surreal. The Lost, Book 2 of the …
The Last – Last Mayor 1
The Last is Book 1 in the Last Mayor apocalypse thriller series. 7 billion dead. 1 man alive. When the apocalypse hits America, not a soul is left alive. Except Amo. He’s a comic book artist. He’s a video game world builder. He’s just a regular guy living in New York city, with only his wits, creativity and basic decency to guide him. He’s alone against 7 billion of the dead. Will he survive? A blistering take on the end of the world and one man’s ingenious struggle to survive, with a twist that’ll rip off your head and eat …
Ignifer Tales
Ignifer Tales is a collection of 7 epic fantasy short stories set in the world of Ignifer’s Mons, exploring life and death in the city at the center of the world, from battles over Damask in the Boomfire to the whale hunts of a pious Hammerhand, lost treasure in the underground birails, lost souls buried in the Gutrock, and the full tale of how Freemantle Mons made the sun rise again. It is a companion book to the Ignifer Cycle, available in ebook formats here: Amazon US – Amazon UK – Amazon CA Book 1 – Ignifer’s Rise Book 2 …
Ignifer’s War
Ignifer’s War is an epic fantasy novel set in a bleak industrial world populated by bizarre castes, where a young man with the fate of the world written in his scars must raise a long-dead legendary army to rescue his swallowed world from the throat of an apocalypse god. It is book #2 in the Ignifer Cycle, available in ebook formats here: Amazon US – Amazon UK – Amazon CA – Kobo – Google Play Story: The corpse world is destroyed. The Rot is triumphant. Nothing at all is left. But something is. A lone figure watched the apocalypse from …
Ignifer’s Rise – chapter 1
ARADABAR LOST Avia fled through the ash-smothered streets of Aradabar, and the Rot’s fiery black tongue swept close behind. Moths and Butterflies thudded to ground around her, bursting on cobbled stone, their broad wings seared away by the Rot’s ashen touch. Through breaks in the city’s skyline of library towers she glimpsed the column of flame rising from the horizon, like a brilliant orange flower painted on the sky. The mountain was erupting; one last defense against the Rot, and soon the great city of Aradabar would be gone. Screams rang out from behind her, but there was nothing she …
God of Ruin – The Ruin War 3
God of Ruin is a Hard SF thriller, Book 3 in the Ruin War trilogy. Your heart is the door into hell. In the destructive struggle for the Aetheric Bridge, elite Graysmith Ritry broke his soul into seven constituent parts. Now those parts roam the world blinded by loss and new addictions, mopping up holdouts from the war with King Ruin. But the real war has only just begun. From the ashes of King Ruin’s defeat a god-like power rises, with a solitary decree- an unstoppable flood is coming, to wash everything clean. And Ritry is a soul divided. How …