I WROTE A BOOK

True, writing a book doesn't seem to be such a big deal these days —but it is for me.

I didn't autogenerate this from bashing stastistical models together till pseudo pages fell out.

I didn't throw it together in a few months.

I put in all the hard work over far too long.

It has been the most difficult thing I've ever done.

But also one of the most rewarding.

So, even if no one shows any interest in this ever again, and this website sits here till the end of days. I'll be happy. Just knowing I kept characters that have bugged me for decades alive —and gave them their story.

This is why, for me, every day is like the first day.

My aim is still the same from DAY ONE, to get this mad story out of my head and into the world; no matter what.

WHAT IS IT?

That's harder to define, and is one of the reasons I've self-published. I like to call the genre:

Sci-fi Fantasy, Mystery, with Humour, Heart and Bureaucracy

I know that sounds like a cacophony, but I have worked as long as the day is hard to blend things together in what I see as a satisfying whole. And I hope you do too.

There are notes of steampunk, elements of hard and soft magic-science, vibes of fantasy and multiple levels of mystery that burn slow. The bureaucracy was just an unavoidable side-effect of creating a new world, the fact that most of it is funny just goes to say something about being a sentient being, at least —that's what I think. There are heartful moments too, and perhaps the flickers of romance, but this is definitely not a love story. if anything it is an author being damnably mean to their characters, whilst trying to say something perculiar.

IS THERE AN END?

Yes, there most definitely is.

For the longest time I didn't believe I'd be able to map everything out to the end of the series.

But I did, across the four books.

It has a start, two middles, and an end.

It has ups and downs measured in multiple dimensions.

Whether people will like them still remains to be seen.

But just for those that worry about such things out there

Episode One is ready to read.

Episode Two is almost a completed draft.

Episode Three is 40% complete.

Episode Four is 10% complete.

WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

I always struggle with this question because, for me, it is about too many things to explain without giving all of the mystery away.

It follows two security specialists, Ash Worth and Victoria Distance, in a steamdriven, half-mechanical, half-natural world where it is somewhat more difficult to secure things than our own. They specialise in Harmonics, the art of using Resonance to manipulate reality.

It follows strange police detectives, odd furry creatures, and what happens when you leave a sink alone to its own thoughts. It finds beauty in the minature, explains complexity in little packages, and shows that the right choice has more meaning than you ever realised.

That is not what the story is about however. The story is about what happens when the world you've come to rely on starts to fall apart. How it changes people, how it brings them together —and how the chaos is probably needed just as much as the balance.

INFLUENCES

My top author influences have very definitely been Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman. Not that I claim to achieved anything like their art and style.

I do not yet have any comp titles. I will leave that to those who are kind enough to first review the books, and are wider read than me.

I have also always had a deep facination for music. I often state that without music these books would never have been completed. It is for that reason I've tried to include some of my favourite tracks in the book's advertisement.

DISCLAIMER(s)

I'd just like to state, for the record, this is the first time that I'm doing anything like this. And if I manage to put a foot wrong, which is very likely, then I apologise in advance. It was never my intention. I am a lone creator with limited resources and experience in marketing.

All I intend with these books is to get an idea across that I've had since I was at school, many, many years ago. And I will try to do that with as much heart, fun, surprise and ridiculousness as I can.