Cover reveal for The Book Burner’s Fall – A Raven’s Shadow Novella. Cover illustration by Kevin Zamir Goeke (movco-art.com) and design by Shawn King of STK Creations (stkkreations.com). Here’s the blurb:

‘The Unified Realm in the reign of King Lakril, known to history as the book burner – an impoverished realm brought to the brink of destruction by Lakril’s paranoid tyranny. 

Kestra Saero, once the most deadly assassin to serve the Seventh Order of the Faith, is tempted back to the fold by an irresistible mission: kill the book burner. Driven by a deep desire for retribution but distrustful of her new comrades, Kestra must infiltrate a royal palace transformed into a carnival of horrors and slay the monster that lurks at its heart. But killing a king could never be an easy matter…

Set a century before the events in the Raven’s Shadow trilogy, The Book Burner’s Fall is a thrilling tale of dark magic and bloody vengeance.’

This is the standalone edition of my novella which originally appeared in The King Must Fall anthology from Grim Dark Magazine.

I’m hoping to have this ready for release in ebook and paperback by early to mid-August, so watch out for the announcement. I’ll run a mailing list giveaway for signed copies to coincide with publication, so make sure to join the list if you don’t want to miss out.

In other news, I’m happy to report that Goldsboro Books in London are now taking pre-orders for their signed and numbered, sprayed edges, special edition hardcover of A Tide of Black Steel, Book One in The Age of Wrath trilogy. Click the image above or the link below to place your order: https://goldsborobooks.com/products/a-tide-of-black-steel

A Tide of Black Steel will be released in print, ebook and audio on September 24th. See the book page for pre-order links.