Today marks the release of my latest novel Ravenseed. A page-turning epic of love, lust, betrayal, and vengeance, Ravenseed is the first fantasy novel I’ve ever released. It was a wonderful challenge to write, and I’m extremely pleased with it. I hope you love it as much as I do.

Blending adventure and romance with Arthurian mysticism, most of the novel is set during the Dark Ages, but a parallel plot in the present mirrors that of the past, and eventually the two narratives converge. For more about the plot, here’s the blurb from the back of the book.

532 AD. Knights Sir Peter and Sir Matthew ride to battle, but when they take an ill-advised detour, the two friends find themselves involved in a quest to break a curse on Sir Matthew’s love, Elizabeth.

The quest sends them on a journey through Anglia, where they encounter magicians, spirits, gods, and dangers beyond their wildest dreams – from without and within.

In the present day, as teenager Fay Pendleton reads an ancient account of the two knights, scars start appearing on her face. Despite her ongoing disfigurement, she becomes obsessed with discovering the outcome of the quest, and her link to this mysterious story.

I hope that whets your appetite. Over the coming weeks, I’ll be talking in greater detail about specific aspects of this novel, from giving a more thorough introduction to the narrative, to excerpts, discussions on research, settings, locations, the process of revising the manuscript, inspiration, influences, and more. I should add that this isn’t just a novel for genre fans, but for all readers, so even if fantasy isn’t usually your thing, I do hope you’ll give this a go regardless. I’ll get into more of the specifics of how I’ve aimed for broad appeal with this novel in an article next week.

In the meantime, you can pick up Ravenseed from Amazon on Kindle or paperback here (in the UK) and here (in the US). Ravenseed is out on Friday 17th of May. Downloads or paperbacks are also available from Draft2Digital, Smashwords, and associated outlets here.