After more dead Kings than a speed-chess tournament, the infamous giant Robert of Artois is finally able to place his cousin Phillipe of Valois on the throne and become effective regent of France. Having lied, cheated, forged and murdered to make his way here, Robert expects his just reward: the contested title to Artois to finally be ripped from the hands of his malevolent aunt Mahaut (also a liar, cheater, forger and murderer) and placed in his own.
However, things rarely (if at all) seem to work out for the throne of France, and Robert may be about to discover that this time of his greatest power is also that of his greatest weakness.
My novel Dead Moon had a bit of an incredible February. For a start, a sudden rush of sales sent it to #2 in the Amazon charts for Alien Invasion, Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian Science Fiction – which was an amazing feeling. At the same time, the inexhaustible Anne Cater of Random Things Through my Letter Box organised a mini book blitz where four brave bloggers, all of whom had very different tastes and approaches to literature, took a bold step into the workings of my brain. Here are some excerpts from what they had to say, and links to their excellent blogs/bookstagrams.
Art and Authenticity is a collection of essays exploring the ideas of authenticity, originality and replication in art. Across a wide range of periods and contexts it looks at both the empirical process of establishing if a work is “authentic” in the sense that it is correctly attributed, but also how a piece of work can be authentic in terms of creative originality, or if a copy can be authentic or not, as well as how this impacts the art markets and the wider art world.
The blurb purports that the book will help us understand a science of society that enables us to predict and analyse human behaviour by looking at the impact of decisions taken in large groups. Or something like that – it isn’t terribly clear. The interior is concerned with the discipline of econophysics – applying statistical physics to economics to understand how individual behaviours emerge in group outcomes, from traffic and the stock exchange to the ways in which people try to escape a burning building. Economics has striven to become more scientific for decades: in this book Ball demonstrates how that can be achieved.
From 21st to the 28th I there will be a Dead Moon Book Blitz with reviews hosted by Anne Cater’s Random Things Through my Letter Box, promotions by BookBub and Amazon, and for the full week a reduced e-book price to a teeny-tiny 99p (or $0.99 or similar in your territory)
Dead Moon is the story of a fighter pilot trying to get pregnant during the last days of the end of the world, and her quest to help her wingman stop mysterious messages coming from a man claiming to be his dead husband. It’s an action-packed road trip, a thoughtful exploration of an alternative future, and a tale of friendship under the most difficult of circumstances. It won Shelf Unbound Best Book 2020: Notable Indie, and you’ll never read another book quite like it.
So, if you’d like to give my second novel a chance and make my day, you can buy it in electronic format or paperback from amazon by clicking here, it will be at an e-book discount from 21-28th February, and you can check out reviews from the above sites from the 23rd-26th February.
