News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
I have recently finished yet another wonderful book, this time I turned my attentions to the author Paul Cude and his book Bentwhistle the Dragon in A Threat from the Past. The book itself is based in modern day times, where dragons, the protectors and guiders of humanities path, live among us. Peter Bentwhistle, and… Continue reading Book Review Bentwhistle the Dragon in A Threat from the Past By Paul Cude
Last night I finished reading Ceridwen and The Order of The Future Keepers by Alistair Roberts. The book itself is set just after the time of King Arthur and the author does a good job in making the speech not only easy to understand, but keeping with the time and rhythm expected, translating, where necessary,… Continue reading Book review: Ceridwen and The Order of The Future Keepers – Alistair Roberts
I have recently finished reading Salby Damned by Ian D Moore. Although I really enjoy zombie movies and series such as the Night of the Living Dead, The Day of the Dead, The Walking Dead, etc I have never actually read any zombie fiction before, I have always assumed, that although fun to watch, to read it would prove to… Continue reading Book Review Salby Damned by Ian D Moore
I recently completed The Calling by Louise G White. I can instantly tell a good book from the fact I want to purchase the next book in the series immediately after finishing it. If it hadn’t been for the fact I would have to crawl out of bed in the early hours to do so,… Continue reading Book review: The Calling (Gateway Book 1) by Louise G White
Gallery A very amazing person, who wishes to remain anonymous, having read of my book some months before release, very kindly designed some artwork based on Darrienia. Click on the pictures for a larger image.
Darrienia and Herbal Lore are now available. If you enjoy fantasy, or would like to know more about the uses of herbs in magical or medicinal practices, don't forget to pick up your copy today. By buying one of my books you will also be helping to support either the neonatal department of the UHNM… Continue reading Darrienia and Herbal Lore are now available.
Thank you to everyone who helped me raise money for the UHNM charity for use by the neonatal unit. The lucky winner of the £20 Amazon voucher, my two books and all the other wonderful Darrienia goodies is... Robert Glass I was so touched by everyone's support that I decided to offer a runner up prize… Continue reading And the winner of the Darrienia charity raffle is…
I have recently finished reading Oblivion's Forge (Aona series Book 1) by Simon Williams. I will start by saying, that the author's style, in some respects reminded me of Terry Goodkind, and he was an author whose work I really enjoyed, so needless to say, for me this was a good read. The author creates… Continue reading Book review: Oblivion’s Forge (Aona series Book 1) by Simon Williams
For my final teaser I decided to do something a little different. I thought this image on its own was so fantastic that I didn't want to add any text, instead I will leave you with this small excerpt. "The timeless room gave pause to their own mortality, before them countless figures had sat in… Continue reading Darrienia Final teaser
Good morning everyone. Welcome to the third instalment of the Darrienia teasers. It is now only 12 days to release and 11 days to the charity draw, if you haven't entered and intend to, make sure you do so before midnight (GMT) on 30th August. I want to take this chance to thank everyone for… Continue reading Darrienia, Teaser Three
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