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I was recently sent a set of the Broken Binding editions of The Last War trilogy by my publisher. I already have two sets and no room really to keep a third. Therefore, I'm going to sell this set. It's unnumbered but it'll be signed by me. I will also personalize the books if the buyer wishes.
On top of that, I'll draw your favourite characters in each of the books to make the set truly unique. (or not if you don't want that!) Here are some I've done for other people.
OK, I hear you say, but how much is it? Well, I'm selling the set for CAD$450 including postage. That's approximately £250 or US$330. If you're interested, email me via the contact page and it'll be sold on a first come, first served basis. Payment will be via Paypal once everything is agreed. Do not pay beforehand!
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Episode II of the Witchfinder Chronicles will be out on September 1st. It's called BEWARE, DARKNESS CALLS. After warning Queen Elizabeth that the possibility of being invaded by Spain might be the least of her problems, Lord Jon Willem Legray heads home, hoping to find something that will help him fight the emerging demon threat. However, there are other darker forces on the road and Legray discovers there is no respite from the coming nightmare.  I'm also polishing up a little tale that will clear up any questions anyone has about what happened to Yas at the end of UNTIL THE LAST. It's set 20 years after the end of that book and is called A LOST CAUSE.   Meet Jon Willem Legray, Witchfinder General to Elizabeth I, as he battles monsters and myths from Britain's dark past. There will be twelve episodes in Season 1, each debuting at the beginning of the month. The first, WHAT EVIL LURKS, is now live (a few days early).
I'm selling each one for CAD$1.49. (That's about 95p or US$1.10.) Obviously, selling them directly means I actually get most of the money. (If I was to sell them on Amazon, for example, I'd only make 40¢.) This really helps me keep writing instead of doing all that boring type of day job stuff so your support is greatly appreciated. The only place the ebooks will be available is on this site. Once Season 1 is complete, the plan is to release a limited edition, illustrated hardback, collecting everything. The project is a complete labour of love as I'm illustrating the covers and the series myself, with only the editorial support of the wonderful Julian Barr. I hope you enjoy The Witchfinder Chronicles as I love writing them. You can download Episode 1 here: Because writing a book takes so long to do, I've been dabbling with some short stories for something fun to do and help keep me creatively charged. I have two written so far. One is called WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LITTLE RO? and will finally answer what happened to Yas at the end of UNTIL THE LAST. The other is called WHAT EVIL LURKS? This is the first in a planned series of short stories featuring Lord Jon Willem Legray, Witchfinder General to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the First. I had a blast writing this one. Monsters, magic, mayhem — it has all the good stuff. (The cover art is by me too!) I'll be selling them directly from this site for CA$1.49. That's just over US$1 and about 90p. If these do well, I'll try to publish a new one every month.  They look amazing and I can't wait to get my own copies. I'm flying over next week to sign three thousand copies! Author dreams come true. I'm busy, hard at work with the new book. I'm making good progress too. Presently I'm at 45k out of a hoped for 130k. It's a book I tried writing last year and gave up on and the time off has really given me time to think about what was working and what wasn't. It's called The Sword and I originally had the germs of the idea for it back in 2019 I think. Obviously, it had to go on the back burner while I finished writing the Last War trilogy. Then I had another idea for a series that I liked a lot and I was bouncing between both of them. I sent treatments and sample chapters for both to my agent to get his opinion. At first, he said they were both good but, after chatting we settled to go with The Sword and I'm really happy we did. What's it about you ask? Well, my pitch is basically 'Batman with swords and magic, set during the French revolution.' Here's an image I created for it.  I'm hoping to have it finished in the next couple of months. In other news, the Broken Binding special editions of The Last War are on sale right now. It's a £100 for a set of all three books, signed and numbered, and I have to say they look spectacular.   Product Details
You can order them here:
Been a strange week. Started off with a migraine on Sunday with after effects lingering well into the middle of the week, making me wonder if I had a brain tumour! Nothing like a bit of self-induced drama to start the week off. I was interviewed by my local paper. Calling me 'Richmond Dad' was, I think a nice way of saying 'old man'.  I saw the most amazing video review of We Are The Dead this week. The reviewer also did a drawing of everyone's favourite psychopath that blew me away.  Finally, and probably most importantly, the mass market paperbacks of UNTIL THE LAST arrived this week. They go on sale in two weeks time. The bigger size essentially sold out with two weeks or so of release so it's been a long wait to have a physical copy available again.  I feel bad for not updating this blog for awhile. Life has been ... well ... life. And does anyone read blogs anymore? Still I like them. It's a good record of what's going on. The mass market paperback of UNTIL THE LAST is out in a month's time - April 13th. I'm really excited about that as the Trade paperback (the big size!) basically sold out within two weeks and, due to paper shortages and supply chain issues, no more were printed so basically it meant the book has been out of print since July last year. Very frustrating for me but it is what it is. Still, the people who have read have loved it and it made numerous Best Of Lists. Some have said it's a 'must read series' and 'fantasy at its best'. Comments like that make all the hard work worthwhile. I've been writing lots, including helping out my good friend, Mike Morris. If you love my books, check out his on Amazon, starting with Cry Havoc and/or He Who Fights.  I also wrote a short story for my favourite comic book, Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. It was a real thrill to have something I wrote illustrated by Michael.  I also wrote 90k words of a book but abandoned it was going to end up being a 300k book and I don't think there's a market for that now unless you are Brandon Sanderson (see above paper shortages). I might go back to it later as I really like it.
But that's all the past. What about now? Well, I've started a new book that has a great concept and the opening is very dark. However, it will be a tale of heroes, romance and high adventure with a heavy dose of David Gemmell. More to come soon I've had a chat with the wonderful people at The Broken Binding and they are going to give away a special limited edition set of postcards to go with the release of UNTIL THE LAST. These will be signed and numbered and will be on a first come, first served basis, featuring all your favourite characters from The Last War including Tinnstra, Zorique, Aasgod and others. Illustrated by me, these black and white images will only be available through The Broken Binding.     |
MIKE SHACKLE
Author of THE LAST WAR trilogy (WE ARE THE DEAD, A FOOL'S HOPE & UNTIL THE LAST) and THE WITCHFINDER CHRONICLES Archives
September 2024
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