This Friday, (21st May) sees the release of Wings in the Darkness, a novella set in the world of The Damocles Files; a series of novels created by Benedict J Jones and myself which are a mixture of military action and supernatural horror set during World War Two featuring the exploits of the eponymous organisation.
The novella is actually an expansion of one of the stories
featured in Ragnarok Rising, the first novel in the series which will be
released in the summer. It was written by way of an introduction to Damocles
and features many of the characters who populate the world we created and,
whilst it works perfectly as a standalone read, also drops a few teasers and
hints to events in the novel.
Wings in the Darkness tells of the search, by
Damocles, for a vitally important artefact and a such involved a humongous amount
of research in order to create a realistic scenario for where, and how, it was hidden
in the first place. We both knew where it was of course, but the trick lay in
getting our characters to do their own research in order that they could track
it down, laying down a trail of clues for them to follow. Enter some warring Iron
Age tribes, ancient Norse kings, an expert on the Icelandic sagas and a folklorist
with a specialised interest in the “hidden people” and the scene was set.
As with writing the novel itself, I hugely enjoyed co-writing
Wings in the Darkness. I can’t wait to invite people into the world we’ve
created and the novella is the fist step in that process. It will be available
as an ebook for Kindle only and is the bargain price of only 99p. It can be
pre-ordered here.
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