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Do you remember songs that made you think, “This tells a story that would make a great book or movie”? There are a few from my youth that made me think that. Songs with great music and lyrics that evoke a story that echoes in my mind for decades. So I finally did something about […]

Sample Sunday: Boxing in the market

Image of “Thermae boxer,” National Museum of Rome, by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009), used under  Creative Commons This Sample Sunday continues the series of action excerpts from The Bones of the Earth. This selection is from Part II: Tests. Here, the hero, Javor, meets for the first time a man who becomes his most valuable friend: Antonio. Javor stepped back […]

Action sample Sunday: The Avar horsemen

This week, I am again presenting a fan favourite: an action excerpt from my first book, The Bones of the Earth. This passage comes from Part 2: Tests. In this section, the hero, Javor — cast out of his own village because of his autism and tendency to attract trouble — and Photius, the mysterious […]