Last year, Will McIntosh’s social science novel Love Minus Eighty took many genre readers by surprise in its exploration of human feelings. McIntosh changed things up this time around with Defenders, a novel about an alien invasion of Earth. An alien race known as the Luyten have invaded Earth, wreaking havoc throughout the planet with their heat guns,…
Interview with Mark Alder, author of Son of the Morning
Hi Mark and thanks for joining me here at A Bitter Draft. Tell us a little about your new novel, Son of the Morning. What can we expect in this historical fantasy? It’s the story of the 100 Years War – Crecy, Agincourt all that – with a fantasy twist. The mythology of the day is taken…
Giveaway – Dark Eden by Chris Beckett (US Only)
I’ve got another giveaway, this time from the folks at Crown and Wunderkind PR – Chris Beckett’s Arthur C. Clarke Award winning Dark Eden. On the alien, sunless planet they call Eden, the 532 members of the Family take shelter beneath the light and warmth of the Forest’s lantern trees. Beyond the Forest lie the mountains…
The Barrow by Mark Smylie
At first glance at the cover and blurb for Mark Smylie’s prose debut The Barrow, you’ll notice that something sets it apart from a significant portion of recent fantasy. There are no warring states, no fight for the throne. There is no greater evil or battle between light and dark. The Barrow, at its heart, is a…