Assassins

I apologize for the lateness of this. Book 6 was released on the 1st of February. I think it has the best cover yet. What do you guys think?

Dark Servant #6, Assassins

There's an assassin in the pantry.

High priest S’Rak is a man beset by many problems. The king wants to crown him, the sun priests want to purify him, and the palace slave trainer just wants him. Captain Jisten stands at the heart of an ethical dilemma that continues to plague Rak, for either Jisten is an oathbreaker or Rak is a rapist, and neither result bodes well for their future in the service of a God whose punishment for either crime is death. On top of all that, chaos-wielding assassins are trying to kill his brother.

What’s a high priest to do when the man of his dreams is under a vow of purity and assassins lurk around every corner?

Musings of an author

I really enjoyed the eXtasy Books Christmas party yesterday. It was fun to interact with my fellow authors and with the readers. I'm amazed at how long I spent in front of the computer on flash chat. I think I'll make author/reader chats a regularly scheduled event.

In the meantime, I've got a lot going on. I just saw the cover for The Dark Servant Book 5, Chaos and Flies, and it's awesome. I really like this one, the artist outdid herself. That book's due out Jan 1 and I'm expecting the proofs and galley within the week.

I just turned in Book 11, A Chaos Temple, to my editors. I will now start on Book 12.

I am revising and rewriting an older story, called The Hybrid, which will probably be broken into 4 or 5 books. The Hybrid ties into The Dark Servant, and has some of the same characters. It's sort of a horse story, in that the main character is an equine, but sort of not, since my equines aren't horses, but predators who happen to be shaped somewhat like horses.

I am also starting work on Tevia's tale, which explains how a Loftoni Princess leaves her kingdom, followed by a full third of her people, and settles in a strange land far away. She is, of course, Rak's grandmother, and I've always wanted to tell her story.