“The Kerguelen Cat” uses a degree of creative license when it comes to some of its featured aircraft. One in particular is inspired by the futuristic Horten designs of the 1930s and 1940s.
Pioneering the “flying wing” concept with both gliders and powered prototypes, the Horten brothers later scaled up their ambition with the massive H.XVIII pictured here but the project never left the drawing board…
Calling all passengers for boarding, your flight to the 1930s is ready for take off!
“The Dragon Run” is now LIVE on Amazon, for Kindle, on Kindle Unlimited, and on paperback. Grab it while it’s hot: https://amzn.to/34Ko42l!
There’s more! If you want to know more about the Dragon Rapide and other featured planes, TDR comes with “Planes of Ascalon”, a free companion booklet to satisfy your curiosity. Download it here!
“The Kerguelen Cat” announcement
Today’s other goodie is the unveiling of the cover for “The Kerguelen Cat”, scheduled for release on May 1st, 2021. Part II of the Ascalon Circle series is bound to amp up the stakes so keep your seatbelts on!
D-3 before “The Dragon Run” arrives in your Kindle, barely more to wait for you paperback lovers…! I’m so excited that it’s finally getting in your hands, because it means the next one is also around the corner! Stay tuned for the cover reveal of book #2 of the Ascalon circle series, “The Kerguelen Cat”, next Sunday!!
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glimpse into the companion piece I’ve been working on for “The Dragon
Run”: “Planes of Ascalon”, an illustrated booklet with more info on the
planes featured or mentioned in the story. A little nugget for all of
you aviation geeks!
Available November 1st for free, here on my website!
“The Dragon Run” is a love letter to aviation, but it also has a few easter eggs & nods to other works, from “Out of Africa” to “Pulp Fiction”. Among these, one stands out. More than a nod, it’s a tribute to Joseph Kessel’s “Vent de Sable”, published in 1929.
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conversation with the pilots one night alludes to a colleague whose
legend is only beginning. His name is Jean Mermoz. The mythology of the
“Line” is in its infancy, but the players are in place.
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is an overt tribute to a passage that I actually heard on the radio, in
Kessel’s own voice, before I read it in the book, of a particularly
difficult episode of this extraordinary journey. It is a hauntingly
emotional tale and I can only hope my feeble efforts gave it justice.
19 days to the launch of “The Dragon Run” and things are going very well. The ebook and paperback formatting are completed, I only have to sign off on the proof copy when it arrives later this week, or make minor adjustments.
This is the e-book cover on my iPad’s Kindle app. Looking shiny!
It’s D-30 before the big day! But what if you just CAN’T wait to take a look? Well, worry not, I got you covered!
Click the image above to download an exclusive preview of the first pages of my historical fiction debut novel, “The Dragon Run”. Simply save it and send it to the e-reader of your choice!
