What's the story behind your latest book?
The story has a very modern setting, but it has been inspired in equal measure by two separate strands that have run through history. First, the seemingly eternal conflict between good and evil that appears to beset every generation of humankind. Second, what happened to the Templar’s vast wealth and store of holy artefacts? So many questions were left unanswered when the Knights Templar were driven into oblivion. Up to the point of their destruction, I think they had generally been perceived as a force for good; subsequently they got a rather bad press, but that may have quite a lot to do with the fact that it’s the victors who write the history.
What are you working on next?
I have finished the second book in The Temple series and that will be published this July. I have also mapped out the plot of the third book in the series; I’m quite excited about it now and will start writing the story in a few weeks with a view to publishing in the spring of next year.
In the meantime, I thought it would be interesting to explore an entirely different theme and genre. They say, a change is as good as a rest, so I’m putting it to the test. Right now, I’m writing a science fiction novella. In fact, it’s started to grow arms and legs; novella was left behind a while ago - its growth has been really quite irresistible - as the main characters have just kept demanding more story time! In any event, novella or now novel, I don’t anticipate the story seeing the light of day for some time. Once the first draft is finished, I will be setting it aside to focus on writing the third Temple book. Then I’ll revisit it when the third Temple book is done.
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