Human Empire, the fourth book in the Human Legion series is a few weeks away. I promised you an early reveal of the first few chapters, and here it is available now 🙂 I’ve made it available as a Kindle or ePUB format eBook. If you ask for one in a comment to this post, I’ll send you one. Simple as that. It’s the first two sections of the novel, which would be about 100 pages in paperback.  [Update: I’m going to be offline for a few days while I sit in a muddy camping field. I’ll post any more previews as soon as I get back.] It hasn’t been proofread, and it is possible (though very unlikely) that we might change some of the […]

It’s only a proof copy with a shiny cover and different paper stock from the edition that will be published, but the task of finalising the  cover layout sure feels good.   

I’m loving all the debates kicking around the Human Legion website right now. It’s really exciting to see. However, you won’t see me contribute until the start of next week, or reply to emailed Recon Team reports, because I have my own recon mission to perform. Together with a select group of like-minded colleagues, I shall be entering the town of Burton-on-Trent on a three-day mission to assess whether they still know how to brew and serve a decent pint of beer. Here’s a potted history of Burton, if you’re unfamiliar with this great international centre of culture http://beer-trotter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/on-trail-of-pale-ale-in-burton-on-trent.html Alternatively, here’s a picture. I’m sure you get the idea.

Hi, As part of the reports feeding back from the Recon Team, I’m making a few tweaks to Renegade Legion to remind readers of how the battlesuit AIs work, and about how hairy the Hardits are (very!). I’m putting in some brief (2-page) Infopedia entries at the start of new Parts of the book, which I’m posting here for you to enjoy, comment on, or ignore at your pleasure 🙂 —— Human Legion INFOPEDIA ——  Equipment – ACE Battlesuit AIs At the heart of the Armored Combat Exosuit (ACE) series of battlesuits is the plate holding the suit’s artificial intelligence. Indeed, the AI is literally at the suit’s heart, spending most of its existence submerged beneath a heavily armored band […]

Recon Team, Ranks, Cast, and Changes Lists of ranks were the kind of thing I was planning to put into the Classified Military Info /Infopedia section of the website, but I’ve decided to write some up and here they are in this post, together with a revised Table of Organization & Equipment for the start of the book (which amounts to a cast of characters – well, most of them — and now includes nicknames). This is as a result of feedback from the Recon Team, which is why you’re so helpful in making this book as good as it can be. I’ll list the changes, so that if you’re in the Recon Team, and haven’t yet read the book, […]

I’ve been invited as a special guest to a small science fiction and fantasy convention in Northampton, England on July 11th. Not exactly sure what format this will take, but no doubt I’ll get miked up at some point and start jabbering away about railguns, and how to fight interstellar wars at sub-lightspeed, and the effect on those involved. If anyone happens to be in the vicinity of Northampton, the convention looks good fun to me, and I’d love to see you there on the 11th. Details are here:    http://laveradio.com/lavecon-2015/ And thanks to the Renegade Legion Recon Team whose first reports are now in. As a result, I’m planning a few small changes, and the inclusion of a few, brief Infopedia sections, […]

A couple of sneak peeks as I ready the eBook editions of the Recon Team draft.