The time has finally come… From the Grave of the Gods, the first full-length novel in The Augment Saga and follow-up to companion novella, The Re-Emergence, is finally being released to the world on 1st November 2021! What’s more, you can use the links to pre-order the novel right now.

A beautifully-written fantasy adventure with steampunk elements from SJ Hull. I have to admit I was very excited when I learned that SJ Hull had released his debut novel. We went to university together, and though that was over ten years ago now, even back then I knew he was very interested in the fantasy genre, and it didn’t surprise me in the slightest that he’d written his own…

As a sci-fi fan, you’d probably expect that I had already read Frank Herbert’s Dune a long time ago. Sadly that’s not the case. It’s yet another of those books I strangely missed. Knowing this, and knowing that Denis Villeneuve’s movie adaptation was on the horizon, it was one of the first books I had in my sights when I decided to get back into reading…

The day has finally come, and I couldn’t be more excited. And so here it is, my first ever book launch! I am pleased to announce that my debut space-opera novella, The Re-Emergence, is now available for purchase from Amazon in ebook and paperback formats.

With only a week to go until the release of my debut science-fiction novella, The Re-Emergence, I thought the time was right for a Meet the Characters post all about the characters in the book.

Coming not directly after A Wizard of Earthsea, but after Le Guin found success in the science-fiction genre with The Left Hand of Darkness, this second book in the Earthsea Cycle was apparently an unintended sequel.

Last Friday, my fully edited manuscript for From the Grave of the Gods was returned to me covered in red. What’s more, it had been split into four documents and my editor - the wonderful Charlie Wilson of Landmark Editorial - also provided me with a style sheet for reference.

Major Zhu is a minor character in From the Grave of the Gods, and pilot of the Magnum Opus.

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for science-fiction, and the book which established Le Guin as a major player in the genre, The Left Hand of Darkness is a truly fascinating read. The book has strong feminist themes and explores the concept of androgyny against the backdrop of an alien first-contact scenario…

This being the very first time I’ve read Asimov’s work for myself, I had absolutely no idea what to expect going in. Isaac Asimov is one of the heavyweights of science-fiction; a pioneer for many of the ideas and concepts that we take for granted in the genre today…

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills… One of my beta readers for From the Grave of the Gods asked me one day whether I had read the Wheel of Time series. Of course, at that point I had barely heard of it, but he recommended it highly. I also started hearing great things about it from Booktubers such as Daniel Greene. I was intrigued, so I thought I would see what all the fuss was about...

As the Mission Specialist aboard the Magnum Opus, Grant had been at a little bit of a loss during the ship’s seven month journey to Mars…

I was very late to the Culture party. The first time I heard of Iain M. Banks was when The Hydrogen Sonata came out in 2012, and that, only in passing. Years went by and I kept hearing snippets of things about the Culture series, from people who respected it highly. So on the strength of that, I decided to pick up one of the books, and what better place to start, I thought, than at the very beginning?

In celebration of my companion novella, The Re-Emergence tonight reaching self-edited completion, I thought it would be good to share an excerpt with you all…

Well, where to begin with this one… To say that I feel less-than-qualified to review this book is an understatement. But, as evidenced by this post’s existence, I’m going to do it anyway…

Yula is the imaging specialist aboard the Magnum Opus. Her role in the mission to Mars is to operate the ship’s imaging systems, taking photos of the…

The Mission Commander of the Magnum Opus expedition to Mars, NASA astronaut, Captain Austin Queen is the very picture of an all-American hero…

I am very pleased to say that From the Grave of the Gods has now reached the professional edit stage of the process. A week ago I completed my fifth editing pass on the novel, bringing the word count to just over 120,000 words…

James is an astronaut; the First Officer aboard the Magnum Opus, humanity’s largest—and only—interplanetary spacecraft on the very first crewed mission to Mars. He’s living the dream…

The Meet the Characters series will introduce you to the main and major characters in From the Grave of the Gods, and give you a little insight into their personalities and roles without getting into spoiler territory.