Book Buyer’s Guide
This page is to give you, my possible future reader, a buyer’s guide to my novels. Here you will find a more in-depth description of my books than their standard descriptions, including genre, subgenre, suggested reading ages, and tone. While, ideally, I communicate all these things through my covers and book descriptions, we’ve all read books where our expectations didn’t match what was in them. This buyer’s guide is my attempt to ensure that doesn’t happen when you read one of my books.
For those of you thinking, “Why would I trust a buyer’s guide from you, when it’s your books you’re discussing?” I will admit that I have a bias. However, keep in mind that my bias is to get my books into the hands of people who will enjoy them. As an author, I don’t want a million people to buy my book and not enjoy it. What I want is for a million people to read my book and enjoy it. What I’m trying to do here is to help you determine if a book is for you. Now, let’s get started.
The Terror and the Sword is my first book and is the first in the Hueik Trilogy. The genre is fantasy, set in a world loosely inspired by medieval Europe. The tone is dark and gritty, reflecting Bowv’s, the main character’s, outlook on life, but it isn’t overbearing because other characters routinely push back against Bowv’s worldview.
As the title implies, there is a magical sword, and there are numerous sword fights in the book. Though the conflict is not all sword fights. Throughout the book, Bowv argues with those around them, defending his worldview and beliefs while justifying his past crimes. These tense debates between Bowv and other characters happen in the background of a war that Bowv has agreed to help a king fight.
But the war is part of a larger problem: vampires. Millennia after vampires were supposed to be killed off, they are now showing up in droves. Bowv, who wields Hueik, the sword of the gods, a weapon created for killing vampires, finds himself at the center of it. But Hueik, being a divine weapon, doesn’t fit into Bowv’s beliefs. Throughout the book, religious beliefs fuel tension and conflict between characters.
This book might be for you if you like darker fantasy set in a world like ours with physical and verbal conflict, the medieval period, and vampires. I’ve had people who don’t read fantasy tell me they still enjoyed the book, and fantasy readers have said they loved it. If you want to read something different, this might be for you.
Quick note about vampires: they’re similar to the vampires of legends in our world, but are different. The most significant difference is probably that the vampires in this book can go out in sunlight. With that in mind, this book might not be for you if you prefer traditional vampires. But if you don’t mind your vampires being similar but slightly different, you might enjoy it.
This is a short story, not a book, but I’m including it because it relates to the Hueik Trilogy. This is the story of what happens immediately before the events of The Terror and the Sword. It is a great way to see if you like my writing style or as an entry point to the Hueik Trilogy. It also introduces characters who will appear in the second book of the trilogy. Now, you don’t need to read this to read the second book of the trilogy. However, I would recommend reading it before the second book, so you will already be familiar with the new characters.
To read it, go to: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/2230ar4kc0, and it will take you to a landing page on a site called BookFunnel, which is a wonderful site that helps authors send out electronic advanced reader copies. Full disclosure, you will need to provide an email to get the book. I will not spam you. I don’t like having to sign up for something, only to have my inbox flooded with emails, and I suspect that you don’t either. I want your email so I can let you know when new books are released or give updates on the current book I’m working on, such as when the first draft is complete. That’s it. I won’t send anything else.