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You Are Hearing Me Talk…to Forge The Narrative

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Once more, Chris and Paul from the Forge The Narrative podcast have had me on their show to talk about stuff…
 


While FtN is primarily a Warhammer 40,000-themed podcast, they also do episodes that “take a deep dive into nerdom” – and this is one of them! In this edition, I’m discussing the work I did on the Disney Infinity 3.0 video game, specifically the Star Wars Twilight of the Republic playset…and I drop a few hints about some of my other upcoming projects as well.

To visit Forge the Narrative‘s website and listen to the show, click Here. (The interview starts at the 26.33 minute mark)

 
 

STAR TREK: TITAN – SIGHT UNSEEN is out this month!

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I’m pleased to announce that in just over two weeks time on September 29th, my 4th full-length Star Trek novel Sight Unseen will be hitting all good bookstores from here to the Gamma Quadrant…

Sight Unseen is the newest adventure in the Star Trek: Titan series, which is set aboard the titular ship, Starfleet’s most species-diverse vessel under the command of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s William Riker. The crew also includes TNG‘s Deanna Troi and Star Trek: Voyager‘s Tuvok, as well as all-new characters from the world of Trek Lit. For those interested in continuity, Sight Unseen picks up after the events of John Jackson Miller’s novel Takedown and pulls in narrative threads from The Fall miniseries.

This is my 3rd excursion with the crew of the USS Titan after 2009’s Synthesis and 2013’s New York Times bestseller The Poisoned Chalice, and it’s great to be back with them. 

Readers are going to see a few changes in this novel – there will be new faces, old enemies, life and death, hard questions and fresh challenges…

Here’s the back cover blurb:

In the wake of political upheaval across the United Federation of Planets, Admiral William Riker and the crew of the U.S.S. Titan find themselves in uncertain waters as roles aboard the ship change to reflect a new mandate and a new mission.

On orders from Starfleet, Titan sets out toward the edge of Federation space to tackle its latest assignment: to work with an alien species known as the Dinac, who are taking their first steps into the galaxy at large as a newly warp-capable civilization.But when disaster befalls the Dinac, the Titan crew discovers they have unknowingly drawn the attention of a deadly, merciless enemy—a nightmare from Riker’s past lurking in the darkness.

Friendships will be tested to the limit as familiar faces and new allies must risk everything in a fight against an unstoppable invader—or a horrific threat will be unleashed on the galaxy!

Star Trek: Titan – Sight Unseen will be available in eBook and mass-market paperback editions from Simon & Schuster on September 29th.

For more information – and an excerpt from the novel! – click Here.

DEUS EX: MANKIND DIVIDED arrives February 2016

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Start the clock – Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the next blockbuster game in the Deus Ex saga, will be arriving on PC, XBox One and Playstation 4 platforms on February 23rd 2016.
 


The 23rd is going to be a busy date for me – I have a new novel coming out that day too! Keep an eye on the official Deus Ex website (and this blog!) in the months ahead as the launch date approaches; I’ll be talking more about my work on the game in the near future….

You are seeing me talk… To SBOC

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This week sees the release of Disney Infinity 3.0, along with a whole bunch of Star Wars themed materials – including the Twilight of the Republic playset, Clone Wars and Rebels figures I worked on as scriptwriter.

Reviews are looking good – the gamer community is liking what we’ve done – and I’ve been able to talk a little bit about the game (and also the other big project I’m working on, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided) with the gang from the SBOC video podcast.

 

 Check out episode #6 of SBOC‘s Weekly Show and find me from the 26.32 mark…

DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 – STAR WARS is out this month!

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A Galaxy Far Far Away is finally coming to the worlds of Disney Infinity with the release of the 3.0 version of the game at the end of the month, and I’m pleased to say that the launch playset is Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic, which I worked on with the top folks at Lucasfilm and game developers Ninja Theory and Disney Intertactive. Check out our trailer!
 
 

 

 We’ve created a cool action-adventure in the style of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series – in the trailer above you’ll see Cat Taber, Sam Witwer and Matt Lanter reprising their roles as Padme Amidala, Darth Maul and Anakin Skywalker, and they’re joined by the rest of the Clone Wars cast in the game.

Of all the fictional worlds I’ve enjoyed and wanted to tell a story in, Star Wars is one that’s always eluded me – but now that’s changed! Writing the storyline and script for Twilight of the Republic (as well as character scripts for all the prequel trilogy figures and Star Wars: Rebels figures too) has been a great experience – and it’s just the start…


Let The Games Begin!

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Today is publication day for GAME OVER, the new anthology of horror fiction inspired by classic arcade games from Snowbooks, featuring my original short story “Screen Burn“…


In the cavern-like darkness of the arcade, the neon phosphor-glow of the screen beckons you close. Drawn to the dancing pixels like a moth to a flame, digging deep in your pocket you pull out a shiny coin and thumb it into the slot as the electronic siren sings the fanfare that marks your arrival. One hand on the joystick, the other splayed across the control buttons, your pulse begins to quicken.

You’ve barely begun but suddenly the discordant bleeps are trumpeting your failure as your 8-bit adventure comes to an abrupt end. At least in the world of the video arcade you get a second chance. But what is the true price you pay when you make a pact with the digital demon? There’s always another coin, an extra life to be earned, a second chance… Isn’t there?

GAME OVER: A dozen stories of creeping dread and savage horror inspired by the humble amusement arcade and the classic coin-ops of yesteryear. Twelve tales to chill your blood by twelve masters of the malevolent and the macabre.
Just keep reminding yourself, it’s only a game… Isn’t it?

As well as me, the GAME OVER anthology also features stories by James Wallis, Sarah Peploe, Jonathan Oliver, Simon Bestwick, Gav Thorpe, Laurel Sills, Alexandra Peel, Tim Major, Adam Chillman, George Pickett, and Michael Carroll, all ably edited by Jonathan Green – and right now, if you buy it direct from publishers Snowbooks you can get 50% off by quoting the discount code ‘GO’ for the ebook edition, and ‘GO-PRINT’ for the paperback. (The offer’s good for the next 24 hours so act quickly, mwah hah hah, Space Cadet).

Click Here to visit the Snowbooks website, or go check out the official GAME OVER Facebook page Here.