Writing

Shadow is under a month away from release, and I’m excited to see the next Marc Dane novel in the hands of my readers – but before that, I’m bringing you the second chapter of Rough Air, a new and exclusive short story!

In “Turbulence” – part one of Rough Air – private security operative Marc Dane and his hacker colleague Assim Kader were shadowing Mateo Garza, a former money man for a vicious Colombian drug cartel; but when Garza unexpectedly boarded an international flight from Bogotá to Dallas, Marc had no choice but to follow this quarry…

In part two, Marc is caught in the middle of a violent hijacking when cartel assassins take over the plane; with no weapons or equipment, only Marc’s ability to adapt and improvise will keep him alive…

You can find and download Rough Air Part Two: “Pressure Drop” right Here (along with Part One).

Look for “Cross-Check”, the third chapter, next week; in the meantime, feel free to post your thoughts on parts one and two on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media using the #DaneOnAPlane hashtag…

And if you want to get each part of Rough Air a day earlier than everyone else, sign up to my Reader’s Club mailing list (details at the bottom of this page).

My next Marc Dane thriller Shadow hits bookstores at the end of May, but before that I’m giving away a free serialized short story to all my readers, and the first chapter goes live today!

In the aftermath of the events of Ghost, former MI6 field technician turned private security contractor Marc Dane is on an undercover surveillance mission for the Rubicon Corporation’s Special Conditions Division – his assignment is to track Mateo Garza, a man with a key connection to La Noche, a brutal South American drug cartel.

It’s meant to be a low-threat assignment – but when Marc’s quarry boards an international flight from Bogotá to Dallas, things quickly spiral out of control!

Trapped on an airliner with murderous assassins, a lethal mystery and no weapons or equipment, only Marc’s ability to adapt and improvise will keep him alive. Fasten your seatbelt; Rough Air ahead…

Rough Air will be serialized into five parts, and you can find Part One: “Turbulence” right Here.

The second chapter of Rough Air will be available for download a week from now; in the meantime, feel free to post your thoughts about part one on Twitter, Facebook or any other social media using the #DaneOnAPlane hashtag! I look forward to hearing what you think!

And don’t forget, you can sign up to my Reader’s Club mailing list (details at the bottom of this page) and get each chapter of Rough Air a day earlier than everyone else, emailed directly to your inbox.

The clock is ticking down to the release of my next action thriller Shadow – but before we get there, as a thank-you to my readers for all the support and something free for people new to the series , from this Friday I’ll be posting chapters of Rough Air – a brand new Marc Dane serial short story!

Rough Air is set between the events of Ghost and Shadow, following Marc Dane as he uses his wits in a tense stand-off against a group of hijackers on board an airliner. I did some interesting research into what you might use to stop a mid-air takeover, given all you get on a commercial flight is plastic cutlery… You’ll have to read the story to find out what I came up with for Marc!

Rough Air will be serialized in five parts, and made available as downloadable pdf files which you’ll be able to find Here.

Check back on Friday for Part One – “Turbulence” – or if you can’t wait that long, sign up to my Reader’s Club mailing list (details at the bottom of this page) and get each chapter of Rough Air a day earlier than everyone else, emailed directly to your inbox…

I’m happy to announce that from today, I have a new home on the World Wide Web; you can visit me here at jswallow.com!

I’ve worked on this new site to create something simple, quick to navigate and most importantly, filled with stuff.

You’ll find information on all of my professional writing career to date by following the tabs in the top menu or the “quick links” menu below – every book, every short story, every script and video game – complete with images, audio clips, trailers and videos. You can keep up to date with my ‘coming soon‘ section and my (somewhat irregular) blog!

There’s a fully indexed ‘library’ of my work categorized by themes, series and subject, covering all my original fiction and tie-ins. I’ll be writing Author’s Notes as I go, so readers can learn more about the stories behind my projects over the last twenty years and into the future…

There’s also a ‘free fiction‘ category, which I’ll be adding to regularly over the next month or so, in the run-up to the launch of my next Marc Dane thriller novel Shadow.

On Friday April 26th, and on each following Friday over five weeks, I’ll be putting up a chapter of “Rough Air“, a brand new Marc Dane novelette free to download in ebook form for all visitors to the site. More on that next week!

This new site will be taking over the duties of my former Red Flag blog in the coming months, but there will be a bit of overlap before I fold that up, so if you want to continue to follow me and my writing, please be sure to update your browsers and bookmarks accordingly!

The release of my next Marc Dane novel Shadow is fast approaching, and we’ve had a new pass over the cover art since I last talked about it – the new colours are really striking and I hope it’ll make the book stand out on store shelves…

Things are about to go viral in Dane’s most dangerous adventure yet . . .

Ex-MI6 field technician Marc Dane and his partner – former US Delta Force sniper Lucy Keyes – are pitted against their most terrifying challenge yet, when a genius bio-researcher with the ability to create a deadly biological weapon is kidnapped by a ruthless terrorist.

Their desperate search for the missing scientist takes them across the world, from the desolate wilderness of Iceland to the dark underbelly of a fracturing Europe, where they will discover a shocking atrocity in the making.

Backed by shadowy interests, a cadre of hard-line ultra-right-wing extremists plan to unleash a lethal virus among the population of a major European city.

Only Marc Dane can prevent this devastating attack from taking place – before a whole continent is plunged into terror… 

Shadow is out in hardcover, export trade paperback and eBook editions at the end of May,  and you can pre-order it at Amazon (click Here) or wherever you buy your fiction.

But a new cover design isn’t all I have to announce; I’m currently putting the finishing touches on a brand new serial short story, which will be available in free downloadable chapters in the run-up to the release of Shadow.

More details soon…!