Since the launch of my new website in April, I’ve been getting a steady stream of emails from readers and fans, all of which have been greatly appreciated! It’s always nice to hear from people who enjoyed something I’ve worked on, but I don’t often have the opportunity to reply directly each time.
So here’s a quick compilation of answers to some questions from my virtual mailbox…
Glenn Misztal says…
“I’ve been reading your Star Trek books for a couple of years. Do you sell any signed bookplates that I can stick in the front of mine?”
Thanks for your interest in my Trek fiction, Glenn! I don’t have bookplates at the moment, but I am looking into getting some printed in the near future, so stay tuned.
Aaron Spuler asked about my Warhammer 40,000 audio drama Corsair: The Face of the Void…
“I am curious if a follow-up to the adventures of Captain Santiago and her crew is planned.”
I have some more stories in mind for the crew of the Rogue Trader Corsair, and I’m in discussion with Black Library about continuing the series, but so far we’ve made no hard and fast plans.
Damian Bouch had an interesting theory about characters from the game Deus Ex: Human Revolution…
“My pet fan theory is that Megan Reed was an agent of some party, perhaps unwittingly, who was romantically involved with Adam Jensen for the sake of getting greater access to his genetic material. Am I on the mark, more or less? Someone aware of Jensen’s unique genetic therapy could have fed the information downstream to Dr Reed, prompting her to act.”
I can tell you that Megan’s backstory had her interest in Adam growing from her own attraction to him, but who is to say that a shadowy force might not have manipulated her to follow that path? This is Deus Ex, after all, where everything is a conspiracy…!
Ross Sidor has a question about the future of my Marc Dane series…
“In the author’s note at the end of Shadow, you ominously mention the end game beginning. Are you planning to bring the series to an end, or (hopefully) just wrapping up the ongoing Combine story line?
As Lucy would say, I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.
Seriously, though – my plans for the next couple of Marc Dane novels will bring our heroes and the forces of the Combine into direct, open conflict…and it’s not going to end well for anyone involved! Where we go from there will be up to my readers – I have many more stories I’d like to tell with Marc and Lucy!
Ryan Pearlman, who has been putting together a great model army for his Horus Heresy tabletop war games based off characters in my novel Fear to Tread has a query about armour that sent me on a deep dive into all my lore notes…
“Did pre-Decree of Nikaea librarians use the blue colour pattern as in Warhammer 40,000 or the standard red battle plate of the Blood Angels?”
Good question! I don’t think we ever explained that in the Horus Heresy novels, but it feels to me like the blue livery was a tradition that came later, after the Heresy was over – the most likely explanation is that it was established as part of the Codex Astartes, years afterward. (Thanks to Loreman Laurie for checking the logic on this one!)
Annie Whittenham got in touch to say she had some problems downloading the deleted scene from my Marc Dane novel Nomad, which is available to everyone who signs up to my Reader’s Club. If anyone else has had the same problem, please drop a line to the mailing list – and don’t forget you can also download my full Marc Dane novelette Rough Air for free right here.
Lastly, a big thank you to reader John Dwarka from the Netherlands, who offered some great pointers about some of the Dutch references in my most recent Marc Dane novel Shadow. Much appreciated, John!
If you’d like to get in touch (and maybe appear in a future blog), I’ve got an “Ask the Author” page set up here for Goodreads members that I try to get to on a regular basis, and you can usually find me on my Twitter feed for quick 240-character conversations. There’s also the CONTACT page on this website and my Reader’s Club, which you can find at the bottom right of this page. I look forward to hearing from you!
(Picture by Siarhei Plashchynski, sourced via Unsplash).
