A reader asks, "How many Elza books will there be ( Read more... )

A reader asks me how much Elza remembers of her past selves, of the events of Black Ships, Hand of Isis and Stealing Fire. Generally speaking, not much consciously. However, it's all there, and when something brings it to the fore it's at her fingertips. In this case, from wine comes truth. When Elza gets drunk with Corbineau and tells him her ( Read more... )

Some great news on actual release dates for The Emperor's Agent! The ebook version will be out August 1, and the print edition six weeks later on September 15. I can't tell you how excited I am about this! I think this is my best book yet!

A we move closer to release on The Emperor's Agent, the next Numinous World book with Elza, I have the cover! This was done by the talented Cécile Jacques, and she did an amazing job!


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And since I'm on the subject of Stealing Fire with the audiobook being settled this week, I thought I'd share one of my favorite scenes from Stealing Fire with you. This is also the scene that we'll come back to in Elza's dream in The Emperor's Agent which I posted a little while ago. The Emperor's Agent will be out this summer ( Read more... )

A reader asks if we're ever going to see again the soul who was Bagoas in Stealing Fire. Yes! In fact we already have briefly in The General's Mistress, though Elza didn't recognize Bagoas because she didn't consciously remember. That changes in the next book, The Emperor's Agent ( Read more... )

A reader asks, "When is the next Elza book coming out? Soon please ( Read more... )

In my upcoming book, The Emperor's Agent, Elza goes to Boulogne in the summer of 1805 on the Emperor's business. I thought I'd share some lovely pictures of Elza and "her handsome boys", the lifelong friends she makes that summer.


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Because I was talking with someone about Marshal Jean Lannes today, I thought I'd share his first scene in The Emperor's Agent, in the summer of 1805 at Boulogne. Elza has just arrived on the Emperor's business....

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It is with enormous pleasure that I can announce that the second and third books about Elza, The Emperor's Agent and The Marshal's Lover, are being acquired by Crossroad Press! Yes, that's a title change for the second one from The Emperor's Companion to The Emperor's Agent, as it's a lot clearer ( Read more... )