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What are the glyphs, anyway?
Even after twenty years, people still ask about the 33 'runes' around the covers of the original four books of The View from the Mirror, which are the same as the symbols around the border of the mysterious, dangerous and deceitful ancient artefact, the Mirror of Aachan. But they're not runes, they're glyphs, and part the syllabary of an ancient…
Three Worlds Timeline
For many years now people have been asking about the Histories of Santhenar, and more detail on the key events (some mentioned in my Three Worlds books, others not) that have shaped both Santhenar, Tallallame and Aachan over the past ten thousand years and more. I've gone through the books and my notes, some dating back more than 30 years,…
Do Research on my Books – or Speculative Fiction
If anyone is interested in undertaking university research or study of my books, or SF/fantasy in general, Fisher Library at The University of Sydney has all the drafts of every one of my 29 books, plus my shorter stories and articles, plus all my other writing papers and correspondence from the past 25 years – and I'm currently preparing the latest…
Chapter 1 of The Fatal Gate
Book 2: The Gates of Good and Evil 1 NO ONE COULD HELP HER ‘Gergrig wants the child,’ said Yetchah, the weathered boards creaking as she moved around the circle of Whelm. Her dark eyes, touched by the firelight, blazed with longing. ‘If we give her to him, he will surely agree to be our master.’ Every hair stood up…
The Fatal Gate Audiobook
For everyone who's asked about The Fatal Gate audiobook, it's now available for pre-order from Audible, iTunes and all the other usual places, and will be available for download from early November. CD versions available later in November. It's read by the wonderful Grant Cartwright, who has read almost all of my audiobooks, and contains 22 hours and 7 minutes…