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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Spirit Broker - ON SALE!!



The Spirit Broker, my first novel, is now for sale in e-book format on Amazon. After almost four years of writing, editing, proof-reading, editing, editing, editing and editing, it’s a good feeling to finally get it out there.

It’s hard to stop tinkering with a labour-of-love, especially as with each re-read I seemed to find something else I wanted  to change, remove or add. But there came a point where I just had to wash my hands of it and move on.

Here’s a reminder of what The Spirit Broker is about:

Set in the current day, the recession is rife and the global fiscal system continues its descent into chaos. A newly unemployed Londoner, Nicholas Becker, unwittingly uncovers a secret world within our own which leads him on a journey of discovery and revelation. He accidentally becomes a spirit broker; a member of an age old mystic sect of people who exist among us, serving an essential role.

Spirit brokers ensure that the souls of the dead are returned to the ethereal lifeblood of the planet, the Stream. The Stream flows through all living things and is the unseen force from which all new souls are created.

However, malevolent beings are at work to disrupt the Stream and deplete it of its energy, thus jeopardising the very existence of the human soul. Aided by other spirit brokers, Nicholas enters a race against time to prevent the world from another type of recession; a recession of the soul.

Writing the novel was fun, especially discovering and researching new things throughout the process. There were some moments of frustration when I found myself stuck at certain plot points, but finding my way out was even more satisfying.

I have many more tales to tell, but the question now is which tale do I want to spend the next year writing?

Also, I still have three more short stories to put online to complete my set of 12 for last year’s “one-short-story-a-month”mission; but I’ve been very busy with stuff in the real world. The good news is all three stories are nearly complete.

If you do buy a Kindle copy of the Spirit Broker, firstly, thank you, and secondly I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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