Simon Kewin

Fantasy and Science Fiction

Sci/Fi

Dead Star is out!

Dead Star, Volume 1 in the Triple Stars Trilogy, is released today.

Dead Star - The Triple Stars, Volume 1

The last survivor from a planet of eight billion

The galaxy is in flames under the harsh theocratic rule of Concordance, the culture that once thrived among the stars reduced to scattered fragments. Selene Ada, last survivor of an obliterated planet, joins forces with the mysterious renegade, Ondo Lagan.

Together they attempt to unravel the mystery of Concordance’s rapid rise to galactic domination. They follow a trail of shattered starship hulks and ancient alien ruins, with the ships of the enemy always one step behind.

But it’s only when they find the mythical planet of Coronade that they uncover the true scale of the destruction Concordance is capable of unleashing…

“excellent … the author did a really fantastic job of creating compelling characters, an intriguing world, and I’m looking forward to the next novel in the series”

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Dead Star first draft completed

The first draft of Dead Star (The Triple Stars, Volume 1) is complete! It’s 90,000 words of science fiction/space opera goodness. The manuscript is currently with beta readers for feedback, and then it’ll be off for editing. I hope to have it out later this year, and maybe maybe to have all three volumes completed by the end of the year…

Novel Progress

So, novel progress: I currently have three novels in various stages of development. Here’s where they’re at:

Engn II: The Clockwork War – haven’t got a publication date or a cover yet, but this will be appearing through Curiosity Quills press later this year.

The Eye Collector – the first in a series of magical urban fantasy detective stories. Not sure if this will be trad or indie published yet – it’s completed and currently with a bunch of agents to see if it matches any of their wishlists…

Dead Star – the first volume in a galaxy-spanning sci/fi trilogy. Almost certainly going to be indie published, as I’ve found sci/fi and space opera does well there. I’m about 50,000 words in with maybe 40,000 to go. And, strangely, I’ve already written the third volume. If things go really well I might get the whole trilogy finished this year.

And then after that there’s this list of about twenty other novel ideas that I’d love to write…