Six striking sentences about Roma Nova

Summing up a 100,000 word book in a few words for a retailer page or the back of a book cover is a mammoth task – a labour of Hercules. But when somebody asks for six striking sentences, that’s on another level altogether. Here’s what I came up with for some of the Roma Nova […]

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‘Captain Carina Mitela?’

‘Yes,’ I said. ‘Who is this?’

‘Custodes XI Station. An emergency token with your code has been handed in. We’re holding the presenter.’

Juno.

I dropped everything and headed for the tunnel connecting our headquarters to the police station. The duty sergeant, with a typical cop’s bland expression but […]

Heroines' journeys - Not always physical ones

Karen/Carina

As readers, we like to see our main character progress in some way. She or he doesn’t need to save the world, make a grand marriage with a duke or make a groundbreaking journey into space. But their story does need a resolution. It could be acceptance, it could be a move somewhere else, it […]