Returning To An Old Friend

 Last time I updated anyone on my fantasy book series “Haldred Chronicles” was back in 2024.

I dabbled in TikTok, updated Instagram constantly, even had a Twitter account (you know, it’s proper name).

Yet not only could I just not keep things going but I had hit a wall creatively. With my fifth book I just couldn’t get going.

Yet now, going into 2026, things have changed.

 

I have been re-writing my later books to make them more consistent with my officially published book ‘Alyssa’. I have learnt a lot from the editorial and publishing process so now, 2026 will be the ‘relaunch’ year of Haldred Chronicles.

This relaunch can be best described as a ‘soft’, as a lot of the work on the books has been correcting errors, making the grammar and spelling more consistent and updating aspects of the prose.

Original readers need not throw up their hands in dismay; the story and characters do not change. I am simply changing the writing, so it makes a little more sense from a ‘meta plot’ point of view.

And it all prepares the ground for book 5. I have not set a launch date yet, that depends on how well the writing goes, but I want to finish it. I want to get it out.

Victoria needs her next adventure; she’s going to get it.

So, in our run up to Christmas I bid you all Happy Christmas, may you have a Happy New Year and hopefully, sometime in 2026 I will finally release book 5 of Haldred Chronicles.

 

In the meantime, for anyone who hasn’t, you will find all my books at the links below:

Amazon.com Haldred Chronicles

Amazon.co.uk Haldred Chronicles

Linktree link (for more locations to purchase the books from)

The world of Haldred Chronicles

So, what do you think?

The newly rewritten Haldred Chronicles: Alyssa has been out a few weeks, people have been buying it and reviews have been positive.

UK editions are HERE and US Editions HERE

So, time to write a little about the world and history.

Basically, Haldred Chronicles is set in a post war fantasy world. A vast all encompassing war called the Six Nations War had been raging for 50 years. Then, quiet suddenly, the six war weary nations (Magra, Tornar, Trima, Darnhun, Halnas and Argon) declared peace and their civilisations attempted to ‘get back to normal.’

Into this scenario the various Haldred Chronicles stories play out.  The over arching theme, and over riding concern for most of the characters, is maintaining this fragile peace. As might be expected, there are many individuals and factions interested and intent on restarting the war. They serve as the primary antagonists.

As for the protagonists, most of them belong or are associated with the ‘Council of Peace', an international organisation setup to monitor and maintain the peace by ‘any and all means necessary'. So whilst they might maintain the peace, they aren’t shy from doing so using violence themselves.

This setting also means that the series as a whole manages to cross multiple writing genres. It’s definitely ‘fantasy’ based, many of the stories taking place in an ‘urban fantasy' setting. Additionally, the stories have ‘Crime fiction' and ‘mystery’ aspects as the stories often involve crimes and their investigations in the pursuit of maintaining peace. Plus because it’s me, there is quiet a bit of humour thrown in.

Hope this is of interest to some of you.

Enjoy!