My Life As A Writer: Time To Talk Star Knight Book Two

Now that Reavers of the Void is live and available for purchase, it's time to start talking more about the next book.

Book Two's story focus around Earth and the Terran solar system. We get to see Lord Roland's home at what is today Le Mont-Saint-Michael in France's Normandy region, a little more of Count Qis's estate at Oslo in Norway, the Barsoom War College in orbit over Mars, and the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. While this is a change from a previous iteration of the outline, I think this better serves my purposes.

The Terran system is one of the most built-up, with Earth as well as several other planets having a full saturation of space colonies in their respective Lagrange points, each fulfilling vital functions both secular and sacred. The Church directly controls and administers the entire system, akin to the Papal States of history, so the Vatican Solar Guard is thick here with personnel and warships coming and going at all times. It's as urban a feel as space allows, and expectations should be set accordingly.

Our story here follows the conclusion of Reavers. Our mastermind villain is still out to remove the threat that Countess Gabriela Robin presents to him and his ambitions, and Lord Roland--being the savvy sort--aims to flush the plotter out into the open using Gabriela as bait. This novel, therefore, is as much a duel of wits between two foes who aren't even in the same place as anything else; think of the better James Bond films, but with lightsabers and giant robots. Red Eyes returns, as does Dashing Jack and Redalen's Revenge, as the villains driving the action but we also get to see more of the mastermind's network in operation- and with it, a better idea of what he's aiming to achieve when he says "Victory For Babylon!"

What else can you look forward to in Book Two?

• Jack and Roland's rematch, fighting a sword duel in freefall over Mars.
• Oklahoma and Revenge going head to head, not-Yamato facing off against not-Arcadia.
• New mecha designs.
• An assault on Mont-Saint-Michael, Lord Roland's home.
• The debut of Sibley's wife, and Creton's mother, Henrietta.
• More intrigue by our mastermind villain to manipulate events to serve his ends.

I aim to have Book Two finished and available by Christmas this year, so you won't be waiting too long. In the meantime there are a few things I want you folks to do. If you read Reavers, please write a review and post it to Amazon's page; if you also have a blog, post it there also. If there's any merchandise you'd like to see, scroll down and leave a comment. Finally, a big thanks to those who commented on my editor's post on Reavers's release regarding how well they enjoy the book. I'm glad to see that I hit the mark I aimed for, and I hope to do so again with Book Two.

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