Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron

Second trailer, with theme music.

Interview at Book Goodies

I did an interview with the fine folks over at Book Goodies. Check it out here.

I talk about the inspiration behind the book, and the characters.

And another up at Awesomegang.

The Royal Adyron

A Royal Adyron steam mech designed by the Conray Brother Studio.

It is a lighter-weight line, with heavy forward visor and tasset guard to make up for the lighter hull. The cockpit is smaller than in the more spacious Hildebrand mechs, but with controls laid out in the characteristically intuitive Conray manner.

It can be comfortable to run at top performance for hours, thanks to eight heat vents and four air intakes with pumps. The pumps, designed by elite machinists from the engineering guild, are compact, but frequently break down in battle.

The hull was forged in The Crucible, the hottest and oldest blast furnace of Adyron. The Conrays guarantee the construction of each custom mech is presided over, and blessed, by engineer-druids.

The Royal was used as a scouting steam mech by the army of King Haress, and was popular with barons and dukes of Westin until the Hildebrands introduced the Dragoon.

Theo Paxstone book trailer

I've been working on a book trailer for Theo Paxstone. Haven't done a book trailer before, so this is an experiment. It's meant for social media (Facebook, Instagram) and that means it has to be short. Very, very short. As in, 10 seconds or less short.

That's not much time to sum up a book in.

It's like an animated elevator pitch, only with fewer words and more pictures.

A cool challenge.

The first one, sans sound (that's coming) is above.

Take a gander, and leave your feedback in the comments.

Because the next one, as Ed Wood might say, will be better!

Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron now available on Kindle

Announcing Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron, my first young adult novel, four years in the making:

“Dragons and worse lurk in the forests of Adyron, and only steam knights in their gleaming battle machines can keep the kingdom safe. 

Theo Paxstone dreams of being such a knight. Instead, he finds himself slaving away at a repair shop for the pitiless Master Grimes.

When a dragon abducts Princess Jena from the royal tournament, Theo sees his chance and escapes. He joins forces with Sir Bentham, a crippled knight, and his pugnacious squire, Riley. Together, they pursue the dread beast, determined to rescue the princess from its clutches.

Along the way they discover that not all enemies are what, or who, they seem…” 

Theo Paxstone's a fun filled, rollicking adventure story,with great twists and turns. 

Trust me, I’m known for my objectivity and good taste. 

It’s 411 pages, complete with illustrations, and available on Kindle for just $3.99. 

Please share and spread the word (Writing the book was easy compared to promotion!).

And if you have a spare evening, give it a read, a review, and a plug or two. 

Website, animations, and even more breathless, obligatory hype to come… 

Thank you so very, very much!

Theo Paxstone desktop background

A deep, lush red-orange desktop pattern.

Faces the other direction, compared to the earlier image.

Totally different.

Theo Paxstone and the Alternate Cover

Been fiddling with the art I did for the blog background, and came up with what feels a little like a faux cinematic cover:

Now with a darkened dragon.

The flame might need work, but otherwise I'm happy with it.