The Grand Senate controls the Terran Federation, but is hopelessly corrupt. When one of the Federation's admirals leads an attack on Earth, he is just barely beaten back, and so his forces need to be suppressed…
2013 police procedural mystery, more or less. After an unspecified incident, Smith has refused to retire as everyone expected and has instead taken a demotion to Detective Sergeant and a load of trivial casework: community liaison, school lectures on how drugs are bad, and signing off on an accidental drowning…
2023 non-fiction, autobiography. Patrick Stewart recounts his life story, from childhood and early years as an aspiring actor to success and wide acclaim.
2019 Ruritanian fantasy-romance, fourth of its series. Rozild is dismissed from her post as a laundry maid for "unnatural behaviour", but finds a new if parlous position as apprentice to a dressmaker.
The sixth issue of the GURPS fanzine The Path of Cunning is out.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved array rebuilding and combinations. (Note that this ends today.) I did this in fewer languages than usual because of UK Games Expo, but I included my favourites.
2006 romance/SF/mystery; third of its series but effectively stand-alone. Elly St Clair was engaged to the local Guild boss, Cooper Boone, but things went wrong and she left the small town for the big city. Now he has to go to the city, and getting her back is only part of his mission.
More gaming with nearby friends.
2024 romantic fantasy novelette, first of a new series. Margaret Dunhaven has married in haste to prevent her family's ruin, and is now Lady Riven, wife of the infamous vampire lord. Well, at least he has a library.
I keep going back to the UK Games Expo. With images; cc-by-sa-nc on everything.
2016 historical adventure, last of its trilogy. Margaret Fitzroy's father has reappeared, but some of her enemies are now in high places, and everyone may have been lying to her.
1983 fantasy, second of the very loose Lyra series. Ranira is a bond (more or less indentured) servant in Drinn, which is ruled by the Temple of Chaldon. Then some foreigners take a room at the inn where she works, and everything is turned on its head.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved light parsing and tax bracket calculations. (Note that this ends today.)