The over-enthusiastic etymologist, #5: sprauncy, puny, underdog
I’ve always loved words and, as a schoolboy, I desperately wanted to become an etymologist. I was terrible at it….
The Loki Sword (Fire Born 3) is just 99p
The third volume of my Viking series, which began with The Last Berserker, is now on sale for less than…
King of the North (Fire Born 4): cover reveal
It is with great pleasure and no little pride that I reveal the cover of King of the North, my…
Free Book Friday: win a signed copy of The Last Berserker
It’s been a while so I thought I would do a give-away today for Free Book Friday. I have a…
Brávellir: Vikings battle for the soul of the North
It is not an original idea to base an entire historical novel around one battle. Bernard Cornwell, the godfather of…
The Loki Sword is now available on Audible
My latest novel, The Loki Sword (Fire Born 3), is finally available to listen to as an Audible file. And…
The good gangster, an autistic artilleryman and the berserker from Bali: interview with Angus Donald
Fellow novelist Baptiste Pinson Wu interviewed me on his YouTube channel this week. We discussed my bizarre international upbringing, my…
The over-enthusiastic etymologist, #4: egg on, tinker, sausage
I’ve always loved words and, as a schoolboy, I desperately wanted to become an etymologist. Life intervened, of course, but…
King of the North (Fire Born 4): the Bjarki and Tor saga continues . . .
I have just sent the first draft of King of the North (Fire Born 4) off to the publisher. And…
The Last Berserker (Fire Born 1) is 99p!
The first book in my new(-ish) and surprisingly successful Viking series – The Last Berserker – is now on sale…