I apologise for the wait since the last India book, so long after already declaring I’d finished the second draft. There’s been big life changes and their accompanying demands, waiting on the lovely cover art (by Martina Stipan, same as the others), a smorgasbord of new story ideas stealing my attention… Mostly, I just wanted to let the book sit for a while so I could go back to it with fresh eyes and work on it more.

Anyway, the new India Bones book is here. This one takes us away from the Caribbean, to explore the domineering nation of York, and the wild Frontier beyond.

India is 18 now – a young man who has come far from his days being a street rat on Mexico Island. As with Pirate Blood, this is a more mature novel than the earlier ones, dealing with slavery, nationalism, manifest destiny etc. But this is also very much a book about the land itself, its myth and promise, and of course the journey…

The next tale, you might be pleased to hear, will hark back to earlier innocence, with some fun artefact-hunting adventure – but in a very different environment to any yet seen in the series.

I hope you are continuing to enjoy this pirate fantasy series, with the India bones and the Great Frontier no exception.

You can find the series to date, including the new book, here.