The Deepening Dark

by Alastair Rosie

Overview

When Rhianna consigns her husband's body to the flames and takes the throne of Haydutia she unwittingly sets herself on a crash course with the Bulkaran empire, which has subsumed all of Western Tuath. Only in Eastern Tuath is their influence limited and General Bolksta intends to crush these proud horsemen of the northern plains. A violent encounter at Hawkmoon leads to her overthrow and show trial but Bolksta's plans to execute her go awry when a wandering band of elves save the day and rescue her.
In the netherworld between madness and sanity Rhianna's fate hangs by a thread while all about the world explodes in an orgy of blood-letting as Bolksta unleashes his goblin auxiliaries upon the villagers. All that stands between them and the slaughter of the innocents are the women of the She Bear. Highly trained but overlooked by their menfolk these battle maidens must work hard to hold back the tide of maneaters and rally rival lords under a common banner. It is a time of heroes and heroines, villains and cowards, and in the deepening dark a faery sword is returned to the world and a fire in the east is unleashed.
The Deepening Dark is book one in the Outlaw Queen series.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045463324
Publisher:	Alastair Rosie
Publication date:	11/24/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	704 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

I was born in Stirling, Scotland and we emigrated to Australia when I was fifteen months old. I didn’t want to leave and apparently I cried a lot on the plane. There’s a vicious rumour that a missing loaf of bread had something to do with my parents leaving so suddenly, but my critics will do anything to discredit me! We settled in Melbourne and eventually the outer eastern suburb of Bayswater North. I started writing very early on because we had no television and I hate playing sports of any description. I’m one of those Aussies who’s never surfed, hates beaches in the summer and thinks cricket is the most boring game on the planet.
I finally got serious about writing in 1995 when my father was on life support and watching him waste away drove me to write something, anything to escape. After he died I just kept writing and haven’t stopped yet. I got my Diploma of Arts in Professional Writing and Editing in 1998 from Box Hill TAFE and got into writing web content. I’d cut my teeth on the old Australian Jodie Foster website, which no longer exists and no, we never met Jodie Foster but it would have been nice don’t you think? I wrote lots of short stories and started a few novels. In between I kept working full time on building sites and in factories. What else do you do with a Diploma of Arts?
I escaped Australia in 2003, I think there was an early release scheme going for frustrated ex Brits and I took it. I took the first train to Scotland and apart from brief excursions to England I tend to stay local, more or less. My first novel, The Boston Slasher was released in 2008 and my second book The Deepening Dark was released in December 2013. Angel of Mercy was released on July 1st, 2014 and I hope to release many more books on Smashwords over the next few years.
In the future I hope to win Euromillions, retire from full time employment and hire an army of minions to cater to my every need but until then I’ll have to keep on writing and publishing. I hope you enjoy my books as much as I enjoyed writing them. Don’t forget to leave a review, even if it’s only a few words because feedback is something I always look forward to.
Enjoy!