The Rebel Range is expanding!

But what is Blood Life?

Blood Life is at the heart of REBEL VAMPIRES. First Lifers (humans) are chosen to be elected to Blood Life (vampires): only the best of each generation.

They’re elected to be thinkers, warriors, beauties and leaders.

We smell the true scent of you First Lifers. The bubbling emotions that are veined underneath, like gold in rock: the ambition of true leaders, unrecognised genius of thinkers and courage of warriors. Beauty is skin-deep, but we see it in the faces of the poor. In the capacity for love, rather than its cold cruelty.

Blood Life is the next step in evolution. A race of camouflaged predators who revel in the carnage and the flames.

Blood Life was no dark fairy-tale: it was hard science.

Light is the main Blood Lifer in Rebel Vampires.

He’s a sexy British anti-hero with a photographic memory and Triton motorbike.

He’s a:

Rebel here, yeah?

Light’s been hiding in the shadows of paranormal London since Victorian times.

Light’s only company? A savage Elizabethan Blood lifer. And he’s keeping a secret from her that breaks every rule.

When a seductive human singer tempts Light with a forbidden romance, their worlds collide. At the same time, Light discovers his ruthless family’s horrifying experiments. Now he’s torn between slaying the humans he was raised to fear, or saving them.

Start your escape into Blood Life here…

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Rebel Vampires: Interview with the Vampire Meets True Blood!

Escape into your Blood Life today…

Today I’m LIVE with an exclusive READING of my latest release BLOOD RENEGADES in my Facebook Group ROSEMARY’S REBELS.

After the reading, there’ll be a Q and A session on the REBEL VAMPIRES series where – as always when I speak live – readers can ask me anything. Seriously. Now whether I answer..?

I love author readings: there’s a special connection between listening to an author read their own words and then having the chance to ask them about the book.

I read a series of fantasy flash fiction at a Women in Dark Fiction event at Oxford last year: the atmosphere was electric.

When I worked in the theater, there was nothing like the connection between audience and performer: when it’s your own words? It’s twice the buzz.

As a reader? I love the experience too. So below are Three of the Best Author Readings:

1. Jack Kerouac On the Road: reads the last page to jazz. Magic. Listen here.
2. James Baldwin Another Country: a novel that taught me a lot about the possibilities and power of language. Listen here.
3. J.R.R Tolkien The Hobbit: hearing Tolkien describing Gollum and acting his voice? Special and never forgotten. Listen here.

Who are your favourite authors to listen to?

Blood Dragons: start your new vampire obsession…

Fantasy Rebel announces that BLOOD DRAGONS has just been shortlisted for the prestigious INTERNATIONAL RUBERY BOOK AWARD!

‘When Light falls in love with Kathy, a human, he begins to understand that humans should not be treated as prey. This is not just a novel about vampires.  Its strength lies in its unsentimental tenderness. The book deals with the poignancy of losing someone to dementia movingly and sensitively.’ – International Rubery Book Award

Start your escape into Blood Life…

Blood Dragons

Blood Shackles

Blood Renegades

I’m a fantasy fanatic: always have been…always will be. Music addict too. I combine both in my fantasy series Rebel Vampires. As an author, you wonder what makes other authors tick.

Today I have on Andrew Q Gordon, author of the epic Champion of the Gods.

I’ve fascinated to interview him because he writes about diversity and individuality, like I do; he’s equally first and foremost a fantasy writer.

Of course, don’t leave out the unicorns…

1. Is there one author who inspired you to love fantasy?

Can I cheat and name two?

Tolkien and Lord of the Rings drew me into fantasy. I was twelve when I read the Fellowship of the Rings, and I was hooked. For the next twenty years I’d troll bookstores until I was left waiting for the new releases to come out to find something new. The other author who inspired me is Mercedes Lackey.

Lackey’s Last Herald Mage series had gay main characters that resonated with me as I was dealing with my own coming out.

2. Are any themes important in your books?

When I started the Champion of the Gods series, I set out to write an epic fantasy story with LGBTQ main characters and I wanted their conflict to be the same as if they’d been straight. Too often the gay guy died, either early on or in the resolution, or the lesbian character was the killer/antagonist. At the same time, I wanted it to be just a part of the story, not the main conflict or tension.

That way all readers could relate to the characters and their struggles.

3. What came first in Champion of the Gods: the world or the characters? 

Miceral and Klissmor the unicorn were the first two things I saw clearly.

The story and surroundings evolved from them. As with any series, the cast of characters grew and I got to peel away new layers in the world. While some of the elements of the universe have changed, the main characters are essentially the same as they were first written.

4. What music are you passionate about? Do you listen to music when you write?

I like a wide spectrum of music, from alternative, to metal, classic rock and classical. I’m a big Bruce Springsteen fan and find his music inspiring.

Typically if I have music on when I write, it’s classical or jazz because lyrics distract me.

Often I end up listening to my daughter’s lullaby music at night because her room is next to my office. Sometimes that’s dangerous, especially after a long day. Often I end the night early because I start to fall asleep at my desk.

5. What project are you planning next?

I’ve not decided where to go next. I wrote a novella sequel to Purpose that the publisher felt would be better as a novel.

I’ve also committed to co-writing two series with one of my favorite people, Carole Cummings.

Those are probably going to go next because I’m excited to work with her and don’t want to lose my chance. The angel trilogy I began during NANO last year is a long shot to go next.  What I really need to do is retire from my day job if I have much hope of getting all those done this decade.

Thanks so much for having me as your guest!

And thanks for coming on today Andrew… I can’t wait for those two new co-written series! Tolkien was a powerful inspiration for me too, growing up in Oxford.

What author inspired your first love of fantasy?

My name is Light. Predator. Slave. Freedom fighter.

Rebel Vampires is about freedom – and having the strength to fight for it. Light – the dark anti-hero at its heart – is the ultimate rebel. Because the true meaning of independence is worth dying for.

You’re a born a rebel; you die a rebel.

My name is Light. In 14 nights I’ll go up in flames. In 14 nights I’ll die for my family. In 14 nights I’ll save the world…

To save the world, Light has to crack the world. Sometimes it takes visionaries – in blinding coats – to force us to see the truth.

Welcome to the Rebel Age!

Or a vampire on a Triton motorbike with a misfit family he’d suffer any torment to keep safe to being out the rebel in all of us because…

Rebel here, yeah?

#1 AMAZON BESTSELLING BLOOD RENEGADES in the Breakout Trilogy of the Summer REBEL VAMPIRES: 4th July Sale only 0.99.

Last day of the Release Sale: tomorrow Blood Renegades returns to normal price 2.99.

BLOOD RENEGADES has been selected to be part of a global Science Fiction and Fantasy Promotion on all major retailers across the globe. It includes over 100 books from the major bestsellers in fantasy and science fiction right now.

You’ll find me under ‘urban fantasy’.

The interesting thing is the books are divided – as they would be in a book shop – into categories: urban, epic, and romantic fantasy, paranormal romance, space opera, dystopian and steam punk…and that’s just a few.

Click here to dive into the best summer science fiction and fantasy reading!

BLOOD RENEGADES is part of a June Book Fair that ends TODAY.

Click here to discover urban fantasy, paranormal romance, romance, YA and even thrillers and horror from bestselling/award-winning authors.

BLOOD RENEGADES is 0.99 ONLY for the next few days.

The release sale ends on the 4th July.

I want to grab a couple of summer bargains from the Book Fair. 

Who do you plan to read this summer?