Dan Brown meets Robert Ludlum – Quote from my editor.

When I started my thriller novel, The Simeon Scroll, I had no idea about The Armageddon Trilogy. I didn’t even have any thoughts about Joe Fagan as a serial character. In fact, the Simeon Scroll had a rather checkered start. When I sent the first draft to my editor, he was less than complimentary.

‘Why would anyone want to write another Dan Brown book?’

Sam Llewellyn, my editor (and best-selling author), can be brutally honest. But the most painful part is he is usually right (Sam would say always 🙂 ). Which was frustrating for me as I had not set out to do that.

One of the things that I realized as I studied his detailed comments, the story that was in my head, was not the one on the page (which to this day is something I am constantly working on). I went through a major redevelopment and rewrite, and discovered what I really wanted the story to be. I resubmitted it to Sam, my editor. His response made me smile (in fact, it made me jump up and down).

‘This is more like it. It starts out like a Dan Brown, but it rapidly becomes Robert Ludlum.’

By the time I had finished the Simeon Scroll, The Armageddon Trilogy was in my head, and so was the idea of the Joe Fagan series. Which also prompted me to write the prequel, The Journey.

Interestingly, it was on this journey, I discovered the two personas, Joe Fagan and Father Joseph Fagan. Rather than just backstory, this became the theme of what this character was all about, and is a struggle that Fagan has to deal with throughout all his books.

So the Simeon Scroll and the complete Armageddon Trilogy came to life. I’m not trying to be like any other writer in my books, but I do write the kind of books I would like to read. As I say on the homepage of my website.

I love stories.

You know, the kind that hooks you in from the first page and carries you on into another world. A world full of threats and intrigue.

A world full of secrets.

Yes that’s me. If you like that kind of story check out The Armageddon Trilogy. You can get the prequel, The Journey for FREE (click on the link to get it), but as I point out in quite a few places, if you don’t like spoilers, I recommend you read The Simeon Scroll first (it’s only 99c on Amazon), then read The Journey, which fills in all the pieces, then move on to The Final Pontiff, and from there to the final book in the trilogy, The Day of Wrath.

If your a binge reader, you can get the whole Armageddon Trilogy, plus the prequel, in a boxset at a discounted price (which is still a good deal even if you bought The Simeon Scroll).

Of course I became bitten by Joe Fagan’s character and though the Armageddon Trilogy came to an end, Joe Fagan continued and can now be seen in The Jade Mountain Queen. I’m planning a new story for Joe Fagan later this year but in between I’m working on a new story with a new character. I’m calling it January’s Child. It’s still a thriller but this one is more of a spy story. If you join my Readers’ Group you’ll get updates on my progress.