Spartacus is still in the Sunday Times charts this week, albeit at No. 10. It’s been an incredible result so far – more than 12,000 hardbacks sold after 5 weeks in the Top Ten. Thanks so much to all of you who’ve made that possible!

This week was also when I handed in Spartacus: Rebellion to my editor as well. The last 30 pages were easy in a way to write, but very sad as well. It felt weird writing an aftermath as well. I’ve spent over a year in the company of Spartacus, and it felt very strange coming to the end of that. Read More »

Last week, Spartacus slipped to No. 6 in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. I hoped that this week, it would remain in the Top Ten, but wouldn’t have been surprised if it had fallen out. Imagine my delight when I found out yesterday that it had climbed back up to No. 5! That’s another first for me. Read More »

I often get asked where I get the inspiration for my books from. I’m not entirely sure a lot of the time, but there’s always a spark that starts a story off. I’ve been meaning for ages to have this sort of thing on the site, and this is hopefully the beginning lots more such posts. It’s just a few paragraphs about where the story of The Forgotten Legion came from. I hope you enjoy it. It’s at the bottom of this page.

After last week’s great news, things got even better as Spartacus climbed one place to reach No. 3 in the UK bestseller chart. It’s the highest position that I’ve ever reached, and it feels great! Thanks again to everyone who has bought the book, and propelled it to such heights. I also found a good review of it at Medieval Bookworm, which was cool.

The Guardian reviewed the audio version of The Forgotten Legion the other day, which was a surprise. Amazing the things that searching Twitter or Google can throw up! The article is here. There’s also a good mention of Robert Fabbri’s Vespasian, and Suetonius’ Twelve Caesars.