Mike Brooks

It’s been a while. In my defence, I was left unsupervised. In July (for the UK) and September (for the US) the second novel of The God-King Chronicles hit the shelves, following on from THE BLACK COAST in February (or… Read moreAutumn 2021 update 1: The Splinter King, forthcoming stuff, conventions, etc

It was out a month ago in the UK, but there were delays in the US release related to shipping (possibly Brexit-related, possibly Covid-related: possibly badgers? Who know), and I wanted to wait until it was out on both sides… Read moreTHE BLACK COAST is out now!

After quite a long time without a great deal occurring since the release of BRUTAL KUNNIN at the end of the summer, there have been a few exiting developments in quick succession. First of all was the UK cover reveal… Read moreSimp-ly Hav-ing a surprisingly hectic early December…

It’s been a long time coming, but I’m delighted to finally be able to reveal the stunning cover art for my upcoming (Feb ‘21) epic fantasy debut, THE BLACK COAST! So please hop over to SciFiNow to take a look!… Read moreTHE BLACK COAST cover reveal!

It’s been a while. I consider myself very lucky that Covid hasn’t had too much of an impact on me: I haven’t caught it (or if I have, I didn’t notice), and it hasn’t affected my work because I was… Read moreBRUTAL KUNNIN OUT NOW, and autumn updates

Despite all the problems thrown up by COVID-19, it looks like my Ork-POV Warhammer 40,000 novel BRUTAL KUNNIN is still coming this summer as expected. Warhammer Community revealed the cover art today in their article also featuring two other upcoming… Read moreBRUTAL KUNNIN cover reveal!

I’d say “Well, the world is on fire”, but Australia was on fire for quite a while. I’m not going to go into COVID-19. It’s horrific anyway, it’s disproportionately affecting people from disadvantaged economic and social classes no matter what… Read moreSpring Update

Time for a quick rant. There are many things that rationally annoy me. Fanatical adherence to binary notions of sex and gender. The fact that the government of my country has refused to authorise the release of an investigation into… Read moreSteampunk? Hopepunk? Dreadpunk? How about STOPPUNK

We’re fast coming up on a couple of conventions at which you’ll be able to catch me, if you so wish. Firstly I’ll be at Fantasycon in Glasgow between 18-20th October, arriving on Thursday evening and leaving on Sunday. The… Read moreAutumn Entanglements

A few quick updates from me… First of all, I’ve now started a twelve-month career break from my day job working for a homelessness charity in order to concentrate on my writing, mainly (but not exclusively) the fantasy series I’m… Read moreAn interview, a new story, a career break…(!)