Mike Brooks

I am absolutely delighted to announce that my epic fantasy debut, The Black Coast, has been shortlisted for Best Fantasy Novel for this year’s British Fantasy Awards. This an incredible honour, especially given the quality of the rest of the… Read moreTHE BLACK COAST shortlisted for British Fantasy Awards!

Late notice, because it’s only been organised for a couple of weeks and I updated about it on social media, but forgot the blog. It looks like it’s going to be a warm day, but Geek Retreat has air conditioning,… Read moreQ&A and signing THIS SUNDAY!

On 23rd June (in the UK), The Godbreaker is released. This is the third and concluding volume in my epic fantasy series, The God-King Chronicles. This is a very long blog post about how I got here. Back in the… Read moreThe road to The Godbreaker

(that joke came from Twitter) It’s been a busy start to the year in many senses; I’ve spent a lot of it writing an incredibly super-secret novel that I can tell you nothing about, which is… of limited interest for… Read moreA-Huron-ron-ron, a-Huron-ron

I mentioned this on Twitter and now people want to hear it. Fine. Here’s my mashup of Drowning Pool’s “Let The Bodies Hit The Floor” and Psy’s “Gangnam Style”, on your own heads be it.

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