Well, in a way, anyhow.  The ebook - without illustrations - has gone live at Amazon, cover and all. It will stay the way it is until the grumpy artist finishes the interiors and the paperback is made available - sometime in the middle of next month.  Until then, enjoy book 3, and here's a link to the Amazon page and a sneaky peek at that cover.

DEATH SPRINGS ETERNAL AMAZON PAGE

COVER:

Pretty, ain't it?  I thought so.

Till next time,

RJD

I just finished reading Burying Brian, the new release by perhaps my favorite author, Steven Pirie.  I read and reviewed his first book, Digging Up Donald, a couple years ago (read the review here), and that book remains firmly entrenched as the best I've read in the last 20 years.  Now, it has company.  Really, people, Burying Brian is a special book, Pirie is a special writer, and he needs to be huge.  I want his sense of humor and his biting social commentary out there for all to see.  It's that good.

I'll be reviewing Burying Brian for the July issue of Shock Totem Magazine, so keep an eye out for it.

Here's the book cover and blurb:

It's Judgement Day in Mudcaster.

The Mother likes a decent Judgement Day. It's an excuse to give existence a good telling off. But the Mother's hormones are turning Grandmotherly, and the Father thinks she might be entering the Change. It was when the Grandmother before her entered the Change that all the dinosaurs died. It's clear she can't fight for mankind when her hormones are on the march.

To the Mother's annoyance, it's son-in-law Brian who's chosen to answer for the world's sins. Brian's a bit of a damp lettuce, if the truth be told, so what business would he have in standing up to daft gods and barmy demons? If the Mother pictures Brian as a knight of old, it's always with a tarnished shield and a drooping lance.

When Brian goes missing, and the Mother learns the Grandmother is being held captive by demons, the Father offers to take the Mother to Hell and back-what husband wouldn't?-to rescue them. The family must be reunited, else how can they stand firm together at the Trials? And Brian, being Brian, will need all the help he can get if he's really to answer for everyone's sins and save mankind from oblivion.

Burying Brian is a gentle comedy.

No demons or lettuces were harmed in its writing.