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Morningside Fall by Jay Posey, Legends of the Duskwalker #2 The lone gunman Three is gone, and Wren is the new governor of the devastated settlement of Morningside, but there is turmoil in the city. When his life is put in danger, Wren is forced to flee Morningside until he and his retinue can determine who can be trusted. They arrive at the border outpost, Ninestory, only to find it has been infested with Weir in greater numbers than anyone has ever seen. These lost, dangerous creatures are harbouring a terrible secret – one that will have consequences not just for Wren and his comrades, but for the future of what remains of the world. Around this time last year I read another one of my favourite debuts. Three from Jay Posey. AND WOW!! Yes it really was that good. I am still fired up by it. My god I can still slap myself when I think that Three escaped my attention, luckily I was notified by Angry Robot about the release, was send an ARC and totally lost myself in the w...

Guest Post: Rote World-Building For Fun and Profit (or At Least for Fun) by Jay Posey                   One of the great joys of being a writer is getting to create worlds that don’t exist (yet) and then letting others inhabit your creation in a way that’s meaningful to them.  Good world-building plays a critical role in enabling your audience to enter your world and to stay firmly planted in it for the duration of the tale.  But there are two sides to the world-building process, each with their own goals and needs, and it’s important as an author to keep the distinction in mind while you’re working.                 On one hand, there are the Author’s Needs, which mostly boil down to how much he or she needs to know about the world to create a coherent and credible story within it.  On the other hand, there are ...

Last week I wrote a blog post about the genre books that I enjoyed and found to be the best of 2013, on purpose I avoided including the best book of 2013, I had to give all the nominees another look over before I could decide which books were for me the best. After a lot of debating, scrapping and adding books, I came to the final list of books. Be aware that I am using bullet points instead of numbers, these books are the top 5 of this year.  Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence, Harper Voyager I read the whole Broken Empire just this year, from the first page in Prince of Thorns I new this book and the whole series would a winner for me. The start of the series was dark and gritty and there were some very violent scenes in the book that got a lot of criticism however for me, looking at the whole setting, idea and goal that Mark Lawrence wanted to achieve it was just spot on, and well come on. it's fiction for pete's sake. Anyway after finishing the first book, King of T...

Blog Tour Interview and Giveaway to celebrates Jay Posey's debut book Three! I was completely unaware of Three being released this year, but luckily as a footsoldier of the Angry Robot Army, I got briefed last minute on this release. Three proved to be in many aspects a great read. The world that was envisioned, post apocalytpic hard tech sci-fi together with a rich but obscure cast, and the weir!  Read my thoughts on Three here. Author Bio: Jay Posey has been working in the game industry since 1998 and has been writing for over a decade, currently Jay Posey works as a Senior Narrative Designer for Red Storm Entertainment. His portfolio consists of designing for Tom Clancy’s award winning Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six.     Hi Jay, Welcome to The Book Plank and thank you for taking some time of you busy schedule to answer these questions. JP: It’s my pleasure, thanks so much for having me. First off who is Jay Posey? Can you give a short introdu...

June marks the halfway point of the year, I just can’t believe that the first part of the year is already gone. Feels to soon and seems like I haven’t read nearly enough! Looking a bit back on June I must say that I was pleasantly surprised with several books that I had the chance to read they went above my expectations. So without further ado, here are my picks for June. 1.       Three by Jay Posey ( Angry Robots Books )   I have only recently finished this book, but man did it leave an impact. With the brief synopsis and the amazing cover art this book was really provoking me to read it. The world that Jay Posey creates within Three is awesome, it’s post apocalyptic, destroyed, high tech, dark and gritty. The characters that you are introduced to are quite the same, though Three, the main protagonist still remains obscure until the end it does seem that you learn about him and his past but still there are many questions left unanswered....