Category Archives: Dark Horse

Dark Horse is a PRISM Award Winner!

PRISM 2016 FinalistI am really honoured and thrilled that DARK HORSE has won best futuristic at the Prism Awards in San Diego a couple of hours ago. It is such an amazing feeling, with DARK MINDS about to be released, to have the first book in the series win such a prestigious award.

It is a bittersweet moment for me, because exactly ten years ago, I attended my first RWA conference, in Dallas, and the very first event I went to was The Gathering, where the Prism Awards are given. I attended with my roommate and good friend Liz Kreger, who even then was fighting the good fight against cancer and passed away over a year ago now.

This win is for you, Liz. I think of you often.

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Dark Horse is a PRISM 2016 Finalist

PRISM 2016 FinalistI got the news a few days ago that DARK HORSE has finaled in the PRISM Awards 2016 in the Futuristic category. The PRISM is a contest for published books run by the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Writers Chapter, and the winners will be announced at The Gathering in San Diego this July. I am thrilled DARK HORSE made the list, and am in very good company. You can find the list of all finalists here. It’s a real honour, and good luck to everyone who finaled.

The Class 5 Trilogy Goes Audio

Dark Horse 250px heighFor those readers who’ve previously contacted me about audio book versions of the Class 5 books, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve just signed a contract with Podium Publishing, the audio book publishers behind the world’s highest selling audio book THE MARTIAN, for all three books in the Class 5 trilogy.

The first audio book in the series, Dark Horse, won’t be out for some time, as we are not yet in production, but I’m happy to say it is in the pipeline.

Dark Horse nominated on All About Romance Reader Survey

Dark Horse 300pxDARK HORSE nominated for an AAR Readers Award

A while ago, All About Romance ran a Readers Survey to find which books were their readers’ favourites. They had so many submissions (what a great thing!) that they ended up having to only choose those who got 5% of the vote for each category or more. I just got an email from them today to say DARK HORSE has been nominated for Best Science Fiction Romance, with only one other book getting 5% or more in the same category, SIRENS CALL by Jayne Castle (aka Jayne Ann Krentz). To say I’m thrilled is really putting it mildly!

To be on any list with Jayne Castle is amazing, and I think the fact that only two books got more than 5% of the vote proves how diverse the SFR genre is and how many great books there are in this genre. There is something for everyone. Thank you so much for all the readers who voted for DARK HORSE, and if you are interested in participating in the final vote, or just want to see what awesome books readers have chosen as their favourites (my TBR pile is already higher, having gone through the list myself this morning) here is the link.