Hello readers,
I know some of you are patiently anticipating my next writing installment. Over the past few weeks I came across a great story around which I am developing a much longer piece of work. I am writing a novel of historical fiction, rather than another one-off piece. This project will be released by chapters over the next year as I complete each in-turn. I cherish every scrap of feedback I receive and look forward to a complete novel at the end of the process. Please help me develop this book and let me know what you think of it as I release it.
Now, about the book.
The title is "Damocles", and it is a story of an empire at the height of its power. To give you a little foretaste, here is a brief snippet of the Foreword:
By August of 1945 Allied forces had pushed the Japanese back
across the Pacific Ocean, to the doorstep of the Japanese home islands. Japan was losing the war. An invasion of the home islands was planned
for later in the year, while firebombing raids over Japanese cities continued
relentlessly through the long-hot summer.
Each raid resulted in immense damage to Japan’s cities because they were
built primarily from wood and paper. The Japanese were desperate to stop the
bombings. The huge Allied bombers were flying from the island of Tinian in the
Mariana Island Chain. Therefore, Tinian
became a primary target of Japanese forces. Unbeknownst to the Japanese, on July
26, 1945 the U.S.S. Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser, delivered parts of the enriched
uranium for the atomic bomb Little Boy
to Tinian.
