Samuel Stephen Chronicles
Historical fiction about power, institutions, survival, war and the quiet mechanics of collapse.
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England, 1381. Crown taxation reaches into villages already hollowed by plague, hunger and grief. A blank roll arrives before the revolt. The names written on it will decide who pays, who lies, who survives, and who finally refuses.
War and memory
A Belfast and First World War story centred on memory, loss, family and remembrance.
River and survival
Danger, expedition and survival in a world beyond familiar maps.
Image and ambition
Glamour, ambition and the machinery behind public image, art and corruption.
Anglo-Welsh border · In progress
A toll-house on a border river, a reeve found dead, and a law that must keep functioning with nowhere left to stand.
Early medieval Ulaid · Viking Age
A Gall-Gaedhil man caught between two worlds, an assembly’s judgment, and Viking ships arriving off the coast of Ulaid.
Start with The Blank Roll. It has the cleanest gateway hook: ordinary people, Crown power, taxation, written records and a kingdom approaching revolt. From there, readers can move into war memory with Panel 22, river survival with Rio Incognitum, and literary ambition with The Orbits of Stars. The King’s Crossing and Ravens Over Ulaid sit at different stages. The King’s Crossing remains a work in progress, with its opening chapter available to read now. Ravens Over Ulaid is now available on Amazon.
