Hello and welcome to this Author Interview here on Track of Words, where today I’m welcoming the brilliant Mike Shackle back to the site to talk about his epic, dark fantasy trilogy The Last War. With the third volume – Until the Last – having been released in 2022 the trilogy is now complete, so it seems like a good opportunity to chat to Mike and look back at the whole thing now that it’s done and dusted. If you haven’t started this great trilogy then this is the perfect introduction as Mike starts off by giving an overview of what to expect, before talking about his experience of writing and publishing these books over the last few crazy years.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Mike Shackle Talks A Fool’s Hope
Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview – today I’m talking to author Mike Shackle as part of the blog tour for his new novel A Fool’s Hope, which is published tomorrow by Gollancz! As the sequel to We Are The Dead – one of my favourite books of 2019 – I’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time, so I’m delighted to be part of the blog tour, and to have been able to chat to Mike about this awesome new book. Read on to find out more about A Fool’s Hope, The Last War trilogy as a whole, and even get a hint of what’s still to come – and then make sure you go out and grab a copy!
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An intense, enthralling rollercoaster of a debut novel, We Are the Dead starts Mike Shackle’s The Last War series off with a bang and never lets up, a captivating book packed full of drama, violence and emotion in an East Asian-influenced fantasy world. The Shulka have always protected Jia against its enemies, but even their vaunted skill at arms isn’t enough when the Egril launch a blistering, magic-fuelled surprise assault. The Jian people soon find themselves enslaved by cruel new overlords in cities suffering under enemy occupation, but while some try to make the best of their new lives, others resist and strike back against the Egril.