Well, the website’s not perfect yet, but it’s functional.
Functional enough for an announcement, at least.
My fanasty novel “The Unremarkable Squire” is set to be published this December by Barking Rain Press.
Here’s the back cover copy:
A squire’s oath is to be of service… but to whom? In the kingdom of Basileon, an unremarkable and emotionally detached young man named Obed Kainos is about to stumble into adventure—quite against his will. When the knights of the realm gather in a quest to search for the lost Armor of Arkelon, Obed is chosen at random to replace Sir Lance Valentino’s recently deceased squire. But while trying to perform his menial tasks faithfully, the young squire becomes entangled in the plots of mages, thieves, and kings. And that’s just his first week on the job. Unfortunately for Obed, his indifference cannot save him from his new oath. For despite his enigmatic personality (or perhaps because of it), he manages to attract a band of misfits to his cause— the ugly, the arrogant, the clumsy, and the cowardly—putting the legendary armor within the grasp of one who never wanted anything at all.…
You can read the full press release here: http://www.barkingrainpress.org/squire-acquisition/
Or, even better, sign up for the free preview here: http://www.barkingrainpress.org/squire-preview/
And, if for some reason you’re still hesitating, you could read my wife’s thoughts on the novel back from over a year ago when it was still just a file on my hard drive: http://natashasshelf.blogspot.com/2010/11/squire.html