Below the Surface is out now

 

My new book Below the Surface is out today.

You can grab it here:
https://amzn.eu/d/0beGk8Bd

This release combines Below the Surface and Blood Price, which were previously released as separate books. Those earlier versions have now been replaced by this single, complete edition.

What’s it about?

In a city where magic is public and corporations have learned how to exploit it, people start disappearing.

When orcs begin vanishing without a trace, Justicar Gideon Voss and mage Isolde Thorne are pulled into an investigation that quickly escalates from missing persons to stolen artifacts, illegal experiments, and a powerful biotech company with too much influence.

What starts as a routine case turns into something much bigger. A shadow war playing out beneath the city, hidden behind polished offices and legal loopholes.

If you’ve read it before

If you already read Below the Surface or Blood Price, this is the full combined story in one book. Nothing split, nothing missing. This is the definitive version going forward.

As always, thank you to everyone who’s been reading, sharing, or quietly following along. It genuinely means a lot.

Alec

Below the Surface is Out Now!

I’m thrilled to announce that my new novel, Below the Surface, is officially out!

When a series of disappearances rocks the orc communities of the city, Paladin Gideon Voss and magic-user Isolde Thorne are drawn into a mystery that leads far deeper than they ever imagined. What begins as a simple investigation soon exposes a network of illegal experiments, hidden facilities, and a corporate power willing to sacrifice anything for control.

From tense undercover missions to full-scale magical battles, Below the Surface pushes Gideon and his allies to their limits—and forces them to confront how far they’ll go in the name of justice.

📘 Available now on Amazon:

👉 https://amzn.eu/d/bg05CFF

If you enjoyed Ashes of the Damned, you’ll love the darker tone and deeper worldbuilding in this story. It’s a new chapter in the Paladin’s Vow saga, filled with danger, loyalty, and the price of truth.

Thank you all for your continued support—I can’t wait to hear what you think.

Writing and Escapism

 I’m a daydreamer. I often retreat into my own stories, crafting worlds and creating new narratives. It’s one of my favourite things—like having a brand-new movie on demand, only one that plays out entirely in my head.

It’s probably why I write. Some of these stories seem interesting, at least to me, and I hope that by sharing them I can pass along even a fraction of the joy they bring me.

Sometimes the ideas arrive fully formed and feel unique, as if they’ve come from nowhere at all. My mind latches onto them and starts filling out their reality with details and characters.

Other times they’re sparked by games. I’ve always been drawn to open-world sandboxes where you start as a blank slate—no obligations, no backstory, just freedom to define who you are within that world. That sense of possibility is intoxicating, and it often bleeds into the stories I write.

Books inspire me too. When I’m reading, I sometimes put the story down and imagine what else could happen. I’ve written before about my favourite characters, and occasionally I rewrite their fates—saving them, adding someone new to balance the group, or better yet, disrupting it completely.

Films do the same. I’ll drift off and change the ending in my head. Some films invite this more than others—I’ll let you decide which.

Imagination is a powerful, wonderful thing. I’m not suggesting anyone should live there all the time. Reality is tough, but it’s also necessary—and honestly, there’s no finer source of inspiration than the world around us. The trick, I think, is learning to carry that spark of daydreaming into the everyday, where it can make both fiction and life feel a little richer.