No one messes with the Thieves’ Guild. Except someone just did. Blackmail, murder, betrayal and the highest bounty in history set the Thieves’ Guild at the centre of a conflict that sparks a galaxy-wide war. And that’s just the beginning…
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“Outright war between Earth and Winter? And we don’t know where he is…?”
There wasn’t usually much that could go wrong with an easy acquisition. He wiped blood from his cheek with a shaky hand. Senses still spinning, he tried to lean forward to disengage the drive but the restraints tightened and pulled him back into the seat. An alarm was sounding, distant and irregular, only now becoming an insistent irritant inside his head, which was pounding and wondering where the hell things had gone wrong…
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Why write a Thieves’ Guild Origins series? Is it YA? What do I read first?
I must admit, I took the past couple of years out to write the Origins books because after the end of Wilful Defiance (TG#4), I needed some breathing space. It was all a bit intense. If I thought the end of Harsh Realities (TG#3) had left me standing at the edge of an abyss, the end of TG#4 left me reeling. I had quite a few people asking if my stuff was suitable for teenagers, and it got me thinking about LC and Hil when they first got to the guild as kids, hence Kheris and Redemption…
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How geeky is it to know the MBTI types of your main characters?
I love playing about with my characters’ personality types and find MBTI really useful. If you’re not familiar with Myers-Briggs, the basic theory is that you have preferences ([I]ntroverted or [E]xtraverted, [S]ensing or i[N]tuitive, [T]hinking or [F]eeling, [J]udging or [P]erceiving) and there are sixteen personality types. As I understand it, in situations where you are in control, you act within your type with assurance and confidence. Where you are out of your comfort zone and stressed, you may be forced to act as the opposite and that’s not great. But fun to play with when you’re writing! LC is ENTP: quick, alert and outspoken. ENTPs are strong in initiative, resourceful, ingenious and stimulated by difficulties. They hate routine…
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