Welcome to the website of Stephen Deas, author of fantasy literature. Latest releases are: The Black Mausoleum (paperback)  and The King’s Assassin (trade paperback). Extracts of various bits and pieces are over thataway >>>>>

The summary bibliography has a summary of what’s published and what’s coming. For more details visit the Bibliography pages. For news directly relating to books and competitions, visit the News pages.  For more random out-pourings on visit the Critical Failures pages.

A selection of recent updates

May 14th: Book giveaway: The Black Mausoleum

May 2nd: Short fiction: After Angmar

April 25th: Announcing a forthcoming SF collaboration.

Book News: A Memory of Flames:

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The Adamantine Palace is in print in UK/Australia/NZ/SA, France, USA, Germany, Australia and Poland. The King of the Crags is in UK/Australia/NZ/SA, France and US bookshops now, on its way to Poland I guess in 2012. Germany at some point this century in 2012 also. The third book of the first trilogy, The Order of the Scales is out in the UK, the US and France and The Black Mausoleum is now out in the UK in trade editions. Dragon Queen has been through its copy-edit and is pending proof-reading. The sequel, The Splintered Gods is in for edit.

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Book News: The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice

The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice is out in the UK and Poland. Part two, The Warlock’s Shadow, is out in the UK. Part three, The King’s Assassin, is out in trade paperback. Allegedly all three are available now in the US as both physical and e-book editions. Some left-over threads of the story will be picked up in Dragon Queen.

Forthcoming Appearances:World Fantasycon 2013