The Curse of the Blackened Blade

Below, you can view the illustrations for my debut illustrated sci-fi novel, THE CURSE OF THE BLACKENED BLADE and has YA crossover potential.

Stealing starships from the Central Bureaucracy is tricky business; unfortunately for Geb, getting kidnapped while your ship is being stolen turns out to be astonishingly easy!

Geb, a new recruit, enlisted just after his 18th birthday to escape the doldrums of his native farmworld. After six months among the stars, he is more miserable than ever. While docking at an orbital station, the crew decide to leave Geb behind while they get some R&R, and a group of space pirates knock him out and steal the ship! Geb was looking for excitement– and it found him! Geb must figure out who to trust as things go from bad to worse, and death is waiting at every turn.

This novel establishes the characters and settings in the Blackened Blade Universe. It would be at home among others in the classic space opera genre with a strong emphasis on swashbuckling adventure, world-building, and character relationships in an interstellar setting. The series is inspired by R.L. Stevenson’s Kidnapped and Treasure Island novels, if they were smashed together with Alex Raymond and Al Williamson's Flash Gordon illustrated adventure serials.  

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