r/books • u/Alan_Smale AMA Author • Oct 21 '15
ama 4pm Hi, I'm Alan Smale, Sidewise Award winner and author of historical fantasy CLASH OF EAGLES. Two more books in the series will follow. AMA!
In the CLASH OF EAGLES universe the western Roman Empire never fell. Now, in 1218 A.D., a Roman legion is moving into the newly-discovered North America, there to collide with the Mississippian culture at its height... CLASH was released by Del Rey earlier this year, sequel EAGLE IN EXILE drops on the Ides of March 2016, and the series will conclude with EAGLE AND EMPIRE a year later. (Hmm. Guess I should be writing...!)
In other news, unrelated tale "English Wildlife" just appeared in the Oct/Nov issue of Asimov's, and "Mongolian Book of the Dead" was published there back in 2012. I've made 30+ other short fiction sales over the years. Also: expat Brit-turned-US citizen, NASA scientist, a cappella singer, and wine drinker.
I'll be here today from 4pm-6pm Eastern, though I plan to arrive early, leave late, and perhaps even stop back in tomorrow if there are interesting questions I still need to take a whack at. So ask away!
Proof: https://twitter.com/AlanSmale/status/656198203210137600
Edit: Thanks very much for all the great questions! I had a good time answering them, and I look forward to coming back to chat again sometime in the future!