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May 11, 2011 · 5:12 am

Licence To Depart – the new novel by Alex Sumner

Front cover artwork © 2011 by the author.

You are now able to read my brand new novel, Licence To Depart, on Amazon Kindle. The print-edition will be available through Amazon shortly, although it’s available on Lulu now.

“Licence To Depart” is the final instalment of “The Magus Trilogy,” which was begun by The Magus in 2009 and continued by Opus Secunda in 2010. It is a supernatural tale of murder, black magick, and international conspiracy set in contemporary England (and elsewhere), and is suitable for adult readers *. As with previous books it is crammed with detail drawn from the author’s real-life occult experiences.

Nichola Peterson, ex-policewoman is at the lowest point of her fortunes: her career in ruins, forcibly separated from the man she loves, and powerless to stop a criminal mastermind from wreaking havoc. Then the mysterious Magus appears, offering her one last chance of redemption. Suddenly – a shot rings out…

Note that it is not necessary to have a Kindle device to read Kindle e-books! Follow this link for more details.

* OK, ok, I lied when I said my next novel would not contain any sex. If you hadn’t guessed by now, it was an April Fool’s Joke. 🙂

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April 22, 2011 · 1:38 pm

Kindle Authors Shout Out

An Amazon gift-voucher materialised in my possession the other day, so I decided to spend it on some Ebooks written by fellow authors. Here’s a brief selection of plugs I received when I tweeted asking for recommendations:

Thomas Amo, An Apple For Zoë (The Forsaken), Occult, Murder.

Nick Cole, The Old Man and the Wasteland, Post apocalyptic spec-fiction.

Belinda Frisch, Dead Spell, supernatural thriller.

Richard Gilchrist, Up Close and Impersonal, thriller.

Maria Savva, Second Chances and Pieces of a Rainbow, Romance. In a previous incarnation I used to work in Law firms exactly like the one described in Second Chances *shudder*…

Laura Stamps, The Witches of Dixie: Book One (The Witchery Series) which is about female empowerment as expressed through Wicca. The second one of hers I have read is Sex Magick: Book One (The Rune Witch Series), which is more of a short story. Technically this too is about female empowerment, but with a more obvious explicit – yet the nonetheless authentic – theme.

Also please check out Naomi Bulger who assures me her work will be on Kindle soon.

And of course – last but not least – may I humbly recommend my own two books The Magus and Opus Secunda which will be joined on May 11th by my third novel Licence To Depart. Thanks 🙂

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January 1, 2011 · 4:42 pm

Licence To Depart – Book Launch

Artwork © Alex Sumner 2011

Happy New Year to everyone! This year my third novel, “Licence to Depart” is scheduled to be published on Wednesday 11th May.

“Licence To Depart” is the third and final part of the Magus Trilogy. Nichola Peterson, ex-policewoman is at the lowest point of her fortunes: her career in ruins, forcibly separated from the man she loves, and powerless to stop a criminal mastermind from wreaking havoc. Then the mysterious Magus appears, offering her one last chance of redemption.

Suddenly – a shot rings out…

Suitable for adult readers. To be available in print and Kindle editions.

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December 24, 2010 · 11:19 pm

“The Magus” and “Opus Secunda” now available on Kindle

Merry Christmas one and all! This is just to announce that my first two novels, The Magus and Opus Secunda are now available for download on Amazon Kindle.

The Magus:

http://amzn.to/gI1b7V

Opus Secunda:

http://amzn.to/f7q0K0

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June 13, 2010 · 10:14 pm

Opus Secunda – now available on Amazon

Opus Secunda, my new novel, is now available on Amazon.com – http://tinyurl.com/OpusSecundaAmazon

This is the second book in the “Magus Trilogy” and features the continuing adventures of Nichola Peterson, now promoted to Detective Inspector in Scotland Yard’s Homicide Specialist Crimes Directorate – aka “The Murder Squad.” In an adult-themed story, whilst investigating the murder of a top scientist, DI Peterson becomes increasingly involved in Alchemy – in all its forms.

For a free preview of the first chapter, follow this link and enter the password NICHOLA

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May 29, 2010 · 10:42 am

Alex Sumner’s Amazon Page

This is just to inform you all that I now have an additional presence on Amazon.com – http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003O2ZIBC , or http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B003O2ZIBC if you are in the UK.

This page will publish links to my Books, and my blog entries. For previous blog entries, please see www.solascendans.com .

Currently only the first book – The Magus – is on Amazon, although my second, entitled “Opus Secunda” will be there by the beginning of July.

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May 14, 2010 · 12:40 pm

New Book!!! Opus Secunda – out now

My new book, Opus Secunda is published today! It is the second book in the “Magus” trilogy.
Cover artwork for Opus Secunda
Cover artwork © 2010, the author.

Nichola Peterson has been promoted to Detective Inspector and, with her new young partner in tow,is assigned to investigate a new murder case: that of a scientist who worked for a top pharmaceutical company. But as she probes deeper, she encounters hostility and intrigue. Her investigation – and her love-life – become increasingly chaotic. And to cap it all: the mysterious Magus re-appears and reveals he was working with the murder-victim on a top-secret project…

This is the second book in the “Magus” trilogy. Suitable for adult readers.

Availability

Both the print and the ebook edition are available from Lulu.com.

The book should be available on Amazon in 6 to 8 weeks (I shall make a further announcement when it is).

Click here for My Lulu Storefront

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