mark charan newton

Nights of Villjamur Mark Charan Newton Spectra, Jun 29 2010, $26.00 ISBN 9780345520845 As the ice continues to spread as forecasted decades ago across the Jamur Empire archipelago and when it became obvious the sun was dying, increasingly humans and others coming from all the islands take...

City of Ruin Mark Charan Newton Spectra (Random House), Jun 28 2011, $16.00 ISBN 9780345520883 At a time when the Jamur Empire needs to be united to combat an outside intrusion, the nation is divided. In Villhamur, Chancellor Urtica sits on the throne while Empress Rika is forced to flee the...

Did anyone else read this? Any thoughts? I thought it was quite good, locked-room murder mystery with a fantasy setting. Has that been done before? I think the ending was a little over the top, I'd have preferred a nice Poirot-Esque denoument but still good nonetheless...

Book 1: Drakenfeld

The Broken Isles

Emperor Urtica rules over a nation threatened from within and without. Hordes of invading creatures are threatening the northern islands, where the city of Villiren is commanded to hold out against impossible odds. However, with most of the imperial armies dispatched to Villiren, political...

This week I interviewed Mark Charan Newton about his Legends of the Red Sun series and he teases a bit of info about the new book. Steve's Fantasy Book Reviews: Interview with Mark Charan Newton

The Jamur Empire is riven by internal turmoil and the threat of external invasion. Chancellor Urtica has usurped the throne and seized control of the capital, Villjamur, but the rightful empress, Rika, has fled the city with her sister Eir and their protector, the redoubtable swordsman and...

When I read Nights of Villjamur a few weeks back, I noted that the book was being marketed as the author's debut. However, I had noticed Mark Newton's name on another book in my local Waterstones. Some research quickly revealed that Nights is actually the author's second novel. The first, The...

Nights of Villjamur is the debut novel by Mark Charan Newton, who has already published some short stories and a novella and is also known in the SF community for working for Solaris. The Jamur Empire sprawls across the Boreal Archipelago and is powerful and rich. However, scientists and...