Today is Bookday for my novel, The Hammer and the Blade (Amazon, B&N), the first in an ongoing sword and sorcery series published by Angry Robot Books.  I hope you’ll check it out.

Candidly, I’ve been overwhelmed by the early reviewer response to the book. You can read some of those reviews here, and there are many, many others out there on the web.  In fact, Library Journal said, “Kemp … Read the rest

I chatted at length with Patrick on the SF Signal Podcast. I had a lot of fun and I hope you’ll have a listen. We discussed The Hammer and the Blade, Star Wars, my middle name, and a host of other things.

I blame whiskey and lack of sleep for anything silly that I said. 🙂… Read the rest

Angry Robot Books has posted excerpts from several of their forthcoming releases, including The Hammer and the Blade.  Below is the first fifty pages of the book.  If you’ve been reading the excerpts I’ve been posting over the last several months, you’ve read some of this already, but most of it will be new.

As this is the opening of the novel, there are no spoilers, so please read, and share far and wide … Read the rest

I spent an hour chatting with the most excellent Anton Strout on The Once and Future Podcast. We discussed The Hammer and the Blade, Star Wars fiction, Forgotten Realms fiction, how I got my start writing in the Realms and the galaxy far, far away, differences between writing tie-in and original world fiction, and other writerly and/or geeky subjects. Have a listen.

For my part, I had a blast. Thanks again, Anton.

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My next novel, The Hammer and the Blade, the first in a series of sword and sorcery stories to be published by Angry Robot Books, will be released in twenty one days. By God, that means it’s time for a top ten list.

And so, here are the top ten reasons you should buy/preorder The Hammer and the Blade.

10. As a fashion accessory, the novel goes extremely well with pants. If … Read the rest

What new releases do we have in June from Angry Robot, in the Forgotten Realms, and in the galaxy far, far away? Let’s have a looksee.

From Angry Robot, we have Night’s Engines, the conclusion of the Nightbound Lands duology, by Trent Jamieson. From the back matter:

Shale is dying. The vast, boiling maelstrom known only as the Roil has pushed humanity to the edge of extinction. The last cities teeter on the verge … Read the rest