Literary Exploits ....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/262-6126100-2138302?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=db+lenck

Yes, I have finally pulled myself together and self published my magnum opus on Kindle Amazon!

Between Christmas and New Year I had a bit of time, and decided to get this baby ready to meet the world.

There where a few issues about formatting, and a nasty bout of flu delayed the project further, but today I finally received the 'your paperback version is published' e-mail from Kindle Direct Publishing.

The on-the-Kindle version was easier.  My only gripe is that the Kindle version has moved the footnotes from the bottom of the page to the end of the book, but that is only a minor annoyance.

I am just thrilled that I have finally put the book out there.

If you are interested, here is a quick synopsis:

"When several high ranking demons decide to refurbish Hell as a nice surprise for their absent boss Lucifer, the apprentice demon Sophia is appalled. As Jehova’s goddaughter, she simply cannot stand idly by while her fellow demons defraud the financial community of the City of London to pay for their improvements.

So while Agrat, the manager of the project, and her team fleece wealthy individuals for start-up capital, and their unscrupulous pet-banker Gingrich Fleabrunckle organises a syndicated loan from the financial community, Sophia accepts a position as management trainee in one of the more venerable institutions of the City. Although her unorthodox business methods almost blow her cover, she manages to remain incognito and is soon joined by the 300-year old mythical Lady of Threadneedle Street, the mighty rodent-catcher Mr Mouser, and the self-appointed priest of Mithras and plant psychologist Mithradates Devadorje, in her efforts to sabotage her fellow demons’ designs.

As the action moves from London to Greenland and Mongolia, we encounter Arnapak, an octogenarian shaman who is searching for the lost soul of her great-granddaughter and confronts the evil sorcerer and Fleabrunckle-friend Florimonde, the Emerald Maiden who traps unwary humans in her Dream-Stone realm and vacillates in her loyalty between Agrat and Sophia’s employer Governor Pinchbeck, and the ancient Inuit Goddess Takanakapsaluk, who lives on the bottom of the sea and hates humanity.

After many hectic adventures and innumerable unexpected plot-twists, the story reaches its finale when both sides invest all their power in two mighty musicians, who battle for the final victory in the icy waste of Greenland."

So there it is folks.  The book is 189 pages long, but densely written - most writers would make an entire book out of a few of my chapters, but I don't like long-winded purple prose ....

I paste the link above, or you can just type 'DB Lenck' into the Amazon search bar and you will be guided to my book.

I now feel quite elated, and motivated to work on some of the other books I have on the go:

• The Magic Oxen of Doom - set in Oxford Colleges

• A Slate Roof - Adventures in my Little House

• The Glidermen of La Bourboule - incorporates the Tiny Visitors, and even stranger things

• Madame Dubois and Chat-Cherie - basically about Hermes scarves ....

So you see I haven't just been lazy  -  more blog posts soon, I hope.