Kings England Press: 5 books

It all started with a biscuit tin. Writer and editor Steve Rudd was finally clearing out some boxes that had been stored in various places at his home since a house move in 1996. But it wasn’t as simple as that, for some of the boxes were actually boxes that had been following him round the country...

Hampshire is a county with more reason than most to remember those six years crowded with incident. It was from the South Coast that some of the flotilla of small boats ventured forth to conjure up the miracle of the Dunkirk evacuation. Hampshire was in the front line during the Battle of Britain,...

Meet Kari True. You'll get along fine with her, as long as you obey the law. Because Kari is an officer of the Watch.  Along with her colleagues, she's in charge of keeping the mean streets around the Palace in the City free of troublemakers, wrongdoers and crime, and when the bowstrings begin to...

If you’ve already met Kari True in her previous adventure, Blood in the Air, prepare to be reminded, and surprised. If not, you have a treat in store. This time around, Kari finds herself still partnered – some might say lumbered - with the snooty “special advisor”, the elf Elathir Alaenrae,...

We all tend to take good health for granted, yet we’re all just a heartbeat away from ending up in the emergency room, if truth be told. And it’s only when nature pulls the rug from under our feet, that we tend to remember this sobering thought. In July 2010, Steve Rudd, middle-aged, nondescript,...