GHOST IN THE HUNT audio underway!
I expected audiobooks to crash hard, but instead March was my best audiobook month to date, and April will probably be a little higher. I thought audiobook listening would fall off a cliff because of the recent drop in commuting, but evidently not.
Whatever the reason, thanks everyone!
THE GHOSTS OMNIBUS ONE was the big seller, so I’m hoping to have GHOST IN THE HUNT (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) available in a few months.
It will be fund because HUNT introduces two of Caina’s biggest enemies – Kalgri the Red Huntress and the Umbarian magus (and as we find out later, protege of Talmania Scorneus) Cassander Nilas. Kalrgi is possibly Caina’s archnemesis (and definitely Kylon’s) and Cassander is one of the bigger villains of the series, and temporarily seizes the role of Main Villain from Grand Master Callatas for a while.
On a related topic, a few people recently asked me how I think up character names. I usually draw them from ancient and medieval history. Cassander Nilas was named for King Cassander of Macedon (reigned 305 to 297 BC), who was one of the successors of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic monarchs were generally pretty ruthless, but Cassander stands out among them – he had Alexander the Great’s wife, son, and rumored illegitimate son all killed – and he had Alexander’s mother Olympias killed after rescinding a promise to spare her life.
The fictional Cassander Nilas would strongly approve of his real-life inspiration’s ruthlessness.
-JM