An excerpt of the new Tower of the Deep, Beginning and the End:

"Freedom never seems to mean much - to those who are free. From what he could see, they just take it for granted. But Dringle couldn’t help a deep longing for it sometimes. Especially on days like today. What would it be like if he could, just once, refuse to do what he was ordered to?

He trotted along next to the horse-drawn wagon – his usual post - shivering in sodden misery. The roads in town were running with water, and the way home from the market didn’t look any drier. His boots sloshed the mud onto his legs, and a nagging drizzle weighed down his rain poncho and made it draggle in the mud too. 

The whole town smelled of wet grass, woodsmoke from the homes, and sodden horse droppings, made more pungent by the damp. Dringle’s owners rode in the wagon under umbrellas. It was tempting to stare at them, the mistress and her daughter snug and dry under their big, spread umbrella."

Now released by Perpetua Press, July 10, 2026 and available for purchase on Amazon

Dringle has never known choice. His life belongs to the household he serves, his days spent trudging beside their wagon through rain and mud while they ride dry beneath umbrellas. No one asks how he fares. No one ever does.

Dringle is a youth born into slavery, never tasting freedom. Until his grandmother tells him a wonderful secret, something she’s kept inside herself until she’s about to leave their world for a better place.

That secret will draw him into a struggle far greater than himself—one that will test his courage, awaken hidden power, and threaten to unravel the empire that thrives on silence and obedience.

In a world of power, tyranny, and rebellion, freedom begins with a whisper.

A gripping YA epic fantasy for readers who love slow-burn revolutions, found courage, and the spark of rebellion that begins in the heart of the powerless.