Blood of Old: Cover and blurb reveal

My question finally has an answer! After years of wondering what the cover of Blood of Old might look like, I’m ecstatic to reveal it to you today, along with the release date and official blurb. Come take a look, share your thoughts, and get ready to mark your calendar!! →

Release date and official blurb

Things are happening, people! If you’ve been around here for any length of time, you’d probably know that I’ve been working on Blood of Old, the first book in the Graceborn series, for years and years. It’s been on the cards to finally publish it this year through my indie publishing imprint Southscript Press, and I’m over-the-moon excited to now announce it will be out in the world on:

01 December 2026

There’s still a bit to do behind the scenes between now and then. Set up the title on the publishing platforms I’ll be using. Print and review test copies. Design the ebook. Set up eARCs and prepare my marketing and launch plan. One thing that has already been ticked off the list is finalising the official blurb, which I can share with you now as well…

MUCH HAS BEEN LOST, BUT BLOOD DOES NOT FORGET. AND WHILE THE OLD BLOOD REMEMBERS, WHAT ONCE WAS MAY YET BE AGAIN…

The Hallowed Land, they called it. A bastion of light that stood throughout the Age of Discord, where none went hungry and peace was a promise to all. But when the Hallowed Land fell, that promise was shattered. The earth itself became tainted. No one has set foot within its borders in over a thousand years. Until now.

Healer’s apprentice Asa O’Dair would follow his adopted brother Kael anywhere. Even on a reckless jaunt into the Tainted Land. There, Asa spills blood on its once-hallowed soil, unleashing a cataclysmic force that corrupts the sun and awakens a terrifying power inside him. One others would kill to control. Or die to defend.

Whisked away from their quiet life by the Graceborn, who can wield the world’s latent energy, the brothers find themselves tangled in a plot to destabilise the Ten Dominions. Graceborn are going missing. Civil war brews in the north. And in the shadows, an enemy thought vanquished watches, because Asa’s power—and Kael’s mysterious lineage—is the sign their time has come.

Book cover reveal

After almost a decade of wondering what the cover of this book would look like, I finally have an answer. This masterpiece has been designed and illustrated by Estheticah, and I could not be happier with the end result! Today is the cover reveal, so let me introduce you to the cover of Blood of Old…

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What do you think of the cover for Blood of Old? How do you think I’ve gone with the final version of the blurb? And mark your calendar for 01 December!