Dreams of the Doom-Witch is my current high fantasy project. I’m in the process of submitting to agents.

Last year I submitted it to Gollanz, the publishing house who put out Joe Abercrombie’s amazing shit. It made its way from 1400 submission to a short list of 170, but unfortunately didn’t go further. Apparently my writing is good, but the market isn’t into epic fantasy right now. Plus, a noob trying to pitch a 7-book series is probably too much of a gamble for any good agent or publisher.

Anyway, Dreams of the Doom-Witch is a fantasy adventure that brings the golden age of exploration to the border of grimdark as a wide cast of characters clash with each other, monsters, and themselves.

Altha is the Empire’s most celebrated knight, and he’s just come back from war a victorious disgrace. To redeem his honour and resurrect his father’s ambitions, Altha travels to claim a forest at the edge of the world. As rival houses join the scramble, old enemies ally with the indigenous sylvans, and his only remaining friend goes missing, Altha begins losing himself. A plan hatches from his madness, yet it demands he commits the only sin he knows – treason.

Meanwhile, Altha’s meek and studious brother Del trains at the Empire’s magical academy with a hidden motive - to discover what dark magic his father has uncovered. What he finds, however, is limited access to the libraries he needs and tutors who read his mind to further their own ambitions. Through stealth, deception, and embracing the memories he has long buried, Del uncovers the sinister truth. Yet his answers only bring up more questions. Who else knows what he knows? What is his father really planning? And most importantly, how is it all linked to Del’s own new-found powers?