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The Path of Revenge by Tom Haward | Spotlight and Author Guest Post |Publication date: August 6, 2024

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The Path of Revenge by Tom Haward | Spotlight and Author Guest Post |Publication date: August 6, 2024 #HistoricalFiction #AlternativeHistory @GoddessFish @CinnabarMoth @HaywardTom

The Path of Revenge by Tom Haward
Published by Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC on August 6, 2024
Genres: Alternate History, Historical Fiction
Format: eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Pages: 302

The rebellion is in hiding. It has been a year since Boatman King attempted to overthrow the Empire, but instead had to escape London with his wife and their closest allies.

Not all of Boatman King’s allies are in hiding. Maverick “The Beast” Kirabo is on a mission to finish what he started on the streets of London. The former gladiator has a score to settle and revenge to Rome will fear him as they once adored him.

Despite its failure, Boatman King’s rebellion has spread disquiet in Rome’s political circles. Grand Protector Faust dispatches a pair of hunters to search the country and bring Boatman and his followers back to London for reckoning. Although Faust is the official face of Rome’s leadership, Emperor Maximus is thirsty to stamp his mark on the world and step out from his dead father’s shadow.

Unbeknownst to Faust and Maximus, a terrifying presence is watching the unrest and relishing in the vulnerabilities it’s causing.

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Excerpt from The Path of Revenge

It was a chilly Autumn morning with barely a breath of wind. He gazed over to the other side of the channel to see a seal lazing on the mud. A heron landed a few metres away from Boatman, unperturbed by the man’s presence. It only took ten minutes to leave shore and get to the oyster beds by boat, but it felt like a wilderness. For a moment, Boatman felt like the trauma and stress of the past few months had evaporated, out here in this tiny wilderness.

“I definitely prefer hitting a Roman in the face to this.” Tobias’s words brought Boatman back to reality.

“Being out here is good for the soul,” said Boatman.

“What the fuck happened to your soul? It’s muddy, wet and cold. If I wanted that combination, I would have gone to fight in the Aestii region.”

“You need an open mind, Tobias.”

“No, I need to be somewhere hot. I used to have a gorgeous, golden tan. Do you remember that? Do you remember my tan? I looked good.” Tobias looked down at himself, mud splattered up his oilskin overalls, “Now I look like a pale hobo.”

“Did Maverick know where your off switch was? Because it would be really handy right now.”

“I came out here with you. Voluntarily.”

“Only because Bella didn’t want you.”

“I’m offended she didn’t want me to go with her.”

“She’s hunting birds. It needs to be done quietly. As in, no constant talking,” said Boatman.

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The Path of Revenge

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Haward, Tom (Author)
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302 Pages - 08/06/2024 (Publication Date) - Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC (Publisher)

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About Tom Haward

Tom Haward was born in Essex, and at four months old, he and his identical twin were adopted into an oyster farming family. Tom now runs the business as generation eight of Haward oyster farmers. He has a fiancée, a baby daughter, and a cockapoo.

Tom has an MA in Creative Writing and has loved telling stories since he was a child, whether verbally or through prose.

The Path of Chaos is his debut novel. He is also working on a six-episode comedy screenplay and tweets passionately about his family’s industry and the challenges it faces.

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Guest Post by the Author of The Path of Revenge

Did you have a minor character who insisted on playing a larger role in the story? If so, please tell us about it. If not, please tell me how you get the characters in your head to behave.

I had intended Bjorn Askå to be a minor character in The Path of Revenge, with snippets of his story coming through. I didn’t want to reveal him fully until Book 3, as I had originally intended The Path of Revenge to be Maximus’s story, mainly from his deranged perspective. It all changed after I wrote the first chapter! Chapter one was intended to be a tour de force introduction, there to grip the reader and then leave the reader in anticipation about Askå after that. What I found was I was so sucked in by Askå and his insanity that I needed to explore that in even greater depths and then his character gained an almost unstoppable momentum.

When sketching out the story before I wrote a single word, I had believed The Path of revenge was about Max’s revenge against Maverick. I had imagined it was also Max’s revenge against Boatman. What I discovered though, was how the novel could indeed be about that but Askå’s character made those paths even more difficult and added a layer of complexity to what I means to seek revenge. I also found as Askå’s character took greater form, his character is very much the ugly personification of revenge and a true reflection of why revenge is never the answer.