Mercutio is in stores now (or soon, depending on where you live)

I'm very proud of my new novel, Mercutio, which is my favourite of my books so far.

From Sunday Times bestselling author of The Embroidered Book and The Valkyrie comes an opulent 13th century epic retelling of the life of Mercutio before he ever encountered Romeo and Juliet.

On the battlefield, as warring factions deal out death, young Mercutio chances upon the charismatic poet Dante Alighieri. In their desperate stand against the enemy, they inadvertently open a crack between our world and Faerie, literally changing the stars over Mercutio's head, and creating a mysterious presence who will follow Mercutio for all the days of his life.

With new stars come new destinies for young men who will travel to the ends of the Earth to honour the bonds of love and friendship.

As outcasts and exiles, Mercutio and Dante find family in a band of fighters called the Montecchi, near Verona. With his friends at his side, Mercutio will battle to change his stars, and to free the changeling upon whose fate hangs the future of the human world.

It's now out in the UK in hardcover, ebook and audiobook (narrated by Maxim Reston.)

I believe the audiobook is also available everywhere else in the world.

The ebook may be available where you are; it's available in the US (but not yet in Canada). In Canada, both ebook and print (paperback and hardcover) will be out on August 18.

In the US. the first print edition will be the paperback, to coincide with the UK paperback in Apil 2027.

If you're eager to get your hands on a hardcover and it's not out yet where you live, there are UK stores that ship internationally, including Blackwell's.

As always, I'm thrilled when readers request the book in libraries, too!