I am a writer of speculative fiction based in Northwest England, currently seeking representation for my debut novel Old Gods Rise.

Old Gods Rise is historical fantasy – the story of Boudica’s rebellion told through the eyes of her Druid daughter. Aculia, the daughter of the Iceni king, plans to follow the path her parents have laid out and marry a Roman. But she begins to have visions of a dark future. When the Romans arrive and her father mysteriously dies, she discards the life she thought she would have. Embracing the Gods of her ancestors, can she help her mother’s desperate rebellion succeed?

You can find out more about the history behind the book here.

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Other projects I’ve worked on recently:

Velikat is a steampunk adventure for adults in which genius inventor Clio sets off from Victorian London to find her missing mother, only to be catapulted into another world where reality itself works differently.

Stars Return, biopunk sci-fi. In Earth’s distant future, merchant Amylyn buys a piece of space junk which she hopes to trade for a cure to the ticking time bomb in her genes. But rather than being junk, it’s a vacuumorph; a genetically modified human left over from the time mankind left for the stars. And it holds the news that those that left are coming back.

I can be contacted by email at chris (@) cjkeating.co.uk and on Twitter @CJKeatingWriter

Read On…

Here are some blog posts about my writing, the research and inspiration behind it!

• The Iceni and Rome – the history behind Old Gods Rise
• “Show Don’t Tell” Is More Than One Thing
• Velikat – Difference Engines, Babbage and Alternate History
• Velikat – The Literary Inspiration

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