1–What is the title of your latest release? DEVIL’S BATTLE is my upcoming release, Book 3 (of 4 planned) in the Artillerymen Series.  Artillerymen has been called a prequel series for my long-running Destroyermen saga and I guess it is in a way, since it takes place in the same alternate universe roughly a century before the events in Destroyermen.  And it does hide some Easter Eggs that people who read D-Men will find satisfying.  Essentially though, the series stands on its own.  You won’t get lost if you read either one without the other. 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Ha!  Let’s see.  My most recent quick description to a stranger was at the dentist, not in an elevator, so I had to talk extra fast. Dentist (looking at my chart): “So, you’re a writer, huh? Publish anything?” Me: “Uh . . . yeah.  Nearly twenty books.” Dentist: “No kidding? With words or just pictures?” Me: “Mostly just words.” (Skeptical) Dentist: “So . . . you make any money at that? Crowns aren’t cheap.” Me (shrugging): “It’s a living.  Way more fun than breathing other people’s coffee breath up close all day—for me, anyway,” I quickly add….

In the narrow streets of Solus, the soldiers in red made their assault on the Harkan kingsguard, hurling spears, pressing forward, arrows raining down from every direction. The soldiers in black did their best to arrest the charge of the red army. Shield pressed shield. Shoulders butted. Iron screamed against bronze. The kingsguard fought back against their attackers, but there were simply too many soldiers in red and not enough in black. Hands flailed and shields crumpled. “We’re digging in our heels,” said Gneuss. He huddled alongside Ren, keeping his head low. “But we can’t hold out for long. Sooner or later these sons of bitches are going to break through our wall. So when the boys in red make their push, we’re going to give them a surprise. They’ll expect us to hit back. Instead, we’ll retreat into that open space, the one up there,” he said, pointing to the place where the street emptied out into a wide plaza. “It’ll look like chaos when we hit the clearing.” Gneuss wrapped his fingers around the neckline of Ren’s tunic. “They’ll expect us to fan out like a bunch of fools, but we’re going to do the opposite. The men’ll…