When I [Allen] wrote a draft for the fourth book in the John Stone thriller series, there was a short scene setup with a sentence in it that read: “Marvin Van Pierce checked the time on his watch. 09:00 hours.” Perfectly fine, it conveyed the information the scene needed. I didn’t really think about that […]
Can ancient, cutting-edge technology save you? Swords have changed the face of warfare for millennia, since emerging on the battlefield. Stone, bronze, iron, steel, from the Egyptian khopesh to the mass-produced katana found in flea markets and smoke shops, swords have literally carved out their own history. For a weapon to be of any real […]