It’s a nice feeling, isn’t it? When you complete something big, and send it off. That was the feeling I got on Monday, April 14th, when I sent my sequel to Yamacraw Bluff to the publisher. The book entitled Jenkins’ Ear already has its marketing blurb,
“The second installment in the Tom Ellis trilogy. After the dramatic adventures experienced by the young Ellis in Yamacraw Bluff in the burgeoning Savannah, Georgia, war has been declared. Using the pretext of Jenkins’ severed ear, the British are amassing a fleet to attack and inflict a brutal blow against Spain’s American colonies. Meanwhile, in Georgia, General Oglethorpe has been ordered to assemble a force and invade Spanish Florida.
Georgia’s first ranger, Tom Ellis, is now a corporal and is sucked into the fight of his life. Failure will be unthinkable, and heroes will be required on all sides, as South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida learn about the outcome of the invasion.
Jenkins’ Ear is a fully panoramic historical novel that captures the sights, scenes, and experiences of combatants during the British foray into Florida. It tells the story of the Spanish machinations that led to South Carolina’s Stono Rebellion, chronicles the aggression against Florida, and concludes with the siege of St. Augustine’s Castillo de San Marcos.”
Thank you, Culicidae Press, for continuing to publish my work, and Angela Schmeling for working on the cover design for the new book.
Luke Pittaway 