Chateau Lloyd

It's been rather busy what with the kids going to school and because there isn't a hard deadline on publication, like all authors, I'm putting it off.

I haven't been idle, however.  The blurb has been rewritten and I've also put together a new Author's Note.  You can't see the latter, but here's the new text from the former:

The Commonwealth is in crisis. 

A distant and feckless political class has left it paralyzed in the face of growing economic conflict and popular discontent.  The leaders of four thousand settled planets distract themselves with constant maneuvers for control of the tottering machinery of government while the frontier worlds burn with smoldering fires of rebellion.

It is in this environment of escalating violence and constantly shifting allegiances that planetary representative Maxim Darius makes his move.  He is a man on a mission, assured of his abilities and certain of his destiny to lead.

But what is that destiny?  Can the Commonwealth survive it?

The first volume of the "Man of Destiny" series sets the scene and chronicles the initial stages of a conflict that will spread across known space. 

Combining political intrigue, daring raids and pitched battles, it is A.H. Lloyd’s most ambitious project to date.

I think it does a better job of summarizing the action and you'll also notice that I no longer refer to a trilogy.  That's because I've begun plotting a fourth book.

Turns out I rather enjoy the setting and want to explore it some more.  I'm still doing basic plotting, but I need to keep the door open, hence the change. 

I really, really, really want this available in time for Christmas, so that's my final no-kidding deadline.