Presumed Killed it is.

As a wise man once said to me: "Never go into your own head without a grown-up." Publisher Tim Roux at Night Publishing prefers Presumed Killed, so Presumed Killed it is, here.

It's been a crazy few weeks, with the agent racing around doing agent stuff - in New York, no less, at one point (though I'm not kidding myself the trip was made solely on my behalf) - and my mood swinging from delusional to depressed. I'm just a scribbler: when I write 'The End' it's job done, as far as I'm concerned, but of course in the real world it's job just started.

So let's get it started, then.

Cover by Bradley Wind