The Black Knight Chronicles Volume 1, Hard Day’s Knight introduces us to James Black and Gregory Knightwood, proprietors of Black Knight Investigations. They’re dedicated to righting wrongs, defending the helpless, bringing light into the darkest of shadows…
Ok, maybe not so much with the bringing light bit. Our boys are vampires, after all, and not so much for the bringing of light stuff. But Jimmy and Greg aren’t your typical bloodthirsty, sex-starved, viciously studly vampires. Ok, maybe they’re a little blood-starved and sex-thirsty, but they try to keep that all under control. They’re more like your dorky kid brother who just happened to get turned into a vampire and now has to stay out of the sun. Forever.
In Hard Day’s Knight they’re hired to protect a kid from a witch’s curse, but it all turns out to be more than they ever expected as they battle zombies, witches, demons, strippers and their own evil appetites to try and save the world. And maybe, just for once, get the girl.
Back in Black – The boys have saved the world, now what? Now what turns out to be a relatively mundane string of apparent hate crimes that becomes personal when Sabrina’s cousin is attacked. It gets less mundane when the boys get involved and end up in FairyLand trying not to cause an inter-dimensional incident. It gets even LESS mundane when the guys end up in a grand battle royal for their lives against nasty fairies and trolls, with the betting stacked hugely against them!
Knight Moves – In the third installment of The Black Knight Chronicles, vampire private investigators Jimmy Black and Greg Knightwood find another vampire (or more) playing in their sandbox, and the boys are NOT happy about it. While tracking down the killer of a young college student, they encounter boobytraps, defenestration, coeds, a hirsute bounty hunter with a moon fetish and a bad attitude, and worst of all – game night at a comic shop!
Black Magic Woman & Movie Knight are short stories, just a little snack to tide you over while I finish the next novel!
#1 by BK Walker on January 25, 2011 - 12:04 am
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This books sounds fantastic and has been added to my TBR. Glad I found you
. I love meeting new authors so I’m very excited.
BK
#2 by Valerie on January 27, 2011 - 1:32 pm
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I just finished reading Hard Day’s Night. The only problem is that I know it will be a series, and I am have to wait for the next book!
What an enjoyable read! Thanks.
#3 by Liz Penn on April 23, 2011 - 11:50 pm
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Found this as a sample at the end of a different Kindle book (Dead Dwarves Don’t Dance) and fell in love with the characters of Jimmy and Greg.
I’ve bought and read both books so far of the Black Knight Chronicles, and do I see a third book in progress? Can’t wait to read it.
#4 by john on April 25, 2011 - 2:26 pm
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Thanks for dropping by, Liz. Glad mine and Derek’s little cross-pollination plan worked! There is indeed a Book 3 in the works, and I have plans for at least six books with Jimmy and Greg, so it’ll be a couple years before I’m done with the boys, if not more!
#5 by Dave on May 12, 2011 - 7:10 am
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I just finished reading Hard Days Knight and immediately went about and bought Back in Black! I too found your book at the back of Dead Dwarves Don’t Dance!
#6 by Unlucky Eddy on May 16, 2011 - 2:58 pm
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Read the first two books in under 15 hours, need more gamer nerd vampires. When is the third book goin to be out????
#7 by john on May 20, 2011 - 11:12 am
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I hope to have the third book out this summer, with books 4 & 5 out by mid-next year. Glad you enjoyed them!
#8 by Shelagh Thomas on July 13, 2011 - 3:51 pm
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Hiya John, a mate passed on a review of your book & it sounds fantastic but I dont seem to be able to get it in print in the UK. Are there any plans to release it here as I’d love to buy a copy?
Thanks!!!
#9 by john on July 14, 2011 - 11:42 am
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I would love to have it available in print in the UK, but right now I don’t have a good way to make that happen. Sorry. Hopefully at some point it gets picked up by a traditional publisher and I can get copies out worldwide!
#10 by Tommy on August 31, 2011 - 4:33 pm
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Just finished reading all of the books and short stories, and I’m already jonesing for more!
#11 by Bruno on September 20, 2011 - 9:39 pm
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Hiya John, a mate passed on a review of your book & it sounds fantastic but I dont seem to be able to get it in print in the UK. Are there any plans to release it here as I’d love to buy a copy?
Thanks!!!
+1
#12 by john on September 21, 2011 - 9:42 am
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I have high hopes that with my new deal with Bell Bridge Books, that they will be able to sell foreign rights to my books and you folks in the UK will be able to get the books. Hopefully next year, if we can get a UK deal done. If you know any UK publishers, tell them you want to read my books and they should buy the rights
. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you can get a copy soon!
#13 by Noah on September 25, 2011 - 11:55 pm
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I’ve read all the books so far, and they are awesome! I’m so glass to hear there’s more to come.
#14 by Noah on September 30, 2011 - 10:07 pm
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Glad to hear* stupid phone text predict. I can’t wait for the next book!
#15 by Sandra Barry on October 9, 2011 - 2:15 pm
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Look forward to the new Black Knight book!! Only problem with the books is I read them in one sitting and then am sad as I’m done
Have all your books on my Kindle, great fun!
#16 by Jane on October 10, 2011 - 10:58 am
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Just read the first Black Knights novel and loved it. As soon as I get done commenting I will scoot over to Amazon and buy the next to. Discoveries like your books are the reason I still take chances on independent publishers.
#17 by john on October 10, 2011 - 11:02 am
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Thanks so much for taking a chance on my books! I’m glad you enjoyed Hard Day’s Knight and hope the other books are just as entertaining. Thanks for stopping by!
#18 by john on October 10, 2011 - 11:02 am
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Thanks, glad you’re enjoying them!
#19 by Bryan on October 21, 2011 - 4:01 pm
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I really enjoyed all three of the books. A friend mentioned “Hard Day’s Knight” to me and I read that in a few days as well as the other two. With having read these three books this month it’s more than I’ve read in a year or so I’ve really enjoyed them! Keep up the good writing!
#20 by David on November 23, 2011 - 1:54 am
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I have read The Chosen and all of the Black Knight novels–I’ve enjoyed all of them. I love the humor in all of your books–they just keep getting better and better! Please keep up the great work!
#21 by Christian on December 12, 2011 - 10:06 pm
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Well, at the risk of repeating what others has already said, I read all your books, and found them great, can’t wait for the next Black Knight !!!
#22 by john on December 13, 2011 - 12:04 pm
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Thanks a bunch, Christian!
#23 by JK on January 15, 2012 - 8:24 pm
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Don’t you just want to drop all those other projects you have and work solely on the Black Knight Chronicles? >_>
#24 by Taylor on February 12, 2012 - 8:17 am
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Just wanted to say, I really enjoyed your books as well as the level of wit and sarcastic humor. Every now and then I grab a book by an author I don’t know, and I haven’t enjoyed a random read this much since I stumbled upon Rincewind in the Terry Pratchett disc series some years back. Thanks again for a good read.
#25 by Matt on February 15, 2012 - 2:54 am
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I really enjoyed all three of the books(and the short stories). It is not too often I find a book that portrays my sense of humor as perfectly as your books have. I can’t wait for the next books.
#26 by Justin on February 15, 2012 - 10:30 pm
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Just wanted to say how much I enjoy these books. It is tough to find a good vampire book that branches off from the traditional paths. Read all 3 already. Any idea when the 4th is coming out? Thanks for the great reads.
#27 by Ian on February 17, 2012 - 4:35 pm
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When do you plan for volume four to come out. Loved the First 3
#28 by john on February 19, 2012 - 11:54 am
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Thanks Ian and Justin! I’m glad you enjoyed the first three. Currently I’m working on the first draft of Book 4, which is due to my publisher by the end of March. I have a dream that it will be out by the end of this year, but I haven’t gotten a release date from them yet. I’ll keep everyone posted as soon as I hear something. Thanks!
#29 by Patty on February 20, 2012 - 1:02 am
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OMG! Really?The end of the year? I can’t wait that long. =:,( It’s hard to find a series as well written/interesting & funny as Black Knight.Truely a fantastic series! Can we bug the publishers,perhaps?!
Anyway looking foward to the next book! (The sooner the better)