I gotta say as a writer and soon to be podcaster, I find this hugely inspirational. It’s great to see that the internet provides a ladder over the walled garden of the publishing industry. Ten years ago, most publishers wouldn’t look at your work without an agent. These days, with the distance between an author and his or her audience being only a mouse click away, it’s nice to see the publisher/writer relationship adapting to the role of technology.

More to come as I get the official skinny, and also, listen to the book. Who knows … in a year or so, maybe we’ll get a Toothless promotion happening here. In any case, congratulations JP!

Here’s a synopsis of the book:

The podcast audiobook sensation! J. P. Moore’s thrilling tale takes the zombie apocalypse to the 12th century, and adds heaping doses of history and fantasy.

Martin, a failed Templar Knight, is medieval Europe’s last hope against an ancient evil. The dice are cast against the living. Martin perishes on the battlefield, only to wake as an undead soldier serving the very demon he had hoped to vanquish. He is a gifted servant to his new master, but life is not done with him yet.

The world sits on the edge of ruin. Kingdoms crumble. A fallen church splinters. The last judgment is coming, and both the living and the dead must map a dark and brutal landscape. Truth, memory, even virtue–they are all up for grabs.

Toothless to be published by Dragon Moon Press! (jpmooreonline.com <- new window)
Toothless Audiobook (podiobooks.com <- new window)

Introducing Toothless by JP Moore. It is historical zombie fiction in the same vein as De Bello Lemures, or the Roman War Against the Zombies of Armorica by Thomas Brookside. Here’s the description of the book:

France, 1180 AD: an ancient evil is on the march. The Black Yew leads an army of demons through Europe, laying waste with a devastating plague and destroying the relics of Christendom. After losing his wife and daughter, a failed Templar rejoins his comrades in the crusade against the Yew’s army. But the dice are cast against the living, and the Black Yew’s demons slay him, impressing his reanimated corpse into their ranks. He is gifted. He shows great promise as a servant to the Yew. But life is not yet done with him.

Better still, this book is podcast and free to download. I haven’t listened to this yet, but I need something to fill space on my morning commute. I’ll let you now how it turns out.

Toothless – A free audio book from Podiobooks.com (podiobooks.com <- new window)
J. P. Moore – Fantasy and Horror Novelist, Podcaster