Hello and welcome to my website. Here you’ll find a variety of goodies, including free books and low cost books which you can download. There are direct links to my publishers, Samhain who have published my FIFTH PLANET heroic fantasy trilogy, Solstice who have published my horror novels SEASCREAM and WITCHFIRE, and History Press who publish my non fiction county guides.

          I have just celebrated my 74^th birthday so this site spotlights a long writing life; more than 70 books written, 60 of them published, hundreds of magazine articles published and thousands of my photographs published. With all this output and experience I am hoping that here there will be many writing tips and insights that will be of interest to both other writers and readers. Every book description also carries THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY, which explains how the idea developed and how and why the book came to be written.

EXTINCTION’S EDGE is my six book series of an alien overview of the Vietnam War, from the fall of Dienbienphu to the fall of Saigon. Despite 40 years of trying and a string of near misses it has never been published. Vietnam seems to be an almost taboo subject where many publishers have lost money, but I still believe it is my best book. Here the first book is offered free so you can decide for yourself whether the remaining five are worth a small cost purchase.

          Many of my crime and thriller novels are now out of print, but eventually I hope to load them all on to this site either as free or low cost reads. The first book in each series will be a free read, so please keep coming back, otherwise you will never know what you might find next.

          In the meantime please enjoy what is already here, and if you have any comment or feedback I would be delighted to hear from you at robertcharlesrleader@talktalk.net