The Road To Atlantis

My longtime publisher, Turnstone Press, has picked up my latest novel -- tentatively titled, The Road To Atlantis.  It is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2015. More information to follow.

A Good Time Was Had By All

I was thrilled -- and honestly surprised -- by the size and enthusiasm of the crowd on Saturday at the Joshua Bates Centre.  It was great to see so many familiar faces out, and equally exciting to meet so many new people.

I hope all those who purchased a copy of Drift, or one of my previous novels, draw as much enjoyment from reading them as I did in writing them.  Thank you all again for your support.

I strongly encourage you to rate the books -- and perhaps even wite a brief review -- on the Chapters and Amazon websites.

Ottawa Launch Party

November 9th -- Launch Party and Signing

Collected Works, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa, Ontario @ 7:00pm

Come out to Collected Works -- a great independent bookstore in the heart of Ottawa, for the official Ottawa Launch of my new novel Drift.  Signed copies available at the event.

Athens Launch

October22nd -- Launch, Reading, Signing, Meet and Greet

The Joshua Bates Centre, 1 Main Street, Athens, Ontario @ 7:00pm

Join me for the second of two launch parties.  Reading will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.  Free refreshments.  Books available at the event.

Hometown Launch

October 21st -- Launch, Reading, Signing, Meet and Greet

The Moorehouse, 170 Bridge Street, Carleton Place, Ontario @ 7:00pm

I'll be celebrating the launch of my new novel, Drift, in my home town.  All are welcome.  Reading will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.  Free refreshments and cash bar.  Read's Books will be selling copies of the novel at the event.

Drift to be released October 15th, by Turnstone Press

Paardeberg, South Africa is far from the Canadian prairies. In 1899, best friends from the small town of Portage la Prairie, Will and Mason, sign up with the Winnipeg Rifles’ “A” Company to fight in the Second Boer War. Here they meet Robert, the silent anthropologist from Alberta with a mystery he isn’t revealing; Claire, an Australian nurse, chafing under her parents’ glass ceiling; and Campbell Scott, a rebellious veteran with an African wife and a hot air balloon requisitioned by the army for spying.

All are fleeing their former lives but to be free they must face the shattered bodies of war. In the dust and desert of South Africa, they drift towards each other in ways that can spell either disaster or salvation. Different reasons fuel each person’s motion: Mason wants to fight in the name of justice, pride, and manliness. Will, hesitant from the start, ultimately learns that war is hell. Claire struggles for independence, and Campbell Scott drowns his disillusions in his wife’s potent homebrew.

With breathtaking grace, Leo Brent Robillard delivers an unstoppable story.

Turnstone Press