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I've passed the synopses that have been produced so far to Chorion, and they are grateful for our help. Stevie P - a special thank you to you ! They say that while we've passed the 30th April deadline, any others would be gratefully received, so if anyone would like to add more, please may I encoura...

Two more ... but I may be suffering from the law of diminishing returns .... The Satanist A policeman is murdered – and it turns out he was crucified upside down. With the unofficial help of Colonel Verney, his widow investigates and infiltrates the Black Magic coven responsible. She and Colonel V...

You may have seen that Press comment is starting to appear about the Chorion deal. The Bookseller has referred to it, see http://www.thebookseller.com/news/57049-wheatley-rides-again-with-chorion.html and The Independent has picked up on it too. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/...

Nice one Steve ... thank you.

Forget the golf or washing the car this weekend everyone ... this is a much more exciting challenge !

All the best to everyone as always

Here's my try at a couple more ... but I'm sure you'll do better .... The Second Seal World War I is on the horizon, and de Richleau is recruited to infiltrate the enemy. His dangerous mission leads him through Austria and Serbia into Germany. He cannot avoid shedding blood as he ferrets out the ene...

Another one before I turn in for the night ... Codeword Golden Fleece The Duke de Richleau and his friends are in Poland at the start of World War II. With no weapons or armies, what can they do to assist the war effort ? Singlehandedly, they come up with a scheme to cut off Germany’s oil supplies...

o.k., here's my first go ... Strange Conflict Wartime England and the Admiralty can’t stop the German submarines from locating and sinking vital supply ships. The Duke de Richleau has a wild theory – the enemy are using Black Magic. His theory proves right and the chase is on … from England to...

As mentioned in my last 'Chorion Announcement' posting, if you fancy helping Chorion out by penning some 'soundbite synposes' of DW's novels, please do so in this section. 50 words max per novel, and the more the merrier. As noted, no remuneration (except perhaps for the providers of the best effort...

Apart from using the results of our Questionnaire in their deliberations, Chorion can see the benefits of tapping the knowledge of DW aficionados. One thing they are doing at the moment is preparing a series of 'soundbite synopses' (my words, not theirs) of each of the novels which they can use to c...

Just to add a little more to the earlier announcement, I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Chorion's Literary Estates Business Manager a while ago. We have had a number of conversations about DW and his works, and I have discussed with her the results of our recent DW 'Questionnaire'. When sh...

Dear All You may well see in the papers tomorrow morning that Chorion, a leading provider of quality entertainment for the global marketplace which owns and manages the worldwide IP rights to some of the greatest novelists and mystery writers of all time, and whose portfolio includes Agatha Christie...

Dear All, The Convention on Saturday 17th May looks set to go ahead. I'll be emailing all those who said they would definitely come / were strongly likely to come with payment details shortly. If anyone else would like to come, it isn't too late ! Below for information I have set out the draft progr...

You may have noticed that the site reverted to its October 2006 state before going offline for a few days towards the end of March. This was due to a problem external to the website. All is back to normal now, but if you made any posts in the Library in those few days they will have been lost - so I...

Dear All Good news - the Convention looks set to go ahead. We have twelve people so far, which we reckon is a 'critical mass'. We have to pay the hotel a month or so before the Convention date (17th May). I'm away for Easter, but if everyone could have the money ready at the start of next month I'll...

Dear Steve As usual I have learned a lot from your review. I don't think I have read this one since I was a teenager .... clearly I will have to give it a re-read. I had never wondered about the name Sallust before, but you are right - in modern times, it is an exceptionally rare surname, at least i...