Since I'd only had one trilogy published at that point it seems a bit of a stretch to call it a departure from my usual style :D



The inspiration for Jalan and for the tone is Harry Flashman, the character and the books by George McDonald-Fraser. And of course GMF took the character from Tom Brown's School Days, written in the 19th century.



No plans to write more in that vein, but there's a novella concerning Jal and Snorri's further adventures in The Red Queen's War special edition omnibus (from Grim Oak Press) and a Jalan story in Road Brothers and another in The Art of War (anthology).