21st November 2025
Hi everyone. Another update. Where have you been? What’s going on with the book?
Well, I’ve been having an adventure in Thailand for the past 3 weeks. This was something I always wanted to do and whilst the body lets me and I had the opportunity, I thought, why not!
My highlights were visiting an elephant sanctuary and the Yi Peng light festival.
Book progress - well long story short it’s now off to print! This time it’s just a proof copy print for any last checking before it goes on sale. I include a copy of the cover and spine below. Also please remember that my website www.sghyde.com now includes the first 15 pages of my novel. Just log-on and click through from the landing page, then click on the ‘ First 15 pages here’ button. This will then open up a PDF of the beginning of the Jackdaw Affliction book.
It is looking like the book will be released sometime in March 2026. I’ll share exact details when I have them.
The only other news is that I have decided any profits the novel makes shall be split between charities:
West Country Hawks Wheelchair Rugby
Check out on the website www.sghyde.com for your sneak peek.
And finally, a plea for help. Please direct anyone you think might be remotely interested to my website, www.sghyde.com you can sign up for this newsletter there.
Until next time
Sam,