DO YOU JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER?

Those nice people at Troubador, the publisher for Seven Dials, have sent me the draft of the cover for Seven Dials. The concept is based on an original photographic work by Trey Ratcliffe, an art photographer based in New Zealand. Trey kindly allowed me to use the image for the launch of Seven Dials ands. We like to think of Seven Dials as a place where things converge: seven stree the new Questorts meeting at a common point and the enigmatic Sun Dial Pillar. series of novelBut what if we considered the Dials differently, not as points that meet, but as Dials that diverge? Not pointing towards the Sun Dial Pillar but away from it and towards specific destinations envisioned by their architect? But if there are specific places, what were they, and why?

These questions and hundreds more are explored and resolved in Seven Dials, The Past, the Present and the Puzzle of Seven Dials. Published on 28th October 2025.