Skies of Red Dawn follows a CIA agent looking at retirement but finds himself framed and running from his own agency while trying to clear his name. What was the inspiration for the setup to this thrilling story?

I took a lot of inspiration from James Bond and Jason Bourne, I got the inspiration for the plot as I watched one of the Bond films with having something stolen, but I didn’t want to do a normal run of the mill spy galivanting across the globe. This is where Bourne helped me with inspiration by having Robert Johnathan be chased by his own comrades adding that twist in as well having that character development for Robert Johnathan too. Ideas in the plot simply came from my own mind I have always been interested in the cold war and the world wars era, so they played a lot for when I was crafting out the plot.

Robert Johnathan is an intriguing and well developed character. What were some driving ideals behind his character development?

With Robert Johnathan his character development is different, his character came from my own mind I wanted a different type of spy. I didn’t want to write another cheesy James Bond-esque nor a gritty serious Jason Bourne. I wanted to add a family connection to him, make him look and feel human, to have his own quirks, strengths and weakness. Bond and Bourne did play some inspiration in his character development but nothing tremendous it was about making a human more than it was making a character. But I wanted a character that was past his glory days and had endured a lot of pain and trauma, the idea of having him loose those closest to him was the best way as it truly shows how through the book he has less and less to personally fight for and showing the depths of his character as he continues to fight on regardless of his own loss.

What were some themes that were important for you to focus on in this book?

There was a lot of themes that I wanted in the book family was one I wanted but I wanted the theme of loyalty and duty, good and evil as well as history was never forgotten. Most themes in the book are there by my choice or to use as a reflection for the location they are in. But the most important theme for me was age vs experience, which is portrayed through the two main characters, Sterling is younger and in his prime, whereas Johnathan is older but has more experience than his younger counterpart.

What is the next book that you are working on and when will it be available?

Since writing Skies of Red Dawn, I have written a horror novel revolving around paranormal entities, The Hellish Man is already out and available to buy on Amazon. But I am currently writing another horror novel, ‘The Sleepwalker’ set around dreams and sleeping which will be coming out sometime after the new year.

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