The Lion Hunt: My First Published Translation

Now available on Amazon Kindle:



If you like 19th century literature, especially fun action/adventure stories like Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, and you're looking for other excellent but lesser known authors, you might be interested in checking out my English translation of Alfred Assollant's La Chasse aux Lions (The Lion Hunt). This is a wonderful short story (approximately 20,000 words) about two young soldiers in the 7th Light in Algiers, Dumanet and Pitou, who, more or less, fall into a rather dangerous situation while seeking renown in Africa. Written in an easy-to-read YA style, it's full of fun banter between the two friends and it's a fast-paced adventure.

I had a great time translating the story and the book includes both my English translation and the original French text, as well as some historical and language notes for students.

Thank you to anyone who gets a chance to check it out and I hope you like it as much as I did.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

Pro Luce Habere FREE on Kindle Tuesday, May 8

Get Pro Luce Habere, the two volume prequel to On the Soul of a Vampire, FREE on Amazon Kindle Tuesday, May 8. That's two full-length novels, combined in one edition, for free and, as a prequel, it can be read before reading On the Soul of a Vampire.

Just click the book link below:


What does a vampire see when he dies?

The death, destruction and darkness rife in human history…
and the living light in the human soul which somehow shines through it all.
A horrific deception that just may lead to the ultimate truth he’s sought for eight centuries…
and mystical visions of a little girl who could hold the key to the mystery of a legend as old as mankind.

Dying isn’t the end of knowledge; it’s only the beginning.