Mark Robson

Biography[edit]

Robson was born in Wanstead, East London, but was raised near Carmarthen, Wales. 1982 he won a scholarship to join the RAF as a pilot and was an operational pilot in the RAF for over twenty years. During that time he flew for three years on the Victor air-to-air refuelling tankers, for four and a half years as a flying instructor on Jet Provost and Tucano training aircraft and for eight years at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, as co-pilot, captain and instructor on the VC10 aircraft.^[1] While based in the Falkland Islands in 1995 weather conditions were too bad to fly in, and his navigator said "Oh, for goodness sake! Do something useful. Go write a book or something!"^[2]

Works[edit]

The Darkweaver Legacy[edit]

Robson's first series of four books, self-published under the banner Sword Publishing. Set in a fantasy world, they follow young protagonist Calvyn.

The Forging of the Sword (2000, ISBN 0953819000)

Trail of the Huntress (2001, ISBN 0953819019)

First Sword (2002, ISBN 0953819027)

The Chosen One (2003, ISBN 0953819035)'

The Imperial Trilogy[edit]

Robson's first professionally published series. Set in the same world as The Darkweaver Legacy, it is set during the aftermath, but follows one of the smaller characters from Darkweaver, Femke, and a new character, Reynik.

Imperial Spy (2006, ISBN 141690185X)

Imperial Assassin (2006, ISBN 1416901868)

Imperial Traitor (2007, ISBN 1847380352)

Dragon Orb[edit]

Dragon Orb is set in a fictional world separate from Robson's previous series, and has some chapters set on Earth during the First World War. Four dragon riders are given a mission to save the 'oracle'.

Firestorm (2008, ISBN 1847380689)

Shadow (2008 ISBN 1847380697)

Longfang (2009)

Aurora (2009)