Through The Sad Heart is the latest thriller from the productive Maynard Sims writing team. This is the story of Ben Black who is an ordinary man plunged into a world of global espionage, crime and secrets by the actions of his father and brother. Through greed, his family become involved with shady businessman Antony Valkaris, a man well known to British Intelligence. Ben is forced to take extraordinary measures to safeguard his family, and his own life, as the world he has known explodes into action through bombs, guns and lies. Excerpt He didn't see the second one until the iron bar he was carrying came down hard on his shoulder. He screamed and instinctively lashed out with his other arm. The man grunted as Ben's fist made contact with his face. The one in the doorway hesitated and half turned back. Ben had no time to consider him because he was suddenly held in a bear hug from behind. Where his instincts were coming from he had no idea, but he jerked his head backwards and felt bone break in the man's nose. The man's arms loosened around him and Ben spun round. He hit the man hard in the stomach and followed it with an uppercut to the jaw. Any feeling Ben had of winning was curtailed by Rebecca's scream. The other man had come back into the room. Ben had no time to turn. He was hit twice in the kidneys and kicked hard on the back of the knee. He went down on his other knee and waited for a further attack. Ends See the trailer on YouTube Maynard Sims Through The Sad Heart Visit the author website www.maynard-sims.com Visit the Maynard Sims Amazon Author Page Through The Sad Heart is an all action thriller that takes us from Athens to London. Ben finds danger and deceit at every turn. He can trust no one not even those who loves. Threatened and attacked he has to summon reserves of courage he doesn't realise he possesses.

The Department 18 script won the British Horror Film Festival Best New Screenplay Award 2013.It is based on the first two novels in the series. The Eighth Witch is based on the novel of the same name. Department 18 is a secret government unit that investigates paranormal and supernatural events in Britain, and also spreads out internationally. The full Department 18 story can be found at the author's website www.maynard-sims.com Black Cathedral is Department 18 book 1 Night Souls is Department 18 book 2 The Eighth Witch is Department 18 book 3. The novels are all available on Amazon. They are published by 47North and by Samhain. Full details are at the author website www.maynard-sims.com Watch the book trailers on YouTube - search Maynard Sims See the Author Amazon page DEPARTMENT 18 screenplay Top psychic, Robert Carter attends what is meant to be a routine poltergeist sighting. What is unleashed is a centuries old demon that uses Ley lines to hide and move around, causing mayhem. Robert heads up a team that has the single brief of find and destroy the demon. It has hidden in a luxury apartment block in the city. They search every room, battling demons and creatures as they do so, before they encounter the demon in the basement - a supernatural cathedral, hollowed out and inhabited by demons. En route the team faces and fights terrible creatures and dangers that kills many of them. The building is as much the enemy as the things that inhabit it. THE EIGHTH WITCH novel Four hundred years ago six of the seven Yardley sisters-all witches-were systematically hunted down and killed. The seventh lived long enough to give birth to a daughter. Now, centuries later, that daughter has resurfaced in the town of Ravensbridge, more powerful than her mother or aunts ever were. She has honed her powers, can change shape at will, and has only one ambition-to bring her family back from the dead to seek vengeance against the descendants of all who slaughtered them. Ravensbridge once lived in fear of the seven Yardley sisters, but they have yet to experience the terror of...the Eighth Witch. Robert Carter is on vacation. He should have known better. Evil never takes a holiday. WHAT PEOPLE SAY "The Eighth Witch (is) a consistently entertaining blend of supernatural horror and British drawing room mystery," Publishers Weekly "Grab the novel and read on to discover the case of The Eighth Witch, in all its' beauty and horror." Night Owl "I sure would not want to mess with the eighth witch. She was mean. This book would make a good movie." Fallen Angel "Wow, what a book. This is one truly frightening tale. Maynard & Sims hit his one (Black Cathedral) out of the park." FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND "Once again Maynard & Sims has contrived to create a powerful work of fiction, (Black Cathedral) which reminds me of one of those nightmares that make you glad to wake up and find out it was just a dream." HorrorWorld "As a long-time reader of horror fiction I promise I'm not squeamish but, believe me, this book (Black Cathedral)is terrifying, the avalanche of emotions and the flow of adrenaline will carry you on" Mario Guslandi "Maynard and Sims books just keep getting better and better, and Night Souls might just be their best yet." FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND "Maynard and Sims give us a fresh story altogether here, one that I highly recommend. The only problem I have with the book is that it ended...of all their books, this one (Night Souls) is by far my favorite." Horror Review "For the official record, this is not a book (Night Souls) for the squeamish. There's gore, sex, sex-gore, and gore-sex. Never too much, it's dished out tapas-size, each a delectable treat that serves the overall narrative of the story." Shroud Magazine