by authordwhawkins | May 30, 2026 | News
In 9 AD, a Roman-trained Germanic chieftain named Arminius led three full Roman legions — XVII, XVIII, and XIX — into an ambush in the forests of northern Germania. Roughly twenty thousand Romans were killed in three days. The legions’ numbers were retired and...
by authordwhawkins | May 18, 2026 | News
In this episode of Beyond the Pale, we go back to May of 1525, to a field outside the German town of Frankenhausen.There are thousands of peasants gathered there. Farmers, tradesmen, miners, ruined knights, and desperate people who have spent generations being...
by authordwhawkins | May 2, 2026 | News
Beyond the Pale | Special EpisodeIt’s done.After more than two decades — a garage apartment in the early 2000s, two deployments to Iraq, a back injury, a cross-country move, a divorce, the death of my father, a catastrophic data loss, and somewhere north of a...
by authordwhawkins | Apr 30, 2026 | News
Hey all, just finished the last of the last-last minute polish on the book. It’s 02:30 here, so I’m going to hit the sack. Early tomorrow morning, it’ll be last-minute checks, file uploads, publishing emails.The Heart of Ruin drops...
by authordwhawkins | Apr 18, 2026 | News
🔥 ANNOUNCEMENTS📖 The Heart of Ruin — Coming April 30thMy new novel, The Heart of Ruin, releases April 30th. I’ve been working on this one for a long time and I cannot wait for you all to read it. I can now reveal the cover, and I hope you love it as much as I do....
