I'm absolutely delighted to be able to report that Death's Shadow, Book 8 of The Demonata, has gone straight in at 1 in the children's chart in the UK and Ireland!!!! This is the second time that I've hit the top in the UK (the first time was with Blood Beast), and the first time that I've entered directly in number one on both charts. It's an amazing achievement -- many thanks to all of you who bought the book and helped propel it up the charts to swiftly!!! This is especially pleasing coming near the end of my tour -- it makes all the hard work and signing seem even more worthwhile than it already was! I'll also be interested in analysing the figures later in the week, to see how the book fared on the overall hardback chart -- in the UK, they don't include children's books on the general hardback chart, but when Blood Beast was released, it out-sold every other fiction hardback in the UK, so it will be instructive to find out where D8 sits in the overall scheme of things ...

Had another busy day. The morning was actually quite relaxing. I went and signed some stock in Waterstones Picadilly, Goldsboro Books, and Foyles Southbank. If you're in central London over the next few days, you should be able to find signed copies of Death's Shadow in all 3 stores, and maybe signed copies of the paperback of Demon Apocalypse too, though I didn't sign quite so many of those. Alternatively, you can order signed copies of Death's Shadow online through Goldsboro Books (it's in the NEW ARRIVALS section) by clicking here: GOLDSBORO BOOKS

After that I went to do a very nice school event in Twickenham, and then to do a Waterstones signing in Staines. Once again I stocked up on a strawberries and cream frappucino before I began -- the weather has been very hot in London over the last few days, so I'm using that as my excuse!!! I was then signing for almost two and three-quarter hours -- the hordes of Shansters show no signs of ceasing any time soon!!! It was as I was on my way home afterwards that I learnt that Death's Shadow was number 1 -- needless to say, that was an extremely nice way to end the day!!!!! Watched The Apprentice back in my flat, checked my emails, and now I'm off to bed for another early night ahead of a very full day on Thursday. At least I can dream sweetly of being 1 tonight!!!!!!