Michael Chaplin is an artist, painter, author, and poet whose keen eye distills the layers of light, color, and emotion in a single scene. Whether brushing the last glow of dusk across a canvas or weaving that same moment into lyrical prose, he strives to evoke not just an image but the very atmosphere and heartbeat of a place. His writing carries the same vibrant brushstrokes as his paintings, each sentence composed with the precision of a well-placed stroke, inviting readers to see, feel, and remember the world as he does.
I’ve been writing seriously for about six years after a busy life as an artist: traveling, teaching, TV appearances and working with major museums and art galleries in UK.on publications and films. (Mainly on the great British painer J>M>W> Turner. (I even had the rare privilege of making paint from pigment left in his studio on his death in 1851. Latest release of my novel will be the CradlePlank Affair, due out by Summer 2025. At present I’m working on the sequel ‘Mappa Mundi.’. There will be a third, making the ‘Starchild Saga’ complete.
Two young doctors join forces with a mysterious professor's daughter to transport a crucial secret code from the wild Scottish Highlands through an eerie ice hotel to an abandoned wartime facility on the Russia-Norway border. Their tense, dangerous journey is fraught with anxiety, betrayal, and hidden threats. Success is vital, as the information they're safeguarding could decisively thwart sinister forces attempting to revive the Nazi vision of a thousand-year Reich. Amid breathtaking landscapes and mounting peril, their mission could determine the fate of freedom itself.
The sequel to The Cradle Plank Affair. The archaeological unearthing on a Hebridean island of a complex terrestrial map engraved on a trepanned bone disc from an ancient skull presently under the care of the US Government, and the discovery of a thousand-year-old Italian redacted map held by the church in Rome, sparks a quest to reunite the two objects, potentially unleashing a new world-order religion. A Viking princess adventurer interacts with a 20th century empath in this complex, intriguing and high-spirited adventure as they follow parallel adventures one-thousand-years apart.
In 1922, two broke young Englishmen abandon their cozy London club for Persia, hoping dentistry might restore their fortunes. Unknowingly recruited as spies amidst Britain, Germany, and Russia’s fierce competition for oil, their questionable dental skills spark comedic mishaps, romance, and a plot against the local Sheik. Winston Churchill intervenes as chaos unfolds, leaving the future of global oil supply hanging by a thread. Filled with humor and vivid prose, the story culminates in an unexpected twist when a servant rises to royalty, astonishing everyone involved.
