The Final Winter is still my strongest selling book as as a result it is currently getting a German translation and a limited edition leather-bound hardback edition.  I thought now would be a good time to discuss a few fun facts about it.

A picture of the Winyates pub in Redditch, on which The Trumpet is based, can be seen here.  It's a grotty, unfriendly little pub where I used to drink with my Dad growing up.  On the right you can see the steps where Jess slipped and fell down.

I included a lot of 'Easter eggs' in the book which it seems most people didn't get.  So here are a list of a few little tidbits of info about the book.  SPOILERS TO FOLLOW.

The pub is called 'The Trumpet' as a reference to the trumpets that will be play upon the beginning of Armageddon (check you Revelations)LUCAS FERGUS is obviously an allusion to LUCIFER (Most people got that)Harry ran a furniture business and was a carpenter like Jesus.  He also offered to absolve the world's sins by sacrificing himself.Damien is named after the antichrist in The Omen (although this is just to create irony when he switches to a good guy later on)   The snow storm is a new take on Noah's Ark and the biblical floodsThere are a gazillion horror film references courtesy of JerryBen turning to a pillar of salt after looking back behind him is a reference to Job's wife fleeing Sodom and GomorrahHarry's surname is Jobson (Job's son)Lucas "coming from the South after originally being from the North" "and having a falling out with his Father" is a sly reference to him falling from HeavenHe also asks the others if they can "bear some light" (Lucifer is a light bearer made from fire.There are many more that even I forget now, but if you ever read the book again, play close attention.  If you haven't already got a copy, you can get one here.