“I WAS out somewhere with the kids and just happened to check, and there had been thousands of downloads. It really took off from there. ” Calverstown-based author Peter Gibbons had long thought about writing, and was a journalling ideas scribbler.

WHEN last we spoke with Peter Gibbons (46) – Calverstown’s king of Viking literature – a little over 18 months ago, he had just won his liberating €20,000 award with his fourth book King of War from the Blood and Blade saga, which freed him from the ...