The Author:

Roger Hydes was born in Burton-on-Trent, England, in January 1952 – the youngest of three brothers. He lost both his parents in his late teens and, at a loss as to what to do in life, joined the British Army as a trainee motor mechanic. Nine years later, married, and now with two young siblings of his own, he decided it was time to provide a more stable family life for his wife, his son, and his daughter.
Settling down near Luton in Bedfordshire, close to where he had met his future wife, he progressed in his chosen trade to become a Master Technician in the motor industry. Always though, his fascination for almost anything to do with the universe played on his mind. Eventually, many years later, he decided to write his first novel based on an idea that had filled his mind for a very long time.

The Heritage Files:

It seems odd to me now, but The Heritage Files was never conceived with the intention of writing a book… it was simply a means of getting to sleep.
Being a ‘night owl’ I have always had a problem in actually drifting off to sleep, often lying in bed for more than an hour before sleep came. Then, about seven years ago, I discovered ‘Planet Roger’, it is a place that I visited every night in my quest for sleep… a place that only I could visit, a place where I could relax and unleash my imagination.
This was where The Heritage Files was born, where it took shape and developed over the years until one day, alone and bored in the house, and sitting in front of a computer screen playing some game that I had played hundreds of times before, a thought sprang to mind. ‘Could I write a book?’ I wondered, ‘Based on my by now nightly thoughts.’
Well, there really was only one way to find out wasn’t there? So, I turned off the game and started to write… and fell in love with the challenge, and the experience of transforming what was a private dream into a story that I hope you will all enjoy.

It’s funny, but when I went to bed that night I drifted off to sleep without the slightest problem, and ever since that day I have never had a problem in getting to sleep.

I still visit ‘Planet Roger’, but in my dreams now, and when I’m writing… not as a means to achieve sleep.
Anyway, seven years to conceive the storyline, another fifteen months to write the first novel. Going over it countless times during those fifteen months to get it right, and to learn the art of telling a story. Learning how to portray feelings and emotions, learning how, and when to describe things. Learning too how to keep the reader interested, to surprise, to amuse, and to tempt the reader into wanting to read more.
I hope that I have achieved all of that, I certainly tried my best.
In the end though, only you can be the judge…  I merely did what I believed in.

What do you believe in?