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More Free Stories

I've set up another freebie weekend, so from midnight (Pacific Time) on Friday through to midnight on Monday (in practice about 7am on Tuesday morning for those in the UK) my novellas will be free on Amazon. Exodus: Mike's Thread As the amazon review says "World War Z meets 24".  An action packed thriller of a US Military coup to stop a mad US President from launching nukes against the world's spaceports. (UK Amazon) (US/Worldwide) (Canada) Exodus: Perfects Introduction to a group of genetically engineered people living in a world that rejects them. Charlie has turned to organised crime to traffic people to safety and Pandora comes into his life, another person for him to save? (UK Amazon) (US/Worldwide) (Canada) Exodus: Imperfect To be released early July. Following on from Exodus: Perfects where Pandora discovers herself and embraces the criminal side of things to…
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Paperback Writer

Having got some positive noises from people I have made a paperback version of my first novella Exodus: Mike's Thread available using Createspace which is Amazon's print on demand book printer. It is available direct from Createspace or from Amazon variants. The createspace link is  which is probably best if you are a US resident.  If you are not in the US it will be faster and cheaper to get it from your local Amazon site. In the UK this is   I have a very small number of review copies that I've bought myself to give away. If you would like one then please let me know and tell me why you want to review it and where you will publish that review. Note that if you have a kindle there will be another chance to get a free copy of…
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Little Brother by Cory Doctorow [Book Review]

;Little Brother by Cory Doctorow My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've been following Cory Doctorow for a while. Little Brother has been sitting on my shelves waiting to make it to the top of the list. I'm very happy that it finally made it to the top of the reading pile. It was a quick and easy read that I enjoyed. The premise is that the terrorists have won, because the security state that they have spawned has stolen away all our freedoms. (more…)
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Next Steps

I've had a busy couple of weeks. First I had an Open University exam for the end of MST121 (Using Mathematics). The day after that I was presenting (and facilitating a couple of sessions) at our Directorate away day. The following day I spent 4 hours with the Government Digital Service, which was very interesting. GDS is a very interesting environment, it has a buzz about it that is very different from your normal central government department. I think it is something to do with the very high geek quotient present. In the space of two desks one guy was in a tweed suit with a (proper) bow tie and another was in t-shirt and shorts. There was also a lot of lego about. I actually quite liked the use of lego minifigures on their Agile tracker board.  Each dev…
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Free Future Thriller on Kindle

Yes, I'm doing another giveaway of my first novella, Exodus: Mike's Thread which is a thrilling tale of a military conspiracy to prevent a mad US President from launching a nuclear Here's the blurb "World War Z meets 24 in Book Form!" - reviewer An action packed military sci-fi novella centring around an army officer telling the story of a military coup occasioned by a religious US president who has maniacal plans for the country's nuclear weapons. Set in the mid 21st Century. People that vote are alienating themselves from science, and voting for the more religious right candidates. This has lead to some strange and unhelpful policies being adopted. As this trend continues some of the more rational and evidence based in government start to look for ways to reverse the trend. When the US President loses it and…
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