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I have a new book on sale today, Escape Velocity. As the title might hint, it's a science fiction novel. Here's a taster of what it’s about -
Sam Grainger, rocket scientist, gets a phone call from his wife Jennie one evening. Which would be perfectly normal if she hadn't been dead for over a year.
Sam's convinced the call is a hoax, but before he can investigate, a much larger mystery presents it... read more »
Sam Grainger, rocket scientist, gets a phone call from his wife Jennie one evening. Which would be perfectly normal if she hadn't been dead for over a year.
Sam's convinced the call is a hoax, but before he can investigate, a much larger mystery presents it... read more »
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Death & Magic
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Plague & Poison (The Barefoot Healer #2)
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Escape Velocity
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A tribute to the golden era of the film noir detective story. An author gets more than he bargained for when a fan offers him an idea for his next book.
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“There is no great writing, only great rewriting.”
― Justice Brandeis
― Justice Brandeis
“I can't understand why a person will take a year or two to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.”
― Fred Allen
― Fred Allen
“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening, and Selected Stories
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening, and Selected Stories
“Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.”
― Evelyn Waugh
― Evelyn Waugh
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
― Frank Herbert, Dune
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