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Lucas Bale

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Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.lucasbale.com

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Genre

Science Fiction, Suspense

Influences

Iain M. Banks, John Le Carre, Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, Arthur. ...more

Member Since

May 2014

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Lucas Bale writes intense, thought-provoking science-fiction thrillers that dig into what makes us human and scrape at the darkness which hides inside every one of us.

His debut novel, The Heretic, is the gateway to the award-winning Beyond the Wall series, an epic space opera with an edge of hard science fiction about the future of humanity and the discovery of the truth of its past.

He wasn't always a writer. He was a criminal lawyer for fifteen years before he discovered crime doesn't pay and turned to something that actually pays even less. No one ever said he was smart, but at least he's happy. ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 7,073 ratings · 688 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Destiny (New Earth #4) by Matthew Mather, Lucas Bale (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 2,316 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heretic (Beyond the Wall, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Wall, Books One and Two (Beyond the Wall, #1-2) 3.86 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Shroud of Night and Tears (Beyond the Wall, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defiance (Beyond the Wall, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Way Home by Lucas Bale (Goodreads Author), S. Elliot Brandis (Goodreads Author), J.S. Collyer (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atonement: A Beyond the Wall Novella (Beyond the Wall, #3.5) 4.24 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime and Punishment: A Speculative Fiction Anthology 4.41 avg rating — 32 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What It Means To Survive 4.52 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chukotka 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In the Eyes of the Dead (A Maquisard's Song, Book One)

It's been a while, I know. Apart from a recent post on someone else's series, the last time I posted about anything I've been working on was July. It's November now. So I'm sorry about that – it's been a testing few months. However, I have not been idle. I've been working on a great deal. Firstly, I have been going over the final edits on a Beyond the Wall novella, Atonement, which is currently wi

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Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine

by Hannah Fry

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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The Man in the High Castle

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Quotes by Lucas Bale (?)

“Wars are all fought by men who either believe they are right or who have no other choice. How they fight defines who they are when the blood stops flowing.”
― Lucas Bale, The Heretic

tags: courage, morality, right-vs-wrong, war

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“How can I trust you now?’ ‘Only you can answer that question. What does your heart tell you?”
― Lucas Bale, Beyond the Wall, Books One and Two

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“When the fire comes, it doesn’t ask who knew and who didn’t. It burns everything.”
― Lucas Bale, Beyond the Wall, Books One and Two

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October discussion book, time to make your selection! Please remember:
• If the book you vote for wins, you are expected to return to discuss it. Vote only if you will follow-up.
• Though it may be tempting, don't just vote for a book you have already read and want us to discuss, unless you remember it extremely well and really will come back to discuss it with us.
I encourage you to vote for something you have not read, for a fresh discussion.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
1946, 152 pages, AR 3.79
Free on Kindle, cheap paperback

3 votes, 30.0%

The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker
2014, 355 pages, AR 4.27
$2.99 Kindle (no print)

3 votes, 30.0%

Pawn by Ernie Lindsey
2014, 236 pages, AR 4.26
$3.99 Kindle, $10.76 paperback

2 votes, 20.0%

Infected by James Schannep
2012, 352 pages*, AR 3.78
$3.99 Kindle, $11.69 paperback
*This is a choose-your-own-adventure.

Infected (Click Your Poison, #1) by James Schannep

1 vote, 10.0%

Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
1907, 296 pages, AR 3.99
Free

Lord of the World (Dodo Press) by Robert Hugh Benson

1 vote, 10.0%

The Heretic by Lucas Bale
2014, 192 pages, AR 4.65
$3.99 Kindle, $10.34 paperback

The Heretic (Beyond the Wall, #1) by Lucas Bale

0 votes, 0.0%

The Man Who Sold His Son by Mark Wilson
2014, 268 pages, AR 4.58
$2.99 Kindle, $9.45 paperback

0 votes, 0.0%

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Lucas’s Quotes

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

tags: aspiration, assurance, beauty, clouds, color, conviction, inspirational, maturity, sunset

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“And whilst Shepherd sometimes saw the truth in the preachers’ words about freedom and hope, he also knew that violence and faith were intertwined, as he’d been taught. He carried a pistol and had taken the lives of men with it, but each time he handled it, he felt a small part of him inside grow darker. Whatever faith men had, whether it was in money or freedom, it was always wed to violence.”
― Lucas Bale, The Heretic

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“Freedom isn’t about choice—it’s about not finding yourself in Kolyma cracking a hammer against a wall all day and night. It’s about breathing air, not blood. Freedom is about picking your fights and living long enough to learn there’s no such thing.”
― Lucas Bale, The Heretic

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“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

tags: holden

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“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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