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Davie Craig is a Dead Man
New Britain is dying. It has no leader, no law, and no idea of how to fix things. As riots and violence run rife on the streets, helpless and homeless civilians are heading to Scotland to the chance of a better life. Unfortunately, Davie Craig, the leader of the Scots has other ideas. Blockades are set up and anybody that tries to break through are mercilessly cast to their deaths. The refugees of New Britain are left to wonder what went wrong with their country. Paul Carter knows he has to help. He started all of this. It's his fault. He needs to get to the border to help them, but there's the matter of his former friend, whose only purpose in life is to destroy all who have wronged him. Add to the mix the unhinged former lawyer Nat Sweeney, and a mysterious stranger making his way to Scotland with motives of his own, and the lives of the entire country could be torn apart forever. The final book in Ryan Bracha's acclaimed Dead Man Trilogy will make you question exactly where the world is going, and what you could ever do to stop it.
173 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2016
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Ryan Bracha
33 books37 followersRyan Bracha is the Amazon-bestselling author of eleven novels, a novella, and a collection of short stories. In his early twenties, he made a brief foray into independent filmmaking. At 24, he wrote and directed his debut feature Tales From Nowhere, a limited-release cult oddity he once described as “Pulp Fiction meets Kes.” Though the film’s lifespan was short, it ignited a passion for bold, unorthodox storytelling.
Ryan spent the next several years honing his voice as a novelist. His debut, Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven’t Killed Yet, took nearly four years to complete, and was followed by a relentless output of raw, genre-defying fiction. Over the course of his writing career, he’s self-published eleven novels, a novella, and a short story collection — each one taking risks and refusing to play it safe.
Though no longer writing fiction intensively, Ryan remains creatively active. He continues to write across other forms and channels his energy as frontman and lyricist for the electronic punk band Misery Prize, bringing the same edge and attitude to the stage as he did to the page. He lives and works in South Yorkshire, where the ideas never quite stop coming.
Visit www.miseryprizeband.co.uk to follow his musical endeavours.
Ryan spent the next several years honing his voice as a novelist. His debut, Strangers Are Just Friends You Haven’t Killed Yet, took nearly four years to complete, and was followed by a relentless output of raw, genre-defying fiction. Over the course of his writing career, he’s self-published eleven novels, a novella, and a short story collection — each one taking risks and refusing to play it safe.
Though no longer writing fiction intensively, Ryan remains creatively active. He continues to write across other forms and channels his energy as frontman and lyricist for the electronic punk band Misery Prize, bringing the same edge and attitude to the stage as he did to the page. He lives and works in South Yorkshire, where the ideas never quite stop coming.
Visit www.miseryprizeband.co.uk to follow his musical endeavours.
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February 22, 2016
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Anyone who follows my reviews will know that I am a big fan of Ryan Bracha. To try and sum up his writing style would be trite ..I just couldn’t do it justice. However I was talking to a very well read friend recently about Bracha and a few other authors who have grabbed my imagination and he advised that my description of Bracha’s writing style would sit comfortably as similar in style to Ernest Hemmingway (Having not read any of Ernie’s books to date, I can’t confirm). What I will say (again) is that he writes in a manner that grabs the reader’s attention right from the off. It’s all about dialogue and interaction. You won’t find any paragraph-long descriptions of the ripples in a puddle that a character has just walked through to show off the writers writing prowess. It’s all about the story and the characters. I find this is ideal for me, as a dyslexic reader who struggles to remember what he’s read. It’s no coincidence that I am able to plough through his books at a much quicker speed that most other writers.
It was the same with his latest offering, “Davie Craig is a dead man”. This is the third and final part of his dead man trilogy (check my reviews for “Paul Carter is a Dead ManPaul Carter is a dead man” and “Ben Turner is a Dead Man: Volume 2Ben Turner is a dead man”..if you haven’t read them, then I would strongly urge you to do so). Each of the books depicts a “New Britain” that has literally closed its doors to the rest of the world, Scotland and Ireland included, where law enforcement penalties are decided by a gullible and susceptible British public via “the Network” ..(social media gone mad).
Books 1 & 2 see an uprising started by a small and very motley group of rebels led by the irascible Paul Carter. He is joined by the cute but deadly Katie and the downright mad bastard that is Ben Turner..and later in bock 2 we meet the terrifying, but oddly attractive Nat Sweeney.
By Book 3 Davie Craig is a Dead Man, the group have initially dispersed and Ben and Nat’s psychopathic tendencies rise to new and enthralling heights. In fact I would go as far to say that in this book their characters rise to the fore to such an extent that they are probably the main characters despite the books title (Davie Craig is also a psycho like, but he has nothing on those two).
Davie Criag is a dead man also reveals a new twist, showing how New Britain has become the laughing stock for the world, as the world looks on with malevolent enjoyment at the uprising , which in turn brings out the most sadistic acts of violence from our heroes and heroines yet.
There are new characters, such as Gareth, Roan and Jacob (Jacob reminding me of a character called Bracha in Mark Wilsons Deadinburgh trilogy) that speed the story along to its inevitable conclusion. I don’t want to ruin the plot so I will finish here and just add that I cannot recommend this book highly enough..violent, thought provoking, funny as fuck and even a little romantic.
It says it all that I was kinda heartbroken when the book finished and I realised I won’t get to read anymore about this wonderful bunch of mad bastards. I am genuinely gutted.
Please take my advice and read all 3 of these books immediately and once you have read them, go and seek out the rest of Bracha’s works. For me he remains the most exciting writer around and only seems to improve with each book.
An easy 5 stars
Anyone who follows my reviews will know that I am a big fan of Ryan Bracha. To try and sum up his writing style would be trite ..I just couldn’t do it justice. However I was talking to a very well read friend recently about Bracha and a few other authors who have grabbed my imagination and he advised that my description of Bracha’s writing style would sit comfortably as similar in style to Ernest Hemmingway (Having not read any of Ernie’s books to date, I can’t confirm). What I will say (again) is that he writes in a manner that grabs the reader’s attention right from the off. It’s all about dialogue and interaction. You won’t find any paragraph-long descriptions of the ripples in a puddle that a character has just walked through to show off the writers writing prowess. It’s all about the story and the characters. I find this is ideal for me, as a dyslexic reader who struggles to remember what he’s read. It’s no coincidence that I am able to plough through his books at a much quicker speed that most other writers.
It was the same with his latest offering, “Davie Craig is a dead man”. This is the third and final part of his dead man trilogy (check my reviews for “Paul Carter is a Dead ManPaul Carter is a dead man” and “Ben Turner is a Dead Man: Volume 2Ben Turner is a dead man”..if you haven’t read them, then I would strongly urge you to do so). Each of the books depicts a “New Britain” that has literally closed its doors to the rest of the world, Scotland and Ireland included, where law enforcement penalties are decided by a gullible and susceptible British public via “the Network” ..(social media gone mad).
Books 1 & 2 see an uprising started by a small and very motley group of rebels led by the irascible Paul Carter. He is joined by the cute but deadly Katie and the downright mad bastard that is Ben Turner..and later in bock 2 we meet the terrifying, but oddly attractive Nat Sweeney.
By Book 3 Davie Craig is a Dead Man, the group have initially dispersed and Ben and Nat’s psychopathic tendencies rise to new and enthralling heights. In fact I would go as far to say that in this book their characters rise to the fore to such an extent that they are probably the main characters despite the books title (Davie Craig is also a psycho like, but he has nothing on those two).
Davie Criag is a dead man also reveals a new twist, showing how New Britain has become the laughing stock for the world, as the world looks on with malevolent enjoyment at the uprising , which in turn brings out the most sadistic acts of violence from our heroes and heroines yet.
There are new characters, such as Gareth, Roan and Jacob (Jacob reminding me of a character called Bracha in Mark Wilsons Deadinburgh trilogy) that speed the story along to its inevitable conclusion. I don’t want to ruin the plot so I will finish here and just add that I cannot recommend this book highly enough..violent, thought provoking, funny as fuck and even a little romantic.
It says it all that I was kinda heartbroken when the book finished and I realised I won’t get to read anymore about this wonderful bunch of mad bastards. I am genuinely gutted.
Please take my advice and read all 3 of these books immediately and once you have read them, go and seek out the rest of Bracha’s works. For me he remains the most exciting writer around and only seems to improve with each book.
An easy 5 stars
February 8, 2016
Davie Craig is A Dead Man.
First off, if you haven’t read the first two novels in this series, Paul Carter is a Dead Man and Ben Turner is a Dead Man: Volume 2, then off you fuck, devour those beauts and bring your slavering eyes back for book three in the Dead Man series.
Davie Craig, picks up (more or less) where Ben Turner left off. I say ‘more or less’ because Bracha plays around with time, narrative style, tense, continuity and POV like a three year old plays with his wiener, so the chapter you’re reading, may be set before, concurrently or after the previous chapter.
Sounds confusing, and in a lesser writer’s hands it would be; Bracha flips between narrative styles with confidence, skill and ease, lending each of his characters a distinct and vibrant voice whilst immersing the reader in a flowing, pacey story. In all honesty very few writers, Indie or mainstream, would have the balls to attempt such a variety of writing techniques, and most would make a pig’s-ear of it.
Bracha’s skill is such that his characters take a proper life of their own. The spontaneity of the writing screams from the page, so much so that I imagine Bracha is as entertained at his characters’ choices, insecurities, bravery and basterdery, as his readers will be.
Ryan’s occasional breaking of the fourth wall, was my personal favourite. At times I felt that the characters were distinctly aware of their own fictional existence which brought a real sense of unease and danger during the novel.
Really, the entire series is cinematic in its scope, its execution and the immersive quality of the writing.
Davie Craig is a novel populated by creative and inspired characters and storylines, woven and smashed together by a writer who refuses to be constrained by genre or apathy. Most writers would have stuck with the vibrant cast and world created in the opening book of the series, Paul Carter; Bracha threw them to the wind, with merely a nod of recognition during the second book, Ben Turner, and pushed (for me) the least likeable character in Ben Turner, from Book 1, front and centre, in the process making Ben one of the two most unpredictable and entertaining character in the series alongside Nat Sweeney, who I’m massively attracted to and shite scared of.
That’s what Ryan does as a writer, gives you something you didn’t expect or necessarily want, but is somehow perfect for the world he’s created.
If you want a writer- and a series of books- that will excite, entertain, confound, and make your inner bastard grin from ear to ear, the Dead Man Series is the world for you.
First off, if you haven’t read the first two novels in this series, Paul Carter is a Dead Man and Ben Turner is a Dead Man: Volume 2, then off you fuck, devour those beauts and bring your slavering eyes back for book three in the Dead Man series.
Davie Craig, picks up (more or less) where Ben Turner left off. I say ‘more or less’ because Bracha plays around with time, narrative style, tense, continuity and POV like a three year old plays with his wiener, so the chapter you’re reading, may be set before, concurrently or after the previous chapter.
Sounds confusing, and in a lesser writer’s hands it would be; Bracha flips between narrative styles with confidence, skill and ease, lending each of his characters a distinct and vibrant voice whilst immersing the reader in a flowing, pacey story. In all honesty very few writers, Indie or mainstream, would have the balls to attempt such a variety of writing techniques, and most would make a pig’s-ear of it.
Bracha’s skill is such that his characters take a proper life of their own. The spontaneity of the writing screams from the page, so much so that I imagine Bracha is as entertained at his characters’ choices, insecurities, bravery and basterdery, as his readers will be.
Ryan’s occasional breaking of the fourth wall, was my personal favourite. At times I felt that the characters were distinctly aware of their own fictional existence which brought a real sense of unease and danger during the novel.
Really, the entire series is cinematic in its scope, its execution and the immersive quality of the writing.
Davie Craig is a novel populated by creative and inspired characters and storylines, woven and smashed together by a writer who refuses to be constrained by genre or apathy. Most writers would have stuck with the vibrant cast and world created in the opening book of the series, Paul Carter; Bracha threw them to the wind, with merely a nod of recognition during the second book, Ben Turner, and pushed (for me) the least likeable character in Ben Turner, from Book 1, front and centre, in the process making Ben one of the two most unpredictable and entertaining character in the series alongside Nat Sweeney, who I’m massively attracted to and shite scared of.
That’s what Ryan does as a writer, gives you something you didn’t expect or necessarily want, but is somehow perfect for the world he’s created.
If you want a writer- and a series of books- that will excite, entertain, confound, and make your inner bastard grin from ear to ear, the Dead Man Series is the world for you.
March 1, 2017
Davie Craig is a Dead Man finishes off The Dead Man Trilogy
Like the other two books it shares the same face paced action, rye and sometimes crude humour, all of which adds up to a good ending for a series.
Looking forward to reading more of Ryan's work.
Like the other two books it shares the same face paced action, rye and sometimes crude humour, all of which adds up to a good ending for a series.
Looking forward to reading more of Ryan's work.
May 14, 2018
"...you tell them that Ben Turner was the man that saved you. Ben Turner killed the despot who tried to turn you into a society of mindless drones, following his rules. Ben Turner rescued your souls. Ben Turner gave you life. And a message for you, Davie Craig. Ben Turner knows what you did. Ben Turner wants you to know that you're next."
Well.
What a finish to the trilogy. What a monumental close!
Davie Craig is a Dead Man, the third and final book in the Dead Man Trilogy by Ryan Bracha was everything I have come to expect and so much more.
Set in a shaken and vulnerable New Britain, the story takes us through the collapse of the world as everyone knows it. Triggered by the revelations Paul, Ben, Katie and their accomplices, borders are being challenged, homes are being abandoned and the collective realisation that the situation is even worse that anyone could have imagined is all too stark.
Davie Craig has had about enough and is taking no prisoners - well, not exactly no prisoners but...you get the picture.
From the fearless addition of new characters to the exciting development of the existing ones, I am delighted to report that my impatience has been thoroughly sated. Bracha has done it again!
Definitely recommended - if you haven't already, get yourselves over to Amazon and add this collection to your 2016 TBR list!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryan-Bracha/e...
Well.
What a finish to the trilogy. What a monumental close!
Davie Craig is a Dead Man, the third and final book in the Dead Man Trilogy by Ryan Bracha was everything I have come to expect and so much more.
Set in a shaken and vulnerable New Britain, the story takes us through the collapse of the world as everyone knows it. Triggered by the revelations Paul, Ben, Katie and their accomplices, borders are being challenged, homes are being abandoned and the collective realisation that the situation is even worse that anyone could have imagined is all too stark.
Davie Craig has had about enough and is taking no prisoners - well, not exactly no prisoners but...you get the picture.
From the fearless addition of new characters to the exciting development of the existing ones, I am delighted to report that my impatience has been thoroughly sated. Bracha has done it again!
Definitely recommended - if you haven't already, get yourselves over to Amazon and add this collection to your 2016 TBR list!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryan-Bracha/e...
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