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Fast Forward
Imagine having your life ripped away... And somebody you trust offers offers a way out that looks too good to be true... Would you take the risk? After recovering from near-fatal injuries sustained on a mission, Luke Porterfield is offered a second opportunity to fight terrorism by a private venture. He is drugged and stored in bleeding-edge technology before agreeing to the deal, and wakes to an uncertain fate. In the vastly changed and advanced city of London, Luke is tasked to defeat a deadly and elusive terrorist group. When his mission unearths a five-decade-long conspiracy, the explosive consequences force him into a fight for his life, and the lives of every citizen... Fast Forward is a fast-paced technothriller, packed with action, unexpected twists, and technologies destined to be part of our future.
337 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 9, 2016
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About the author
Darren Wearmouth
38 books131 followersAKA D.A. Wearmouth
Darren Wearmouth spent six years in the army before pursuing a career in corporate technology. After fifteen years working for large telecommunications firm and a start-up, he decided to follow his passion for writing.
His first novel was the best-selling FIRST ACTIVATION that he later sold to Amazon’s publishing imprint, 47North in a two-book deal. Darren is represented by Paul Lucas of Janklow & Nesbit.
Darren’s a member of the International Thriller Writers organisation and currently lives in Manchester, England.
Darren Wearmouth spent six years in the army before pursuing a career in corporate technology. After fifteen years working for large telecommunications firm and a start-up, he decided to follow his passion for writing.
His first novel was the best-selling FIRST ACTIVATION that he later sold to Amazon’s publishing imprint, 47North in a two-book deal. Darren is represented by Paul Lucas of Janklow & Nesbit.
Darren’s a member of the International Thriller Writers organisation and currently lives in Manchester, England.
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August 6, 2020
This book is as much spy thriller as it is a sci fi book, which should appeal to fans of both Genres. When Luke Porterfield, a British intelligence agent undercover in Egypt, is badly injured and cover blown in a terrorist attack on the British Embassy, he thinks his career is over. His mentor offers him another chance to make a difference. Go into experimetal cold sleep and sleep until the technnology exists to heal his injuries, and use his experience to help stop the bad guys of the future. While discussing it at lunch, he passes out and is awoken 50 years laters, body fixed, into a much different England. An England of wall enclosed cities, where almost all arable land has been turned into farmland on the outside of the cities. A country increasingly tuned into their technology and Virtual reality, which isnt as benign as it seems. An England that is basically run by 5 corporations, led by the Timetronic corporation, and its egomanical leader. Luke is brought in to Help discover the terrorists that are blowing up corporate facilites. Along the way, he discovers all is not as it seems, that there is a grand conspiracy that he may be powerless to stop, or could be the key to stop, depending on if he can keep his freedom and his life. The story runs at breakneck pace to Luke's final confrontation with destiny, and his testing of skills 50 years out of date to try and stop a disaster for England.
The plotting is fast paced and well executed. The characters are 3 dimensional, and you grow really attached to Luke and Maria, his corporate Liason. It has the taut pacing and action I have come to expect from this author, and is as good as anything written by Brad Thor or Clive Cussler. This vision of future England and the tech that got Luke there are based on tech that is actually in the early stages of development, and is exceptionally well researched and integrated into the book. Very well executed indeed.
As far as narration, what can i say, I am a huge fan of James Langton, and this book is another reason why. He has great emotional rage, and his grasp of different accents and tones is superb. He is also great at pacing the narrative, keeping the reader interested throughout. All in all another 5 Star effort for these talented artists.
The plotting is fast paced and well executed. The characters are 3 dimensional, and you grow really attached to Luke and Maria, his corporate Liason. It has the taut pacing and action I have come to expect from this author, and is as good as anything written by Brad Thor or Clive Cussler. This vision of future England and the tech that got Luke there are based on tech that is actually in the early stages of development, and is exceptionally well researched and integrated into the book. Very well executed indeed.
As far as narration, what can i say, I am a huge fan of James Langton, and this book is another reason why. He has great emotional rage, and his grasp of different accents and tones is superb. He is also great at pacing the narrative, keeping the reader interested throughout. All in all another 5 Star effort for these talented artists.
August 30, 2024
Interesting Concept...
Mediocre book, poorly proofed. Text often omits definite and indefinite articles, to the point of complete annoyance. Other important function words, such as prepositions, are also routinely dropped.
Mediocre book, poorly proofed. Text often omits definite and indefinite articles, to the point of complete annoyance. Other important function words, such as prepositions, are also routinely dropped.
November 21, 2016
Written by man or machine?
Given the mass appreciation to editors, proofreaders and even an agent in the final page of this e-book, I couldn't help but wonder if all those names mentioned were as phony as the idea that someone, an actual person, actually wrote this book! It began as flat as a pancake, with one-dimensional characters that never fleshed out to be very real and the tech? Old hat given new and not very imaginative names. Overall? Borrrr-ring!!
After the first chapter of dry, textbook style writing. I kept reading, then skimmed and finally just went to the end. What a strange little book. No depth to any of the characters, and such a slow measured read seriously made me question authorship -man or machine written??
Given the mass appreciation to editors, proofreaders and even an agent in the final page of this e-book, I couldn't help but wonder if all those names mentioned were as phony as the idea that someone, an actual person, actually wrote this book! It began as flat as a pancake, with one-dimensional characters that never fleshed out to be very real and the tech? Old hat given new and not very imaginative names. Overall? Borrrr-ring!!
After the first chapter of dry, textbook style writing. I kept reading, then skimmed and finally just went to the end. What a strange little book. No depth to any of the characters, and such a slow measured read seriously made me question authorship -man or machine written??
October 18, 2017
Technology gone wild
This novel shows some of the insidious things which can happen with the takeover through the use of technology. It is neither good nor bad but in the hands of evil people technology can be terrible.
This novel shows some of the insidious things which can happen with the takeover through the use of technology. It is neither good nor bad but in the hands of evil people technology can be terrible.
January 22, 2018
A really interesting sci-fi about an ex-cop who gets sent to 2070. He is not happy with how society is ran, and seeks to cause its downfall. A quick and fun read.
January 24, 2019
Abandoned 2/3 thru.
I didn't find it exciting at all and ultimately didn't care about the characters.
I didn't find it exciting at all and ultimately didn't care about the characters.
February 20, 2017
Enjoyed reading it. It's got a great theme and very original plot, with charismatic characters. It's full of action ,fast from the beginning till the end. Not your usual space read, that's what makes it so special!
January 9, 2017
Actually this is not kind of typical book that I usually read. But somehow I decide to read it. Wonder why
The tittle and the cover doesn't indicate that this is science fiction and thriller book. More like non fiction book. I don't know why the author choose this cover. Anyway, the story is about Luke who get major injury that threatened his career as special operatives. One day he meet Doctor Lynch who invent special device that can slow his biology time until miracle solution can be found. After several decades, Luke wake up with cyber kinetic equipment in his body that enable him to operate in the field again. But it come with high cost. I like the idea of someone wake up far in the future and the world setting is quite good even though it's typical
Despite given information that Doctor Lynch save Luke, we know that something is wrong. I mean the author doesn't even bother try to camouflage it. The story is quite predictable. The good guys still the good guys. The bad guys still the bad guys. There's no character development. It was action thriller anyway. Fortunately, the authors keep the characters simple. Besides Luke, there's no memorable characters. Even Luke love interest feels two dimensional. The good thing is reader can just focus into the story. Overall, the pace is quite slow and the ending lack epilogue that if there, can make the story much better. Overall, I recommend this story if you have nothing else to read and want to read certain and safe predictable good action thriller.
Rating : 3.51 of 5
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The tittle and the cover doesn't indicate that this is science fiction and thriller book. More like non fiction book. I don't know why the author choose this cover. Anyway, the story is about Luke who get major injury that threatened his career as special operatives. One day he meet Doctor Lynch who invent special device that can slow his biology time until miracle solution can be found. After several decades, Luke wake up with cyber kinetic equipment in his body that enable him to operate in the field again. But it come with high cost. I like the idea of someone wake up far in the future and the world setting is quite good even though it's typical
Despite given information that Doctor Lynch save Luke, we know that something is wrong. I mean the author doesn't even bother try to camouflage it. The story is quite predictable. The good guys still the good guys. The bad guys still the bad guys. There's no character development. It was action thriller anyway. Fortunately, the authors keep the characters simple. Besides Luke, there's no memorable characters. Even Luke love interest feels two dimensional. The good thing is reader can just focus into the story. Overall, the pace is quite slow and the ending lack epilogue that if there, can make the story much better. Overall, I recommend this story if you have nothing else to read and want to read certain and safe predictable good action thriller.
Rating : 3.51 of 5
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January 31, 2017
This book was great, fast paced and action throughout until the last chapter. The last chapter was a "tell what happened to the characters" chapter. The book has lots of twists and turns with people who begin as friends and end up as enemies and vice versa. You cannot tell from the start who is on whose side. Its not an out in space novel but one that takes place in England. The technology used by the characters is holographs and suspended animation/stasis. You must believe that those two technologies are possible to believe the book. But gret book in my opinion; enjoyed it a lot.
October 22, 2016
FAST FORWARD is one of the best sci-fi books I've read this year. Imagine waking up after decades of sleep. You find you're a super soldier in a new era of technology that was only dreamed about before your "transformation". And the enemy is still the same...
Wearmouth weaves his novel with layers of plots that keep the story moving along in twists that continue to surprise the reader. This is one sci-fi book you need to read. You'll be glad you discovered it.
Wearmouth weaves his novel with layers of plots that keep the story moving along in twists that continue to surprise the reader. This is one sci-fi book you need to read. You'll be glad you discovered it.
February 6, 2017
This would have made an amazing series of books, developing the distopian world created far more before the conclusion. There was great imagination here and it's a good read regardless of length. The author does need to reconsider language however and continually referring to one character as 'the mad doctor' is out dated and actually quite limited. So many better terms for that character! Just felt rushed.
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November 4, 2016
Great storyline
I found the story fascinating and it held my interest until the editing errors interrupted my thoughts. Would have given it five stars otherwise. Looks as if some one used spell check and did not read it for themselves, as the errors were words , they just did not fit the sentence.
I found the story fascinating and it held my interest until the editing errors interrupted my thoughts. Would have given it five stars otherwise. Looks as if some one used spell check and did not read it for themselves, as the errors were words , they just did not fit the sentence.
November 23, 2016
Second chances are not always as we plan. Heroes are hard to kill.
The future some how ends up having to deal with the past. What you do after someone wakes you up after 50 years is up to you. Enjoy the adventure and see how our hero handles the future.
The future some how ends up having to deal with the past. What you do after someone wakes you up after 50 years is up to you. Enjoy the adventure and see how our hero handles the future.
November 17, 2016
Enjoyable sci-fi romp through the future. Comfortable light read with a few twists and surprises.
December 7, 2016
Good tale
Good story line. Great character development. I enjoyed this book and would like to see a sequel. Needs a little editing, but still a 5 star story.
Good story line. Great character development. I enjoyed this book and would like to see a sequel. Needs a little editing, but still a 5 star story.
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