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Wayne Marinovich is an author and photographer who grew up on a farm in South Africa and spent most of his young life outdoors, learning and developing his passion for the natural world. When he was not fishing, bird watching, riding his bike or climbing trees, he was running around on top of the barn roof, fighting imaginary villains.

After a successful career as an IT consultant which saw him travel to all the places he loves writing about, he settled in the leafy county of West Sussex, England where he now resides with his wife and fellow photographer, Anneli.

His passion lies with conservation and environmental issues which affect both humans and the natural world alike, and he is most happy photographing and writing about the planet's b ...more

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	Celt (The Journey of Kyle Gibbs #1) 3.83 avg rating — 300 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
	Phoenix (The Journey of Kyle Gibbs #2) 4.19 avg rating — 96 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
	Floodlanders 3.53 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Kharon (The Journey of Kyle Gibbs #3) 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Igazi (Hudson Drake #1) 4.29 avg rating — 17 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
	Anhur (The Journey of Kyle Gibbs #4) 4.43 avg rating — 7 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
	Gibbs: The Early Years 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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	The Journey of Kyle Gibbs: Books 1, 2 & 3 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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

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The Kyle Gibbs series is not a series about preaching the reasons or theories of climate change / global warming. All the books are set against the backdrop of a major climate change event which caused a three-metre sea-level rise. While this is a distinct probability, it is not your typical Climate Fiction (Clifi) but rather a dystopian or post-apocalyptic thriller.

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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
― Harry Crosby, Transit of Venus

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“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

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“The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.”
― Henry Murger

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“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”
― Salman Rushdie

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Mar 17, 2017 05:08AM

Thank you for the friendvite :)

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Jan 16, 2017 09:30AM

Hi Wayne thanks for the friend request now accepted

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Jan 24, 2014 08:42AM

Hello Beth, I am also new to it. I am still finishing up my author profile and always think that the more information you add, the more personal it becomes. I am reading Michelle Campbell-Scott's "Goodreads for authors" which is proving a good help.

Beth wrote: "Thanks for being my friend. I'm fairly new at GR so any tips would be most appreciated. Thanks. Beth Lyon Barnett"

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Jan 24, 2014 08:21AM

Thanks for being my friend. I'm fairly new at GR so any tips would be most appreciated. Thanks. Beth Lyon Barnett

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