He’s found a way to end their war, but will humanity survive to see it?
Idris Telemmier has uncovered a secret that changes everything – the Architects’ greatest weakness. A shadowy cartel scrambles to turn his discovery into a weapon against these alien destroyers of worlds. But between them and victory stands self-interest. The galaxy’s great powers would rather pursue their own agendas than stand together against this shared terror.
Human and inhuman interests wrestle to control Idris’ discovery, as the galaxy erupts into a mutually destructive and self-defeating war. The other great obstacle to striking against their alien threat is Idris himself. He knows that the Architects, despite their power, are merely tools of a higher intelligence.
Deep within unspace, where time moves differently, and reality isn’t quite what it seems, their masters are the true threat. Masters who are just becoming aware of humanity’s daring – and taking steps to exterminate this annoyance forever.
The Author:
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor, has trained in stage-fighting, and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son.
Ten years ago, in the pine-shaded town of Savage Ridge, Nick, Emmy, and Pete murder their high school classmate, Sammy Saint John.
His body is never found, and no arrests are made. The three friends make a pact to leave Savage Ridge and never return…
Now, each is drawn home, seemingly by chance or fate. But it’s neither: Private Investigator Sloane Yo has brought them back to finally answer for their crime.
The noose begins to tighten. But with each stone turned over in pursuit of justice, the long-buried secrets of Savage Ridge, and Sloane’s employers – the ruthless Saint John family – start to come to light.
What aren’t they telling Sloane? Is Sammy Saint John the only victim? And when the truth is finally revealed, whose side will she choose?
For fans of Chris Whitaker’s We Begin at the End, Savage Ridge is a shattering, propulsive why-dunnit crime thriller set deep in the pines of the American Pacific Northwest.
My Thoughts:
What a great book this was! My first read by this author and wont be my last. It kept me gripped from the first page to the last. It’s a whydunnit instead of a whodunnit . You know who’s died and who the killers are. You learn the why as you read along. But don’t think things are that simple; they’re plenty of twists and turns in this book. They’re lies and plenty of back-stabbing and the big reveal at the end will knock your socks off. An edge of your seat thriller that will keep the reader enthralled. Highly recommended.
The Author:
Morgan Greene grew up in Wales, and works a copywriter, editor, and author. Morgan studied Creative Writing and English Literature at Swansea University with a focus on narrative structure and theory, and published the first crime novel in the Jamie Johansson series in 2020. Since its release, the series has gone on to reach bestseller status, with Detective Jamie Johansson quickly becoming a reader favourite.
The series blends classic Scandi-noir elements with modern and cinematic thriller writing to create a unique style that adds to the emerging Brit-noir genre. Jamie has many novels ahead of her, but Morgan is also working on a variety of other projects across crime, thriller, and mystery and plans to publish plenty more in 2022 and beyond.
“Was that an indrawn breath, or a hiss of static? She heard someone dialling on another line…” Barbara Waugh’s daughter Angela was kidnapped aged four,and when a disfigured body turns up that appears to be the end of the matter. Dealing with grief, Barbara establishes herself as a literary agent. Years after the disappearance she receives a phone call from Angela. Convinced her daughter is alive, Barbara’s investigations take her deep into London, New York,and Scotland. Was a brainwashing cult responsible for Angela’s abduction? The more Barbara learns, the less she can trust, including those closest to her. Will she succumb to an evil so murderous it might not be of human origin
My Thoughts:
The thing with Ramsey Campbell is you never know what your going to get but you know it’s going to be good; and this book was no exception!
Ramsey is a master of suspense and has you looking over your shoulder.
This is a creepy and eerie book. Barbara Waugh’s young daughter is kidnapped and is later presumed dead. But when Barbara starts to receive phone calls from someone saying she was the missing girl. But is she? Then the questions begin to be asked? Is it really her? Who died in her place?
This brings Barbara and all who surround her into the orbit of a cult called The Nameless. And if her daughter is in their hands, what dark practises is she being subjected to?
This story is dark, bleak and dirty written in a way that only increases the menace that seeps from the pages. It is not a pleasant read but it is a brilliant one and will transport the reader into a place beyond their wildest dreams.
The Author:
Ramsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. T. E. D. Klein has written that “Campbell reigns supreme in the field today,” while S. T. Joshi has said that “future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood.”
Silver Moon was the dream of three women – a bookshop with the mission to promote the work of female writers and create a much-needed safe space for any woman. Founded in 1980s London against a backdrop of homophobia and misogyny, it was a testament to the power of community, growing into Europe’s biggest women’s bookshop and hosting a constellation of literary stars from Margaret Atwood and Maya Angelou to
Angela Carter. While contending with day-to-day struggles common to other booksellers, plus the additional burdens of misogyny and the occasional hate crime, Jane Cholmeley and her booksellers created a thriving business. But they also played a crucial and relatively unsung part in one the biggest social movements of our time.
A Bookshop of One’s Own is a fascinating slice of social history from a true feminist and lesbian icon.
Written with heart and humour, it reveals the struggle and joy that comes with starting an underdog business, while being a celebration of the power women have to change the narrative when they are the ones holding the pen.
My Thoughts:
I must admit I had never heard of the Silver Moon Bookshop. I decided to give this book a go for two reasons ; one being to add more non-fiction to my reading diet and to find out more about feminism. Well I’m a male after all.
Jane and her partner at the time Sue decided to open Silver Moon in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain. They were brave women, not only was their bookshop championing the cause of feminism through literature but they were also lesbians. So the odds were stacked against them but they decided to beat the system and go their own way.
Part memoir, part collective history, part archival work / documenting the evolving UK feminist movement from the late 80’s onwards / part tribute to everyone who took part in the Silver Moon Women’s Bookshop journey.
This is also a love song to the power of literature to change lives and empower women and change the male attitude.
This is a book I’m glad to have read, glad Jane wrote and took the steps forward for women in literature. I recommend to everyone; especially the male of the species.
The Author:
Jane Cholmeley is a key figure in the history of British feminism. Sandi Toksvig nominated Jane as a Gay Icon in the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition of that name in 2009 and Jacqueline Wilson named Jane her feminist icon in Stylist, 2018.
‘Silver Moon was the place where literature fed my life. Bookshops are always places of power; Silver Moon was a place of pilgrimage. I still dream of making my way there.’ – Sandi Toksvig
Kweku Ashworth is a child of the cataclysm, born on a sailboat to parents fleeing the devastation in search for a refuge in the Southern Ocean. Growing up in a world forever changed, his only connection to the events that set the world on its course to disaster were the stories his step-father, now long-dead, recorded in his manuscript, The Forcing. But there are huge gaps in the story that his mother, still alive but old and frail, steadfastly refuses to speak of, even thirty years later. When he discovers evidence that his mother has tried to cover up the truth, he knows that it is time to find out for himself. Determined to learn what really happened during his mother’s escape from the concentration camp to which she and Kweku’s father were banished, and their subsequent journey halfway around the world, Kweku and his young family set out on a perilous voyage across a devastated planet. What they find will challenge not only their faith in humanity, but their ability to stay alive.
My Thoughts:
One of the best books I ever read was Paul’s The Forcing. This was a dystopian thriller and I never thought it would be topped. But Paul has done it!
I was wondering how Paul could write a sequel but he has managed it. In fact Paul has pulled off quite the literary trick. He has written a prequel, that tells the reader the events leading up to his previous book The Forcing and the sequel of what happen’s after his previous book.
In the sequel we see the world falling into ruin and the ordinary people in the street are the casualties of climate change whilst the rich are doing what they always do. Line their own pockets and feather their nests. But are they going to be ok or are they sitting on a time bomb? That is the big question.
In the sequel the survivors are travelling the world to find a safe haven and just when they think they have found one ugliness raises its head and a big rethink is needed. Instead of all the survivors banding together for the common good the old hierarchies fall into place and people jockey for positions of authority.
This was a great read and I would recommend it to anyone who loves a book that will keep them on the edge of their seat!
Paul E. Hardisty and OrendaBooks you have done it again. Thankyou.
RandomThingsTours thanks for the invite.
The Author:
Canadian Paul E Hardisty has spent 25 years working all over the world as an engineer, hydrologist and environmental scientist. He has roughnecked on oil rigs in Texas, explored for gold in the Arctic, mapped geology in Eastern Turkey (where he was befriended by PKK rebels), and rehabilitated water wells in the wilds of Africa. He was in Ethiopia in 1991 as the Mengistu regime fell, and was bumped from one of the last flights out of Addis Ababa by bureaucrats and their families fleeing the rebels. In 1993 he survived a bomb blast in a café in Sana’a. Paul is a university professor and CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The first four novels in his Claymore Straker series, The Abrupt Physics of Dying, The Evolution of Fear, Reconciliation for the Dead and Absolution all received great critical acclaim and The Abrupt Physics of Dying was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Telegraph Thriller of the Year. The Forcing (2023) was a SciFi Now Book of the Month, with The Descent out in 2024. Paul is a sailor, a private pilot, keen outdoorsman, and lives in Western Australia.
Error of Judgment lit a fire under the political and legal establishment when it was first published, shattering the prosecution case against six Irishmen wrongly convicted of with the Birmingham bombings and going on to change the course of British legal history. It also resulted in significant reforms to the legal system and the quashing of many other wrongful convictions. Now 50 years on from the bombings and with a new preface and several new chapters covering the aftermath of the case, this new edition of Error of Judgement tells the complete story of one of Britian’s most significant miscarriages of justice. On the evening of 21st November 1974, bombs planted by the IRA in two crowded Birmingham pubs exploded, killing 21 people and injuring at least 170. Within a day of the explosion, six men – Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, Billy Power, Johnny Walker and Hughie Callaghan – were arrested and charged. All were found guilty. Methodically, with total clarity and a tone that is both gripping and impassioned, investigative journalist Mullin unpicked every detail of the case, revealing gaping holes in the prosecution case and an establishment determined to close ranks. Error of Judgement is a graphic illustration of what can go wrong when our police and criminal justice system is under pressure to get results and how difficult it is to persuade those responsible to own up once mistakes become obvious. Chris Mullin is an author, journalist, and politician. In the 1980s he led the campaign that resulted in the release of the Birmingham Six. Mullin was a Member of Parliament for Sunderland South from 1987 until 2010 and served as a minister in three departments and as Chairman of the Home Affairs select committee. He is the author of four novels, including A Very British Coup which was made into an award-winning television series; four volumes of diaries; a memoir; and Error of Judgement. Jake Lingwood said of the acquisition, “It is a huge honour to give new life to Chris Mullin’s incredible book that sent shockwaves through the British establishment when it was first published. Major miscarriages of justice are still happening in the UK (see the Postmasters, scandal, for example) so it’s important to show how with resolve, determination and a nose for the facts, the truth can be uncovered. It’s also a rollickingly good read – a superb piece of non-fiction.” Chris Mullin commented, “Even now, 50 years after the event, the ripples still spread outward. There are lessons here for everyone concerned with a criminal justice system. The book is as relevant today as it was when it was first published.”
My Thoughts:
I must offer my thanks to all concerned with this book and blog tour. The author Chris Mullin, Publishers Monoray and RandomThingsTours. This was a fascinating book to read and one I will reread.
A brilliant piece of reporting about one of the greatest travesty of British justice.
Not only were the bombings themselves a tragedy on a human level, with the amount of the dead and injured. Indeed this is still the biggest mass murder in British history.
What followed was a travesty of justice or lack of it. Six men who’s only crime was the fact they were Irish were arrested and subjected to what can only be described as torture; which in a civilised society should not exist. They were not only the victims of corrupt police procedure, also of faulty forensic science and a Justice system that only thought was the protection of the British Establishment.
Rightly the people of Birmingham were angry about the bombings but were also victims of the frenzy whipped up by the courts, police and the press. These six men spent the best part of seventeen years in prison for a crime they did not commit and were left with physical and mental scars that they will bear for the rest of their lives. But thanks to Chris Mullin and others they were liberated, but were they free.
This was a book I loved, if that is the right word and I will certainly reread and I’m sure I will get even more out of it.
Argentina. 1998. Human remains are found on a beach on the outskirts of Buenos Aires – a gruesome echo of when the tide brought home dozens of mutilated bodies thrown from planes during Argentina’s Dirty War. Flights of death, with passengers known as The Disappeared. International Tribune reporter Jonny Murphy is in Buenos Aires interviewing families of the missing, desperate to keep their memory alive, when the body turns up. His investigations with his companion, freelance photographer Paloma Glenn, have barely started when Argentina’s simmering financial crisis explodes around them. As the fabric of society starts to disintegrate and Argentine cities burn around them, Jonny and Paloma are suddenly thrust centre stage, fighting to secure both their jobs and their livelihoods. But Jonny is also fighting something else, an echo from his own past that he’ll never shake, and as it catches up with him and Paloma, he must make choices that will endanger everything he know
My Thoughts:
Before I talk about the book a word about the publishers, OrendaBooks. This imprint has a great stable of writers and Sarah Sultoon is one. Their authors consistently write novels of the highest standards and this book Death Flight is no exception.
A brilliant novel about The Disappeared in Argentina. Victims of the Dirty War. Contains trigger warnings for murder and human trafficking.
The author weaves fact and fiction together to tell a fantastic story, that has you asking yourself did or could these events happen? The short answer is yes.
Our two main characters Jonny and Paloma find themselves thrust together; afraid of everything they see and mistrusting everyone they meet, including each other. Both have a past that intrudes on their present and interferes with their investigations. They have to learn to trust each other as well as what they uncover. Sarah through her prose and story telling skills handles this superbly. A fictionalised account of Argentina’s dark and murky past. Recommended highly.
The Author:
ABOUT SARAH SULTOON Sarah Sultoon is a journalist and writer, whose work as an international news executive at CNN has taken her all over the world, from the seats of power in both Westminster and Washington to the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan. She has extensive experience in conflict zones, winning three Peabody awards for her work on the war in Syria, an Emmy for her contribution to the coverage of Europe’s migrant crisis in 2015, and a number of Royal Television Society gongs. When not reading or writing she can usually be found somewhere outside, either running, swimming or throwing a ball for her three children and dog … Her debut thriller The Source is currently in production with Lime Pictures, and was a Capital Crime Book Club pick and a number one bestseller on Kindle. The Shot (2022) and Dirt (2023) followed, with multiple award longlistings, including the CWA Daggers. Sarah currently works for Channel 4 News and lives in London
Character driven. Action-packed. Boiling over with tension and angst.
Blood Sapphire’s Revenge is military thriller inspired by the genre that brought us Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher. In a globe-spanning tale of adventure, this gripping story full of twists and turns, and secrets from the grave that may just trigger the end of the world, will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.
Dr. Bruce Farmer has created an arresting story that follows Haddy Abrams , a dauntless female warrior full of determination and boldness as she resolutely battles both personal demons and a heinous villain out to destroy the world. And yet, secretly, in her dreams, there is a man. A mysterious man she only met eyes with so many years ago – and who seems more a ghost than anything else, now.
After shooting a notorious Islamic extremist in the Hadhramaut Mountains of Yemen with a record-setting sniper shot, Israel Defense Force Staff Sergeant Abrams finds herself in the crosshairs of a diabolical Eastern European oligarch known only as “X”. Haddy narrowly survives a targeted assassination attempt, but this only fuels her determination. Still traumatized by the attempt on her life, Haddy sets off to settle the score, even as she is plagued by inner demons set on destroying her before she gets there.
Across the globe, the dreams of New York City police detective Wolf James are haunted by visions of a mysterious, dark-eyed woman he once encountered while summiting Mount Rainier in Washington state. Assigned to a covert training operation in the Ukraine and on the eve of his wedding day, Detective James suddenly finds himself face-to-face with the mysterious female warrior, who has captivated his dreams for months. He soon finds himself working with her – with no hesitation.
Painstakingly researched, Dr. Farmer has created a novel full of intrigue, mystery, and moments of nail-biting complexity. The plot revolves around the strong, determined characters of Haddy and Wolf, a man and a woman who resolve to fight to save the world from Armageddon – all the while hoping to find a moment, just a moment, for themselves
My Thoughts:
A debut novel by Bruce Farmer; and what a debut it was. The layout of this book was great. Crisp prose and dialogue, short chapters and fast paced storyline has a lot a thriller fans will enjoy. Told in several points of view, the main two being Haddy Abrams, Israeli special ops sniper and NYPD detective Wolf James. These two have a past that is not immediately apparent. But as the story progresses they are drawn into each others orbit. This story is told in a very cinematic way, with fast paced action encompassing several worldwide locations and the short chapters keep the reader engaged. If you are a thriller fan I recommend this book to you
The Author:
A far-ranging and adventurous life has taken author Dr. Bruce Farmer to multiple countries and through multiple careers.
Whether practicing emergency room medicine, teaching Science and Theology at a small liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, or developing a new approach to physical therapy that can relieve back pain and restore healthy function, Dr. Farmer’s diverse and far-ranging life inspires both his characters and his writing.
An avid outdoorsman, Dr. Farmer enjoys hiking, mountain climbing and skiing. He has summited numerous peaks throughout the Cascades Range in both Oregon and Washington. In developing his characters, Bruce draws inspiration from the outdoors and what they can reveal in one’s character and soul.
Bruce is a father and grandfather, with three children and five grandchildren. He lives just outside of Portland, Oregon
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