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Get Plague while it's reduced!

21/3/2014

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Got a couple of things going on right now. My book Plague has its Kindle price reduced to 99p in the UK Amazon bookshop. There’s less than 24 hours to go, so get it cheap while you can!

The other thing I am doing is hosting a Goodreads book giveaway. If you sign up to Goodreads (very easy to do) then click on the link (click here!), you can add yourself to the list. Cross your fingers until April 8th, and you never know you might find you’ve won a signed paperback copy of Plague!

This is a book that has sold thousands of copies, the book is a No1 bestseller on UK Amazon, and I’ve had over a hundreds of reviews and fan mails.

I think what makes Plague stand out if the macroscopic nature of the book. I didn’t want to do a bigger picture apocalyptic book, I didn’t want to delve into the politics or the origins of the book. I took an ordinary family on an ordinary street and told their story. Pick up a copy, and I hope you enjoy it as much as others have. Do beware, it is horror, and is quite… descriptive in places.

If you're in the US I'm afraid it's not reduced, but you can find it here.




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The Ultimate Choice

10/2/2014

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My second book with publishers Simon & Schuster comes out today! To celebrate this event, I am exploring the origins of The Ultimate Choice.

I find that when I write books they are either a labour of love, sometimes taking years to reach completion, or they come out so fast I almost can’t type fast enough. The Ultimate Choice was one of those where the first draft was completed in just over two months.

The idea came about not as a eureka moment but over time. The news seems filled with stories about the ever increasing population of not just our country, but countries around the world. It seems there are few where population numbers are actually decreasing. This got me thinking. What if one of the worst case scenarios played out and the sheer numbers of people meant we could no longer feed everyone? How would the government cope? What extraordinary measures would they have to resort to? Would the situation eventually necessitate a human cull?

With all this in mind, I sketched out a frame for my novel and put pencil to paper. The original notes came out furiously fast, the theme was what I feared for the future.

The Ultimate Choice is set eighty years in a future where euthanasia, starvation and over-population have become a reality. Reproduction is by permission and strictly, often brutally, enforced. This book is a warning about the direction our species is taking. Eat less, have fewer children, this is the message of The Ultimate Choice. And remember, a desperate government will go to any lengths…

 

From the back of the book:

In this nail-biting thriller for fans of The Hunger Games and V for Vendetta, a spirited young mother must bring down a tyrannical government to save herself—and her illegally born son.

Worldwide overpopulation. Legalized suicide. A government dedicated to reducing citizen numbers. And a woman who is sentenced to death, but refuses to be culled.

Cassie O’Neil broke the law: she had sex before marriage. After learning she was pregnant, she hid from everyone and gave birth alone. Now she must give her life in exchange for the baby she illegally produced. But before she commits suicide on a game show watched by millions, she finds a will to live she didn’t realize she had, and goes on the run.

Cassie is forced to steal to survive, and she finds herself among a dissident group that is plotting to sabotage a laboratory containing a secret virus that is far more important than any of them realize. Captured by the police, they are taken to a secret government installation. Now the group’s only chance at survival is to accept the Prime Minister’s mission—a mission that forces Cassie to make the decision she’s been running from for so long.

Fast-paced and utterly enthralling, this follow-up to Lisa Hinsley’s dystopian debut The Plague will keep you turning the pages through the exploits of an unforgettably tenacious heroine.

You can buy The Ultimate Choice here.


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