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Also by David Wake
NOVELS
I, Phone
The Derring–Do Club and the Empire of the Dead
The Derring–Do Club and the Year of the Chrononauts
Hashtag
The Derring–Do Club and the Invasion of the Grey
Crossing the Bridge
NOVELLAS
The Other Christmas Carol
ONE–ACT PLAYS
Hen and Fox
Down the Hole
Flowers
Stockholm
Groom
NON–FICTION
Punk Publishing (with Andy Conway)
Think Black Mirror with a Scandi–crime feel
Twenty years from now, everyone’s thoughts are shared on social media: the Thinkersphere. Privacy is dead and buried. Pre-mediated crime is history. So who killed the woman in Chedding car park?
Detective Oliver Braddon is plunged into an investigation to track down the impossible: a murderer who can kill without thinking.
Hashtag is a gritty, dystopian neo-noir that poses uncomfortable questions about our obsession with social media and presents a mind-bending picture of what life might be like when our very thoughts are no longer our own.
“Superb futuristic scenario – good story and touches of dark humour.”
★★★★★
“Oh my God what a fantastic concept!”
★★★★★
“…and suddenly you need to tell everyone else to go away and let you finish this book!”
★★★★★
Book One of the Thinkersphere series is available as an ebook and a paperback.
Do you fear technology? We have an App for that.
Your phone is your life. But what if it kept secrets from you? What if it accidentally framed you for murder? What if it was also the only thing that could save you?
In a world where phones are more intelligent than humans, but are still thrown away like yesterday’s fashions, one particular piece of plastic lies helpless as its owner, Alice Wooster, is about to be murdered…
In this darkly comic near–future tale, a very smart phone tells its own story as events build to a climactic battle. Can it save all the virtual and augmented worlds? Can is save the real one? Can it order Alice some proper clothes?
“Excellent novel – by turns strikingly original, laugh–out–loud funny and thought provoking.”
★★★★★
“Want to read it again soon…”
★★★★★
“A thoughtful, tense and funny look at a future that seems to be already upon us.”
★★★★★
This novel is available at Amazon.com and at Amazon.co.uk.
A ripping yarn of cliff–hangers, desperate chases, romance and deadly danger.
Earnestine, Georgina and Charlotte are trapped in the Eden College for Young Ladies suffering deportment, etiquette and Latin. So, when the British Empire is threatened by an army of zombies, the Deering–Dolittle sisters are eager to save the day. Unfortunately, they are under strict instructions not to have any adventures…
…but when did that ever stop them?
“Think ‘Indiana Jones pace’. It’s fast and dangerous and does not involve embroidery!”
★★★★★
“A brilliant, fast paced steampunk adventure, trains zombies and zeppelins, what more could you want?”
★★★★★
Putting their best foot forward,
without showing an ankle, since 1896
The first novel in the adventure series is available at Amazon.com and at Amazon.co.uk.
A ripping yarn of time–travel, rocket–packs, conspiracy and sword fighting!
The plucky Deering–Dolittle sisters, Earnestine, Georgina and Charlotte, are put to the test as mysterious Time Travellers appear in Victorian London to avert the destruction of the world…
…but just whose side should they be on?
“Loved it! […] Fast paced and exciting another great adventure for three Victorian Young Ladies.”
★★★★★
“…if I had been wearing a hat, I would have taken it off to David Wake.”
★★★★★
Putting their best foot forward,
without showing an ankle, since 1896
The second novel in the adventure series is available at Amazon.com and at Amazon.co.uk.
A ripping yarn of strange creatures, aerial dog–fights, espionage and pirates!
Strange lights hover over Dartmoor and alien beings abduct the unwary as the plucky Deering–Dolittle sisters, Earnestine, Georgina and Charlotte, race to discover the truth before the conquest begins…
…but betrayal is never far away.
“Well–written, fast–paced, and dangerously addictive – but with some extra thinking in there, too, should you choose to read it that way.”
★★★★★
“As with previous adventures I really enjoyed the imaginative scene setting, building intrigue into unexpected twists and a spectacular ending.”
★★★★★
Putting their best foot forward,
without showing an ankle, since 1896
The third novel in the adventure series is available at Amazon.com and at Amazon.co.uk.
A tonic for the Xmas Spirit
Being Santa’s daughter would be a dream come true for any child, but for Carol Christmas the fairy tale is about to end. Evil forces threaten the festive season, and only Carol can save the day…
A grim fairy tale told as a children’s book, but perhaps not just for children at all.
“This starts out as a delightfully childlike modern take on the Christmas myth – the kind of Pixar–esque story that can play to the kids and give the adults a knowing wink or two, but it gets dark. Very dark.”
★★★★★
This novella is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and an audiobook CD or download.
A bloke–lit tale of political intrigue and beer
Guy Wilson lives in the past.
Every year, he and his friends re–enact rebellion.
Every year, they celebrate the Jacobite’s retreat.
Every year, they have a few drinks and go home…
…except this year, they go too far.
An unstoppable boozing session meets an unbreakable wall of riot police in this satirical thriller. Guy struggles against corrupt politicians, murderous security forces and his own girlfriend in a desperate bid to stop a modern uprising.
And it’s all his fault.
Will anyone survive to last orders?
“Witty, warm and well–written, “Crossing The Bridge” was so enjoyable that I didn’t want to finish it.”
★★★★★
“My sort of book. Couldn’t put it down. Comedy, tension and an uncanny resemblance to the moral fibre of some of our elected representatives.”
★★★★★
This novel is available at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
First published in Great Britain by
Watledge Books
Copyright © 2019 David Wake
All rights reserved
The moral right of David Wake to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
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Table of Contents
About the book
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY, MORNING
WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON
THURSDAY, MORNING
THURSDAY, NOON
THURSDAY, AFTERNOON
FRIDAY, NOON
FRIDAY, AFTERNOON
FRIDAY, EVENING
SATURDAY, MORNING
SATURDAY, AFTERNOON
SUNDAY, DAWN
SUNDAY, MORNING
MONDAY
EPILOGUE
About the author
Also by David Wake