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DEUS EX DAY!

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The wait is over; it’s time to get augmented and return to the dark world of cyberpunk and conspiracy in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided….


The year is 2029, and mechanically augmented humans have now been deemed outcasts, living a live of segregation on the fringes of society. Adam Jensen is now an experienced covert operative, forced to work in a world that has grown to despise his kind. Armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations, he must find a path through a wilderness of secrets and learn who to trust, if he is to unravel the vast conspiracy that threatens to control the future of all humanity…

Back in 2008 I was recruited to work on Deus Ex: Human Revolution with the Eidos Montreal studio, starting a working relationship with the EM team that I am proud to still be a part of eight years on. DXHR was a hit that earned us great criticial acclaim, including several award nominations (among them a personal BAFTA nom for Best Story!); I got to follow that up with original fiction in the novel Deus Ex: Icarus Effect and the eBook novella Deus Ex: Fallen Angel, along with story work on the mobile title Deus Ex: The Fall.

But now the next iteration of stories in the Deus Ex world have arrived, and it has been my pleasure to contribute to the critical path storyline for Mankind Divided – available today on PC, Playstation 4 and XBox One platforms. Also officially available today is Deus Ex: Black Light, my original novel that spans the gap between DXHR and DXMD, and Deus Ex: Hard Line, an exclusive digital novella available with the DXMD Day One and Collector’s Edition releases.

 


For more information about the world of Deus Ex, check out the official site Here.

Deus Ex: Black Light is available from Titan Books Here.

The Enduring Appeal of Espionage Fiction

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My global(ish) blog tour continues today with another brief piece for Foyles, and this time it’s a collection of thoughts on the Enduring Appeal of Espionage Fiction – just what is that unique quality makes spy stories so compelling?

Check out the blog Here.

Meanwhile, my new thriller novel Nomad is available Here, with a limted time deal on the eBook edition for just 99p…

MECH: Age of Steel is ALIVE!

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Back in July last year I mentioned plans for MECH: Age of Steel, a giant-robot themed anthology in the pipeline (five by five) from the gang at Ragnarok Publications – with whom I previously worked on their 2013 short story collection Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters – and I’m now pleased to say that the Kickstater campaign for the book is underway!

I’ve always loved mecha – from the early days of stuff like the Megaro Zamac model kits and Micronauts toys, through to anime like Robotech, Mobile Suit Gundam, Metal Armor Dragonar, Patlabor, Martian Successor Nadesico, Neon Genesis Evangelion and right up to date with Pacific Rim – so it was a lot of fun for me to write “Toy Soldier“, my original military SF tale for this collection.

I also get to join an all-star strike team of authors for MECH: Age of Steel; edited by Tim Marqutiz and Nick Sharps, along with me M:AoS will feature stories by my Black Library colleagues Graham McNeill and C.L. Werner, as well as Kevin J. Anderson & David Boop, Jody Lynn Nye, Peter Clines, Jeremy Robinson, Martha Wells, Jeffrey J. Mariotte & Marsheila Rockwell, J.C. Koch, Mark Teppo, Ramez Naam & Jason M. Hough, Jeff Somers, Anton Strout, Bill Fawcett, Shawn Speakman, M.L. Brennan, James R. Tuck, Jennifer Brozek, Kane Gilmour, Mallory Reaves, Andrew Liptak and Steve Diamond.

The book has two great covers (see below) – the blue/sliver one is for the paperback/ebook/retail edition and the “cherry blossom” version is a Kickstarter exclusive.

MECH‘s Kickstarter runs through until Friday May 13th 2016, and we’re already past the 30% funded figure after the first 24 hours! If you’d like to sign on, check out the official KS page Here, where you’ll find full details of the pledge levels and perks available.

Something Borrowed (2016 Edition)

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We’re reaching the end of January, and that means it’s time for the gift that keeps on giving (to writers, editors, illustrators et al). The Public Lending Right.

For those unfamiliar with the PLR, here’s my annual public service announcement on the subject:
If you are a writer/editor/illustrator/etc, a resident of the UK or Ireland and you ever need a reason for donating your books to the library – on top of all the obvious ones like promoting reading and supporting this valuable and increasingly undermined public service – this is it. The PLR is a system where authors who’ve written books that are in public libraries get a little revenue each time somebody borrows their works. It’s a way to repay writers who won’t be earning a royalty from a sale in a bookstore. The hardworking folks at the PLR office pay a nominal fee based on how
borrowed you were – and in the interests of fairness, you can’t earn more than around £6000, so the big names don’t get to hog all the money.
In the current political climate, both the PLR and the libraries it springs from are under threat, so if you are a writer or a reader, please do your bit to help support both as best you can.

Here’s my Top Ten Library Loans of my novels for 2015 (with 2014’s position in brackets)
1  (-)  Deadline
2  (1)  Peacemaker
3  (6)  The Poisoned Chalice
4  (3)  Nemesis
5  (2)  Fear To Tread
6  (5)  Hammer & Anvil
7  (7)  Synthesis
8  (10) The Flight of the Eisenstein
9   (-)  Icarus Effect
10 (4)  Cast No Shadow

The big shake-up in my top ten this year was the arrival of my 24 novel Deadline straight into the top slot – number one with a bullet, which seems apt for a story about Jack Bauer! That kicked back my Doctor Who Western Peacemaker to second place for the first time in years, which was closely followed by my Star Trek: The Fall novel The Poisoned Chalice. Also new in the list this year is my Deus Ex novel Icarus Effect.

As always, my thanks to everyone who supported their local libraries and borrowed my books!