Peter Maloy
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Peter's first book written since moving to Scotland. Prometheus Found is an exciting new story. Set in a future post-technology village society, Prometheus Found is a retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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Prometheus Found
The time of cities has passed, swept away during the Long War. In the absence of a central government, people live in loose associations of villages, connected by the travelling Trader families, and bound by the Lore.This is a retelling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - A Modern Prometheus. It is not a Horror story, but it does include dark themes.
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Splinter Town
Set in a distorted 1920's Britain, this steam-driven science-fiction adventure features a strong cast of characters.Splinterton maintains a tenuous independence from the three nations around it, despite a growing movement within England to plunder its mineral and technical wealth.Assassin-thief Martlet's mission to the island town sets off a sequence of events that will topple governments.A rich story with intrigue, deception, gangster nuns and terrors of the deep.
Splinter Town Fall
"Crowds gathered on the northern and eastern promenades, straining against the glare of the cloudless early-morning sky for their first glimpse of the airship."The wild pod of Syrenis beneath the town is dwindling. Gentleman explorer Basil Foagues and his airship offer a chance to revitalise the population, but the Syrenis hold a dark secret that threatens the voyage.Martlet is working with Splinterton's diplomatic team. Her violent past and unconventional methods send her on a wild adventure to the ends of the British Peninsular.And then there is the secret hidden beneath the Iron Age fort...
Splinter Town Winter
Winter grips Western Europe. Splinterton is an oasis of volcanic warmth in a frozen sea.Martlet is trapped far beyond help. An unlikely alliance is forged to reach out to her, hoping to bring her backThe enigmatic Tudor Jones, always cheerful, pathologically unreliable, haunts the Undertown. Whether he will be a force for good or ill is a question balanced on a knife-edge.Its people scattered, Splinterton sees the return of the sinister Clive Barbican, his long-nurtured plans threatening a devastating conclusion.
Who are you, and how did you get this way?
It's good to live as many lives as you possibly can in the time allotted to you here on Earth. I may have overdone it a bit.Taking the long way around, I've met and worked with so many different people from every walk of life. It was certainly a dumb idea to drop out of university, but I stumbled into International moving, where I met London gangsters, aristocrats and Ambassadors, the Queen's horse trainer and many, many more.I spent a lot of time in technology, working on fun projects like prototypes for GameBoy Advance, early GPS systems, and Hard Disk Drives. I ended up teaching University professors how to program ARM devices, how's that for full circle?Now I'm folding all those years of crazy experiences into my books. I hope you enjoy reading the resulting tales!Peter Maloy
recommended authors
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STELLA JORETTE
I found Stella Jorette's Harmony Lost on the late lamented Twitter site. Intrigued by the story premise, a surreal time travel piece, I bought the book and was hooked.By pure chance, the first book of the series opens in the 1970s in the very time and area where I grew up in England. I was struck by the authentic feel of the work.The story weaves between the fortunes of a frankly decadent and out of control musician, and mysterious agents from the future. Standing between the two trying to keep the musician's career and the fate of the world on track is Pam, a time traveller inhabiting the body of the musician's girlfriend.I love all these books, but Harvest of Shadows is by far my favourite. Stella deftly guides a team of hugely incompatible characters following a deceptive and dangerous mission without missing a beat. Futuristic and retrograde, with just a dash of the supernatural. A truly great read.Check out Stella's books, reviews of other authors' work and short fiction at www.stellajorette.com