by Simon Kewin
The Genehunter
Some secrets are best left buried...
Simms is a genehunter, paid to track down the DNA of the famous and infamous of history for his clients' private collections. What they do with the DNA isn't his problem - even if they are using it to create illegal clones.
He walks a line, pulled in many different directions at once. The law, competing genehunters, ex-lovers, religious nuts and anti-genehunter crazies. But when he starts to work the Boneyard case he discovers that, sometimes, you have to decide which side of the line you're on.
And when he uncovers the truth of his own origins he begins to question everything he is and does...
A future noir cyberpunk novel set on an Earth slowly going to hell. The Genehunter follows the adventures of Simms, genetic detective and all-round nice guy. Originally published as a series of five linked novellas: The Wrong Tom Jacks, The Zombies of Death, The Clone Who Didn't Know, A Soldier of Megiddo and Boneyard.
With added bonus material: The World of Simms (characters and organisations of the Genehunter universe) and 22nd Century Genie (the original Simms short story).
‘as thought-provoking as it is entertaining.’ - SciFiGuy
Engn
Published by December House
Finn's childhood in the valley is idyllic, but across the plains lies a threat. Engn is an ever-growing steam-powered fortress, that needs a never-ending supply of workers. Generation after generation have been taken away, escorted into its depths by the mysterious and terrifying Ironclads, never to return.
The Masters of Engn first take Finn's sister, then his best friend, Connor. He thinks he, at least, is safe - until the day the ironclads come to haul him away.
Yet all is not lost, Finn has a plan. In the peace of the valley he and Connor made a pact. A promise to join the mythical Wreckers and end Engn's tyranny.
But now on his own, lost and thwarted in the vastness of Engn, Finn begins to have doubts. Is Connor really working to destroy Engn?
Or has he become part of the machine?
Praise for Engn
‘In reading this I was reminded or Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy - a vivid world, characters by turns strange, ordinary, and mysterious. The world of Engn is captivating. Engn is about how the hopes of adults are given as promises to the younger as a prayer to the future, and how the trust of the young is broken by the reality of their inability to keep the promises’
‘I was completely enthralled by this book. Simon Kewin's writing is vivid. The premise of the book reminded me slightly of The Hunger Games and the Ironclads were describes similarly to the ringwraiths from Lord of the Rings.’
‘Engn is an exciting and richly textured novel’
‘With elements of Hunger Games and Ender’s Game, Engn stands on its own and shrugs off genre classifications’
‘Engn is a mashup between two of the hottest trends in young adult fiction right now: dystopian worlds and steampunk.’
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Eccentric Orbits
collected science fiction short stories, 1999-2011
An astronaut alone in the void of deep space. An alien starship capable of destroying all creation. A DNA Detective in search of the genetic code of The Beatles. A terrorist explosion trapped inside a bubble of space/time. A new life-form found in the quantum echoes of the void.
Eccentric Orbits contains seventeen SF stories originally published between 1999 and 2011 and now collected together for the first time. Stories range from the very, very short up to novella length.
The Armageddon Machine
‘a beautiful story of trust and hope in dark times.’ -Tangent
Live From The Continuing Explosion
‘Simon Kewin's affecting, chilling post-9/11 science fiction Live From The Continuing Explosion offers depth enough for drowning.’ - TRS2
Good Vibrations
‘a wonderfully, almost surreal choice nibble which explores the pursuit of music through the universe and takes the music hunter to realms not thought possible ... very cool’ - Prism
Full Contents
Terahertz * wolF emiT * The Armageddon Machine * rho-m10 * 22nd Century Genie * A Loop * Good Vibrations * Ten Million Years * Holy Mountains * Not Better Than One * Remembrance Day * Second War of the Worlds * The Thirteenth Labour * An Explosive Relationship * The Long Walk * Time Dilation * Live From The Continuing Explosion
About the Author
Simon Kewin was born on the misty Isle of Man, but now lives in England with his wife and daughters. He writes SF, fantasy, mainstream and some stories that can't make their minds up.
He can be hunted down at simonkewin.co.uk, on Facebook or via Twitter.
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