The A-Men

John Trevillian

Hard-boiled science fiction action beginning as fast-paced future noir, yet with a heart of mythic fantasy

Jack is a man with no memory awakening in a dark and dangerous metropolis on the eve of its destruction. The only clue to his former life: a handwritten note in the pages of a book of faerie tales entitled Forevermore.

Marked for death in a peace-keeping force sent to quell the riots, he finds sanctuary and survival with other renegades on the streets of Dead City. Battling to survive they form the infamous A-Men, misfits who have a unifying dream: to be special. Yet that is until their paths cross with Dr Nathaniel Glass and his mysterious experiment locked deep beneath the Phoenix Tower.

Mixing dark future, noir and urban fantasy, join The Nowhereman, Sister Midnight, Pure, D’Alessandro and the 23rdxenturyboy as they fight for their lives on a non-stop ride into a nightmarish world of ultra-violence.

If the world’s going to end, pray it doesn’t end like this.

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action thriller, cyberpunk, dark future, dystopian, future, future noir, hard-boiled, high tech, intelligent sf, science fiction, sci-fi

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jbrogden wrote 747 days ago

I love this - just love it. It reads like Michael Marshall Smith and Chuck Palahniuk rolled up with William Gibson in a big pile of edgy, deft, prose. It's funny where it needs to be and dark everywhere else. Backing this without hesitation. I'd really like you to read The Narrows if you get time because it's just the kind of thing I'm aiming for myself.

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Burgio wrote 783 days ago

What an imaginative book. Sci-fi, noir and fantasy combined. On top of that, I liked both the characters and the settings. It's a good read. Burgio (Grain of Salt).

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pinkcoffee wrote 784 days ago

I wish you the very best of luck

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soutexmex wrote 784 days ago

Being Authonomy's #1 commentator. Spend some time on your pitches I cannot overemphasize how you need to master this basic sales technique to grab the casual reader. That's how you climb in ranking to gather more exposure and comments to better your novel. SHELVED!

I can use your comments on my book when you get the chance. Cheers!

JC
The Obergemau Key
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lisawb wrote 785 days ago

Only read two chapters as I ran out of time but this is different. The imagination and creativity has been worked overtime. The premise is unusual and so are some of the descriptions, some of these quite amusing.

Backed,

Lisa

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lizjrnm wrote 785 days ago

Not only does this read like it is professionally written, at times I forgot I was reading something not YET published! Superb pacing and well crafted! BACKED 100%

Liz
The Cheech Room

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Faine wrote 785 days ago

This, to put it bluntly, is very cool. Often you come across writing that is solid grammatically, but not stylistically. Other times the opposite holds true: all style, but sloppy execution. Here, however, you are strong at both.

Nicely done.

Kevin (Time of the Overmen)

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Owen Quinn wrote 785 days ago

Great start with strong imagery and narrative, Dialogue is good and structured well. very good.

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teremoto wrote 785 days ago

Witty and extremely articulate narrative - this is very entertaining. Oh, and congratulations on finding a medulla oblongata big enough!

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