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Mark Bowman

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By profession I am a telescope engineer. I travel to the most beautiful mountains on Earth, commissioning these sophisticated astronomical instruments and helping them collect starlight for the first time. I hold a Doctorate in Astrophysics and have been published in several technical journals, both in Astrophysics and Engineering.

Over the last five years I have written two science fiction novels and a significant collection of short stories, including speculative, children’s and science fiction. With each piece I write, the emotional buzz becomes stronger and the narrative process is a wonderfully fulfilling counterpoint to the analytical structure of my profession.

favourite books

Vurt - Jeff Noon
The Bridge - Iain Banks
Mindswap - Robert Sheckley
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Revelation Space - Alistair Reynolds
Air - Geoff Ryman
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen Donaldson

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Counting Peaches As They Fly

Mark Bowman

Some live life like a dream, others dream with all the fervour of life.


Mary is a greengrocer in a small English town and seems to have misplaced bits of her life. Michael is on an interminable flight from Kunming to Manchester. Theobald counts grains of sand for a living, in order to keep the world evolving. Their lives are worlds apart except when they dream.

 

Verity

Mark Bowman

"Space-time doesn't interact with Verity Space other than through the quantum realisation of collapsing possibilities. Still, there's leakage from the subconscious like last night’s dreams."


In Verity, democracy has been eclipsed. Corporations have carved up the human colonies amongst themselves and now reign supreme. MynCorp dominates Earth by exploiting her most valuable resource – the human subconscious. Wiring together the minds of the poor provides limitless computing power, serving MynCorp’s multi-global agendas.

Humans are adapting to new paradigms – the prized face resurrection and reprogramming, the disenfranchised are enslaved and free thinkers become anti-corporate fugitives. Heroes are created from the ambivalent by the paranoid and punitive nature of the corporation.

The balance of power is threatened when an ancient presence emerges from a universe touched by the computing network. Now alien races, rebel consciences, idealist spirits and enslaved souls must find a co-operative path and convince MynCorp to save human existence. Along the way attraction, rebellion, violence, love and greed bond and repel the main characters.

Verity is the first part of a trilogy. The second and third novels lead the characters through the heart of the battle for survival and present the evolution of mankind into a post-corporate culture.

 

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I wrote 541 days ago

Just finished the first chapter. Intriguing ending. I loved the prologue and the overall idea but I thought the first chapter could do with a little more pace. A lot of the detail could be filled in, as we go. Why not start at the masquerade? I made notes on a few petty things as I read the first ... view book

I wrote 558 days ago

Loved the preface and opening chapter. I would have liked to get a bit more of a feel for the world of James and Kisara before they were whisked away; couldn't quite decide how different (if at all) it was from our Earth. Maybe give a cultural reference via a media broadcast or something. Armed with... view book

I wrote 564 days ago

Dear Roger, I'm a bit lost for words and a bit too intimidated to offer criticism. I can definitely say that the quality of the writing is superb; I've just emerged from several captivating hours spent dipping in and out of the Herries family lives. I would imagine that one of the hardest aspec... view book

I wrote 566 days ago

Wow. What can I say? Right from the first line this is compelling. The language is fantastic and Little Krisna is a beautifully painted character. The language and scenes you set are completely authentic from my experience of cheap hotels in India. It's good to hear all the uniquely Indian expressio... view book

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