FantasyFrom the author of The Court Of The Air, this is a hugely entertaining, Victorian style adventure, filled with perilous quests, dastardly deeds and deadly intrigue. Will appeal to fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, as it features a gutsy Indiana Jones style heroine.

Kingdom Beyond the Waves

Are aliens visiting Earth, right now, even as you're reading this? For a long-time, best-selling science fiction author Stephen Hunt believed - as you might do - that UFOs and the chance extraterrestrials are presently calling on Earth was a load of... (let's keep this family-friendly), complete old nonsense! What was it that changed his mind? Interestingly, not his encounter with an alien probe in 2001. He wrote that off as a council pollution-monitoring drone - even though the first commercial drone wasn't used until 2006. No, it was the New York Times's article revealing that the Pentagon had been running, and denying the existence of, a top-secret alien-hunting program so covert it had to change the word 'UFO' to 'UAP' just to escape the stigma created by the CIA around the term. This feature came with confirmed videos of the latest U. S. navy fighter jets being made to look like paper planes by anti-gravity effect vehicles. Craft racing at mind-boggling speeds that would turn human pilots into meat-paste. Since then, Stephen has been exploring deep down this rabbit hole.  Now, in his very first non-fiction book, he brings you the results of his strange voyage of exploration, seeking the answers to such eye-opening questions as... Has the U. S. government (a) lost its mind, or (b) are they really trying to back-engineer crashed alien craft wreckage? What is the connection between UFOs/UAPs and high strangeness (portals, ghosts, Bigfoot)? Given there are between 100 and 400 billion star systems in our Milky Way Galaxy, where the heck is everyone else? Is humanity truly that unique? The only machine-using species? What does the U. S. government know that we don't? Are UFO witnesses and whistle-blowers influenced by popular science fiction entertainment, or are our media companies dropping approved UFO/alien bread-crumbs? Is this new wave of official U. S.-sanctioned UFO openness a prelude to something shocking coming our planet's way? Revelations so improbable, they'll change humanity forever?  Stephen Hunt examines this fascinating and astonishing universe through the eyes of a science fiction author, drawing the parallels between our sci-fictions, and what just might be a bizarre classified reality of actual alien-derived sci-facts.

Strange Incursions: A Guide for the UFO and UAP-curious.

The future is beautiful ... just not for everyone! Ash must escape from his broken war-torn country, fleeing towards mythical Europe, or face murder at the hands of a brutish local warlord. The one slight problem is, few ever survive the horrifying packs of ravenous hunting machines roaming across the depopulated border zone! But his perilous odyssey might be worth it. For in this future Europe, nobody goes hungry or poor. Crime has been as good as abolished, and everyone can pursue their dreams, whatever their passions may be. But when you have the perfect utopia, just how far do the clock's hands need to sweep to strike dystopia? Masterfully imagined and written, this haunting vision of our future questions what it means to be human, and firmly crowns Stephen Hunt at the vanguard of the science fiction genre.

The Pashtun Boy's Paradise

It is the far future. The artificial intelligences created by humanity are now gods, and mankind mere ants who scrabble in their shadows across a million worlds. The Lords of the Great Houses on the ever-night Moon of Hexator are suspected of the murder of one of their own. And merchant William Roxley, once a magistrate-priest, is unwillingly coopted to uncover the truth behind the killings.  With only the help of his naive young assistant and a brutish robot bodyguard, the man they call 'Sweet William' digs into the Moon's eerie existence. A collapsing society where many strange, terrible things are happening under night's unsettling cover.  Hexator is a place where nothing is what it seems, perhaps not even William Roxley himself! -------------------------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR  Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other science fiction authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Ray Bradbury. -------------------------------- REVIEWS  Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:  'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.'- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.' - TOM HOLT  'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' - DAILY MAIL  'Compulsive reading for all ages.' - GUARDIAN  'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.' - THE TIMES  'Studded with invention.' -THE INDEPENDENT  'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement. a wonderful escapist yarn!' - INTERZONE  'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks. affecting and original.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.' -RT BOOK REVIEWS  'A curious part-future blend.' - KIRKUS REVIEWS  'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.' - TIME OUT  'A ripping yarn . the story pounds along. constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked. the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.' - SFX MAGAZINE  'Put on your seatbelts for a frenetic cat and mouse encounter... an exciting tale.' - SF REVU

Empty Between the Stars - The Songs of Old Sol, #1

When Captain Lana Fiveworlds seizes on a lucrative contract to fly a rough-and-ready bunch of grave robbers between the worlds of long-extinct civilisations, she's expecting a nice easy ride for her misfit crew on board the starship Gravity Rose. After all, those unlucky perished alien species died of climate change, atomic wars, comet strikes, plagues, and mass solar flare ejections thousands, if not millions of years ago. So, what can go wrong? Plunder a few failed planets for priceless abandoned antiques and lost technologies and make out like an interstellar bandit! Sadly, the karma of the universe has other ideas - and easy, it surely ain't. When their troubles slowly mount, Lana, Calder, Zeno, and the other crew members battle for far more than their lives. The ultimate cost could be more than the captain - or her dear friends and family - can bear. ---------------ABOUT THE BOOK  'Voyage of the Void-Lost' is the 6th book in Sliding Void series. It's a completely stand-alone adventure, not directly linked to the first five books. --------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other science fiction authors, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and Ray Bradbury. ---------------REVIEWS  Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:  'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.'- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.' - TOM HOLT 'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' - DAILY MAIL 'Compulsive reading for all ages.' - GUARDIAN 'Studded with invention.' -THE INDEPENDENT  'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement. a wonderful escapist yarn!' - INTERZONE 'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks. affecting and original.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.' -RT BOOK REVIEWS 'A curious part-future blend.' - KIRKUS REVIEWS 'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.' - THE TIMES 'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.' - TIME OUT 'A ripping yarn . the story pounds along. constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked. the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.' - SFX MAGAZINE 'Put on your seatbelts for a frenetic cat and mouse encounter... an exciting tale.' - SF REVU  ---------------FORMAT Full novel - a stand-alone adventure. Book 1 - Sliding Void Book 2 - Transference Station Book 3 - Red Sun BleedingBook 4 - Anomalous ThrustBook 5 - Hell FleetBook 6 - Voyage of the Void-Lost

Voyage of the Void-Lost - Sliding Void, #6

Carter has been kidnapped. Enslaved. But he's determined to fight to the end.
Jacob is a pacifist. His family destroyed. He's about to choose the path of violence to reclaim his son.
Their world has changed for ever. Between them, they're going to avenge it.
Jacob Carnehan has settled down. He's living a comfortable, quiet life, obeying the law and minding his own business while raising his son Carter ... on those occasions when he isn't having to bail him out of one scrape or another. His days of adventure are - thankfully - long behind him.
Carter Carnehan is going out of his mind with boredom. He's bored by his humdrum life, frustrated that his father won't live a little, and longs for the bright lights and excitement of anywhere-but-here. He's longing for an opportunity to escape, and test himself against whatever the world has to offer.
Carter is going to get his opportunity. He's caught up in a village fight, kidnapped by slavers and, before he knows it, is swept to another land. A lowly slave, surrounded by technology he doesn't understand, his wish has come true: it's him vs. the world. He can try to escape, he can try to lead his fellow slaves, or he can accept the inevitable and try to make the most of the short, brutal existence remaining to him.
... unless Jacob gets to him first and, no matter the odds, he intends to. No one kidnaps his son and gets away with it - and if it come to it, he'll force Kings to help him on his way, he'll fight, steal, blackmail and betray his friends in the name of bringing Carter home.
Wars will be started. Empires will fall. And the Carnehan family will be reunited, one way or another ...

In Dark Service

Captain Lana Fiveworlds has three ghastly problems: Her beloved crewman Calder Durk's gone missing. She now has a daughter to bring up on the rickety free-trader ship, Gravity Rose. Said daughter's from a parallel dimension (and that's only the start of her strangeness). Meanwhile, Commander Adella Vega of the Alliance navy - aka Hell-Fleet - also has three dire headaches: She's stuck at the dog-end of the galaxy on punishment duty with the Fleet's losers, thieves and pedantic pen-pushers. Large portions of her sector just went dark. Something big, bad, and particularly nasty is now heading her way. Both their troubles are about to collide and multiply in the most horrific manner since the Vela Supernova Remnant detonated. Sometimes, the future's so bright you better bring lead-lined shades. And a rail-cannon or three. Because Earth's best space opera series just met the page-turning universe of military science fiction! --------------- ABOUT THE BOOK 'Hell Fleet' is the 5th book in Sliding Void series. It's a completely stand-alone adventure, not directly linked to the first four books. --------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephen Hunt is the creator of the much-loved 'Far-called' fantasy series (Gollancz/Hachette), as well as the 'Jackelian' series, published across the world via HarperCollins alongside their other fantasy authors, George R. R. Martin, J. R. R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and C. S. Lewis.  --------------- REVIEWS  Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:  'Mr. Hunt takes off at racing speed.'- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.' - TOM HOLT  'All manner of bizarre and fantastical extravagance.' - DAILY MAIL  'Compulsive reading for all ages.' - GUARDIAN  'Studded with invention.' -THE INDEPENDENT   'To say this book is action packed is almost an understatement. a wonderful escapist yarn!' - INTERZONE  'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks. affecting and original.' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  'A rip-roaring Indiana Jones-style adventure.' -RT BOOK REVIEWS  'A curious part-future blend.' - KIRKUS REVIEWS  'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.' - THE TIMES  'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.' - TIME OUT  'A ripping yarn . the story pounds along. constant inventiveness keeps the reader hooked. the finale is a cracking succession of cliffhangers and surprise comebacks. Great fun.' - SFX MAGAZINE

Hell Fleet - Sliding Void, #5

Part 2 of The Agatha Witchley Mysteries: THE PLATO CLUB As an ex-spy rumoured to have gone insane after being held captive by the KGB and tortured for a decade, Agatha Witchley has seen her share of strange cases over the years. But none compares to the faked autoerotic asphyxiation of billionaire Simon Werks, and the sudden trail of death tracking after the American industrialist's family. Now that Agatha and her friends from the security services are being targeted hard to stop the investigation, she's taking it personally. Unfortunately for the British agents in peril, so are the ghosts Agatha Witchley's convinced are helping her - Churchill, Elvis and Groucho Marx. The woman who can solve the murder might be lethal, she might half-insane and drawing a pension, but it's amazing how you can forgive that in a genius when it's a genius's help you need. The assassins on Agatha Witchley's trail have really made her mad now. What they don't know is how totally deranged she was to begin with! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> THE SERIES SO FAR... SEASON ONEEpisode #1 - In the Company of Ghosts. Episode #2 - The Plato Club. Episode #3 - The Moon Man's TaleTHE SEASON ONE OMNIBUS (#1 & #2 & #3)Secrets of the Moon - in print and ebook.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> REVIEWSPraise for Stephen Hunt's novels: 'Compulsive reading for all ages.'- GUARDIAN 'Studded with invention.'-THE INDEPENDENT 'Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks. affecting and original.'- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.'- THE TIMES 'Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.'- TOM HOLT 'Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.'- TIME OUT 'A swaggering, eye-filling, brain-swizzling extravaganza!'  - KIRKUS REVIEWS  'Readers will be entertained and captivated.'- BOOKLIST >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FORMATNovella - part 3 of a continuing, linked series.

The Plato Club - The Agatha Witchley Mysteries, #2

Adventure / thriller/FantasyAn adventure set in a Victorian-style world, that will appeal to fans of Susanna Clarke and Philip Pullman. With potential crossover for readers of historical fiction, and young adults, this is a science fiction fantasy about two orphans.

Kingdom Beyond the Waves

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