'A slight Mistake in the Code'
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'No Longer Yesterday''
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Welcome to the home page for my book A Slight Mistake in the Code. It is a series of books set on a Dyson Sphere, if you don't know what that is then there is an excellent article on wikipedia Dyson Sphere, this is not to be confused with a Dyson Ball, and I get that joke into the book.
So what's it about? Here's the blurb:
Meet Janol. His life is uneventful until he helps rescue the enigmatic and beautiful Onnil. Bored with his normal life, he decides to travel with Onnil, crossing three continents to reach The Spoke, which connects the ground to the sky. There, Onnil can build a device to allow Janol to defeat the army waiting to invade Janol's country.
On their journey other questions are answered, such as… How does magic work? What is a rainbow? Why are there no wasps? Why are the years named after ancient coffee brands? Who or what was Zippy? Why does Onnil keep going on about Evil Empires? And does Onnil have an orange soul?
And there is a good reason for souls being orange.
'A Slight Mistake' was written as a stand-alone story but then there were unresolved problems. So I wrote a bit more but it felt tagged onto the end, so I took it back out and it became 'No Longer Yesterday', and then I wrote 'Remain in Light' * to complete the story with a satisfactory ending.
The thing about Dyson Spheres is that they are very large and the first two books all take part in one section of the Sphere, though in the third book, you visit two other areas, one was a prison and the there was an analogue of Earth. But what had happened in the rest of the Sphere? what societies had developed there? and was there a main entrance?
These questions deserved answers and there are follow up stories answering them. I don't have plans to publish them at the moment, but if the books take-off I will.
The books are available to buy at McVoices. Or if you want there are direct links to amazon at the bottom of the page.
If you want to read some more of my short stories they are available on McStoryTellers, there are lots of other great Scottish stories (either by people who are Scottish, living in Scotland or about Scotland)
*: not to be confused with the rather excellent Talking Heads album of the same name - and if you don't know it. Listen to it, it is very good. If my books are ever made into films, then I fully intend to have some Talking Heads songs in the soundtracks.
I have another story under development, you can find its home page here, http://fifthcontact.weebly.com - with the first sections up.
So what's it about? Here's the blurb:
Meet Janol. His life is uneventful until he helps rescue the enigmatic and beautiful Onnil. Bored with his normal life, he decides to travel with Onnil, crossing three continents to reach The Spoke, which connects the ground to the sky. There, Onnil can build a device to allow Janol to defeat the army waiting to invade Janol's country.
On their journey other questions are answered, such as… How does magic work? What is a rainbow? Why are there no wasps? Why are the years named after ancient coffee brands? Who or what was Zippy? Why does Onnil keep going on about Evil Empires? And does Onnil have an orange soul?
And there is a good reason for souls being orange.
'A Slight Mistake' was written as a stand-alone story but then there were unresolved problems. So I wrote a bit more but it felt tagged onto the end, so I took it back out and it became 'No Longer Yesterday', and then I wrote 'Remain in Light' * to complete the story with a satisfactory ending.
The thing about Dyson Spheres is that they are very large and the first two books all take part in one section of the Sphere, though in the third book, you visit two other areas, one was a prison and the there was an analogue of Earth. But what had happened in the rest of the Sphere? what societies had developed there? and was there a main entrance?
These questions deserved answers and there are follow up stories answering them. I don't have plans to publish them at the moment, but if the books take-off I will.
The books are available to buy at McVoices. Or if you want there are direct links to amazon at the bottom of the page.
If you want to read some more of my short stories they are available on McStoryTellers, there are lots of other great Scottish stories (either by people who are Scottish, living in Scotland or about Scotland)
*: not to be confused with the rather excellent Talking Heads album of the same name - and if you don't know it. Listen to it, it is very good. If my books are ever made into films, then I fully intend to have some Talking Heads songs in the soundtracks.
I have another story under development, you can find its home page here, http://fifthcontact.weebly.com - with the first sections up.
Direct links to 'A Slight Mistake in the Code' on Amazon - just click below and the link will open in a new window
Kindle UK
Paperback UK
Kindle .com
Paperback .com
And Direct Links to 'No Longer Yesterday' on Amazon - though you should read the first book first.
Kindle UK
Paperback UK
And if you want to complete the trilogy, then the third one is on Amazon as well.
Kindle UK
Paperback UK
Kindle .com
Paperback .com
And Direct Links to 'No Longer Yesterday' on Amazon - though you should read the first book first.
Kindle UK
Paperback UK
And if you want to complete the trilogy, then the third one is on Amazon as well.
One other thing, if you are interested in some official merchandising, you can buy some. Visit http://www.zazzle.co.uk/mistake_in_the_code for mugs, tea-towels, playing cards and coasters. I plan to get some other designs soon.
Links to all the Other pages on the Site
If you are wanting to read all the stories available then, there are buttons below for each one. By the way, I'm not telling them to open in a new window, but they are.
Background Information
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A Slight Mistake in the Code
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No Longer Yesterday
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Remain in Light
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The Other Realms
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Lost and Found
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