About
I was the first boy in Britain to meet a Dalek in the flesh (so to speak) when my Dad took me to the BBC workshops one dark January night in 1964. That early experience probably explains quite a lot. After a childhood spent daydreaming about aliens and vampires, I discovered Marvel Comics and happily gave up all connection with reality to immerse myself in the marvellous worlds of Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, John Romita, Jim Steranko and Neal Adams. Every Saturday I used to head doggedly from newsagent to newsagent, searching out the latest Iron Man or Spider-man comics, which I would buy for 10d each (that’s about 4p in your fancy modern digital money). Since those halcyon days I've written a lot of books. Really, a lot. If you put a copy of every one of my books in a suitcase then you’d need to get a friend to help you lift it. My favorites among my own books are Heart of Ice, a sci-fi interactive adventure story where the Côte d’Azur is a jungle and the Sahara is covered in snow, and my current project, Mirabilis, a comic book epic in the making. I'd say that my fantasy writing has been most influenced by Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance, Mike Mignola and Neil Gaiman, but I should stress that none of those gentlemen is personally to blame.
Description
<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>
Story Behind The Book
These fragments of correspondence addressed to the Royal Mythological Society have been recovered from the Society's archives and restored by Mr Leo Hartas and Mr David J Morris, in whom the copyright of this work resides.
For further adventures, escapades and entertainments relating to the year of wonders, may we direct your attention to the following location on Mr Babbage’s International Network: www.mirabilis-yearofwonders.com
Reviews
<p>"<span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;">A magnificently creative meld of stiff-upper-lip, MCC, Stalky-and-co Edwardianism and the undercurrent of legend." M. Terentius Varro (on Amazon)</span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;">"</span><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">A glorious selection of tongue in cheek fantastic stories." Matt Kelland (Amazon)</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">"I</span><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">nvaluable tips ranging from Atlantis wine, dealing with doppelgangers, lost dogs and Roman mosaics, and the dangers of buying cars at goblin markets." Smudge (Amazon)</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">"G</span><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">reat fun! I have it by my bedside." Jamie Thomson</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;">"Eruditely droll... top-hats off to its collators." Cousin Jack</span></div>
