John Eyers

Survivors: Genesis of a Hero (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Peter Grant has shot his mother.

He is sixteen years old.

Now he must survive after the Great Death which has killed all but a tiny percentage of the population.

This dystopian thriller follows Peter, as he pursues a violent path between feuding gangs of warlords, and primitive communities, to his ultimate redemption.

This is a gripping story of life or death battles in an elemental world; of political idealism and power struggles in a devastated world-a world in which the keynote is survival.

This is amongst the first of the apocalyptic novels and based on the famous British TV series of the 1970s and even more relevant today.

The scene is Britain, over five years after the Great Death. Throughout the country small groups of survivors are banding together, forming communities, painfully re-learning long-forgotten but essential skills and crafts.

The largest of these groups is the authoritarian National Unity Force, whose self-styled President, Arthur Wormley, now lives like a king in Windsor Castle with his scheming and ambitious 'queen', Sarah Boyer.

But there are other groups organized on different lines-groups like the 'Rat-Pack', who live in the London Underground; the primitive capitalist community in the north whose leader is known simply as 'The Trader'; and the 'Red Dragons', who mount guerrilla-type operations to prevent the NUF from spreading its power into Wales,

The novel centres on Peter Grant after the shooting of his mother, Abby. It deals with his successful career in President Wormley's army, the political intrigues which abound at 'Court', his ultimate disillusionment with the system and defection to the Red Dragons who claim to be creating a different type of society.

Although based on characters in the TV series this is a stand-alone novel and can be read as such without prior knowledge of the series.

John Eyers is the pen name used by Peter Hill when he was commissioned to write two books as spin-offs from famous TV series, the other is 'Special Branch: In at the Kill'.

Under his own name Peter has published 'The Staunton and Wyndsor Series' and 'The Commander Allan Dice Books', of police murder mysteries and thrillers. These were originally published by major publishing houses worldwide, in hard and paperback editions.

After a successful career as a scriptwriter, editor, and producer in TV drama both in the UK and New Zealand where he now lives, Peter has returned to novel writing, and in a similar genre to 'Survivors: Genesis of a Hero' has published the 'Evolution's Path' series.

The three books in this trilogy are 'Killing Tomorrow', 'The Ladies 'Game', and 'Procreation' which deal with a disturbingly realistic alternative vision of the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Hill
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781536534979
• Artikelnr.: 49901595

Autorenporträt

John Eyers is the name Peter Hill used when commissioned by the television companies to write spin-off novels based on their TV series.

Most of his other work has been written under the name Peter Hill.

Peter's background is steeped in crime. He was a detective in the Metropolitan Police, London, serving in some of the toughest parts of that city for thirteen years. He also worked at New Scotland Yard in the Company Fraud Department and later the internationally recognised C1 department known as 'The Murder Squad'. In the course of his investigations he travelled widely in Britain, Europe and South America. He left the force at the age of thirty-two, with the rank of Detective Inspector, to become a professional writer.

He worked extensively as writer, script editor and producer on many famous drama series both in the UK and New Zealand, where he now lives. He also wrote six novels, which were all published worldwide by major publishing houses.

They are The Staunton and Wyndsor Series and The Commander Allan Dice Books.

These books are British police detective thrillers set in various locations in the UK and available as eBooks.

They are all stand-alone stories, but with the same major protagonists.

Under the pen name of John Eyers he was commissioned to write 'Survivors: Genesis of a Hero', the sequel to Terry Nation's novel, based on the famous dystopian 'Survivors' TV series. Also as John Eyers, he wrote 'Special Branch - In at the Kill', a spin-off from the 'Special Branch' TV series. These are now available as eBooks. Peter has recently returned to novel writing but in a new genre and 'Evolution's Path' is a series of related near and far-future crime stories, of which 'Killing Tomorrow' now available as an eBook, is the first. The second in the series is 'The Ladies' Game', and the third is 'Procreation'. These three books are also available as paperbacks.

Visit Peter's website to learn more about him and his books.