Showing posts with label Steven Savile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steven Savile. Show all posts

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Kindle for your PC

Sean Sweeney:
ModelAgentModel Agent: A Thriller = currently FREE
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The human body consists of two-thirds water.
As concertgoers on a steamy day in Boston find out, water can kill as much as it gives life.
A terrorist attack at City Hall Plaza has the authorities perplexed. The government, in response, sends in a capable but young agent – an agent born from the ashes of terrorism itself – to handle it.
But as her partner dies and the terrorist strikes again, Jaclyn Johnson – code named Snapshot – finds herself in a situation she has trained a decade to face: She’s up against a man with enough money to finance a war against his competition. With a deadline in place to stop him – and with a car holding enough hidden tricks to evade capture – Snapshot infiltrates his hidden installation and finds out her target’s true end game, a secret that could have the world fighting over water.

RougeAgentRogue Agent: A Thriller = £8.05 £1.98
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When the 2012 Summer Olympics opened in London, security was at a fever pitch. They said it was going to be the safest Olympic Games yet.
They were wrong.
Heightened security did not stop a terrorist attack on the final group stage match of the Olympic soccer tournament between the United States and the host Great Britain, played at the fabled Wembley Stadium, the home of British football. And when an agent of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, it sent both the United States and the United Kingdom into a heightened state of alert.
There is only one problem for the terrorist: Outbound Eurostar service to Paris and flights out of Heathrow have been shut down – but flights into London continue to come in.
At the request of the President of the United States, the CIA calls upon the one agent – Jaclyn Johnson, a.k.a. Snapshot – he can trust to seek out the killers of many American citizens and bring them to justice.
But what occurs in London during Snapshot’s mission leads to political maneuvering – and Jaclyn going against everything she knows.

DoubleAgentDouble Agent: A Thriller = £8.05 £1.96
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With an attack against the Las Vegas Monorail, CIA Director Alexandra Dupuis calls in the agent she counts on in dangerous situations – even though that agent feels betrayed by the very government she serves, the very country she protects – in order to protect American interests.
In Jaclyn Johnson’s latest adventure, Dupuis sends the secret agent into the path of a radical Christian terrorist, one whose designs for Sin City would spell disaster for not only the entire southwest, but for the country as a whole, too.
Further:  The Jaclyn Johnson, code name Snapshot series continues with Federal Agent

Steven Savile:
SilverSilver (Ogmios Team Novels) = currently FREE
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"There is a plague coming....For forty days and forty nights fear shall savage the streets. Those steeped in sin shall burn. The dying begins now"
With this chilling message a wave of terror unlike anything the world has ever seen sweeps the streets of Europe. Thirteen martyrs burn themselves alive in thirteen major cities simultaneously.
And this is just the beginning.
A religious cult calling itself the Disciples of Judas has risen in the Middle East. They twist the words of ancient prophecies to drive home the fear. Everything you believe in will be proved wrong. Everything you hold true will fail.
Day by day the West wakes to increasingly harrowing acts of terror. As fear cripples the capitals of Europe, the only question is where will be the next to fall? London? Rome? Berlin?
In a race against time - believing the terrorists intend to assassinate the Pope - Sir Charles Wyndham's unique Special Ops team, codename Ogmios, track a labyrinthine course through truth, shades of truth and outright lies that takes them from the backstreets of London to the shadow of Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin and all the way into the heart of the Holy See itself.
Further:  The Ogmios Team also come in the prequel colours of Solomon's Seal with Steve Lockley, and WARGOD by Sean Ellis.

LastAngelThe Last Angel = £1.53
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Gabriel Rush is a broken man.
Once a dedicated cop and family man, he is now little more than one of the walking dead. Busted out of the ranks of New York’s finest, he’s been reduced to P. I. work - of the sleazy variety - until he takes a photograph of a sad-faced woman in a cafĂ© which, when he develops it, reveals on odd pattern on her cheek. The mark is the signature mutilation of the Trinity Killer, a brutal murderer who has New York living in fear.
As the mystery deepens, he discovers that the killer's fate is bound inextricably to his own past and future.

LondomMacabreLondon Macabre = £17.49 £3.17
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A man walks confidently through the night time streets. He is Nathaniel Seth, is one of the Brethren, a shadow society of occult dabblers and black magickers who hide away in the darkest parts of the city, in corners where they could not be seen by polite society. Little did Seth know that his own life was only hours from ending, his flesh to be taken as host for a daemonic entity clawed all the way out of hell’s pit in the centre of the hollow earth because Seth himself breached the Catamine Stair. Now things are afoot. Strange things. The lions of Traflagar have fulfilled their prophecy, climbing down from the plinths around Lord Nelson’s column to defend the city. The daemon is out, stalking tender prey through the gaslit streets, meat markets, fish stalls and slaughter houses of Whitechapel. He has a taste for women, though not ordinary women. These women are different. Special. They may look like whores but they have the blood of angels flowing in their veins. If he can kill enough of them, bathing in their innocent blood, then the daemonic Seth believes he can open the ancient Ald Gate–one of the seven great gates of London–the last gate to Eden, and go home, even if it means tearing London herself apart.


Disclaimer: Although I consider these authors friends, I am not affiliated in their work, don't make money from sales of their books, but recommend these titles as I truly believe they are damn fine reads <<< honest, guv!

P.S. Yes, I have noticed that they have the same initials…

Sunday, 26 August 2012

eSavile

I got a wee bit of a shock yesterday when, following a link posted by Steven Savile on Facebook, I noticed the list of Kindle editions for his books had grown somewhat. Needless to say, being a true fan of his scribbles (scroll down through a few of my previous posts for proof), I set about obtaining a handful of these titles, and here's the evidence of my lapsed stalker duties:


Yup, that's twelve titles in total, with a couple more just out of view... :D


Steven has details on his website Ebooks & Audio, and Amazon has a grand supply of these and many more on Steven's page.

I've a lot of reading to do, it would seem. And with a trip to Oktoberfest coming up soon, I'm glad I'm not a great drinker, so hope to remain sober enough to enjoy a few pages.

Keep 'em coming Steven... :)




Thursday, 24 June 2010

Steven Savile - The Last Angel eBook

The Last Angel eBook
by Steven Savile

"Gabriel Rush takes a photograph of a beautiful sad-faced hooker in a down town bar and is stunned by what he sees when the picture is developed. At first he thinks it is a flaw in the photograph, but then he recognizes it for what it is, the mark of the Trinity Killer. It is the same mark that scars the faces of mutilated corpses that are turning up all over New York City.

Racing to warn the woman, Gabriel instead finds himself haunted by visions and fighting against time to save his future, the woman he loves, his friends, and - when the killer's identity is finally revealed - his own sanity.
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Available (for just 99 cents until Aug 1st) from: Crossroad Press, Smashwords and Amazon


In October 1969, a literary genius was born - oh yes! And at the age of 19 he strung a bunch of words together, little knowing that some time later he was to become something rather special.

Happily for said genius, a.k.a. Steven Savile, I'm no competition to his amazing scribbles, as this blog clearly shows (in fact, the words that currently come to mind are "... any more use than a fart in a wet hole (sorry Steven, just had to nick that line)). So I do the honourable thing of stalking - *cough* - following his career with total devot... genuine admiration: knowing that all he expects in return is a cup of coffee and a slice of fruit cake (of the non-nutty human variety!) once in a while.

But back to that 19 year old Steven: I've just stepped out from his world of Gabriel Rush and Lieutenant Dan Mannelli, policing Manhattan's dark side - the Trinity Killer at work, with no obvious motivation other than to kill and make a mark on the world. We're not talking 'Cagney and Lacey' with blood smeared brush strokes of ‘Q: The Winged Serpent’ splattered about, but you're getting the idea... getting, that is, not 'got'. There's much more, oh so much more. "The magic that shouldn't, couldn't, be real." The images conjured up by Steven are far more intense and disturbing. But you really do have to give it a try for yourself: not that you need further encouragement, as my suggestion should be good enough in its own right, yeah? - pop across to Jeremy Duns Blogspot The Debrief and see what he and Steven have to say on the matter if you don’t believe me...

Remember, this novel saw the birth of a genius, a genius I say!

Happy reading. Mwahahahaha.... ;)

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Thursday, 15 October 2009

Crisps with Steven Savile

Well, okay.... a slight porkie: there were no crisps, but there was coffee, diet coke, and a fruit scone!

Monique and her friend Greeny (so named as she has green hair) joined us at Costa Piccadilly, sat within sight of the East Window of St. James' (which I bored everyone about having ancestors married there in 1793). We managed a good couple of hours with just Steven having bought a single drink... some girly beverage with lots of frothy milk... ;) - but to make up for it, he managed to lower the tone with talk about cack, poo and plop (sweets, of which we all agreed we'd never eat, and have probably spelt wrong).

There was also much talk about books, and a wee bit about BEING 40... ;) And the most fabulously placed shameless plug of ALL time. Yes, I wrapped up one of my work's promotional pens for Steven's birthday pressie. Sheer genius, if I do say so myself. He liked the birthday card though... and yes, it was football related and taking the wee-wee out of Arse..., so all's well that ends well (now, who was it who said that?), and Steven was happy.

The poor thing was starving though, having only had a hugely expensive slap-up meal at The Langham (or some place like that). Enter the fruit scone - exit the fruit scone. Monique and I downed hot chocolates: yum!

Seems I just missed out on my arc for Silver, so will have to save my opinion of that for another time. I can, however, pop in the cover for Steven's new StarGate novel:


Further details here

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Sunday, 20 September 2009

Coke* with Steven Savile

Yep, another meet-up with Mr. Savile, and this time I think the two of us drank enough diet coke to, well, raise the diet coke shares a few percentage... at least. Oh, and yes, ‘me and me fella’ got lost again whilst trying to find the hotel. Train to Richmond, check; District Line to Gloucester Street, check; Circle Line to Bayswater, check; bothered to work out the route from the station to the hotel before leaving, so we knew which way to go... erm... well. God bless street maps you can download onto a mobile phone... ;)

Steven was sat in the bar when we arrived, Mac laptop open, looking intelligent and cool in his jeans and open shirt, dressed ‘full circle’ as he says, like he had done in the 80’s, an empty glass to one side (to prove how long it had taken us to finally locate the hotel in Queensborough Terrace - 3 minutes from the station - but hey, we took the scenic route!!!).

First round in.. diet coke for me and Steven, an Irish cider for me fella, with the football results playing on the big screen telly - bit of a theme in hotels methinks, or is that just the way it looks (shame we hadn’t met during the Ashes). Steven was pleased to say he’d been moved from his tiny basement room to a big boy's one UPstairs, and then sat enthusiastically telling us all his latest news and gossip. Of course I had to tease him about meeting Sandra Bullock a couple of weeks ago - but then, if she will make a film ‘All About Steve’, who am I to argue?

Then onto news about ‘Silver’ - boy! is Steven excited about this book, and it’s hardly surprising. I can still remember him talking vaguely about it in the past, and even then he was excited: and who can blame the guy... it’s going to be one of those tales that will have you questioning so much about everything you have previously taken as, well... Maybe I should let you find out for yourself. And you won’t have any excuse not to read it when it’s released, as you’ll have the pick of fourteen different languages, such as French, Spanish and Polish.... or maybe you’ll try it in more than one!


Another round of coke & cider, and out came a couple of books I’d brought for Steven to sign, (with much giggling and sarcastic commenting): ‘Slaine: The Exile’ was very kindly signed by Ukko, that little darling who’s the REAL hero; and ‘Vampire Wars: The Von Carstein Trilogy’... which we then sat flicking through, as Steven explained the ‘over 700’ puns and references he had made throughout... highlighting some of the chapter titles, playing on songs that meant something to him which, for some reason, led into a hummed rendition of the 'Peter Gunn' theme - such is life.

And then it was time to eat: I let the guys choose the venue...

We may not have had a pool, and I certainly ‘ain’t no Sandra Bullock’, but Hollywood doesn’t have the "Whiteleys Centre" where we enjoyed MORE diet coke and a good fill of Mexican/Tex Mex specialities at Oscars. Delicious!!! And more talk about ‘Silver’.

This is not going to be a quick read, nor is it going to be an easy read, but our book shops are full of ‘best sellers’ that you can plough through in a couple of hours, which then end up at the local charity shop, having made NO impact, what-so-ever, on your life. ‘Silver’ is going to change you, challenge you... and have you thinking about deeper things than “will the hero get the girl/heroine get the guy (or new handbag/pair of shoes)”.

Steven is such an intelligent writer, and has probably been slightly stifled (my term, and used loosely) over the years of his ‘over night success’, but now he is coming into his own, and a thriller is were his heart lies. I don’t think I’ve ever met somebody who can hold me totally enthralled by simple observations, which he fills out with Plato-like philosophies. A chat with him isn’t just a natter about ‘how’s things?’, ‘did you see that thing about what’yer-ma-flip on the telly?’ and ‘what about old thingy-ma-bob saying...?’: it’s all that, and then some... and then some more. He always has an amazing theory or two (or ten), which you know are going to set you thinking... And then he’ll have you giggling in the corner with some antic he’s been up to... ;)

*Coke - well, I’ve had Coffee and Curry with Steve so far... but I don’t think I’ll be sticking to the formula next time... unless we go to a Butterfly Farm with a rather weird menu.

Friday, 11 September 2009

Steve Chats - September 2009

Yes, that's Steven Savile... chatting.... online!!!

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 -

LA, the Roosevelt Hotel, to be precise, holds a special place in my heart. In 2003 I spent a week there attending a workshop run by Tim Powers and KD Wentworth. It was the week that changed my life. The one that convinced me I might have a career here. Kevin J Anderson, David Carradine, Bill Widder, and Charles Brown came to talk to us and convince us to quit (well in Charles' case). Bill gave us a great talk about pulps. Carradine rambled incoherently and was a salutary lesson of the ills of celebrity, and KJA talked business. It was an inspirational talk. Powers gave so graciously of his time and craft, and as a counterpoint Kevin essentially said 'you want to survive, know these things...'

Continued here...

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Author on Author: Steven Savile

AJ Tata: You are an international bestselling author having sold 250,000 copies with books printed in 14 different languages. To what do you attribute your broad appeal to such a variety of people?

Steven Savile: I don't know about you, but when I write I make a series of conscious choices that are outside of the writing, and one of them is made purely with the understanding that reading is a voluntary habit and is financed by residual income - the same income that pays for nights at the cinema, an evening at the sports bar, a packet of cigarettes, etc - so every word I write is competing with these vices."

Variance Publishing:
For the rest of the interview, click here.

Thursday, 6 August 2009

Silver - Steven Savile interview


McAfee Land has a rather nice interview with Steven Savile.

"I read the description of SILVER, and I have to say it sounds very interesting. Would you mind telling us a little about the book for the benefit of those who have not read anything about it?

Well, hmm, that’s harder to do than you’d think. I mean, Silver is a political thriller, for sure. It’s a religious thriller, absolutely. But not in any way you’d expect. The roots are in messianic prophecies, Judaism, Nostradamus’ predictions of the antichrist, and the nature of fear and how it works in the every day world we now live in. It’s a big book. Almost twice the length of anything I’ve done before, but it’s a page turner. The core concept is that the 30 pieces of silver that Judas was paid have been melted down into a dagger and fundamentalists plan to use it to usher in the the next messiah… "

continued here



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Friday, 3 July 2009

"Silver" leaf gilding

"Move over Dan Brown!
Steven Savile's coming for you and he's got a silver dagger!"
- Stel Pavlou, international best selling author of DECIPHER and GENE



The 'Silver' cover is here!


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And don't forget, you can have a sneaky peak at
chapters One and Two


You can also show your support for Steven Savile
on Facebook

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Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Sampling Silver's delights


.... that is, there's a sneaky peak at
chapters One and Two
here



And there's a brief Q&A with the author
of 'Silver', Steven Savile, here.




You can show your support for Steven Savile
on Facebook here




I think that's all the updates for now... :D

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Silver on twitter - Steven Savile


StevenSavile
124,000 words down, into the last scene of Silver. Tomorrow the new novel will be done. Finished. Complete. And my soul will be damned.


[Well technically, Steven, a man's soul is only truly damned if he forgets his wife's birthday.]



And don't forget
FaceBook for further updates on 'Silver', so take a look here, and join up to show your support for Steven Savile ...


Tuesday, 12 May 2009

Silver twitterings - Steven Savile


twitter
with author Steven Savile

The latest:

StevenSavile - just wrapped another chapter and another storyline, one storyline to go and that's that for Silver. Feeling pretty chuffed. Grin. Feels good

StevenSavile - I am rather nervous about the bodycount in this book... I think it might be my most ahh mmm fatal todate... looks around innocently.

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Monday, 4 May 2009

Twitter with Steven Savile


twitter with author
Steven Savile here


Steven Savile, a #1 UK bestseller and International bestseller, is sure to frighten you with this tale of terrorism, murder and grim scenes... yet intrigue you with his vivid descriptions of landscapes, character interactions, and accurate historical events (speculative re-creation of course - this is a work of fiction after all).

'SILVER' - A Thriller by Steven Savile Due out October 2009, SILVER is a dark thriller that is both compelling and controversial like Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code.


EDIT 050509:
Steven Savile is currently celebrating selling 'SILVER' to Replika in Poland.


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Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Steven Savile - 'Silver' update

Just spotted this comment on FaceBook, here

"SILVER - A Thriller by Steven Savile Due out October 2009, SILVER is a dark thriller that is both compelling and controversial like Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code.

Steven Savile, a #1 UK bestseller and International bestseller, is sure to frighten you with this tale of terrorism, murder and grim scenes... yet intrigue you with his vivid descriptions of landscapes, character interactions, and accurate historical events (speculative re-creation of course - this is a work of fiction after all).

So ready yourself! SILVER will haunt Da Vinci back to the struggling artist he really was."




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Saturday, 28 February 2009

Steven Savile - 'Silver'


There's a nice page on FaceBook for Steven Savile's book 'Silver'.
Take a look here ... and join up to show your support...

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Thursday, 19 February 2009

Gordian - Torchwood Magazine, Issue 14

Mr Steven Savile's new literary addition to all that is Torchwood, Gordian, with Jack, Gwen and Ianto, was to be a three-parter for the Torchwood Magazine but, after some rearranging, it's now a two-parter... and slot three will be filled with a mystery story... oo-er, I hear you say.

Anyhoo.. issue 14 is out now in the UK in the new bi-monthly format - lots of nice pictures (come on! give me a chance to read it ;) ... )

There's also a comic strip by some bloke called John Barrowman and his sister Carole - no idea who they are: google might know.

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Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Steven Savile update....

The news is two-fold:

1) Meet Steven Savile at

Forbidden Planet London Megastore,
179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

Thursday 22, January, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

as part of 'Nine Authors - One Massive Event'
promoting the release of David Devereux's new book EAGLE RISING, along side:
Joe Abercrombie
Alex Bell
Mark Chadbourn
Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Tom Lloyd
Suzanne McLeod
James Swallow

P.S. Don't forget Steve's new novel:
Shadows - Book One of the Iblis Trilogy - Sg1-14 (Stargate Sg-1)



2)Mr Steven Savile has penned a 3 part story for the Torchwood Magazine, so keep your eyes out for it folks and folkettes...

It's called Gordian ... and that's all he's sayin' for now....


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Wednesday, 24 December 2008

Silver Tongued Savile


... re the previous post...



There's a great write up about it here.

Savile Update: plugedy-plug-plug

Looks like Mr Steven Savile will be in London at the end of January '09, to sign copies of his new novel:
Shadows - Book One of the Iblis Trilogy - Sg1-14 (Stargate Sg-1)

More details to follow....

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Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Steven Savile - Nanowrimo

Watch progress of the novel Hallowed Ground online, as David Niall Wilson and Steven Savile pen/type their epic....

Pop yourself over to here for a look-see.


As Steven says:
... "In the spirit of November and to cheer on all of the guys who really want to write a novel and have signed up for Nanowrimo we've mapped out the entirety of the novel, Hallowed Ground, what looks to be about 100,000 words worth of Weird Western to be written in tandem over the next 5 weeks... think Carnivale meets Clive Barker by way of Ray Bradbury" ...

Good luck lads!

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