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‘Evil Eye’ is book 1 in my new Conspiracy Thriller trilogy starring Lissa Blackwood, a UK Special Investigations Group operative.

In a global conspiracy that begins in World War 2, a terrorist known only as ‘Malocchio’ is now ready to seize power across Europe by unleashing a wave of bio-terrorism that will throw the continent into chaos.

Only Lissa Blackwood can stop him, and time is running out…

This book is currently awaiting editing while I carry on with writing Book 2 in the series.

Available now as a series of free articles on this website.

Also available in paperback from Amazon.

As time passes we are forgetting what the Cold War was like. We are forgetting what it means to live in a country under the threat of a four minute warning before the bombs start to hit. We are forgetting how dangerous nuclear weapons are to both our individual survival, and the survival of every living thing on the surface of this planet. We are forgetting that these weapons are not toys to be played with as counters during political negotiations.

These articles present some key facts and stories from the Cold War, both to ensure that they are still talked about and to provide context for the New Cold War which seems to have already started.

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This dossier collects four exciting stories drawn from S.I.G.’s archives. The New Cold War is hotting up, and the United Kingdom’s Special Investigations Group are on the front line.

* Underwater espionage in the Black Sea.

* Cross-border raids into the Ukraine Occupied Territory.

* The daring extraction of a defecting Russian colonel, code-named Malachite, from under the noses of her FSB handlers.

In the New Cold War world, peace is earned in blood.

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The United States and Russia remain ideologically opposed behind arsenals containing thousands of nuclear warheads. But now they also contend with the emergent strength of China as another Superpower, as well as considering the possible actions of smaller powers caught up in the struggle between them.

Set between 2070-2071, the five short stories in this collection explore a fictional road to war and a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom.

When tensions run high between the major powers, what would it be like to endure a thermonuclear attack?

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After three hundred years of conflict, global leaders have deliberately stalemated the New Cold War. They now enjoy the world’s few remaining comforts while the rest of humanity lives in slums outside the huge Mega-Plex buildings, dreaming of their chance to become a `Plex-man.

Then Mertin Dourif, a dead ‘Plex scientist now living on the bio-web, discovers that the stalemate can be broken if a bio-weapon called ‘Dead Snow’ is used against “the ’Commies” in Antarctica…

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In 2122 a spacecraft is detected, approaching the Earth from inter-galactic space. Called ‘Charybdis’, it is so massive that its arrival will destroy all life in the solar system.

Only one small group of workers at a mining station on Titan stand a chance of reaching it and finding safety.

Can they find a way to make Charybdis their new home? And what will the the mysterious ‘Pilot’ do if they succeed?

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Readers are saying…

“Think The Matrix meets David Cronenberg’s Existenz. Great premise, set in a dystopian future… a few good plot twists and a few unexpected surprises. Recommended as a Sci-Fi Thriller.”
– ‘Dead Snow’ : Amazon UK, 4* review

“If you liked the Matrix, you will love this book.. Really well written & original. Give it a go!”
– ‘Dead Snow’ : Amazon UK, 5* review

“Great story set in a dystopian future. Fantastic plot kept me reading to the last page.”
– ‘Dead Snow’ : Amazon UK, 5* review

“… cold war… cyber-punk aspects… Let’s have another one soon please, Mr Russell!”
– ‘Dead Snow’ : Amazon UK, 4* review

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  • “Spies in DC, information exchange” by Lorie Shaull – Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) – from flickr.com
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