The Book Plank

Into the Fire by Peter Liney, The Detainee Trilogy #2 Having escaped the Island – a wasteland that housed those no longer able to contribute to society – ageing ‘Big Guy’ Clancy thought his fight was over. But they have returned to the mainland to find that it is not the haven they anticipated.  With the punishment satellites that kept them on the Island – and the city under control – gone, hell has been unleashed. A mysterious organisation has begun to decimate the population; those it doesn’t kill outright are herded into the streets and then set free to run – for the rich and powerful to hunt. Clancy is about to discover that his work is far from over. The fires of hell don’t burn much hotter than this.  Last year Jo Fletcher published the debut of Peter Liney, The Detainee , a futuristic dystopian story. In his debut Peter Liney created a new concept where the sick, elderly and unwanted children were sent to an Island, on this Island there were no police of...

Guest Post: Fantasies, Conspiracies and Trust Trust - now there’s a word.  A little old-fashioned maybe?  I mean, who do we really trust in this modern world - immediately, unreservedly, without question?  Those who take care of our money?  That rather stodgy pillar of local society so often portrayed in old black-and-white films but rarely now: the bank manager? … Well, no, not really.  What about those who take care of our truths?  The intrepid, incorruptible, unbending reporter determined to get to the bottom of a story yet always maintaining his, or her, integrity? … Well, no, once again, perhaps not.  So what about those who actually manage us ?  Government itself?  Do we trust them?   They’re our representatives, but does that necessarily mean they’ll act in our best interest? As SF goes, the step from the real world of today to the make-believe one of The Detainee Trilogy tomorrow, must be one of the shortest eve...