Hi!
My new novel, The Break, has now been published worldwide and in all formats. The Break is a dystopian science fiction novel, set in 2018, by when the UK has become a traumatised and post-apocalyptic police state. I’m rather proud of the helicopter gunship massacre in Oxford Street.
This is my ninth published novel and my twelfth written. Hodder & Stoughton have published six of my historical novels, and several have been translated into Spanish, Italian, Greek, Slovak, Hungarian, Indonesian and Chinese. See below for extracts from reviews of my previous books.
You can buy in these formats:
1. Hardback – un objet de luxe, intended mostly for the gift market
2. Paperback – still a fine object, but for those who prefer physical books to pixels on a tablet
3. For Kindle
4. For all other e-formats
If you buy my book and enjoy it, please consider leaving a review at your favourite on-line book seller. You might also care to look at my other sixteen books in print.
Regards,
Sean
Product Description: The Break, by Sean Gabb,
published 2nd June 2014
No one knows what caused The Break eleven months ago, but there’s no sign of its end.
England is settling into its new future as a reindustrialising concentration camp. The rest of the world is watchingโฆ waiting… curious…
Itโs Wednesday the 7th March 2018 โ in the mainland UK. Everywhere else, itโs some time in June 1065.
Jennifer thinks her family survived The Hunger because of their smuggling business โ tampons and paracetamol to France, silver back to England. Little does she know what game her father was really playing, as she recrosses the Channel from an impromptu mission of her own. Little can she know how her life has already been torn apart.
Who has taken Jenniferโs parents? Where are they? What is the Home Secretary up to with the Americans? Why is she so desperate to lay hands on Michael? Will Jesus Christ return to Earth above Oxford Circus? When will the โDoomsday Projectโ go live?
Can the Byzantine Empire and the Catholic Church take on the British State, and win?
All will be answered โ if Jennifer can stay alive in a post-apocalyptic London terrorised by cannibals, by thugs in uniform, and by motorbike gangs of Islamic suicide bombers.
From the Reviews
โFascinating to read, very well written, an intriguing plot
and I enjoyed it very much.โ
(Derek Jacobi, star of I Claudius and Gladiator)
โVivid characters, devious plotting and buckets of gore are enhanced
by his unfamiliar choice of period. Nasty, fun and educational.โ
(The Daily Telegraph)
โHe knows how to deliver a fast-paced story
and his grasp of the period is impressively detailed.โ
(The Mail on Sunday)
โA rollicking and raunchy read . . . Anyone who enjoys their history
with large dollops of action, sex, intrigue and, above all, fun
will absolutely love this novel.โ
(Historical Novels)
โAs always, [his] plotting is as brilliantly devious as the mind of his sardonic
and very earthy hero. This is a story of villainy that reels you in
from its prosaic opening through a series of death-defying thrills and spills.โ
(The Lancashire Evening Post)
โIt would be hard to over-praise this extraordinary series,
a near-perfect blend of historical detail and atmosphere
with the plot of a conspiracy thriller, vivid characters,
high philosophy and vulgar comedy.โ
(The Morning Star)
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Sean very kindly sent me a pre-publication (not quite proof-read) copy of “The Break”. I couldn’t put my laptop down once I started, and managed to read it in about two hits, which is good going for novels and me.
I can fully recommend it to anyone who either likes Hard or Soft SF, alternative history, or historical novels in general.
There is a suspicion gnawing at my vitals, that socialists won’t really take to it. But that’s their problem.
It’s not overtly libertarian, but certain groups and classes of people depicted in it come across as the Statist shits that they actually are.
There you are….I’ve blown the gaff and said it contains some statist shits, that do stuff to people. But if I told you whether they came to a good or a bad end, then I would have to kill you.
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So far only read the bits of your books that have been posted on this site; putting off the day when I’d be tempted into reading an entire Gabb novel. However, things have certainly moved on from your publishing point of view, so I suppose I’m now obliged to read this latest one through cover to cover.
Good luck with it all Sean. I hope sales go well both here and abroad. Sadly though, it does seem that we’re moving into an age when writing is slowly becoming more competitive and less profitable. To hell with that though just push on now and do whatever it takes.
I’m just wondering, what are the criteria for a book being translated into so many exotic languages? I doubt if even bestsellers by people like Stephen King get translated into Indonesian.