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A Pocketful Of Secrets
Fallen Skies - Book One
A Pocketful Of Secrets

Overview
Characters
Karl Zendik
Richard Warner
Rachael Lawrence
Ephraim Balil
LocationsHampshire GMD
London GMD
Sheffield

Details
Format: Trade Paperback, 126pp
ISBN: 978-1-84753-955-7
Lulu ID: 252820
Publication Date: 14-Nov-2006

How do you track somebody who doesn't leave a trail?

Great Britain, 2057.

When bounty hunter Karl Zendik is hired to track down Major Richard Warner, the only man to escape from Wight Max-Pen, he knows it's not going to be an easy job, but the deeper he burrows into his prey's life the more secrets he uncovers, adding to the growing list of unanswered questions. When another hunter joins the chase it soon becomes a race against time. But can Zendik unravel the clues to Warner's past before it's too late?

Introduction
A Pocketful Of Secrets is the first short novel in the ongoing cyberpunk series Fallen Skies and introduces the reader to Great Britain in the second half of the Twenty-First Century.

The Isle Of Wight, once a popularholiday resort, has now been turned into a maximum security penitentiary by Canadian security specialists Reznor Security Systems. When former special forces officer Richard Warner escapes the prison-island, Karl Zendik, is hired by the facility's Chief Administrator to track down the escapee and bring him back, dead or alive.

With the help of Rachael Lawrence, one of Reznor's admin staff, Zendik pieces together a series of clues in Warner's files that lead him to London where he quickly learns that he's not the only one looking for the prisoner. When two rivals show up and eliminate Zendik's only lead the trail appears to go cold.

Trivia
  • The cover image used for A Pocketful Of Secrets is adapted from a photograph of Whitby Abbey in England. So far the image has also been used on a CD inlay design and a band tour poster design.
  • The first Fallen Skies novel is dedicated to William Gibson, who is often considered the father of the cyberpunk genre. The first (pre-release) edition of the book was officially published on 17 March 2006, Gibson's birthday.
  • The character Karl Zendik began life as a recurring character in the author's games of Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. and has made cameo appearances in a number of other games over the years, as well as in a slightly different guise in a piece of short fiction (The Hunter Of Hunters, Tony Bennett) prior to the novel's release.

Publishing History
  • 17 March 2006 - First (pre-release) edition published through Print On Demand website lulu.com
  • 14 November 2006 - ISBN registered, First Edition launch date.

External Links
Where to buy:
Lulu
Amazon.com || Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble
WH Smith
Waterstones
Blackwells



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