Assassin is on countdown in the US

Assassin, a dystopian look at a future UK, is on a countdown deal in the Amazon US store for about a week, currently retailing at $0.99.

The assassin in the book is a literal gun for hire, who will kill for anyone with the means as long as they aren't part of the congress - lower case techie 'c' deliberate.  The congress are what replaced the duly elected government to keep the lid on terrorism, for the good of the people and with the intention to revert to democracy when the time is right.  This is set in the relatively near future - it recalls the famous fire of Chester in 2035 so can't be that far in the future, right?

John, the assassin, is holed up with a beach bum in Cornwall during the mother of all storms and in a drunken lapse reveals his occupation to the beach bum.   To allay his fears he tells the tale of how he became the man he is, how he was incarcerated by congress agents after surviving the worst terrorist atrocity on mainland UK in living history, how he was isolated and learned of his families demise at the hands of a terrorist known only as Morris, who hides from the congress in the notionally independent nation of Wales.

However all is not quite as it seems.  There are congress agents staking out the beach accomodation and John has to arrange an escape for himself and his new friend, who turns out to have his own secrets.

The book is action packed and describes a UK I once thought we were heading towards a few years ago.  Interestingly I have started work on the sequel and, in the time honoured fashion of sequels I've built up the backstory, drawing from the original book and adding other events that have happened.  The pandemic and the impact on world economies plays a  part in that storyline, set around 2060ish, so look out for hat before the end of the year.

In the meantime, if you are an Amazon.com customer, why not pick up a copy of Assassin while it is on countdown and find out what is in store for the UK after Boris has finished with it?

Of course, for anyone with Amazon Prime or access to the Kindle Library you can download Assassin or any of my eight other books for free as part of your membership