I have written four books to date. The first is based on my real life adventures in the weird and wonderfully arcane world of international patents. They do not currently have much of an effect on politics and / or election results but they very easily could and , any day now, very probably will. Tech rules. Ok.
The second was a lockdown project written in 2020 at a time when the world was subject to the sudden tyranny of world Governments “protecting” their citizenry by jabbing them with untested drugs. We all learnt a strange new word which quickly became very overused and is now possibly one of the most dangerous in the English language. Asymptomatic. The ability of all individuals to be a deadly disease carrier without even feeling unwell. Young children included. Hmm.
Amazon agreed to publish the book but banned all promotion because of the supposedly controversial content. Its theme? The search for the source of Covid, a topic that had been the subject of a zillion words of newspaper , magazine and blog articles stretching back to September 2019. I must have been closer than I thought !
The third is about the day the world runs out of money and, more specifically , about what happens next. Won’t ever happen? Remember Greece in ’08. Fifty Euros max withdrawal. Remember Lehman’s? Too big to fail.Yeah,right.
If it can happen to a country and it can happen to a bank then what chance do we stand?
The good news though is that these are all fiction books. Feeling better now? Thought not.
I try to tackle what I see as the serious global issues of the moment. Data driven election skullduggery, theft in cyberspace, and the real drivers behind the pandemic, something we will never know the truth about no matter how many inspectors visit China or how many reports get written. So I might be right. Who knows?
They’re pretty heavy subjects so I use a mix of levity and detail to provide humor and insights. They provide an alternative take so if you feel well entertained and better informed at the end then that’s mission accomplished and I’ve achieved my goal.
My books are not anti-violence. It’s part of life. But there’s probably enough of it around without me adding to it. So my special ops team who are charged with solving these weighty problems are purposely unarmed. No bullets, no bombs, no bangs and, as a result, probably no Hollywood for me. No matter.
An irreverent mix of action adventure, espionage, romance, sex, hi-tech and exotic locations ( loosely classified as somewhere you don’t live yourself ).
My fourth book – Arrival – was published in summer 2022 and my fifth – Coca – will be available in autumn 2023.
Love each other
Johnny