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Liam Stirling is the author of The God Particle, the first Hercules Leek adventure which mixes fantasy, science-fiction and philosophy with a liberal sprinkling of laugh-out-loud humour. Liam is currently working on the follow-up The Ivory Tower and has a number of other titles planned for the series.

Liam began life as a baby, but professionally soon outgrew this calling and eventually moved on to study Zoology at Oxford University. Following a few years as a reseach scientist, he was subsequently a saxophonist in an marvelously unsuccessful reggae band, before the gravity of adult life sucked him into a career in IT.

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	The God Particle: An Apocalyptic Comic Science Fantasy (Hercules Leek Series Book 1) 4.10 avg rating — 138 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What About the Farmers?: An Episode from the Legion Chronicles: 2000 Years of Theirstory (The Hercules Leek series) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The God Particle (The Hercules Leek series) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What About the Farmers?: An Episode from the Legion Chronicles: 2000 Years of Theirstory (The Hercules Leek series) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If nothing travels faster than the speed of light, how come darkness always gets there first?”
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