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Rex Burke is a SciFi writer based in North Yorkshire, UK.

When he was young, he read every one of those yellow-jacketed Victor Gollancz hardbacks in his local library. That feeling of out-of-this-world amazement never left him – and keeps him company as he writes his own SciFi adventures.

When he's not writing, he travels – one way or another, he'll get to the stars, even if it's just as stardust when his own story is done.

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Hide and Seek is here!

Hide and Seek - book 2 in the Star Runners series - is out now!

A sequel to Special Delivery, Hide and Seek is star-crew SciFi with pace, heart, & blasts of weapons-grade humour.

In the aftermath of a failed black-ops mission, a thrown-together crew is hiding out on a remote planet in the outer rim of Federation space.

There can be no going back for former soldiers, Dix, Vaskez and Alard, and pilot a Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 29, 2026 07:29

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Average rating: 4.32 · 1,307 ratings · 250 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Third Loch from the Sun 4.23 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2024 — 3 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 Wrong Stop 4.23 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Orphan Planet (Odyssey Earth #1) 4.41 avg rating — 195 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
	Twin Landing (Odyssey Earth #2) 4.42 avg rating — 125 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
	Star Bound (Odyssey Earth #3) 4.44 avg rating — 117 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
	Special Delivery (Star Runners #1) 4.35 avg rating — 112 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
	Hide and Seek (Star Runners #2) 4.83 avg rating — 24 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
	First Date (Odyssey Earth #0) 4.12 avg rating — 8 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
	Odyssey Earth the Series (Odyssey Earth #1–3) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Wild Skies (Star Runners #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Rex Burke rated a book it was amazing Mercy's Gate (The Heartseed Chronicles Book 1) by Nick Snape (Goodreads Author)	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 a wild ride! A hostile alien planet takes on all-comers, & only the best survive - the story kicks off at pace and never lets up. Brilliant example of the heights indie writers can achieve. It’s the series opener so I look forward to more in the ...more
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Rex Burke made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Book assigned to wrong author topic " Hello there I am trying to add a new book to my author profile: Wild Skies by Rex Burke (Star Runners 3) ASIN: B0HFMRFXSH ISBN: 978-1916694156 It belongs i ...more "
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Rex Burke and 7 other people liked Rebecca Crunden's review of Third Loch from the Sun: "Firstly, apologies to the author for this taking me so. dang. long. to review. I’m a busy, distracted mess and I wanted to give this book my full attention, which wasn’t feasible until now. But! I have at last had the proper headspace to sit and give" Read more of this review »
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Rex Burke liked Dave Milbrandt's review of Third Loch from the Sun: "If Douglas Adams were writing his sarcastic sci-fi today but a few degrees of latitude north of London, you would have Rex Burke's "Third Loch from the Sun". The humor is dry, the sarcasm heavy and there are enough contemporary cultural references to" Read more of this review »
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Rex Burke liked Lorna Johnston's review of Hide and Seek (Star Runners #2): "I'm hooked - and in it for as many books about these folks as possible. What a fun read. It has everything, characters you care about, stories within stories, heart snd soul and loads of excellent humour. What a treat." Read more of this review »
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Rex Burke rated a book liked it Creation Node by Stephen Baxter	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
I didn't much enjoy this even though I've adored his books in the past. He's hugely knowledgable, obviously, and it's science-heavy, which again, I usually like – but the 2D characters explain things to each other all the time so that we get to hear ...more
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Rex Burke rated a book it was amazing Redshirts by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)	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
Fun and fast-paced – and very meta. A sort of story within a story, which makes sense on its own terms but is completely bonkers when you step back from it. If this doesn't get you into Scalzi, nothing will. ...more
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