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WARNING: Read Chapter 4 with the lights on!


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Black thunderheads obscured by the oppressive night air. Closer they move; drawn into explosive detonation. The first thunderclap announced a prodigious tempest. The strengthened glass wall shuddered as the sound waves tried to penetrate the quiet interior with their full force. Anka Syzmanski’s step hung suspended for a fraction of a second; the hallway lit with jagged electric blue. She completed the step; started anot...

 Extract from my novel '2012' written in 2003:

(see my Newsletter 27th October for an explanation)

Islas Canarias, España,

Martes, 11 de diciembre de 2012

 

La energía bruta de color índigo profundo se cernió sobre la zona en la que había estado el Halcón del Mar sólo unos instantes antes. Luego, sintiendo de alguna manera que su destino estaba en otra parte, se replegó sobre sí misma, hasta formar una densa niebla púrpura, cuya forma se alargó hacia el norte, como si fuera arrastrada por un cable...

 "5 stars: Danger and excitement abounding

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2021Verified PurchaseEvery chapter has suspense, danger, excitement and some heartbreak. What starts out as an unexplainable attack on a woman who left her world of violence behind becomes more stressful as the story goes on. Zoe had a life of being a government assassin where she was extremely good at her job. She took great pains when she "retired" to leave that life totally behind her. Or so she th...

  

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Author's new book receives a warm literary welcome.

Readers' Favorite announces the review of the Fiction - Thriller - Conspiracy book "Death Mask" by Eric J. Gates, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PCDZWB6.

Readers' Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the "Best Websites for A...

The Past


“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
- from the Presidential Oath of Office.



11 months ago, 02:08 hours,outside Las Vegas, Nevada
Seventy-six kills. Seventy-six. If circumstances were different, he’d rank amongst the most prolific serial killers of the twenty-first century. Taking another life, another human life, carves...

CHASING SHADOWSBook 2 of the Shadows series(Copyright Eric J. Gates 2018. All rights reserved)

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It watched from unwavering, hooded, reptilian eyes. Its massive body, at least four meters long, remained immobile as he stepped off the edge. Less than fifteen meters away, open jawed, soaking up the sun, watching, waiting. A foul footfall and he would roll down to within striking distance. These beasts could move rapidly over short distances. Faster, much faster, than a human. With the clamping o...

Hello everyone.

As you may know, I ran a competition with an audiobook edition of my'the CULL - Bloodline' novel as the prize:
Your Amazon link for the audiobook & books
It was an easy competition; all you had to do was come up with either a meme or thought bubble text for a photo of my furry footwarmer.
We were inundated with entries.
After much head scratching, we chose 14 who should have received an email from me by now with instructions of how to download their prize.
(If you haven't and se...

As an author of thriller novels, I have been interviewed many times. However, this is usually a process undertaken by bloggers or journalists, sometimes fellow writers.

Until now, that is!
In my newsletter, I recently ran a competition where my readers could interview me. A large number of fun questions were received and the following fifteen were chosen by a small panel of three. If you entered the competition and your question doesn't appear here, I'm sorry; there were just far too many to in...

Some of the toughest questions anyone could ask of a novelist allow you, the reader, a chance to get to know your favourite authors even more. Not for the faint-hearted!
My victim this week is:


John Dolan
John's Bio:
"Makes a living by travelling, talking a lot and sometimes writing stuff down. Galericulate author, polymath and occasional smarty-pants."

John Dolan hails from a small town in the North-East of England. Before turning to writing, his career encompassed law and finance. He has run bus...

Today presents both a happy and a sad moment.
Happy because years of effort have come to fruition and fans of the adventures of Katie Lindon and Amy Bree will be able to read the final installment in 'the CULL' series.
Sad because it's time to say goodbye not just to two characters who have accompanied me since 2012, but the whole cast of 'the CULL' novels - Miach, Enrique, Tadhg Griffin, Jennifer Craven, Monsignor Santiago Cancelli; not to forget Interpol's Irene Laker and the FBI's Alan Marsh...