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John Chapman

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John works with his US wife, Shelia as a team to produce the 'A Vested Interest' series. John is from the UK. He and Shelia live out in the country in beautiful Northumberland, England.

John is a technophile and compulsive reader. He loves to explain in the same way as Asimov loved to explain.

He writes technothrillers, science fiction and short time travel stories. His latest work is a non-fiction book titled, "An Illustrated Guide to Getting Published - An Author 'How to…' Manual" ...more

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No wonder 'free' is synonymous with 'valueless'

Browsing the free Sci-Fi books at Smashwords I came across a book which looked interesting, apparently about genetic manipulation of DNA producing monstrous people. Since genetic manipulation is the subject of my book series, I downloaded it and started reading.

The first page put me off and by the time I got to page seven that was enough. I should have known better; here's the book's description:

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	A Vested Interest - Immortality Gene (Vested Interest, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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
	Dark Secrets (Vested Interest, #2) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Stones, Stars and Solutions (Vested Interest, #4) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Consequences (Vested Interest, #7) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	No Secrets (Vested Interest, #3) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Regret and Retribution (Vested Interest, #6) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Ashes to Ashes (Vested Interest, #8) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Dust to Dust (Vested Interest, #9) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.57 avg rating — 21 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
	Leap of Faith (Vested Interest, #5) by John Chapman (Goodreads Author), Shelia Chapman 4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	It Was Another Dark and Stormy Night: A short and unbelievable story (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night Book 2) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 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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Rama II (Rama, #2)

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