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Barry Kirwan

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Science Fiction, Thriller, Crime

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As a young boy I watched Neil Armstrong take that 'one small step', and I began devouring science fiction, from Asimov's Foundation, Clarke's Rama and Herbert's Dune, to today's Adrian Tchaikovsky and others. The Eden Paradox grew from a short story to a four-book series, followed by my take on alien AI in the Children of the Eye series. Always on the hunt for new sci-fi, always looking up to the stars and wondering not if, but when.

I also write thrillers under the pen name, and have a separate page for those books (search for J F Kirwan).
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	The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 16,488 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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
	Eden's Trial (Eden Paradox, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 914 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Eden's Endgame (Eden Paradox, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 705 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Eden's Revenge (Eden Paradox, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	When the Children Fight Back: The AI war (Children of the Eye Book 3) 4.36 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	When the children return (Children of the Eye, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	When the children come (Children of the Eye, #1) 4.34 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Eden Paradox: the Complete Series 4.40 avg rating — 121 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
	A Guide To Task Analysis (Volume 0) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1992 — 13 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
	A Guide To Practical Human Reliability Assessment it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994 — 6 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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Eden Paradox (4 books)
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“I’m a soldier,’ Nathan said. ‘We’re all soldiers, now. Soldiers don’t leave people behind.”
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“Perception s the only reality that matters”
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“It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? ”
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