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The Machine Trilogy #1-3
The Complete Machine Trilogy
THE COMPLETE MACHINE TRILOGY
For the first time all three of THE MACHINE novels are now available in this brand new omnibus edition. Relentless and brutal, the trilogy tells a gruelling nightmare tale of oppression and revolution, an evil blood soaked epic of dark political science fiction.
Persecution. THE MACHINE. Lynchpin.
Persecution
“With their minds ground down by their own education system, the men of science learned how to hate those of us who do not accept their indoctrination. And when their Militia come, all we can do is run and hide and hope not to be found…”
After an atrocity that claimed the lives of millions, the New Order of Enlightenment has come to power, a New World Order of eugenics and fanatical science that seeks to destroy all creativity, spirituality and the very soul of humanity. Those who do not fit into the new way of thinking are isolated into ghettos and are slowly being purged from society.
Hiding beneath the floorboards of an abandoned house, the main character tries to make sense of why the Militia are coming for him. Three days on the run have cost him his home, his wife and have left him on the edge of insanity as he attempts to come to terms with being hunted down. After a brief respite, his pursuers soon catch up with him and once again he is forced to flee, knowing that if caught, a world of agony and degradation awaits.
Originally released in 1992, Persecution is another dark novel from award-winning anarchist writer D G Jones. The novel contains often difficult to read subject matter with toe-curling, explicit violence as it takes the reader on a journey culminating in the total destruction of a human being. Set at a slow, brooding pace, it is a highly experimental piece where the central character is isolated from some of the main storylines which are played out in hints and glimpses in the background. As he is caught in his own struggle to survive, the reader is trapped along with him in an unfolding claustrophobic nightmare. Although not a linear prequel to THE MACHINE, this is the novel in which it first appears, and as always with D G Jones’ work, the novel is full of secrets, hidden meanings, and subtexts for the reader to discover. This is a special 20th Anniversary edition, substantially reworked and exclusive to Kindle.
THE MACHINE (Easy read edition)
There is only THE MACHINE and those who live within it. Told through the unconventional, simple language of blue 7, one of the millions of workers who scurry through its metallic entrails, THE MACHINE tells of a brutal regime and the beginnings of rebellion within...
Working without purpose and without end, humanity lives and slaves to maintain the huge mechanical monster, beyond which there is nothing. Blue 7, has spent his lifetime working and wondering the function of THE MACHINE, but someone has noticed him, and slowly his world begins to unravel in a blood-soaked violent struggle that threatens not only him, but THE MACHINE itself…
Lynchpin
After the events of THE MACHINE, the Green section is now an area of dissent and insurrection, and threatens to fly apart in bloodshed. Seen through the eyes of worker green 403, the slow burning fuse of rebellion has been lit, as death and brutality slither through the walkways and gantries of the giant mechanical behemoth. Soon he must confront the secret of the Lynchpin and unravel the purpose of THE MACHINE itself.
In the final part of The Machine trilogy, D G Jones completes the tale and delivers a fast paced twisting novel of fear and oppression. Filled with his usual hidden meanings and secrets, the novel rapidly draws the reader into a dark world vision, where lurks the final shattering revelation of all that has been…
WARNING: Contains explicit material, scenes of torture, extreme violence and sexual descriptions.
For the first time all three of THE MACHINE novels are now available in this brand new omnibus edition. Relentless and brutal, the trilogy tells a gruelling nightmare tale of oppression and revolution, an evil blood soaked epic of dark political science fiction.
Persecution. THE MACHINE. Lynchpin.
Persecution
“With their minds ground down by their own education system, the men of science learned how to hate those of us who do not accept their indoctrination. And when their Militia come, all we can do is run and hide and hope not to be found…”
After an atrocity that claimed the lives of millions, the New Order of Enlightenment has come to power, a New World Order of eugenics and fanatical science that seeks to destroy all creativity, spirituality and the very soul of humanity. Those who do not fit into the new way of thinking are isolated into ghettos and are slowly being purged from society.
Hiding beneath the floorboards of an abandoned house, the main character tries to make sense of why the Militia are coming for him. Three days on the run have cost him his home, his wife and have left him on the edge of insanity as he attempts to come to terms with being hunted down. After a brief respite, his pursuers soon catch up with him and once again he is forced to flee, knowing that if caught, a world of agony and degradation awaits.
Originally released in 1992, Persecution is another dark novel from award-winning anarchist writer D G Jones. The novel contains often difficult to read subject matter with toe-curling, explicit violence as it takes the reader on a journey culminating in the total destruction of a human being. Set at a slow, brooding pace, it is a highly experimental piece where the central character is isolated from some of the main storylines which are played out in hints and glimpses in the background. As he is caught in his own struggle to survive, the reader is trapped along with him in an unfolding claustrophobic nightmare. Although not a linear prequel to THE MACHINE, this is the novel in which it first appears, and as always with D G Jones’ work, the novel is full of secrets, hidden meanings, and subtexts for the reader to discover. This is a special 20th Anniversary edition, substantially reworked and exclusive to Kindle.
THE MACHINE (Easy read edition)
There is only THE MACHINE and those who live within it. Told through the unconventional, simple language of blue 7, one of the millions of workers who scurry through its metallic entrails, THE MACHINE tells of a brutal regime and the beginnings of rebellion within...
Working without purpose and without end, humanity lives and slaves to maintain the huge mechanical monster, beyond which there is nothing. Blue 7, has spent his lifetime working and wondering the function of THE MACHINE, but someone has noticed him, and slowly his world begins to unravel in a blood-soaked violent struggle that threatens not only him, but THE MACHINE itself…
Lynchpin
After the events of THE MACHINE, the Green section is now an area of dissent and insurrection, and threatens to fly apart in bloodshed. Seen through the eyes of worker green 403, the slow burning fuse of rebellion has been lit, as death and brutality slither through the walkways and gantries of the giant mechanical behemoth. Soon he must confront the secret of the Lynchpin and unravel the purpose of THE MACHINE itself.
In the final part of The Machine trilogy, D G Jones completes the tale and delivers a fast paced twisting novel of fear and oppression. Filled with his usual hidden meanings and secrets, the novel rapidly draws the reader into a dark world vision, where lurks the final shattering revelation of all that has been…
WARNING: Contains explicit material, scenes of torture, extreme violence and sexual descriptions.
545 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 16, 2013
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January 22, 2014
Really good story ... Although I see hints of the "SILO" series here ... And if you can forgive the spelling mistakes (hence the four stars) in this ebook you come away with a a Goodreading experience ...
May 6, 2013
Persecution
What sort of twisted, dark, disturbed mind does D G Jones possess. To write a prequel to the MACHINE that is so evil its beyond my comprehension. Didn't like it, on the contrary, I thing it was brilliant. He describes how humanity is driven to the brink of extinction to enable science to rule and hence build the MACHINE, to what ends we do not know and can only guess at its purpose. The protagonist in this story is the victim of the most cruel regime imaginable. It made me feel guilty for witnessing his unimaginable suffering.
If you've read the MACHINE, read this then go on to The Lynchpin where all will be revealed.
The Machine
The machine is the world, its inhabitants are born there and will die there. They know nothing but the machine except for the endless desert that is the only thing that can be seen from its perimiter. It goes an for ever, nobody knows its purpose, why its there or what it produces, if anything. This is one mans quest to understand and to try to join with others who fight against the tyranny of the machine.
Written in a very simplistic style with little structure to sentances and paragraphs it is nevertheless an intriguing story.
Lynchpin
The MACHINE is a mind boggling structure of immense size which is serviced and maintained by the thousands of beings who slave away in its innards not knowing its purpose, what it does or why it exists at all. But this harsh, cruel and dangerous life is the only one they know or even remember, that is until Green 403 discovers that all is about to change and ultimately reveal what the MACHINE is all about. A brilliant climax to the trilogy which keeps you guessing till the end.
What sort of twisted, dark, disturbed mind does D G Jones possess. To write a prequel to the MACHINE that is so evil its beyond my comprehension. Didn't like it, on the contrary, I thing it was brilliant. He describes how humanity is driven to the brink of extinction to enable science to rule and hence build the MACHINE, to what ends we do not know and can only guess at its purpose. The protagonist in this story is the victim of the most cruel regime imaginable. It made me feel guilty for witnessing his unimaginable suffering.
If you've read the MACHINE, read this then go on to The Lynchpin where all will be revealed.
The Machine
The machine is the world, its inhabitants are born there and will die there. They know nothing but the machine except for the endless desert that is the only thing that can be seen from its perimiter. It goes an for ever, nobody knows its purpose, why its there or what it produces, if anything. This is one mans quest to understand and to try to join with others who fight against the tyranny of the machine.
Written in a very simplistic style with little structure to sentances and paragraphs it is nevertheless an intriguing story.
Lynchpin
The MACHINE is a mind boggling structure of immense size which is serviced and maintained by the thousands of beings who slave away in its innards not knowing its purpose, what it does or why it exists at all. But this harsh, cruel and dangerous life is the only one they know or even remember, that is until Green 403 discovers that all is about to change and ultimately reveal what the MACHINE is all about. A brilliant climax to the trilogy which keeps you guessing till the end.
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