Mark Wilson is the Amazon-bestselling author of ten works of fiction and one non-fiction memoir. He also writes Psychological Thrillers under the pseudonym, CP Wilson.
Mark's short story 'Glass Ceiling' won first prize in May, 2015 on Spinetingler's Short story competition and will be included in Ryan Bracha's Twelve Nights at Table Six. dEaDINBURGH reached the quarter finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in 2014 and is a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, 2015.
Mark's works include:
Coming of Age - Bobby's Boy (Lanarkshire Strays). Pyschological Thriller (Novella) - Head Boy (Lanarkshire Strays). International Thriller - Naebody's Hero (Lanarkshire Strays). Science Fiction Thriller - The Man Who Sold His Son (Lanarkshire Strays). Horror novels - dEaDINBURGH: Vantage, dEaDINBURGH: Alliances, dEaDINBURGH: Origins, dEaDINBURGH: Hunted. Satire: On The Seventh Day Psychological Satire: Wake Up And Smell The Coffin Autobiography - Paddy's Daddy
Mark also writes Crime Thrillers under the pseudonym, CP Wilson.
Mark's acclaimed Lanarkshire Strays series are standalone novels and feature Mark's home county. Lanarkshire Strays is also available as an omnibus edition.
His novels have been well received and feature Scottish characters and locations.
Mark has several other stories in progress:
Alice - A Psychological Crime Thriller - Due February, 2017 The Headnet - Sci-Fi Dystopic Nightmare - Due Easter, 2017 AMSTERDAMned - Horror - Due 2017
Mark currently teaches Biology in a Fife secondary school and is founder of Paddy's Daddy Publishing, a company he set up to assist Scottish authors. He writes in his spare time, in lieu of sleep.
You can visit Mark at markwilsonbooks.com or facebook.com/markwilsonbooks You can also connect with Mark on twitter: @markwilsonbooks
I really like the background idea of Deadinburgh, I don't want to say because it would give away the plot! Books 1 and 2 were about how Joey and Alys meet. They come from separate communities and were born during the initial outbreak or soon after. Both characters have some pretty mysteriously fun "parental lineage". Experiencing the depth of their friendship and their almost superhuman fighting abilities while they strike out on their own, to be free. Well freedom is relative, but that's what they originally believed. Joey and Alys thought they came from oppressed communities. Jock is also a magical character! Book 3 felt like repeats and focuses on what happened before Alys and Joey were born. I thought it was kinda boring, because only a few things revealed were really important, and ...the author played a mean trick on Jock :( I'm sad :( Poor Guy...he gets the poop end of the stick, and turns out to be an amazing guy!! The lidless leader was freaky and made an awesome villain!! I just love the fresh ideas in Deadinburgh!!
This was a great read, had me hooked from the beginning right up until I finished. I don't very often find myself disappointed when I finish simply because I've finished, this one could have kept going and I'd kept reading. Definitely recommend.
As this is a compilation of 4 books I'll split my review up. I'd already read the first book, so that's reviewed elsewhere.
Book 2 - 3 stars. After the twist and climax to book 1, I was slightly disappointed by book 2. It was still good, but seemed to take a long time to get going. Always heading towards the final battle, which was very good.
Book 3 - 4 stars. This was entirely back story to how we reached the point where the first book starts. It was really good to see how the outbreak started and follow through the journey that a number of the characters had to take to reach where they did. I thought the fleshing out of Bracha was particularly good.
Book 4 - 4.5 stars. This one grabbed you and never let go. A number of story strands were running throughout the book, and were all brought together in a blockbuster of an ending. I was surprised by the ending again, but I felt an interesting way to finish. The ironic twist at the end was also very good.
Overall, I really enjoyed this series, and I would recommend it. Read the first book and you'll be hooked!
This book was ok. Not one of my favorites. It took me longer than I expected because I took more breaks than I normally do. I couldn't really get into the book. I read a lot of zombie books and this was in the lower middle of the pack.