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Truly Deadly #5
Slave Nation
Refuse. Resist. Rebel.
Something big is coming. Bigger and more terrifying than anyone could have imagined as JPAC gears up to play its ultimate hand.
Enter Lorna Walker. With no backup and few resources, she's forced to roll the dice with some very deadly new friends. Can they be trusted? Or is this yet another deception? With billions of lives in danger and a dark new future on the horizon, perhaps this is a mission too far for Lorna and her team.
Oh, and then there's the little matter of Philippe...
Join the final fight against JPAC. Get the explosive conclusion to the heart-stopping young adult spy series. The action goes big and goes epic, from the USA and Canada, to London, Italy and Siberia, Barcelona, Beijing and Tokyo. It's a crazy ride from first page to last, so strap yourself in for one last adventure in the company of the world's most unlikely assassin.
Author note: Each book in the Truly Deadly series follows on from the last. If you haven't read books 1 - 4 yet, please read those before starting this one. Contains violence and bad language. Not for the faint-hearted!238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 7, 2017
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About the author
Rob Aspinall
24 books56 followersRob has never been in a car chase, a gun battle or a fight to the death. But he does come armed with a vivid imagination. And he’s not afraid to use it.
Originally a copywriter in the shadowy world of advertising, Rob went rogue in 2016 and started to publish books under the fiendishly inventive pseudonym of… Rob Aspinall.
He currently lives in Manchester, UK, where he writes fast, funny thrillers with an original twist. Whether it’s spies, mobsters, serial killers or trained killers, Rob loads all of his books with action, humour and heart-thumping thrills.
You can find his novels in ebook, audiobook and paperback formats.
Plus, you can get your fiction fix through his Truly Deadly and Breaker podcasts. (Just check your favourite podcast player to find the shows.)
In the meantime, check out these author FUQs (Frequently Unasked Questions):
What’s it like being an author?
It’s fantastic. I get to make up stories for a living and share them with my wonderful readers. There’s a lot more to it than that, of course, with all the marketing and promotion you need to do. You have to invest a lot of time, money and energy into being an author. And I don’t always feel like writing. But it’s like any other career. There are things you love and things you don’t, but it’s well worth it.
What’s the most important thing to remember when writing a book?
You’re not writing the book for yourself. You’re writing it for someone else. So it has to make sense to the reader. And above all, it has to be entertaining. I challenge myself to make every book more engrossing, entertaining and memorable than the last. I guess this kind of thinking comes from my years working as an advertising copywriter – if I had a slogan, it would be ‘Start with the reader and work backwards’, which is a shameless rip-off of Amazon’s motto.
How would you describe your writing style?
Other than trying to keep my writing style simple and accessible, I’d describe my style more in storytelling terms. The exact way of writing may change depending on the book, the character and who’s doing the narrating. But regardless of genre, series or novel, I make sure I stick to some basic storytelling principles – that is has to be simple, gripping, fun on some level and always moving at a decent pace. My only aim is to entertain or inspire the reader at all times—not to fill the book with flowery prose or get to a certain number of words.
Do you ever get ‘writer’s block’?
I only think you get writer’s block when you start worrying about it. In fact, I would say writer’s block is more like writer’s lag. There’s sometimes a lag time between staring at the screen or page and the answer coming to you. And it’s because the ideas, stories and words don’t come from the conscious mind. The subconscious mind comes up with them and feeds them to you. But when you get uptight and start worrying, it’s easy to block the subconscious mind from serving up the ideas.
The best thing you can do is relax and let the answers come. If I’m really getting nowhere with an idea, a plot or a particular scene or sentence, I’ll skip onto the next one. Or I’ll take a short break and do something totally unrelated to writing.
It's something I've often done while working in creative advertising, coming up with campaign ideas and slogans. But I often repeat the trick when I’m coming up with ideas for books.
Originally a copywriter in the shadowy world of advertising, Rob went rogue in 2016 and started to publish books under the fiendishly inventive pseudonym of… Rob Aspinall.
He currently lives in Manchester, UK, where he writes fast, funny thrillers with an original twist. Whether it’s spies, mobsters, serial killers or trained killers, Rob loads all of his books with action, humour and heart-thumping thrills.
You can find his novels in ebook, audiobook and paperback formats.
Plus, you can get your fiction fix through his Truly Deadly and Breaker podcasts. (Just check your favourite podcast player to find the shows.)
In the meantime, check out these author FUQs (Frequently Unasked Questions):
What’s it like being an author?
It’s fantastic. I get to make up stories for a living and share them with my wonderful readers. There’s a lot more to it than that, of course, with all the marketing and promotion you need to do. You have to invest a lot of time, money and energy into being an author. And I don’t always feel like writing. But it’s like any other career. There are things you love and things you don’t, but it’s well worth it.
What’s the most important thing to remember when writing a book?
You’re not writing the book for yourself. You’re writing it for someone else. So it has to make sense to the reader. And above all, it has to be entertaining. I challenge myself to make every book more engrossing, entertaining and memorable than the last. I guess this kind of thinking comes from my years working as an advertising copywriter – if I had a slogan, it would be ‘Start with the reader and work backwards’, which is a shameless rip-off of Amazon’s motto.
How would you describe your writing style?
Other than trying to keep my writing style simple and accessible, I’d describe my style more in storytelling terms. The exact way of writing may change depending on the book, the character and who’s doing the narrating. But regardless of genre, series or novel, I make sure I stick to some basic storytelling principles – that is has to be simple, gripping, fun on some level and always moving at a decent pace. My only aim is to entertain or inspire the reader at all times—not to fill the book with flowery prose or get to a certain number of words.
Do you ever get ‘writer’s block’?
I only think you get writer’s block when you start worrying about it. In fact, I would say writer’s block is more like writer’s lag. There’s sometimes a lag time between staring at the screen or page and the answer coming to you. And it’s because the ideas, stories and words don’t come from the conscious mind. The subconscious mind comes up with them and feeds them to you. But when you get uptight and start worrying, it’s easy to block the subconscious mind from serving up the ideas.
The best thing you can do is relax and let the answers come. If I’m really getting nowhere with an idea, a plot or a particular scene or sentence, I’ll skip onto the next one. Or I’ll take a short break and do something totally unrelated to writing.
It's something I've often done while working in creative advertising, coming up with campaign ideas and slogans. But I often repeat the trick when I’m coming up with ideas for books.
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August 20, 2017
A Great End to a Great Series
This is a series I hated to see end. Each book seemed to be better than the previous. The writing style kept me engaged and added elements of relief with brief shots of humor. I plan to start again at the beginning and reread the whole series.
This is a series I hated to see end. Each book seemed to be better than the previous. The writing style kept me engaged and added elements of relief with brief shots of humor. I plan to start again at the beginning and reread the whole series.
June 20, 2017
What can I say. I read the first 2 in the series for free. BUT I bought the box set to read 3 and 4 and actually re read the first 2. This last one was just as fast paced and compulsively addictive as the others. It's been fun watching Lorna develop and I will miss the action. Maybe later there will be a bit extra???
Well done Rob. If you haven't read all of the series, you have missed a great story.
Well done Rob. If you haven't read all of the series, you have missed a great story.
January 14, 2019
I just loved the books very strange to fascinating a very young girl has a heart transplant becomes a superior would slaughter a whole army but if your bacon sandwich crossed the road she would stop the traffic to help it lol.I know crazy but brilliant stories that kept me going back for more just read with a vivid imagination but if you love James bond next it's brilliant.thank you Rob for a most enjoyable read
a very very good read i loved the books it takes a lot of imagination and if you. Love the James bond types then go for it read with a open mind and imagination i thought it was brilliant something different from the run of the mill books congratulations Rob keep up the great work :)
a very very good read i loved the books it takes a lot of imagination and if you. Love the James bond types then go for it read with a open mind and imagination i thought it was brilliant something different from the run of the mill books congratulations Rob keep up the great work :)
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November 8, 2022Crazy but good
This book was totally different from what I’m used to reading.
It caught my interest, so off I went on reading it.
It’s in the future and all the characters had killing skills and knew how to use their guns, and their hand to hand combat skills.
I doubt I will read another book like this.
This book was totally different from what I’m used to reading.
It caught my interest, so off I went on reading it.
It’s in the future and all the characters had killing skills and knew how to use their guns, and their hand to hand combat skills.
I doubt I will read another book like this.
August 7, 2017
Awesome
This series was by far one of the best action thrillers I have read in a long time the twists the turns the surprises had me reading in to the wee hours of the morning very hard to put down one of these books once you get started
This series was by far one of the best action thrillers I have read in a long time the twists the turns the surprises had me reading in to the wee hours of the morning very hard to put down one of these books once you get started
October 9, 2018
This series is INCREDIBLE. The young adult title is vastly wrong, however. The violence, gore, and language are adult level!
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July 16, 2019very good reading for me
June 11, 2017
Packed full of action! Conspiracy, viral manipulation, world domination, drones, high tech weaponry, highly skilled hackers and highly trained assassins, this book has it all! It is hard to describe the action in this book without giving spoilers, something I do not want to do.
It is a complex story told on two fronts with lots of hand to hand combat, extreme training, and character interaction. Rob’s writing is fluid and although we jump between the two main characters and different periods throughout the story, you don’t lose track of what is happening. Rob sets the scene as you read his words allowing the action to blossom around you as you immerse yourself in the story. Fast paced all action, who will survive? Very enjoyable (even if you haven't read the previous books).
It is a complex story told on two fronts with lots of hand to hand combat, extreme training, and character interaction. Rob’s writing is fluid and although we jump between the two main characters and different periods throughout the story, you don’t lose track of what is happening. Rob sets the scene as you read his words allowing the action to blossom around you as you immerse yourself in the story. Fast paced all action, who will survive? Very enjoyable (even if you haven't read the previous books).
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