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The Future of London #4
Sleeping Giants
The search for revenge continues...
Mack Walker is wandering across the London wastelands, looking for Hatchet – the man who destroyed his life. The man who destroyed everything.
It’s a search that leads Walker to ‘The Sleeping Giants’, a low-ranking street gang based in the Hole, formerly known as South London. The Sleeping Giants know where Hatchet is but they’re only willing to tell Walker on one condition – he must prove his worth to them and join their ranks.
And it all starts with a shocking ‘initiation task’.
How far is Walker willing to go in his quest for revenge? And can the lone wolf, cast adrift for so long, ever truly rejoin the pack?
Sleeping Giants is the fourth book in The Future of London series.
Mack Walker is wandering across the London wastelands, looking for Hatchet – the man who destroyed his life. The man who destroyed everything.
It’s a search that leads Walker to ‘The Sleeping Giants’, a low-ranking street gang based in the Hole, formerly known as South London. The Sleeping Giants know where Hatchet is but they’re only willing to tell Walker on one condition – he must prove his worth to them and join their ranks.
And it all starts with a shocking ‘initiation task’.
How far is Walker willing to go in his quest for revenge? And can the lone wolf, cast adrift for so long, ever truly rejoin the pack?
Sleeping Giants is the fourth book in The Future of London series.
222 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2017
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About the author
Mark Gillespie
51 books144 followersThese days, Mark Gillespie writes psychological thrillers, suspense and horror. Previously, between the years 2016-2020, he wrote a lot of apocalyptic/dystopian fiction.
Mark is a former professional musician from Glasgow, Scotland, who nowadays lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife Íde and a small menagerie of four-legged rescue creatures.
Favourite books: I am Legend, The Razor's Edge, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Body (Stephen King), I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Trainspotting...
Favourite films: Jaws, Ikiru, The Invitation, Vertigo, The Thing, Eyes Without a Face, Seven Samurai, The Wicker Man...
You can find him on Facebook as Mark Gillespie's Writing Stuff. He's also on Twitter as MarkG_Author.
Website: www.markgillespieauthor.com
Mark is a former professional musician from Glasgow, Scotland, who nowadays lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife Íde and a small menagerie of four-legged rescue creatures.
Favourite books: I am Legend, The Razor's Edge, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Body (Stephen King), I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Trainspotting...
Favourite films: Jaws, Ikiru, The Invitation, Vertigo, The Thing, Eyes Without a Face, Seven Samurai, The Wicker Man...
You can find him on Facebook as Mark Gillespie's Writing Stuff. He's also on Twitter as MarkG_Author.
Website: www.markgillespieauthor.com
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November 13, 2017
Be prepared to give up your weekend!
If you like dystopian / apocalyptic fiction, do yourself a favour and download these books. Mark Gillespie has created a believable alternative reality which is fast-paced and action-filled with a satirical nod to society’s obsession with reality TV and social media.
Walker’s journey from a teenager to a young adult left alone to survive in the “New London” pulled me in from the start and I couldn’t put the books down. This would make a riveting TV series.
Also, a huge plus – the editing is spot-on! No glaring typos or spelling errors to distract the grammar Nazi in me.
My only criticism is that the book was too short, and I am left waiting for the next one.
If you like dystopian / apocalyptic fiction, do yourself a favour and download these books. Mark Gillespie has created a believable alternative reality which is fast-paced and action-filled with a satirical nod to society’s obsession with reality TV and social media.
Walker’s journey from a teenager to a young adult left alone to survive in the “New London” pulled me in from the start and I couldn’t put the books down. This would make a riveting TV series.
Also, a huge plus – the editing is spot-on! No glaring typos or spelling errors to distract the grammar Nazi in me.
My only criticism is that the book was too short, and I am left waiting for the next one.
October 16, 2017
Discovering this Future of London series has been one of the reading highlights of the year. This is the fourth book in the series. And I’m delighted to report that book 4 continues to be a riveting read.
We have been on quite a journey with our hero Walker. We first met him when he was a rebellious young Scottish teenager and he started to fall in with ‘the wrong crowd’. Then in Mr Apocalypse we meet him again as a shell-shocked young man, living by himself and keeping out of harm’s way. In the Ghosts of London, he is forced to venture deeper into savage London and we see a bolder, harder Walker emerge. Here in The Sleeping Giants he is actively seeking danger.
There is quite a telling scene when Walker sees himself in the mirror; he too sees the changes in him. His eyes show a hardness that can only come with seeing things no-one should see. Even his physical appearance has changed, and gone is the ginger lad from Scotland and a dark haired battle hardened man takes his place. (Are we writing the film script Mr Gillespie? I think Hollywood should consider it.)
The Sleeping Giants could stand on its own as we meet a whole host of new characters with the Sleeping Giants gang, but it would help if you’ve read the other books. There is again some good cutting humour as the Londoners are given phones to chase Pokemons, erm sorry Magic Birds and we get the social media feedback from outside of the M25. If I had one quibble it would be the length of the book, with 203 pages it was over way too soon. The book has a very open ending so I’m sure Mr Gillespie is penning the fifth installment. Even though I’m super eager to read it, I hope it will be a sizable book.
We have been on quite a journey with our hero Walker. We first met him when he was a rebellious young Scottish teenager and he started to fall in with ‘the wrong crowd’. Then in Mr Apocalypse we meet him again as a shell-shocked young man, living by himself and keeping out of harm’s way. In the Ghosts of London, he is forced to venture deeper into savage London and we see a bolder, harder Walker emerge. Here in The Sleeping Giants he is actively seeking danger.
There is quite a telling scene when Walker sees himself in the mirror; he too sees the changes in him. His eyes show a hardness that can only come with seeing things no-one should see. Even his physical appearance has changed, and gone is the ginger lad from Scotland and a dark haired battle hardened man takes his place. (Are we writing the film script Mr Gillespie? I think Hollywood should consider it.)
The Sleeping Giants could stand on its own as we meet a whole host of new characters with the Sleeping Giants gang, but it would help if you’ve read the other books. There is again some good cutting humour as the Londoners are given phones to chase Pokemons, erm sorry Magic Birds and we get the social media feedback from outside of the M25. If I had one quibble it would be the length of the book, with 203 pages it was over way too soon. The book has a very open ending so I’m sure Mr Gillespie is penning the fifth installment. Even though I’m super eager to read it, I hope it will be a sizable book.
October 13, 2017
OK, Mark, you've gone and done it. I really hope you've started #5.
I picked my reader up, and sat and did nothing else til it was finished. But now what do I do?
I did find that Sleeping Giants started slow, but you had more new people to introduce, so I will forgive you on that. haha
These poor people of London just have to be saved..but how can they be?
You are ending these books like a true master..."always leave them wanting".
This is a very good series, and I would recommend all 4 books.
I picked my reader up, and sat and did nothing else til it was finished. But now what do I do?
I did find that Sleeping Giants started slow, but you had more new people to introduce, so I will forgive you on that. haha
These poor people of London just have to be saved..but how can they be?
You are ending these books like a true master..."always leave them wanting".
This is a very good series, and I would recommend all 4 books.
November 18, 2017
Where to start. Mr Apocalypse has certainly grown up, but he's picked up some bad habits along the way. Killing people is one of them.
When the structure of society collapses, manners and human niceties go out the window, and that has happened in London where the Sleeping Giants compete with the other gangs of London for turf, food, recruits.
This is book #4 in the Future of London series, and it's a darker shade of madness than the first three. Not everyone has good intentions and the author keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting to find out who is good and who is bad, but it's not as clear cut as that. Evil is within all of us, and sometimes even a hero turns feral.
I read this on my kindle, and if it were a paperback I would have been flipping over the pages faster and faster to see who falls and who survives. Gillespie writes a fast paced action-packed book and like the first three, I can't wait for the next one.
Gillespie must shut himself in a dark room listening to hardcore death metal to come up with some of the twists in this book!
When the structure of society collapses, manners and human niceties go out the window, and that has happened in London where the Sleeping Giants compete with the other gangs of London for turf, food, recruits.
This is book #4 in the Future of London series, and it's a darker shade of madness than the first three. Not everyone has good intentions and the author keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting to find out who is good and who is bad, but it's not as clear cut as that. Evil is within all of us, and sometimes even a hero turns feral.
I read this on my kindle, and if it were a paperback I would have been flipping over the pages faster and faster to see who falls and who survives. Gillespie writes a fast paced action-packed book and like the first three, I can't wait for the next one.
Gillespie must shut himself in a dark room listening to hardcore death metal to come up with some of the twists in this book!
May 13, 2018
You could almost see this happening
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