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Unit-Thirteen #1
An Imperfect Future
The Nazis have the key to the ultimate weapon. Can a special squad of British operatives destroy their plans before the Third Reich rules the world?
1944, England. Calum Auger can see ten seconds into the future. Desperate not to die in the air over Germany, the Lancaster bombardier uses his unique gift to drop his payload more accurately and help the pilot avoid enemy fire. But when he can’t find a way through the flak and their damaged plane crash-lands in England, he’s stunned to discover two government agents waiting to recruit him.
Drafted into a top-secret team of psychics, Calum and his new unit are tasked with tracking down spies who stole sensitive documents. And with the missing papers containing information on how to build an atom bomb, they’re in a race against time to prevent Hitler from bringing the world to its knees.
Can Calum and his extraordinary teammates retrieve the intel before it falls into the hands of a madman?
An Imperfect Future is the first book in the pulse-pounding Unit-Thirteen World War II paranormal spy thriller series. If you like realistic action, rich historical detail, and page-turning plots, then you’ll love David Penny’s suspenseful story.
1944, England. Calum Auger can see ten seconds into the future. Desperate not to die in the air over Germany, the Lancaster bombardier uses his unique gift to drop his payload more accurately and help the pilot avoid enemy fire. But when he can’t find a way through the flak and their damaged plane crash-lands in England, he’s stunned to discover two government agents waiting to recruit him.
Drafted into a top-secret team of psychics, Calum and his new unit are tasked with tracking down spies who stole sensitive documents. And with the missing papers containing information on how to build an atom bomb, they’re in a race against time to prevent Hitler from bringing the world to its knees.
Can Calum and his extraordinary teammates retrieve the intel before it falls into the hands of a madman?
An Imperfect Future is the first book in the pulse-pounding Unit-Thirteen World War II paranormal spy thriller series. If you like realistic action, rich historical detail, and page-turning plots, then you’ll love David Penny’s suspenseful story.
414 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 29, 2021
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About the author
David Penny
23 books122 followersBorn in London in 1950, David Penny began writing at a tender age after moving to Mid Wales. Initially obsessed with all things science-fiction he read avidly and wrote even more. His first publications came at the age of seventeen in small fanzines. At the age of twenty-three a short story was accepted by Galaxy magazine – his first payment for writing. This was followed by appearances in the UK magazine Vertex. At the age of 24 his first novel, The Sunset People, was accepted for publication by Robert Hale and David was taken on by the Leslie Flood Literary Agency. Three other science fiction novels followed: Starchant, Out of Time and Sunshine 43.
David enjoyed a dissipated and wasteful (but not wasted) youth, doing little other than writing, growing his hair (a pursuit sadly no longer available to him) and following an alternative lifestyle. Into such an idyllic existence real life rudely interrupted, and David spent the next 35+ years in a variety of jobs, eventually running his own software company.
As the years wore on he missed writing more and more, and eventually returned to it.
The Red Hill is his first novel in 35 years and introduces the surgeon-detective Thomas Berrington.
David enjoyed a dissipated and wasteful (but not wasted) youth, doing little other than writing, growing his hair (a pursuit sadly no longer available to him) and following an alternative lifestyle. Into such an idyllic existence real life rudely interrupted, and David spent the next 35+ years in a variety of jobs, eventually running his own software company.
As the years wore on he missed writing more and more, and eventually returned to it.
The Red Hill is his first novel in 35 years and introduces the surgeon-detective Thomas Berrington.
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July 1, 2021
Immensely interesting thriller
Quite a realistic concept , a 'what if' if you Will, looking forward to more n this series, well paced , page turning without being over sensational or dramatic in its depiction of the paranormal
Quite a realistic concept , a 'what if' if you Will, looking forward to more n this series, well paced , page turning without being over sensational or dramatic in its depiction of the paranormal
October 4, 2021
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September 17, 2025
Five Stars!
Characters that grow, a storyline with the backdrop of a world war, I just hope this becomes a series 🙏
Characters that grow, a storyline with the backdrop of a world war, I just hope this becomes a series 🙏
March 22, 2024
Very Slow.
I thought this was an imaginative idea, atmospherically capturing the war years, but I found the book very slow and tedious in parts. It didn't get going until around chapter 14. I was most interested in the paranormal aspect of the story, and I felt the author could have gone further with this. It felt overly long. Tighter editing would have made this a more compelling read.
I thought this was an imaginative idea, atmospherically capturing the war years, but I found the book very slow and tedious in parts. It didn't get going until around chapter 14. I was most interested in the paranormal aspect of the story, and I felt the author could have gone further with this. It felt overly long. Tighter editing would have made this a more compelling read.
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