Paroxysm
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Mad as Hell - and Loving It!
Ruthless mercenaries, hired by an ex-Pentagon chemical-weapons designer turned rogue, take over a small town in Oregon. The plan: use the citizenry as guinea pigs in a test-run of a bootlegged bio-agent for an Islamist terror organization.But something goes wrong and the mercs and their clients find themselves surrounded by townsfolk who have turned into hyper-coordinated killing machines.PAROXYSM is an action-packed tale about the seductive power of righteous violence, about how ordinary people can explode when fate gives them the power to hit back.Praise for Matthew Hughes:"Matthew Hughes does Jack Vance better than anyone except Jack himself" - George R.R. Martin"Heir apparent to Jack Vance" - Booklist"Hughes's boldness is admirable"- New York Review of Science Fiction"Hughes effortlessly renders fantastic worlds and beings believable"- Publishers Weekly"A towering talent"- Robert J. Sawyer"A treasure" - David GerroldBuy now!
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- ISBN: 9781473225510
- Author: Matthew Hughes
- Pub date: 03.01.19
- RRP: $13.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Matthew Hughes
Matt Hughes is a science fiction, fantasy and suspense fiction writer. He won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award, and has been shortlisted for the Aurora, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, A.E. Van Vogt, and Derringer Awards. Born in Liverpool, England, Hughes moved to Canada at the age of five. Hughes has been a writer for many years, first as a journalist, then as a staff speechwriter to the Canadian Ministers of Justice and Environment, and from 1979 until recently, as a freelance corporate and political speechwriter in British Columbia. Now Hughes writes fiction full-time.
"Look, Matt Hughes is one of the most entertaining writers in the SF/fantasy field, now or ever" - Andrew WheelerOther books by the author
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