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graduated from university in 2004 having received B.A. degrees in
History and Politics. Moving back to my hometown of Hereford (a quiet,
sleepy town near Wales) I quickly got bored (boredom to become a key
inspiration throughout my quest to publish these books). Writing hadn’t
crossed my mind at this stage and after a year of small town monotony I
moved to London, having netted myself what I thought to be a comfy
little local government job (little did I know how true this would be,
but as I’m still in that local government job so can’t say too much).
Having
been in the job since 2006 it was in about 2009 that I started writing.
The excitement at moving to London gradually began to wane as I found
myself a monotonous cog in the government system. Seeing how that world
works from the inside initially manifested itself as searing cynicism
and spawned a disappointed, and probably annoying, idealist. One day at
work a few years ago an inner spark fired (the flint again being extreme
boredom) that fuelled putting pen to paper. An idea for a working-class
genius politician came to mind and after developing that character it
became about moulding him into a story and background.
The Chronicles of Hope series of
books is thus just that, a story of hope. Without giving too much away
it’s ultimately a utopian vision of a hopeful future for humanity. The
intention behind the books is merely to challenge people’s beliefs and
make people think and question everything. I’ve genuinely never been
motivated by money, I don’t subscribe to the theory that it brings
happiness, but saying that I do understand that having none will often
bring unhappiness if it stops you having the lifestyle you want to have.
Fortunately my income and circumstances to that end have always been
very middle of the road, something that feels like a privilege in this
world we live in.
I
think the Che Guevara in me hopes that the more people think and the
more people work out that we’re owned by the world’s leaders and have no
say in society, the closer the world might come to some kind of
uprising and revolution. Despite that, there’s no great moral message at
the core of the books, I’m well aware that the pile of crap is probably
too deep now for such change. My hope is loosely that more people
thinking about some of the issues raised could lead to more people
refusing to accept the failings of the society in which we live.
Frank
Noon divides opinion. Whilst some say he’s a philosophical genius, some
say he’s a fanciful dreamer who deliberately courts controversy with
his anti-establishment views about the failings of modern society.
Seemingly
nearing the end of his life in politics, he reluctantly fronts an
experimental inter-galactic government project late in the 21st century
aimed at making life on an overpopulated Earth more sustainable. As he
battles to gain control of a relative asylum, consisting of a cross
section of the populous as much at odds with themselves as the
situation, he unwittingly embarks on a life-changing journey of self
discovery.
As they learn more about the project and its intentions how far-reaching might the consequences be for the future of humanity?
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