Emergence: A Dave Hooper Novel 1

$9.99

ISBN: 9781743518212

Format: Ebook

Pub Date: 01/01/2015

Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post C 1945), Thriller / Suspense, Fiction & Related Items, Science Fiction

Imprint: Macmillan Australia

Price: $9.99

The first book in an edge-of-your-seat trilogy

PRAISE FOR JOHN BIRMINGHAM

"mesmeric readability" Weekend Australian

"[Birmingham displays] an exuberance and virtuosity that is positively Clancyesque" Time

'Monsters,' said Vince Martinelli. 'There are monsters on the rig, Dave.'

Dave Hooper has the hangover from hell, a demonic ex-wife and the claws of the tax office sinking into him. So the last thing he needs is an explosion at the off-shore oil rig where he works.

But this is no ordinary industrial accident, and despite the news reports, Dave knows that terrorists aren't to blame for the disaster. He knows because he has killed one of the things responsible.

When he wakes up in a hospital bed guarded by Navy SEALs, he realises he hasn't been on a bad acid trip. It all really happened. Yet his shock is cut short by a startling self-discovery; his contact with the creature has transformed the overweight, balding safety manager into something else entirely. A goddamned superhero.

Then he learns the attack on the rig is only the first.

THE DAVE HOOPER TRILOGY
Book One: Emergence
Book Two: Resistance
Book Three: Ascendance

Author Information

John Birmingham is the author of the cult classic He Died With a Falafel in His Hand; the award-winning history Leviathan; the Axis of Time trilogy; and the Disappearance Trilogy.

Between writing books he contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines on topics as diverse as the future of media and national security. Before becoming a writer he began his working life as a research officer with the Defence Department's Office of Special Clearances and Records.

John Birmingham refuses to build a website, but you can find him online at his blog, http://cheeseburgergothic.com and on Twitter @johnbirmingham.

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