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Viridian System series
The Viridian System series is a set of books featuring Big Pete and the Swede, orichalcum asteroid miners, first developed in my flash fiction stories. For adults really–definitely for Curved Space to Corsair. Plenty of nudity, swearing and booze, but all of it futuristic and mostly in good taste.
The ebook covers have been updated and are shown below. The softcover books will keep the covers shown by each title.
The Perihelix – Book One
All Big Pete and the Swede want, after a hard season mining orichalcum in the asteroid belt, is a beach, a girl and some good food. Maybe not in that order. But when an Imperium agent steals one of their girls, and some Pavanians from Bartelski start threatening them, the two men take to their spacecraft to work out what’s happening.
A chase round the galaxy ensues, with kidnap, treachery, mystery and aliens all playing their part in the quest, as both men discover life is not as simple as they had worked so hard to make it. Will the girls succeed in flying a spaceship? Will the Federation recover the secret weapon? Will the Imperium infiltrate the Viridian System? And will Pete’s destiny prove to be the end of the men’s partnership? Or is that the Swede’s fault for keeping secrets even from his best buddy?
Status: first published May 17, 2016. Fully revised second edition published 28th March 2018.
Curved Space to Corsair – Book Two
Asteroid miners Big Pete and the Swede deserve a holiday with Maggie and Dolores, but the Delta Quadrant is hardly a vacation spot. Pete has kept secret the call to his home planet, Corsair, to rescue them from disaster. He uses the excuse of Dolores’ training to become a pilot to give give her more space hours, only to send them through a natural wormhole to an uncharted destination. Meanwhile the Imperium declares war on the Federation, while a little personal business by one of the senators leads him off in the direction of the Viridian System to start a canny land grab.
Curved Space to Corsair is the second in the Viridian series, a proposed trilogy. It follows on from the events in The Perihelix, and includes references to events in that book. It’s mean, lean, and occasionally sexy.
Guidance rating 18+.
Status: Published 22nd January 2019.
Zanzibar’s Rings – Book Three
A Galactic crisis: the entire comms system destroyed. No waypoints, no navigation aids, no database access… and how will spaceships in flight get home–or to any destination? Dolores is stuck in warp with a very dangerous passenger, Pete gets his shuttle back home on manual. But how come anything in close contact with pure orichalcum fixes itself? Just flying through Zanzibar’s Rings solves the problem–as the Federation’s fighters find, as they descend on the Viridian System to take possession of the planets.
Zanzibar’s Rings brings the Viridian System series to a conclusion, with a bang and a lot of whimpering. And possibly a view of things to come.
Status: Published 22nd February 2022
Buy the Books
The Perihelix: ebooks at iTunes, Amazon, B&N,Kobo and Smashwords (early purchasers can get the second edition upgrade free)
Paperback editions of the three novels are also available.
The Perihelix, 9780368216657
Curved Space to Corsair, 9780368217043
Zanzibar’s Rings, 9798210005601
NEW- Coming 12th August 25
The Quest for Orichalcum #QuestforOh
An asteroid miners’ memoir (change of subtitle)
How did Big Pete and the Swede meet? How did they get to be so rich? And were they always successful with women? What adventures did they have before they reached the Viridium System? All these questions are addressed in the Quest for Orichalcum, a biography, or memoir, of your favourite asteroid miners, from before the days when instacomms enabled real connectivity through the galaxy. Before anyone knew what orichalcum was, or could do for civilisations throughout the universe. A gathering of tales of the men, their women, their extracurricular activities, disasters, deaths, murders, and surfing. And all before anyone but the people of Corsair had ever heard of the Perihelix.
Been perusing ur site! This is exciting and I think the Princelings sound like fun stories. I am new to the blogging world and love that I can see published author’s work and communicate with them! This is very exciting for me.
Thanks! If you sign up for the Viridian Series mailing list at http://viridianseries.uk, you’ll get occasional emails about news and special offers (some only to mailing list people)
Been perusing ur site! This is exciting and I think the Princelings sound like fun stories. I am new to the blogging world and love that I can see published author’s work and communicate with them! This is very exciting for me.
Thanks! If you sign up for the Viridian Series mailing list at http://viridianseries.uk, you’ll get occasional emails about news and special offers (some only to mailing list people)