Patrick Edwards

Gladiator meets 1984 in this near-future thriller featuring timeslips, ancient magic and a disturbingly plausible dystopian Britain... 68 CE Fleeing disaster, young Winston Monk wakes to find himself trapped in the past, imprisoned by the mad Emperor Nero. The Roman civilization he idolized is anything but civilized, and his escape from a barbaric home has led him somewhere far more dangerous. 2070 CE As the European Union crumbled, Britain closed its borders, believing they were stronger alone. After decades of hardship, British envoy Lindon Banks joins a diplomatic team to rebuild bridges with the hypermodern European Confederacy. But in Rome, Banks discovers his childhood friend who disappeared without a trace. Monk appears to have spent the last two decades living rough, but he tells a different story: a tale of Caesars, slavery and something altogether more sinister. Monk’s mysterious emergence sparks the tinderbox of diplomatic relations between Britain and the Confederacy, controlled by shadowy players with links back to the ancient world itself…

Football agent Paul Gently is handling the careers of two of football's up and coming stars - Ralph and Leroy. Unfortunately his roots as a newspaper journalist come back to bite him and his old pal Seb is threatening to uncover Ralph's indiscretions. Paul has a dilemma - should he reveal Leroy's big secret to save Ralph's career?

In 2010, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered on television. A large, avid fandom soon emerged--not the pre-teen female demographic earlier versions of the franchise had been created for, but a roughly 80 percent male audience, most of them age 14-24. With this came questions about the nature of the audience who would come to call themselves "bronies." Brony Studies was born. Approaching the fandom from a perspective of clinical, social and experimental psychology, this study presents eight years of research, written for academics and fans alike. An understanding of the brony fan culture has broader application for other fan communities as well.

This book provides a peek into my life, as I've journeyed through the many different universes provided by the books I've read throughout my life (The cutoff date for this edition was the last day of 2018). It's like a history-themed guided tour of my life, but viewed through the titles of the books I was reading at the time. Not just the "good" parts of my life are showcased, I also included: the troublesome, the depressing, the fun, the evil parts of my nature; and, for good measure, a rant (or two; or possibly three). Nor is this meant to be a full autobiography. You will find many opinions in this book and if you are easily offended, you may get triggered at some point while reading my story. This book most certainly contains profanity. Most of the 4-letter words contained in my book were lovingly taught to me by my Great-grandmother.

*A Prometheus Award 2020 Finalist*A moving and powerful science fiction novel with themes of love, revenge and identity on a totalitarian world. A story about humanity, and the universal search to find salvation in the face of insurmountable odds.An old soldier in exile embarks on a desperate journey to find his dying son. A young woman trapped in an abusive marriage with a government official finds hope in an illicit love. A female scientist uncovers a mysterious technology that reveals that her world is more fragile than she believed.Ruin's Wake imagines a world ruled by a totalitarian government, where history has been erased and individual identity is replaced by the machinations of the state. As the characters try to save what they hold most dear - in one case a dying son, in the other secret love - their fates converge to a shared destiny.