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Introducing the brand new
40 BACKS series

An Epic Victorian Adventure

New  Release

Book One available to order now in eBook, Paperback and Hardback formats

Deep down into raven black shafts where the reassuring warmth of bright sunlight fades against the realm of darkness and shadows.

 

Deep down into the vast labyrinth of pitch dark tunnels that twist and turn far away beneath the ocean floor.

 

Through black galleries and damp stopes choked on stale air.

 

Over a mile out below the cold North Atlantic sea where storm dashed boulders thunder overhead and stir and cloud the dusty passageways.

 

Certain death waits for some...

The brand new 40 BACKS series

An Epic Victorian Adventure.

'It is the mid-nineteenth century, and the Devil has come knocking.'

'It is the mid-nineteenth century, and violent death is a heartbeat away.'

'It is the mid-nineteenth century, and cold blood is the currency.'

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It is the harsh Winter of 1841, and the world's pre-eminent superpower governs the most formidable of empires.

 

But, the United Kingdom’s supreme global raider is wildly out of control, rife with greed and bloodletting.

 

Street urchin Tamesa is a curious and headstrong eleven-year-old who finds the foul sewers of Victorian London as terrifying as the evil that stalks the City's dark alleys.

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Li Ying’s disobedience and teenage desire for adventure are about to propel her dangerously into China’s First Opium War with agonising repercussions.

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Twenty-four-year-old Tokhi will need all the fearlessness and intelligence to survive the perilous military conflict in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains.

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Each is a victim of the insidious East India Company. Yet fate may hand them more than a lifeline, perhaps vengeance too, by way of inexperienced Police Inspector Jago Threepenny, who is endeavouring to solve his first grisly case – if they can each survive their gruelling adventures long enough for their paths to cross.

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The 40 BACKS Series in Numbers

3

Novels

100+

Chapters

325K

Words

3+

Read Formats

1+

Language Translations

Latest News

The 40 BACKS series is an exciting narrative for all ages, from young adults to older adults, that encompasses many historical events and themes.

 

The 40 BACKS series will be released in audiobook format in late 2025.

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