I am delighted to have been nominated as the winner of the CrimeBits Lee Child Prize run by Black Spring Press Group. The competition was for the best 200 word opening to a novel.
You will have to purchase the book to read my entry and the other 99 featured openings.
Buy the book here: https://blackspringpressgroup.com/products/crimebits
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.
This is a season of giving, so I have reduced the price on the Kindle versions of all my books for the next few days.
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Richard-T.-Burke/author/B018F53OZ4
US: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Richard-T.-Burke/author/B018F53OZ4
Thanks for visiting my book page.
It’s now around eight months since I launched Annihilation, the third and last book in the Decimation trilogy. So, what’s coming next?
I’m currently working on a near-future, Sci-Fi thriller. I’m excited by the underlying premise; I can’t say too much at this stage, but it’s a big idea like the one in the Decimation universe (where no woman has survived childbirth in a generation).
I’m planning this new book to be the first in a series, but I’m not yet sure how many books that will include. I’ll reveal more as I get closer to a complete first draft.
Finally, a big thank you to all who have reviewed my books. A good review can make all the hard work required to create a book feel worthwhile.
My short story, The Prisoner, was recently published in the Resolutions anthology by Bridge House Publishing.
![Resolutions by [Multiple, Debz Hobbs-Wyatt, Gill James]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OzdbU+tOL.jpg)
You can find an interview with Gill James of the same company on her blog today.
https://www.gilljameswriter.com/2022/01/an-itnerview-with-richard-t-burke.html
In the last week, The Rage has undergone a refresh. The Kindle version is still available for the same £0.99/$0.99 price at Amazon.
Here is the blurb:
What really killed the dinosaurs? What if the same organism that wiped out the greatest beasts to walk the earth survived into the present day? The residents of the quiet rural village of Netherwell are about to find out first-hand.
Alice Dean becomes concerned when her husband, Dennis, fails to return from a walk in the woods. Her worst fears are confirmed when their dog returns home with a human finger in its mouth.
Over the course of the next two days, the once peaceful location is rocked by a series of horrific murders and descends into a spiral of escalating violence.
But the ancient evil lurking beneath the trees may not be the only source of danger. As the residents battle to stay alive, they begin to question the motives of those whose duty it is to protect them.
You can get a copy here or by clicking the cover below.
It’s been a few months since the release of my last book, The Colour of the Soul, so I thought it was worth writing a few words about what’s coming next.
One of my short stories, The Offer, is included in The Corona Book of Science Fiction. You can buy it from 15th October 2018.
The Colour of the Soul recently received a gold star award in The Book Designer April cover competition. They even sent me a badge (woo-hoo!).
My badge
Most of the credit belongs to my cover designer, Michelle Arzu, not least for her boundless patience as I dithered between alternatives. As it happens, the cover design went full circle, ending with one that was very similar to the first she proposed. I thought it might be interesting to show the evolution of the cover.
OneStopFiction are running another book giveaway competition. Win 60 paperbacks and eBooks (including a paperback copy of Decimation). The competition is free to enter and is open until the end of June.
Click here to enter.
Good luck!
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