CITIZEN ZERO

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192850652011-12-30T21:59:35.524ZCITIZEN ZEROThe hard-hitting science fiction thriller and political satire by UK author & journalist Mark Cantrell <br><br> More writing at: <a href="http://www.mark-cantrell.blogspot.com">The Word On The Wall</a>Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-58433687014294132402011-11-30T21:42:00.000Z2011-11-30T22:51:04.064ZAbout Citizen Zero

CITIZEN ZERO The hard-hitting novel that presents a grim future of a Britain broken by austerity... A dystopian glimpse at a future born in an age of austerity and political uncertainty, Citizen Zero is a gripping social satire that exposes our deepest fears and poses a grave warning to any society that abandons the pursuit of social justice... JobNet was supposed to usher

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-56585440595247731712011-11-30T21:41:00.000Z2011-11-30T21:42:56.713ZBuy The Book

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-9724916193463650742011-11-30T21:32:00.001Z2011-11-30T21:41:36.331ZMeet The Author

Interviewed on Indies Unlimited Check out the blog Indies Unlimited for an interview with Mark Cantrell, the author of Citizen Zero. And once you've finished that, you might care to stick around and discover a wealth of indie authoring talent... Author Mark Cantrell has been told his writing demonstrates a certain dry humor, a cynical wit, and a tendency towards the darker view of life

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-66885839746714501632011-06-02T20:51:00.002+01:002011-11-24T21:49:26.240ZCitizen Under Review

Inspired Quill reviews Citizen Zero “Ever since George Orwell penned 1984, since Aldous Huxley gave us Brave New World, dystopian future sci-fi has been a staple in the English-speaking world. But how do you follow up such literary classics without resulting in a hashed up mishmash of the two? Surely it would take a feat of unparalleled genius to put something new on the plate.” READ

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-82003433721396419032011-05-31T13:28:00.000+01:002011-05-31T13:28:17.179+01:00Author Interview

The man behind the mayhem CITIZEN Zero author Mark Cantrell has featured on the ‘Woulds & Shoulds’ Editing & Design website in its Self Publishing Success series of interviews with indie authors and publishers. Published earlier this month, Mark was interviewed about his hard-hitting science fiction thriller, but also his wider thoughts on life as a novelist. He talks about books, writing,

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-33733501407327365612011-03-29T20:18:00.003+01:002011-03-29T20:48:28.532+01:00FREE Sample On Scribd

Restored on Scribd: A substantial FREE sample of the hard-hitting novel Citizen Zero A dystopian glimpse at a future born in an age of austerity and political uncertainty, CITIZEN ZERO is a gripping social satire that exposes our deepest fears, and presents a grave warning to any society that abandons the pursuit of social justice. The novel presents a grim future of a society broken by

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-35680963355890642312011-03-28T15:07:00.000+01:002011-03-29T20:44:54.945+01:00Get It For The Amazon Kindle

Citizen Zero is available to buy from Amazon's Kindle Store (ASIN: B004HD65HS) at the following links: Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/CITIZEN-ZERO/dp/B004HD65HS Amazon US (and worldwide): http://www.amazon.com/CITIZEN-ZERO-ebook/dp/B004HD65HS

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-7481834152997157122011-03-27T15:05:00.000+01:002011-03-29T20:45:35.489+01:00Get It For The Sony Reader, Ipad & Other Devices

Citizen Zero is available in a range of different ebook formats, including the Sony Reader, iPad, Palm, and other devices, as well as the popular epub format, from the following location: Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/35159

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-10674600868171297052011-03-26T14:03:00.000Z2011-03-29T20:47:11.975+01:00Get It As A Print Format PDF

Citizen Zero is available in PDF format, presented as an A5-sized print typeset ebook, from the following source: Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/citizen-zero/9045083 See other titles by Mark Cantrell at the same source via http://www.lulu.com/tyke21

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-76388618257893984952011-03-07T19:36:00.000Z2011-03-29T20:47:53.347+01:00Wot, No Kindle?

Free apps make a Kindle of a phone or PC You don't need a Kindle device to read a Kindle ebook, provided you install one of a range of applications that can be downloaded from Amazon free of charge. The online retailer has created a range of apps that will enable devices to read ebooks formatted for the Kindle. These include: Apple's iPhone, Windows PCs, Apple Macs, iPad, and Android OS

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-44940006032896408582010-12-31T14:03:00.002Z2011-03-27T19:03:27.377+01:00Free Sample PDFs

The above mentioned sites provide sample sections of the novel to read and/or download for free, but a more substantial FREE sample can be downloaded at the following sites in PDF format: Scribd (read on screen, embed in a website and/or download): http://www.scribd.com/doc/51560534/Citizen-Zero-Sample Mediafire (download only): http://www.mediafire.com/?321z5do7jz1jzqz

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-40330120893002610872010-10-10T16:21:00.003+01:002010-12-31T17:02:28.195ZNow We're Living It

The British Prime Minister is about to ‘meet his maker’Austerity sets the scene for a disturbing vision of the future THE Coalition Government’s austerity programme of spending cuts and welfare reform is inadvertently setting the scene to a hard-hitting political thriller just published as an ebook. Citizen Zero, by author and journalist Mark Cantrell, is a dystopian social satire set in a

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-84307192509361024952010-07-23T19:41:00.004+01:002010-12-31T17:12:06.901ZSay It's Not So

CHAPTER 1: Beggars Can’t Be Choosers HE was being watched again. As soon as he arrived at the bus stop the camera turned to stare. Mills sighed despondently and tried not to think about it. Such thoughts only made him nervous. He wanted to go back to bed and shut out the world until he felt able to deal with it. Say in twenty years. But he couldn’t ignore the Summons; it wasn’t worth the

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-1160508895470297632006-10-10T20:30:00.013+01:002010-12-31T17:17:49.674ZRead The Early Blurb

When the world has had enough... SINCE the early decades of the 21st Century, when society was scarred by the traumas of globalisation and a protracted war on terror, Britain has become a peaceful and prosperous consumer society. Historians are already talking of a Golden Age, but under the security-driven authoritarian regime of Alexander Carlisle – Britain’s longest serving PM – they know

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-1132869258710484182005-11-25T05:53:00.013Z2010-12-31T17:22:20.749ZFrom Later

CHAPTER 14: GUILTY SECRETSAn Extract From The Novel Citizen Zero By Mark Cantrell... TERRIBLE news, Jane thought as she sat in the gloom. She'd called in sick two days ago, when the disaster first struck. Since then all she could do was stare at the screen and watch the nightmare unfold. Those damning messages glared back at her from the screen of her notebook, though they wouldn't be there for

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-47211141524871389512005-01-07T20:59:00.000Z2011-10-28T20:48:14.473+01:00Summer Cuts

“We’re all in it together!” ALL this month, CITIZEN ZERO is on sale at the special reduced price of $1.54 – less than the price of a cup of coffee – as part of the Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale. Just use coupon code SSW75 at the checkout to get this special 75 per cent reduction on the standard retail price and while you’re there why not check out the other sizzling deals on offer. The

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-54887139351635820042005-01-06T20:06:00.000Z2011-10-28T20:47:05.539+01:00May Day Special

Something for the weekend Special May Day weekend offer on Citizen Zero Mark Cantrell's hard-hitting science fiction thriller and political satire, Citizen Zero, is available at the subversively low-price of $0.99 (around 60 pence) for the Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, iPad, Nook and other popular devices only from Smashwords. "On the security monitors, he watched the city burn. The

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-16112305870919003832005-01-05T11:22:00.000Z2011-10-28T20:45:46.496+01:00Give Away Offer

For one week it's FREE For one week only CITIZEN ZERO is yours to buy without paying a penny. To mark eBook Week, the hard-hitting science fiction thriller and political satire can be downloaded for FREE from Smashwords. The novel is available for a range of popular e-reading devices, including the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader. When you click to 'buy' the ebook, just enter the code MM72B

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-38342815196947319262005-01-04T21:29:00.000Z2011-10-28T20:44:36.674+01:00Get Citizen Zero Now

The future is what you make it... Citizen Zero The hard-hitting political thriller by Mark Cantrell presents the terrifying consequences of a Britain broken by austerity Available exclusively online JobNet was supposed to usher in a better life for unemployed David Mills; instead it plunges him into a bitter struggle for survival when he is caught in the midst of a political conspiracy

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-39138447460619194052005-01-03T13:39:00.000Z2011-10-28T20:43:03.681+01:00ANNOUNCEMENT

Soon is a relative concept... It is with a degree of sadness to report that Writers of Worlds, the new publisher that was in process of publishing Citizen Zero, currently languishes in limbo. The concept of 'coming soon' has consequently stretched out to satirical proportions. With perhaps a degree of optimism that borders on the equally satirical, it is hoped that WoW will still progress

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-14741078165885821232005-01-02T13:18:00.000Z2011-10-28T20:41:48.302+01:00Book Of Insurgence

Everything is about to change The publication of Citizen Zero is coming closer, as new publishing house Writers of Worlds gears up for its launch later this year. So watch this space for news of its imminent arrival, and prepare for the emergence of this insurgent new title by writer and journalist Mark Cantrell. Writers of Worlds publishes a wide variety of fantasy and science fiction,

Mark Cantrellhttps://profiles.google.com/101450026387514720266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19285065.post-1133296979961324222005-01-01T20:37:00.000Z2011-10-28T20:40:34.161+01:00The Terror Starts Today

Coming soon from new UK publisher Writers of Worlds WAR isn't coming anymore – it's already here. On the street corners, outside the window, smashing through the door… it's come home. The zeros – the poor, the destitute, the unemployed – are in open revolt, turning the high streets and suburbs of prosperous cities into the battlegrounds of a final, desperate civil war. It's a world born

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