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Act of Will

Act of Will

November 26, 2010

 

Andersson Dexter: Book Two

Andersson Dexter is a new man, still living his old life.

Part vigilante, part private eye, part cop, Dex is muddling his way through his day job as a faceless customer service rep for a giant firm, while solving routine cases in his off hours.  But when a gruesomely mutilated corpse is found, things heat up for Dex and the underground organization he calls the Cubicle Men.

Soon, Dex finds himself racing against the clock to find a killer who seems to be determined to strike him close to home.

In a grim future where people live and work in crowded, utilitarian cities, but escape to an online virtual world, Act of Will explores the capacity we have to choose the directions our lives will take, and the consequences of those choices.

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Enter to Win a Free Copy of Act of Will on Audible

November 22, 2016

Good news, audiobook fans! The Andersson Dexter series is now on Audible and I have a few promo codes for Act of Will to give away. Just enter the Rafflecopter giveaway by joining my (very low traffic) mailing list to be in to win!
Act of Will Audible giveaway

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Act of Will is a Parsec Award nominee

August 6, 2011

In excellent company, Act of Will was given the nod as a finalist in this year’s Parsec Awards.  The Parsecs celebrate excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, and it’s a great honour to have made it to the finals.

Congratulations to my co-finalists:

  • FRANK – Vol.01: Boiling Point by Neil Colquhoun
  • The Hidden Institute by Brand Gamblin
  • Kissyman & the Gentleman by Scott Sigler
  • Marco and the Red Granny by Mur Lafferty

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Episode Fourteen

April 18, 2011

They chase down the killer, but will it be too late? Final episode.

Episode Fourteen

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Chapters 43-45

April 18, 2011

Download the final chapters of the serialized pdf ebook: chapters 43-45.

Act of Will Chapters 43-45

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Episode Thirteen

April 11, 2011

Dex and Annabelle discover the identity of the killer.

Episode Thirteen

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Chapters 40-42

April 11, 2011

Download the serialized pdf ebook: chapters 40-42.

Act of Will Chapters 40-42

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Episode Twelve

April 4, 2011

Dex makes a decision and the killer tries to get back on track.

Episode Twelve

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Chapters 36-39

April 4, 2011

Download the serialized pdf ebook: chapters 36-39.

Act of Will Chapters 36-39

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Episode Eleven

March 28, 2011

Dex and Annabelle have a night on the town and the killer is stymied.

Episode Eleven

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Chapters 32-35

March 28, 2011

Download the serialized pdf ebook: chapters 32-35.

Act of Will Chapters 32-35

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Episode Ten

March 21, 2011

After a chat with Pat Malone, Dex gets some new ideas.

Episode Ten

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Chapters 29-31

March 21, 2011

Download the serialized pdf ebook: chapters 29-31.

Act of Will Chapters 29-31

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Book cover for “Hamlet, Prince of Robots” by M. Darusha Wehm. A blue-green robot skull with a golden crown in the style of a neon sign, over a dark glitchy background. In the top left is a quote reading “Enormous fun and a real gift to lovers of Shakespeare or science fiction or both. Familiar and surprising, clever and moving.” From Kate Heartfield, author of Sunday Times bestseller The Embroidered Book.

Hamlet, Prince of Robots

Like Succession meets Blade Runner … an extremely compelling and satisfying read that allowed me to investigate my own place in our time of communion and interdependence with machines.

—Pip Adam, author of Acorn Prize winner The New Animals

Something is rotten in the state of cybernetics.

Elsinore Robotics is on the cusp of a breakthrough—the company is poised to create the first humanoid androids powered by true artificial intelligence. Their only rival, Norwegian Technologies, lost a publicly streamed contest between their flagship model, Fortinbras, and Elsinore’s HAM(let) v.1.

But when the first Hamlet model is found irreparably deactivated, the apparent victim of wild malware, the field of consumer cybernetics is thrown wide open.

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Free Stories

Fire. Escape. – Sample

This is a novelette that explores a different aspect of the world of the Andersson Dexter novels. You can get the complete ebook for free when you sign up to my mailing list. It all started with the … Read More... about Fire. Escape. – Sample

Chekhov’s Phaser

I never planned to end up here. I've never planned anything, really. All my life has been like that: I see an opportunity and I take it. Sometimes that works out better than other times. So why should … Read More... about Chekhov’s Phaser

The Interview

Originally published in Podioracket Presents - Glimpses “I was working at this stim joint, a place called Ultra-Sissons. It’s not where I’m working now — I wasn’t a bartender then, just a busser. … Read More... about The Interview

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