John Meaney

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One of the most original voices, and most insightful thinkers, the genre has ever produced. Robert J. Sawyer, award-winning author of FlashForward

I'm John Meaney, science fiction and fantasy author. I also write near-future thrillers under the pseudonym of Thomas Blackthorne. Welcome to my virtual home! Pull up a chair, and let's catch up on what's happening.

LATEST NEWS: ABSORPTION, volume 1 of my new space opera trilogy, is out now in the UK. It spans multiple timelines from Viking culture to far future Fulgor, in the Pilots future history. It's big!

Already released this year is my near-future thriller, EDGE. This is the first book I've written as Thomas Blackthorne, and it functions as a political satire too.

Sequels to both EDGE and ABSORPTION are following. For readers of my Tristopolis books, please note that Black Blood and Dark Blood are the same book, released under different titles by different publishers, either side of the Atlantic.

You can download the first 2 chapters of EDGE for free.

EDGE is set some three decades from now, in a Britain where the blade generation has grown up, a corrupt government has legalized duelling, and prime-time entertainment – Knife Edge – is cage-fighting with knives. Josh Cumberland is ex-special forces, tracking down a missing rich kid who's hoplophobic (afraid of weapons) on the streets of London, along with a beautiful psychotherapist possessing interesting abilities of her own.

And on the personal front, I'm now esconced in a Welsh valley, rediscovering fresh air and the joy of tramping around in actual forest... and delivering books far more quickly.

The nice things people say...

A masterclass in characterisation. Eric Brown, The Guardian

One thing Dark Blood doesn't do is let you relax... One of the most satisfying border crossing fusions of Dark Fantasy, Horror and hard Science Fiction in years... Anthony Brown, Starburst

John Meaney is a spectacular writer. He makes SF seem all fresh and new again. Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author

Meaney is a wonderful writer who deserves worldwide recognition. Cheryl Morgan, Emerald City

John Meaney has rewired SF. Everything is different now. Stephen Baxter

Meaney is one of the best authors of hard SF in the world... SFX

...one of British science fiction's most original and exciting practitioners. Barnes & Noble

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