"The flame crackled as it burst through the thick steel and immediately started to trace a slow glowing path.." So begins the fast-paced sci-fi thriller that is Agencies. The discovery of a hidden chamber on the Moon starts a chain of explosive conflicts between the now-privatised security agencies on Earth several hundred years from now. Carth, on an unknown mission, must carefully thread his way through the escalating hostilities between the two most prominent Agencies.
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James was born in Cambridge, UK and has spent time in Manchester, Oxford and Geneva before moving to his current home city of London, UK. He is on the internet at james-aston.net.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By W Reynoldson
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Well thought out plot combined with some truly brilliant ideas. What's really amazing is that many of the ideas are either possible today or in the not-too distant future - you can imagine how these could be done without resorting to the magic of ray guns and forcefields!
Thoroughly enjoyed the action scenes, nearly missed my station more than once because I was so absorbed (separate journeys, I didn't forget to get off the same train twice :))
Overall all a well put together book, worth a read especially if you like your sci-fi based in reality
Thoroughly enjoyed the action scenes, nearly missed my station more than once because I was so absorbed (separate journeys, I didn't forget to get off the same train twice :))
Overall all a well put together book, worth a read especially if you like your sci-fi based in reality
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By LedZepTT_
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I thoroughly enjoyed "Agencies".
James Aston has created a believable Earth, perhaps a century from now, where most people and states live peacefully, but the military and secret services have been outsourced to a small number of private, competing agencies.
The novel focuses on a few major characters and the reader is left guessing the identity and mission of the central spy character (Carth) until the end.
There's a nod to Iain M. Banks here, but this isn't "The Culture" fanfic.
James Aston has created a believable Earth, perhaps a century from now, where most people and states live peacefully, but the military and secret services have been outsourced to a small number of private, competing agencies.
The novel focuses on a few major characters and the reader is left guessing the identity and mission of the central spy character (Carth) until the end.
There's a nod to Iain M. Banks here, but this isn't "The Culture" fanfic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Mark
Format:Kindle Edition
A genuinely good read.
The book is a kind of mystery thriller, set in the not-too-distant future. The reader is shown the story from the perspective of different major characters, and we watch the characters stumble through making incorrect assumptions about what is really going on around them. The plot is well thought through, and we're not subjected to any ridiculous twists or surprises. However, the ending doesn't feel totally believable.
Don't be put off by the budget price level, it reads like great main-stream Sci-Fi. There are a lot of chapters, as each scenes in the book is given its own. Aston has an easy reading, visually descriptive style. There is a playful quality to the book, often starting the chapters with an intricate description of some feature of the scene, before pulling back to reveal the setting. There are a few parodied(?) clichés in there, which put a smile on my face.
I immediately searched for more of Aston's work, but it appears to be his début novel, which makes it all the more impressive. There is hope for more, though, as a sequel is (not so unashamedly) set up by the ending...
The book is a kind of mystery thriller, set in the not-too-distant future. The reader is shown the story from the perspective of different major characters, and we watch the characters stumble through making incorrect assumptions about what is really going on around them. The plot is well thought through, and we're not subjected to any ridiculous twists or surprises. However, the ending doesn't feel totally believable.
Don't be put off by the budget price level, it reads like great main-stream Sci-Fi. There are a lot of chapters, as each scenes in the book is given its own. Aston has an easy reading, visually descriptive style. There is a playful quality to the book, often starting the chapters with an intricate description of some feature of the scene, before pulling back to reveal the setting. There are a few parodied(?) clichés in there, which put a smile on my face.
I immediately searched for more of Aston's work, but it appears to be his début novel, which makes it all the more impressive. There is hope for more, though, as a sequel is (not so unashamedly) set up by the ending...
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Sample only - very competent sci-fi set in the near(ish) future
Very readable and quite prosaic sci-fi tale set about two centuries into the future. I found it very imaginative and detailed - perhaps, as someone else says here, slightly too... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Andrew Ives
3.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging if sometimes flawed
This novel is set in a future in which humanity has moved on technologically but not morally and is refreshing in these (what I'd consider to be) realistic assumptions. Read more
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