The Departure

A man with no memoriesWakes to a world without justiceThe Argus Space Station looks down on a nightmarish Earth. And from here, the Committee enforces its despotic rule. Corruption is rife, people starve and the poor are policed by mechanized overseers. But worse is yet to come. Earth is desperately over-populated and under-resourced, so the Committee has decided to do the unthinkable - to kill twelve billion people.Alan Saul wakes inside a sealed crate, bound for an incinerator. All he recalls is pain and his tormentor's face. And he has company: Janus, a rogue intelligence, inhabiting forbidden hardware within his skull. As Janus shows his host a damaged Earth, Saul resolves to annihilate the Committee. But first, he resolves to reclaim his memories and hunt down his interrogator. 'Fast, dramatic stuff . . . rapid pace, great action, messy consequences' SFFWorld'I had an absolute blast with this book' Falcata Times [insert JPEGs of THE SOLDIER and DARK INTELLIGENCE on either side of the barcode]