C. J. Moran
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London-born C J Moran was educated at Wimbledon College (as were Colditz escaper Pat Reid, historian John Keegan and comedian Paul Merton) and worked in the London insurance market for many years (which is more interesting than it sounds!) Even before Apollo 11 landed, he had been bewitched by science fiction through Bleep and Booster, Doctor Who and Star Trek. He first started writing in the 1980s, though his first efforts were straight thrillers. He completed his first novel in 1991, an apocalyptic tale entitled The Four Horsemen. In 2011, he completed his ninth novel The Cage
Books
Night in the City
By the 2050s, advanced drugs have allowed humans to create an infinite shared dreamland where they can go and live out their fantasies. This is the City. But dreams can be bad as well as good. And sometimes you cannot wake up from them. For those who find themselves trapped in the City, there are the Searchers. Moebben is now the last of the Searchers and when he is hired by the inventor of the City to rescue her sister, he knows this will be his last case. But retirement isn't the only way for a Searcher to end his career.
Saving Rachel
"What if the best morning of your life suddenly turned into your worst nightmare? Sam Case is about to find out. what happens when killers force a man to choose between his wife and his mistress ... and the one he rejects must die?"--Page 4 of cover.
All Hallows
November 1931 Aviator Jack Mason was Geoffrey Preston's oldest friend. When Mason and his partner Bob Abbot disappear on a flight over the Atlantic, only Preston smells a rat. Arriving at Fletchenham Park to pursue his investigations, things almost immediately take a turn for the worse. Who can Preston trust and can he find the killer before anyone else dies?
The Cage
By the 2050s, bad parenting and crack-pot theories of child-rearing have left millions of young people irredeemably feral. The answer? To create a vast detention centre covering most of north Wales. This is The Cage and its perimeter is guarded by the hunters, whose task is to stop escaping yoofs — by lethal force. usually. Jade Fallon’s sister is in The Cage and her mother is dying. When she approaches a hunter, hoping that he can tell her how to get a message to her sister, he tells her it is impossible. But fate intervenes and Jade sets out on an adventure that will change everything.
Rachel's Journey
Berlin 1939: Rachel Löwenthal is a Jewess struggling to support herself and her ailing mother. When she goes into a café to try to sell some trinkets and an English journalist treats her to lunch neither of them realizes that this small act of kindness will change both their lives beyond recognition.
The Maelstrom Collection
A collection of five science fiction short stories. Motherhood When the computer of a deep space ship starts to behave erratically, an astronaut is in for the shock of her life. Attack of the Killer Hot Dogs from Outer Space Mind-controlling aliens invade the Earth and the British Prime Minister is mankind's last, best hope!!!!! Maelstrom Wormholes in space-time make a mess of a news anchor's schedule. Predicting the Past When a suicide's plan is interrupted, the last thing he expects is that he is supposed to save mankind from extinction. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Spacers in peril are enjoying seemingly miraculous escapes. Are they just incredibly lucky or is someone - or something - watching over them.