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Tony’s Books
Currently, I have written six science fiction stories. Federation and Federation and Earth are the first two books in my Federation Trilogy. Moonscape is the first in a series about astronaut, Mark Noble. The second book, Moonstruck, is due for release around the end of 2019. My other books are all stand-alone novels.
More detail about each of the books can be found on Harmsworth.net.
THE DOOR: Henry Mackay and his dog regularly walk alongside an ancient convent wall. Today, as he passes the door, he glances at its peeling paint. Moments later he stops dead in his tracks. He returns to the spot, and all he sees is an ivy-covered wall. The door has vanished!
He unwittingly embarks on an exciting trail of events with twists, turns, quantum entanglement and temporal anomalies. It becomes an unbelievable adventure to save humanity which you’ll be unable to put down.
The Door is an intriguing and unique science fiction mystery. It is endearingly British and covers the problems we face with the environment and the Earth’s dwindling resources.
Discover the astonishing secrets being concealed by THE DOOR today!
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FEDERATION takes close encounters to a whole new level. A galactic empire of a quarter of a million worlds stumbles across the Earth. With elements of a political thriller, there is an intriguing storyline which addresses the environmental and social problems faced by the world today.
The aliens’ philosophy on life is totally unexpected. With the help of intelligent automatons, they've turned what many on Earth felt was a reviled political system into a utopia for the masses, but are they a force for good or evil, and will the wealthy make the compromises needed for a successful outcome?
A Daragnen university graduate, Yol Rummy Blin Breganin, discovers that Earth failed in its attempt to join the Federation, and, for some unknown reason, members are forever banned from visiting or contacting the planet. Rummy had never heard of a whole world being outlawed. Perhaps it would be sensible to leave well enough alone but no, he decides to investigate...
FEDERATION is the first in a trilogy of near-future, hard science-fiction novels by Tony Harmsworth, the First Contact specialist.
Submerge yourself in humankind’s cultural and economic dilemma. Try to put your own personal political viewpoint to one side – this story is deliberately intended to make you think about the alternatives. Buy FEDERATION today.
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FEDERATION & EARTH. Book two in the Federation trilogy.
After the dramatic and unexpected turn of events at the end of the first book, Earth is left with several factions trying to resolve the situation. The new president of the USA is trying to secure his hold on power, while a new group who have named themselves FREE AMERICA, is trying to overthrow what it considers an illegitimate regime.
Elsewhere, the new Secretary General of the United Nations is working with the smaller Security Council to try to bring the rest of the world together after the events at the end of the book one. Can the aliens be convinced to provide help or are they just going to watch from orbit?
Take a care. You won't enjoy this story unless you are open to political concepts which could never work on Earth as it is before the trilogy begins i.e. now. If you like speculative fiction, open your mind and enjoy the adventure. This book is like Marmite [look it up], you will either love it or hate it!
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MINDSLIP: Those who have read this book say that it is, by far and away, his best work. For some reason, however, it does not sell well mainly because it is difficult to categorise. Is it psychological SF or is it science fiction at all? Whatever the case, if you start it, you won’t be able to put it down.
So, what happens in MINDSLIP? Radiation from a nearby supernova, combined with enormous coronal mass ejections from the sun causes the Van Allen Belts to fail in their provision of protection of the Earth. Gamma radiation reaches the surface and every creature on Earth swaps minds! Men to women, children to adults, animals to humans, old to young, and vice versa. How would you handle changing sex or species? Mindslip combines frightening science fiction with psychological anguish.
The change astrophysicist Geoff Arnold experiences is, at first surprising, then fascinating, but quickly becomes challenging, and his wife and children have vanished. He joins the government’s catastrophe committee with the brief to find a solution to MINDSLIP before it completely destroys society and the economy.
Untold millions die, but billions survive danger, harassment and abuse, and manage to adapt to their change of species, race, sex, and age.
Geoff discovers that the change his wife has experienced is life-threatening. Can he juggle his new life, help save the world and rescue his wife in time?
This stand-alone work is an excellent example of Tony’s imagination. Science fiction with elements of soft horror, all in the style of the old masters. A real page-turner.
Many have said that it is reminiscent of John Wyndham’s classics — Day of the Triffids; The Chrysalids; Trouble with Lichen; and The Midwich Cuckoos.
Find out for yourself. Become part of the bizarre, yet realistic world of MINDSLIP today!
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MOONSCAPE: We’ve known that the moon is dead since Apollo. But what if something lay dormant in the dust, waiting to be found?
In 2028, Astronaut Mark Noble is conducting a survey of a moon crater. An alien entity secretly grabs a ride back to Moonbase on Mark’s buggy. Once in the habitat, it begins to infect the crew. They find themselves in a frightening, helter-skelter adventure with only two possible outcomes: losing or saving the Earth.
MOONSCAPE is the first in a series of hard science fiction stories featuring Mark Noble from the pen of Tony Harmsworth, a First Contact specialist who writes in the style of the old masters. If you like fast-paced adventure, fraught with the additional dangers found in space, then Tony’s MOONSCAPE has been written especially for you.
The second book, MOONSTRUCK, is due for release towards the end of 2019.
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THE VISITOR: Specialist astronaut Evelyn Slater encounters a small, badly damaged, ancient, alien artefact on the first ever space-junk elimination mission. Where was it from? Who sent it?
International governments impose a security clampdown. Evelyn leads a team of hand-picked scientists who make amazing discoveries within the alien device. Secrecy becomes impossible to maintain. When the news is finally released, she becomes embroiled in international politics, worldwide xenophobic hatred and violence.
This is book one of Tony Harmsworth’s First Contact series of novels. If you like realistic near-future stories which compel you to imagine yourself as the protagonist, The Visitor is the book for you.
THE VISITOR might challenge your political and religious convictions – try to put them to one side and explore this story as an imaginative “WHAT IF?”
THE VISITOR is now an exciting audiobook narrated by Marni Penning.
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Non-Fiction by Tony Harmsworth
LOCH NESS, NESSIE & ME: Almost everyone, at some point in their lives, has wondered if there was any truth in the stories of monsters in Loch Ness? LOCH NESS, NESSIE & ME answers all the questions you have ever wanted to ask about the loch and its legendary beast.
In these 400 pages with more than 200 pictures and illustrations, you will find a geography of Loch Ness; a travel guide to the area; a biography of its mythical inhabitant; and an autobiography of the man who set up the Loch Ness Centre and was integral to commentating the cut and thrust of the research groups including the largest ever expedition — Operation Deepscan.
Explore the environmental and physical attributes of Loch Ness which make certain monster candidates impossible. Find detailed explanations of how pictures were faked and sonar charts, badly interpreted. Learn how Nessie has affected the people and businesses which exist in her wake, and suspend belief over the activities of the monstrous monks of Fort Augustus Abbey.
Tony Harmsworth’s involvement at the Loch has lasted over forty years, having created increasingly sceptical exhibitions, dioramas and multi-media shows. This is the first comprehensive book to be penned by someone who lives overlooking the loch. It is essential for anyone interested in Loch Ness and the process of analysing cryptozoological evidence.
Now’s the time to discover the truth about this mystery, once and for all. Get your copy today!
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SCOTLAND’S BLOODY HISTORY: Ever been confused about Scotland’s history – all the relationships between kings and queens, both Scottish and English? Why all the battles, massacres and disputes? SCOTLAND’S BLOODY HISTORY simplifies it all.
Discover the history of Scotland from prehistoric man to the current Scottish Nationalist government. Follow the time-line from the stone-age, through the bronze age and the iron age. Find out about the Picts, the Scots, the Vikings and the English. Learn about the election of Scotland’s early kings and how Shakespeare maligned one of its finest monarchs.
In simple, chronological order, this book will show you how the animosity between England and Scotland grew into outright warfare including tales of Braveheart and wars of independence.
Tony Harmsworth has taken the bloodiest events of the last three thousand years and used those to clarify the sequence of events. Don’t buy this book to learn the boring stuff, this book is packed with action from page one to the final three words which might haunt you over the next decade.
Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, the Stewarts and Jacobites. It is all there. Explore SCOTLAND’S BLOODY HISTORY now!