Nathan Brazil

Nathan Brazil is a pen-name, borrowed with permission from the iconic character created by the late great Jack L. Chalker. I began to use the name when I was a book reviewer, mostly for the now defunct SF Site, and have continued into print because the name became known to Google, and I'm hoping there will be some potential readers who wonder if the reviewer can actually write! It may be of some interest that my 'day job' is designing book covers, and I currently have around 40 titles on Amazon. Many for the best-selling writer W.A. Harbinson, author of books such as Genesis and All At Sea on the Ghost Ship. I design both for PoD paperbacks and for Kindle/E-Book publishing. When I'm not doing that, I also design one-off luxury silk scarves/ artwork for Silkisland.org. I do these things from my home office, on the Isle of Wight, which is the tiny diamond-shaped rock located at the bottom of England on global maps, and home to the famous music festival. Under one name or another I've been writing for many years, and have another four as yet unpublished novels completed. Darklife, is a work that took over 10 years to write. Not, I hasten to add, due to an overly complex plot, but because of what John Lennon eruditely described as 'Life is what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans.' In my case, it was a house move and lifestyle change, three terminal illnesses in the family and other things that had to take precedence. All the time ideas were going into a file, and chapters were being written, junked, revised then rewritten from scratch as what became the final version evolved. Eventually, life was stable enough to complete the work and publish via CreateSpace/ Kindle Store. I believe that Darklife is the first epic sized work based on the possibilities presented by dark energy and dark matter. While very much a work of fiction, I was inspired by the brilliant novels of Daniel Suarez, to incorporate many elements that use current and near future technology. With a few obvious exceptions, most of the gadgets and technologies shown in Darklife either exist right now, exist in rudimentary form, or are under research by real world scientists. My aim for this book is principally to tell a good story, the kind of story that I love to read, and which will hopefully inspire others. At this time I'm swimming uphill like a salmon (but more fragrant according to my girlfriend) doing what I can to promote Darklife. Ultimately, I'm well aware that I can only do so much without the help of a major league publisher, but at least I get to roll the dice.