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Hugh Ashton


Biography

Born in UK 1956. Moved to Japan Showa 63 (1988), and still live in Kamakura, a little south of Tokyo.

Self-employed as writer, editor and journalist.

Beneath Gray Skies is my first published novel.

Where to find Hugh Ashton online

Website: http://www.beneathgrayskies.com

Books

Red Wheels Turning    by Hugh Ashton
Price: $2.99 USD. 68030 words. Published by j-views  on July 15, 2011. Fiction.
Red Wheels Turning tells the story of British Secret Service agent Brian Finch-Malloy in Tsarist Russia, as he works to prevent the Russian secret war-winning weapons from falling into the hands of the Bolshevik henchman, Kolinski, who makes his way across Europe, leaving a trail of blood and corpses behind him. From the author of the acclaimed alternate history novel, Beneath Gray Skies.
At the Sharpe End (earthquake section)    by Hugh Ashton
You set the price! 4330 words. Published by j-views  on March 12, 2011. Fiction.
Written as the original tipping point for the final part of #4 bestseller At the Sharpe End. When I had finished, the earthquake had not occurred, so I rewrote the book to include the Lehman crisis. With the recent Japanese megaquake, I have released these chapters to show how I viewed a quake and nuclear disaster about 4 years ago. Free, but any money you care to donate goes to aid quake victims.
At the Sharpe End    by Hugh Ashton
Price: $2.99 USD. 113680 words. Published by j-views  on June 24, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 4 reviews)
When his card is found in the pocket of a man who has died at Shinjuku station in Tokyo, Kenneth Sharpe's life takes a turn for the worse. Freelance technology consultants have no business with burglary, kidnapping, murder or the overthrow of governments, but these become part of Sharpe's life as he and his friends take on the financial world, against the backdrop of the 2008 Wall Street crash.
Beneath Gray Skies    by Hugh Ashton
Price: $2.99 USD. 110280 words. Published by j-views  on January 2, 2010. Fiction.
0.25 star(3.33 from 3 reviews)
Beneath Gray Skies describes a 1920s world that might have been, had the American Civil War never been fought. The new Nazi party in Germany, Confederates, and British and American intelligence services engage in intrigue and treachery, as the giant Bismarck–the largest Zeppelin yet constructed–crosses the Atlantic carrying a priceless gift from the Old World to the New.

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