Location: United Kingdom
Member Since:
July 19, 2011
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Stephen Hunt
Biography
Stephen Hunt is a fantasy and science fiction author who lives in Spain and the UK. He is best known for his best-selling Jackelian fantasy series of novels from HarperCollins, also the publisher of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis in the UK.
The Jackelian world is a fantasy adventure set in a far-future Earth where the passage of time has erased almost all memory of our current world from history. Electricity is now unreliable and classed as a dark power, with many of the nations of the world existing at a Victorian level of development and relying on steam-power, mechanical nanotechnology and biotechnology to survive and prosper.
It is a world of strange creatures, flashing blades, steammen servants, airship battles and high adventure.
Each novel is written as a stand-alone work, but share the same world and many of the same characters who criss-cross between the novels (a technique shared with fellow British fantasy author Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series).
Foreign language and international editions of the six novels of the Jackelian series have been sold to Tor Books (USA), Albin Michel (France), Verlagsgruppe Random House (Germany), Enterbrain Manga and Anime (Japan), Edições Saída de Emergência (Portugal), Paidós (Spain), AST (Russia), and the Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House (China).
Stephen maintains his own web site over at www.StephenHunt.net and when he is not writing, he can be found indulging in such interests as cooking, gardening, collecting comic-books, and building his collections of genre novels.
The Jackelian world is a fantasy adventure set in a far-future Earth where the passage of time has erased almost all memory of our current world from history. Electricity is now unreliable and classed as a dark power, with many of the nations of the world existing at a Victorian level of development and relying on steam-power, mechanical nanotechnology and biotechnology to survive and prosper.
It is a world of strange creatures, flashing blades, steammen servants, airship battles and high adventure.
Each novel is written as a stand-alone work, but share the same world and many of the same characters who criss-cross between the novels (a technique shared with fellow British fantasy author Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series).
Foreign language and international editions of the six novels of the Jackelian series have been sold to Tor Books (USA), Albin Michel (France), Verlagsgruppe Random House (Germany), Enterbrain Manga and Anime (Japan), Edições Saída de Emergência (Portugal), Paidós (Spain), AST (Russia), and the Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House (China).
Stephen maintains his own web site over at www.StephenHunt.net and when he is not writing, he can be found indulging in such interests as cooking, gardening, collecting comic-books, and building his collections of genre novels.
Where to find Stephen Hunt online
Website: http://www.SFcrowsnest.com
Twitter: @SFcrowsnest
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.StephenHunt.net
Twitter: @SFcrowsnest
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.StephenHunt.net
Where to buy in print
Videos
The Court of the Air
The animation for Stephen Hunt's 2007 fantasy novel from HarperCollins, 'The Court of the Air.'
Books
Strange Incursions: A Guide for the UFO and UAP-curious
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 54,970.
Language:
English.
Published: August 26, 2022
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Categories:
Nonfiction » New Age » Aliens & UFOs
Best-selling science fiction author Stephen Hunt brings his unique mind to bear on the truth behind the UFO and UAP mystery. Is it nonsense? Or is there a degree of truth behind the fact that aliens might be visiting Earth? His conclusions will stun you and change the world forever.
Voyage of the Void-Lost
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 82,080.
Language:
English.
Published: July 26, 2021
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
When Captain Lana Fiveworlds seizes on a lucrative contract to fly a rough-and-ready bunch of grave robbers between the worlds of long-extinct civilisations, she’s expecting a nice easy ride for her misfit crew on board the starship Gravity Rose.
What could possibly go wrong?
Plenty, as it transpires!
Anomalous Thrust
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 84,480.
Language:
English.
Published: November 22, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Captain Lana Fiveworlds might be flying with the same motley crew of misfits, but her problems are all-new. Lana believes that a demanding and difficult client on board her beloved starship - the Gravity Rose - is the sum of her woes. But that was until she has to emergency ditch inside a star system which holds a full range of deadly secrets.
Mission to Mightadore (Jackelian #7)
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 101,860.
Language:
English.
Published: May 13, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.00 from 1 review)
Seline Templar hasn't experienced an easy life. First, her father died for reasons that have been shockingly concealed from her. Then Seline's mother, Molly, went missing in suspicious circumstances. So she's been raised as a ward of King Steam in the Steamman Free State, far away from the potential perils of her home in the Jackelian Kingdom.
Secrets of the Moon
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$8.99 USD.
Words: 110,720.
Language:
English.
Published: May 13, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
Agatha Witchley used to be a spy in the Cold War, but now she's locked up in the UK's premier maximum-security mental institution. She believes that the ghosts of the celebrity dead visit her padded cell and whisper the world's secrets in her ears. Which is a big problem for the British government, because she's the only one who can help them when an American billionaire is murdered in London.
The Moon Man's Tale
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 37,380.
Language:
English.
Published: May 13, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Retired spy Agatha Witchley and her fellow agents from the Office are drawing very close to solving the mystery of the faked autoerotic asphyxiation of billionaire Simon Werks. But, the nearer the group get to the secret reasons behind the murder, the more bizarre, shocking and deadly is the conspiracy they stumble across. Soon, Agatha and her companions may regret coming so close to the truth.
Void All the Way Down
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 113,190.
Language:
English.
Published: May 13, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Captain Lana Fiveworlds has a hell of a lot of problems. She's sliding void in an ageing seven-hundred-year-old space ship, scrabbling around the edges of civilised space trying to find a cargo lucrative enough to pay her bills without proving so risky that it'll kill her. She's got an alien religious freak for a navigator, an untrustworthy android for a first mate . . .
Red Sun Bleeding
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 59,390.
Language:
English.
Published: May 13, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
It should have all been so easy for Captain Lana Fiveworlds, owner of Fiveworlds Shipping and master of the free trader starship ‘Gravity Rose’. A simple supply run to a mining operation in deep space on a world called Abracadabra. Alright, so the mining operation was illegal and the world unclaimed… that’s why the job paid so damn well.
The Plato Club (Book 2 of 'In the Company of Ghosts')
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 41,280.
Language:
English.
Published: July 22, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
As an ex-spy rumoured to have gone insane after being held captive by the KGB and tortured for a decade, Agatha Witchley has seen her share of strange cases over the years. But none compares to the faked autoerotic asphyxiation of billionaire Simon Werks, and the sudden trail of death tracking after the American industrialist’s family.
In the Company of Ghosts (Book 1 of In the Company of Ghosts)
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
Free!
Words: 37,810.
Language:
English.
Published: July 22, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage
Agatha Witchley used to be a spy in the Cold War, but now she's locked up in the UK's premier maximum-security mental institution. She believes that the ghosts of the celebrity dead visit her padded cell and whisper the world's secrets in her ears. Which is a big problem for the British government, because she's the only one who can help them when an American billionaire is murdered in London.
Transference Station (Book 2 of the Sliding Void Science Fiction Series)
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 33,490.
Language:
English.
Published: July 22, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
Are things finally looking up for Captain Lana Fiveworlds? She's managed to reach what passes for civilisation in the wild border systems of the Edge - Transference Station - the largest trading hub in the free worlds. With her ramshackle starship, the Gravity Rose, safely docked, she's now desperately searching for a cargo to stave off bankruptcy.
Sliding Void (Book 1 of the Sliding Void Science Fiction Series)
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
Free!
Words: 33,930.
Language:
English.
Published: July 22, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Adventure » Action
(4.00 from 4 reviews)
Captain Lana Fiveworlds has a hell of a lot of problems. She's sliding void in an ageing seven-hundred-year-old space ship, scrabbling around the edges of civilised space trying to find a cargo lucrative enough to pay her bills without proving so risky that it'll kill her.
Six Against The Stars
by Stephen Hunt
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 106,760.
Language:
English.
Published: July 19, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
As the self-proclaimed biggest coward in the galaxy, Horatio has it easy on what passes for 40th century America. Sadly, he is kidnapped from the court of the King of Earth and taken to the stars. His mission? To protect the universe. He might save it, but he could damage it a little first!