Reddit mentions: The best political thriller books

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

• Kirkus Review  “A professor and parapsychology researcher discovers a key to mankind’s evolution or destruction in this debut thriller…In the Russian city of Podol’sk, a project partially based on Walker’s work has gone horribly awry, killing thousands and leaving traces of mysteries that threaten humanity’s scientific understanding. Discovering what occurred, and how to prevent it from happening again, falls on Walker and his new friends…As secrets and revelations accumulate, the team’s combined knowledge and abilities may be inadequate to stop what’s coming…Deft dialogue, crisp plotting, and a likable central figure make this multidisciplinary scientific adventure an exuberant and involving read.” 
  
• New Consciousness Review “A thrilling read” 
  
• Portland Book Review “Having the right amount of adventure and romance, this crisscrossing genre tale isn’t just a good read, but may also look great on a big screen.” 
  
• Self-Publishing Review “…the book mixes uncommon palettes and manages a masterpiece with it. It is a surprising, suspenseful, and utterly superb read from start to end.”
  
• Midwest Book Review “…highly recommended, indeed; especially for thriller and sci-fi readers who have become deluged with too much predictability and who seek cutting-edge action, believable protagonists, and action that is solidly intense throughout.” 
  
  READERS’ REVIEWS
  
  5.0 out of 5 stars I hate to see this series end! My favorites sci-fi series!!!By Montzalee Wittmannon October 10, 2017Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
  
  The Interdimensional Nexus (The SHIVA Syndrome Trilogy, Book 3) by Alan Joshua is the fast and heart stopping third book. I didn’t want to see this end. I hope he adds another set to this. So much action, thrills, things wrapped up, and so much goes wide open in this exciting finish. I loved this series. Science, the power of thoughts, the brain, corruption vs goodness, who are we vs the universe, it is a deep book. LOVED it. Sci-fi at it’s finest! Must get!
  
  5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie if done right.
  
  By Buzz on November 27, 2017Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
  
  This is the third and sadly last book in the series. Although there is room for more or a spin off. Just love the Beau character! Thrilling series that I would recommend. No spoilers but a good ending, but would like to read more. This would be a great movie – if done right.

This is an interesting idea, especially for those worldbuilders like myself who have worlds heavily grounded in realism.

I think it’s safe to say that the more “realistic” you make an aspect of your world (“realistic” here meaning closely reflecting how the concept existed in the real world), the more believable it will appear to your readers. However, the more in-depth you create it, the more it will come to resemble your influences, to the point where the two concepts are virtual copies of the other. It’s simpler to copy intricate details than recreate them. This is good in a world based in realism. Details will be ordered and logical, allowing you to accurately model real world conditions. If you accurately want your Roman-inspired army to remain supplied in the field, it’s best to copy Roman military logistics.

Of course, if you want to have every detail of your setting exactly as it appears(ed) in reality (which is technically impossible), you wouldn’t be setting it in a constructed setting. It is then equally important to determine why you are creating a fictional setting in the first place. What makes you want to create a fictional locale? Do you like not being bound by history, and the freedom to create events as you wish? Do you like creating new sciences, technologies, or ideas? Use why you wish to create a fictional world to make your setting unique, not, in your words, a “rip-off.” In other words, copy intricate details from reality (such as the process and reasons for inflation in a bullion-based currency system), but allow yourself to be influenced by multiple influences or periods when creating macro-level concepts (like religions). It is important though to construct these ideas in a manner that the society at large could logically exist. The whole must be greater than the sum of its parts.

This is only one perspective. It is perfectly fine to realistically model all major elements of a society off it’s historical or contemporary counterpart. Guy Gavriel Kay has written a number of successful novels set in historically inspired fantasy settings, like Byzantium in [The Sarantine Mosaic] (http://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Sarantium-Book-Sarantine-Mosaic/dp/045146351X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405480068&sr=8-1&keywords=sarantine+mosaic) or Muslim Spain in [The Lions of al-Rassan] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Lions-al-Rassan-Guy-Gavriel/dp/0060733497/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1405480129&sr=8-5&keywords=guy+gavriel+kay). The settings of both very closely mirror their historical counterpart, yet enough aesthetic aspects are changed to create a feeling of difference, of uniqueness. If a certain period or society truly inspires you, there is nothing inherently wrong with your setting being strongly influenced by it. After all, what constitutes a “unique rendition” of a topic from a “rip-off” is ultimately a matter of personal taste.

Thanks for the questions!

Under the Heel of the Aether Imperium by J.P. Medved ( /u/aducknamedjoe ) is definitely uplifting. My Doubleplusunhate might be, too, a little.

This anthology is more about defiance and fighting hard battles than about feel-good tho if you enjoy winning, there is a lot of that in here.

As to suggesting other scifi that is uplifting, I'm stumped. I frankly found Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead to be uplifting but I know others do not.

I'm not sure why they stopped making libertarian science fiction anthologies. There are definitely people writing libertarian sci-fi tho, like Vernor Vinge, Michael Z. Williamson, Sarah Hoyt and the authors of this anthology.

I was feeling really empowered after I published my first novel, Lando Cruz and the Coup Conspiracy (agorist dystopian thriller) and I was recently connected with some of my fellow authors, so I proposed this idea and the drafts started coming in.

I lost faith a few times but kept on pushing. L. Neil Smith was going to join us but then fell ill. Several stories came in last-minute when I thought we wouldn't have enough to do a proper anthology, and then step by step it has finally happened. We worked on this for about 4-5 months I think.

Thanks again for your questions! -- George Donnelly

While I don’t specialize in only this genre, I did recently finish a copyedit for a highly technical military thriller for a major US publisher. Here: https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Evil-Force-Orange-Novel-ebook/dp/B07KVN11ZX/

The author was pleased with my work and left a nice review on my Facebook page, if you’d like to verify that he was happy. http://ww.facebook.com/LisaGilliamEditor

You can also take a look at my website to see if you think we’d be a good fit. http://ww.lisagilliam.com

Chris Ruz's phenomenal deserts-and-demons epic Century of Sand 2: The Ragged Lord came out Dec 1. This dude is currently my favorite indie author; I buy nearly everything he produces the day it comes out.

The third volume of my gunslinger series Ten Thousand Devils came out Nov 30 and won an /r/Fantasy Best of 2014 Stabby. It's good if you like King's stuff, especially his Dark Tower series. I've heard the style is similar to Sanderson.

The first installment of John Oakes' alt history assassin thriller Death Pope came out Jan 16. It reads stylistically sort of like an Assassin's Creed cover of Romeo & Juliet directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Hi everyone ,

Noble Origins, Episode one of my serialized conspiracy thriller is now Free on Amazon. (Until Oct 9th) after that it’s $.99.

I’m looking to get some honest feedback and reviews if you have time.

The book is based on a ton of true events and I think you’ll enjoy it if you are into historical or conspiracy thrillers.

I do have book 2 out as well. Aria Wolff and Specter Squad . While I work on book 3.

I haven’t gotten much traction so would appreciate the feedback . Thanks In advance . Frank
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I've read something similar by a well known submitter on /r/WritingPrompts.
Here's a link! Your idea seems sufficiently different, just thought i'd show you for inspiration if you need it :) good luck

> Have you ever commissioned illustrations for any of your pieces?

Yes, I commissioned the cover art for both of my books: [Prompt Me], and Rex Electi.

But I do wish that I got more fan art from people.

> In a similar vein, are you a visual-type of person, say, imagining what the characters actually look like when you write about them?

Yes, very much. I picture everything happening in my mind, and its often a question of how much I want to go into detail; I can't go off onto a tangent that isn't relevant to the story.

You should check out our Ancap/libertarian short story anthology but also:

• Lando Cruz by /u/georgedonnelly
  
• Everything on this list of 83 libertarian novels
  
• Granite Republic by me (an AnCap) about NH seceding from the country.
  
  Also check out Withur We (mentioned by another poster), Alongside Night, Minerva by Bob Murphy (yes, that Bob Murphy) and #agora a novel (all on the list linked to above).

I wanted to let everybody know that this project has been funded and is for sale. Thank you so much for the support. We had a number of international sales, and I am sure the Bahamas Reddit page contributed to the project's success.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07212PHL8

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Hi, my book is my take on a modern dystopian in the vein of 1984, only with today's technology those ideas are completely plausible. It's called Stronger than Blood on Amazon.

I've heard about Goodreads during my research on how to market my book but I'll be honest, I don't know much about it. Can you share any insights you may have?

If he likes action movies, he may like the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn. Very quick reads, suspenseful page-turners. The first one is about a hostage situation in the White House, Transfer of Power. It is 426 pages, but it really goes quickly.

(edit: to note- amazon link above says that is Mitch Rapp #3. This was the first one published in this series, and then 2 other books about the younger Rapp came out later. I think Transfer of Power is the better place to start.)

You won't be disappointed.

Also, if you're looking for something a little different, and you're interested in Byzantium, Guy Gavriel Kay's Sarantine Mosaic series is set in a fictionalized version of 6th Century Byzantium, and it is flat-out great.

Check out the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn, starting with Transfer of Power. It's good fun and Mitch Rapp is a badass. In my mind, he is the American James Bond. Long running series too, so there's plenty of content to keep you busy. Another great author to check out would be David Morrell, in particular, the Mortalis trilogy, though those three are more about assassins than spies, but you can't go wrong with Morrell.

Here's the book I've been talking about. It's Vince Flynn's Transfer of Power, staring his character Mitch Rapp. One of my all time favorite book series.

Just to inform you and all german redditors:

Amazon DE has your physical copy IN STOCK: https://www.amazon.de/dp/1540338371/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1479481605&sr=8-2&keywords=rex+electi

Kindle Edition: https://www.amazon.de/Rex-Electi-English-W-P-Kimball-ebook/dp/B01N03B1AJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479481605&sr=8-1&keywords=rex+electi

Your book will be on my wishlist for xmas ;)

Rex Electi is a book she wrote based on a prompt here on reddit. There's also Prompt Me which is a collection of short stories from writing prompts. Here's her author page on Amazon.

Springing off your preference for Roman history, you should take a look at the first 4 books of The Videssos series starting with The Misplaced Legion, by Harry Turtledove. A pre-Empire Roman legion is transported magically to an alternate world, and find themselves in a world very similar to what we would later call the Byzantine Empire.

Similarly, the Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay, starting with Sailing to Sarantium takes place in a world similar to the Byzantine Empire.

Rex Electi