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Beneath the dark streets of London they played a dangerous game with trains. Now it is their only chance for survival... Britain in 2075 is a dangerous place. A man known only as the Governor rules the country with an iron hand, but within the towering perimeter walls of London Greater Urban Area anarchy spreads unchecked through the streets. In the abandoned London Underground station of St. Cannerwells, a group of misfits calling themselves the Tube Riders seek to forget the chaos by playing a dangerous game with trains. Marta is their leader, a girl haunted by her brother's disappearance. Of the others, Paul lives only to protect his little brother Owen, while Simon is trying to hold on to his relationship with Jess, daughter of a government official. Guarding them all is Switch, a man with a flickering eye and a faster knife, who cares only about preserving the legacy of the Tube Riders. Together, they are family. Everything changes the day they are attacked by a rival gang. While escaping, they witness an event that could bring war down on Mega Britain. Suddenly they are fleeing for their lives, pursued not only by their rivals, but by the brutal Department of Civil Affairs, government killing machines known as Huntsmen, and finally by the inhuman Governor himself.
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Marta Banks is a girl with an identity. She is a Tube Rider, a girl who risks death every day in the abandoned underground stations of London. It doesn’t matter that her parents are dead. It doesn’t matter that her beloved brother has disappeared. It doesn’t matter that in the dystopian chaos of London in 2075, in the shadow of the towering perimeter walls, she has no future. She has her friends. Together, the Tube Riders are a family, united against the brutality of their lives, but when they discover a dark government secret that could bring war to Britain and end decades of oppression, everything they hold dear is threatened. Now they are running for their lives, hunted by genetically engineered killing machines that will stop at nothing to catch them. The Huntsmen are coming....
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About the Author A proud and noble Cornishman (and to a lesser extent British), Chris Ward ran off to live and work in Japan back in 2004. There he got married, got a decent job, and got a cat. He remains pure to his Cornish/British roots while enjoying the inspiration of living in a foreign country. In addition to The Tube Riders, he is the author of 33 published stories and seven unpublished novels, some of which, thankfully, will remain so. “Like” Chris on Facebook at Chris Ward (fiction writer) or follow on Twitter @ChrisWardWriter. Chris also has a blog about his writing and his life – http://amillionmilesfromanywhere.blogspot.jp/ There will be a second Tube Riders novel if time and energy allows. The author would love to hear your suggestions and comments. Please email them to – thetuberiders@gmail.com
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1517295882
- ISBN 13 9781517295882
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages447
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