Gavin E Parker
What him be:
Gavin E Parker is from the Isle of Thanet in southern England, where he has lived and worked his whole life.
He has dabbled in music, film, and video in the past and is currently writing novels, short stories, and blogs.
Inspired by the rapidly expanding possibilities open to publishers in the twenty-first century, in 2014 Gavin set about writing his debut novel, Ephialtes. Ephialtes is the first of a trilogy of books chronicling the war between Earth and its former colony on Mars. A series of shorter pieces - the Ephialtes codices - set in the same fictional universe complement the main trilogy.
Having worked in healthcare, local government, and education he has a mildly jaundiced view of the human condition, but still maintains good humour about it. Things could be worse, right?
Reviews
What theM said:
"The story effectively generates suspense for the inevitable confrontation between the two planets . . . An absorbing, inventive introduction to Parker's version of the 23rd century, where politics still reign."
Kirkus Reviews
"Conflict, both military and ethical, abounds in the mid-23rd century, setting the scene for a swashbuckling military science fiction saga with intricate subplots and more characters and points of view than a Russian novel. Parker writes well, the action riding a high-speed rail through layers of technology, deteriorating chains of command, moral dilemmas, and military insight."
US Review of Books
"It's the best one, but no one has ever reviewed it. Bloody hell."
Gavin E Parker
