A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction.A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction.What would you do if the world was brought to a standstill? If you heard deafening static followed by the words, ‘My children. Do not be afraid’?Would you turn to God? Subscribe to the conspiracy theories? Or put your faith in science and a rational explanation?The lives of all twenty-six people in this account are affected by the message. Most because they heard it. Some because they didn’t.The Testimony – a gripping story of the world brought to its knees and of its people, confused and afraid.‘[An] utterly gripping and highly original debut novel…a tour de force of virtuoso writing that explodes off the page’ DAILY MAIL‘As if Philip K Dick and David Mitchell had collaborated on an episode of The West Wing … unsettling, gripping and hugely thought-provoking’ FHM‘A fiercely-imagined dystopia of the near future. Intelligent, visionary and compulsively readable’ ALEX PRESTON, author of The Revelations‘A literary post-apocalyptic novel built around a clever conceit’ GUARDIANJames Smythe was born in London in 1980. Since completing a PhD at Cardiff University he has worked as a computer game writer/narrative designer and currently teaches creative writing. He lives on the grounds of a boarding school in West Sussex.He can be found on Twitter @jpsmythe• James will be published across two HarperCollins imprints: THE TESTIMONY will be published by Blue Door, and Voyager will be publishing his science-fiction title THE EXPLORER in 2013• The Testimony is Independence Day crossed with The Stand. The literary equivalent of Flashforward and Inception• James is published by Blue Door and Voyager and is an exciting new voice for HarperCollins• James Smythe was selected as one of four authors for Welsh Publisher Parthian’s “Bright Young Things” promotion. He was recognised as a future talent for his astonishing debut Hereditation.Competition: Douglas Coupland, Robert J Sawyer, Don DeLillo, Iain Banks
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