A warning from a nightmare future. Ten years after the UK fragmented, the emergency mandate of the Consensus goverment is coming to an end. At long last a General Election is due. World-weary journalist Richard Davies becomes reluctantly drawn into the aspiring National Renewal Party's campaign. But as long suppressed social tensions erupt on to the streets of a nation so much like - yet so different from - our own, he stumbles across a conspiracy aimed at the very heart of the relaunched democracy. With his options for doing the right thing in a world gone wrong narrowing and time running out, somehow Richard has to survive long enough to expose the greatest scoop of his career. A 151,000 word novel written between 2012-14. The 'future' I imagined has diverged from our current timeline, but many of the book's themes are still sadly only too relevant. For more information and a plot overview I recommend the companion Readers' Guide. https://www.wattpad.com/story/51378045-the-blurt-of-richard-davies-reading-guide This novel contains mature, unsettling, and dark themes. The Blurt was previously voluntarily listed as Mature, but if Wattpad won't play fair by their hiding works so listed from being seen by the general audience, I see no reason to abide by such a ridiculous policy. Just be aware of what it is you are getting into.

April 1940, Europe is poised to face the onslaught of the German war-machine. Britain's war begins not in the fields and towns of Picardy, but on the snowy mountains and icy seas off Norway. This is the story of one destroyer and the men who served on her. When HMS Apache’s Captain is killed, a reluctant First Lieutenant must take command of the Tribal Class destroyer. Lieutenant Commander Michael Sinclair feels the weight of leadership and is painfully aware that the lives of his men depend upon his decisions. With a damaged ship and inexperienced officers, he is torn between his duty to the Royal Navy and the safety of his men as he sails to the ferocious battle for Narvik. There is no rest for his exhausted crew as a new and deadlier mission is given by the secretive Captain Munroe. Sinclair, distrusted by his superiors and misinformed by the Admiralty, must sail into the Arctic searching for a prize that could alter the war. As he battles to keep his humanity, HMS Apache must meet her fate in the frozen waters where a pitiless enemy awaits her.

A Royal Marine patrol alongside Special Forces assigned to protect a diplomat deep in the Burmese jungle runs into trouble. When a talented marine is one of the few survivors, he steps up alongside the SAS to take out a threat bigger than he ever imagined.

KILL ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME...AND NEVER GET CAUGHT. John Savage is a special force of one. A corporate investigator who had to leave when an investigation went wrong. He's become a 21st century warrior serving overseas but not for any one government only the highest bidder. When he finds a dead body with links to his old life he returns and finds that what forced him out was only the beginning of a conspiracy to commit murder on a grand scale. The Dark Market. In which anyone can take part and anyone can be a victim. Now Savage must battle to finish what he started. "There is something refreshingly Hemingway-esque about Coles..." BBC's Focus magazine. [The story you are about to read is intended for readers age 18+ due to its content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion.]

After surviving a war to end all wars the world is in shambles, knocked back into a pre-modern age. Matt Harris is just a simple farm boy, trying to help his family carve out a living in the desolate wastes. When his sister is kidnapped by men with technologically advanced gear, he sets out on a journey to rescue her and is soon wrapped up in events that will decide the fate of the world and its people.