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Christian Darkin

    Deadly Placebo: An Adventure In Pseudoscience
    Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Present Machine
    • 2020

      "A timely reminder that you can't trust everything that calls itself medicine. The perfect dark comedy to get you through self-isolation" When your pet cat is targeted by an assassin, you know things are about to get weird...A young woman's quest to uncover her grandfather's killer plunges her into a family feud. But as Laura finds herself drawn into a battle between traditional and alternative medicine, the fate of a hundred cats and the credibility of science hangs in the balance. Meet celebrity scientists, homicidal homeopaths, mad cat people and the enigmatic and mysterious new age guru, Christof Tourenski in this hilarious and terrifying voyage through the looking glass of placebo medicine.

      Deadly Placebo: An Adventure In Pseudoscience
    • 2017

      The first full-length book in the Act Normal series of kids chapter books ages 7-12 It started off as a way for computer coding fan Jenny to pick birthday presents for her friends. But Jenny and her brother Adam are soon being chased across the world by sinister magic fairy dolls, robot forklifts, and a mad party planner... In Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Present Machine there are detailed instructions on how to: Kidnap your own grandmother Build a giant magnetic liquid monster Code an artificial intelligence which hypnotises children Steal a train And Make diamonds in your kitchen. Can Jenny do all this and then save the boys and girls of the world from being turned into toy-buying zombies? Find out in Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Present Machine...

      Act Normal And Don't Tell Anyone About The Present Machine