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Blue Ant Series

This series delves into the shadowy underbelly of the corporate world, where intrigue, power struggles, and betrayal intertwine with futuristic technologies. Follow the protagonists as they navigate a perilous landscape filled with treacherous allies and unseen enemies. It's a thrilling adventure that explores the boundaries of humanity and ethics in an era of advanced bioengineering and cybernetics. Readers will be captivated by the complex plot and unexpected twists.

Zero History
Spook Country
Pattern Recognition

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Pattern Recognition

    • 368 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    It's only called paranoia if you can't prove it. Cayce is in London to work. Her pathological sensitivity to brands makes her the perfect divining rod for an ad agency that wants to east a new logo. But when she is co-opted into the search for the creator of a strangely addictive on-line film, Cayce wonders if she has done the right - or indeed, safe - thing. And that's before violence, Japanese computer crazies and Russian Mafia men are in the mix. But she wants to discover the source of the film too, and the truth of her father's disappearance in New York, two years ago. And from the way people are trying to stop her, it looks like she's getting close . . .

    Pattern Recognition1
    3.9

  2. Spook Country

    • 371 pages
    • 13 hours of reading

    In New York, what you've got on your iPod can be bad for your health . . . Tito, a young and athletic Cuban, has been asked to pass iPods to the 'old man' in Washington Square. He doesn't know why and he's not stupid enough to ask, either. But the old man likes to speak Russian, and he knows a great deal about Tito's family; reason enough for Tito to make sure the old man gets what he wants. Across the country in LA, journalist Hollis Henry has been asked to investigate Bobby Chombo, a man who knows the ins and outs of military navigation systems - and who never sleeps in the same space twice. Unfortunately for Hollis and one or two other interested parties - Bobby has very good reasons for not wanting to be found. Reasons that involve iPods and nothing whatsoever to do with music . . . Spook Country is a thriller of the here and now, of what happens when old spies come out of the woodwork to play one last game.

    Spook Country2
    3.7

  3. Zero History

    • 404 pages
    • 15 hours of reading

    Semi-famous former hit-singer Hollis Henry is running on empty. Lacking whatever it is that made her life tick, she agrees to work again for sinister Belgian businessman Hubertus Bigend, proprietor of the mysterious Blue Ant agency. Ex-junkie Milgrim's also on the payroll, Bigend appreciates Milgrim's knowledge of the street and his linguistic skills so much that he's paid for his costly rehab, and now he has him on a project working on something to do with military designs. Milgrim doesn't know why - and Bigend isn't saying. But then Milgrim's also not telling Bigend about the US agent on his trail. Soon it's clear to Hollis and Milgrim that Bigend and Blue Ant are in deep trouble. Powerful and threatening groups want Blue Ant to back off. And anyone considered a footsoldier for Bigend is liable to find themselves caught in the crossfire. Set among London's dark and tangled streets after the money-crash, Zero History is a brilliant thriller about the hidden webs and patterns that underlie the new century.

    Zero History3
    3.9