Books with author Matthew Ward

Would you sell your life to save another?Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she's got a job, unlike most, and won't have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they're poor, but she's got death insurance and a roof over her head. Life is livable...But then Sam's daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts. Overnight, her life (and belief in the system) shatters. When the rich bastards get off scot-free, Sam's weak husband commits suicide, and the ex-assassin snaps.Someone is going to pay. The question: how to kill the heartless elites that use the poor like livestock and whose security rivals the president? And then there's the senator fighting to abolish life extension, the trillion-dollar corporate standoff, and bloody protests in the streets as conditions deteriorate. Things are about to get ugly.Death Donor is a speculative fiction technothriller by renowned futurist and sci-fi author, Matt Ward, that features espionage, political drama, and fast-paced adventure in the dark dystopian world of synthetic biology. If you like Michael Crichton, Daniel Suarez, or Neal Stephenson, or loved dystopian classics: the Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World, and Ready Player One, you'll love this page-turning science fiction thriller.Buy Death Donor today for an action-packed techno thriller... right up to its shocking conclusion.

"Deep down he knew what he felt. He knew that he had done it. He was sure of that. He had felt it leave his body. He had felt the surge of power.He didn’t know exactly how he had done it, or if he could do it again, but for that moment he knew he had tapped into something that was going to change the world.And it felt good."Pulse is the debut supernatural / sci-fi thriller from author Matthew Wade.Robert Finlay has been hurt. He is lying in hospital on the edge of life and death. But when he wakes he finds he is a changed young man.On the day he discovers he has a strange supernatural power that he can use at will, he also discovers his life will never be the same again, as his he is gaining unwanted attention from those who seek to use him for their own devices. Infected with an alien power and wanted by the government, Robert Finlay must escape a determined assassin with his life.Aided by his twin sister Maggie and people they meet on the road, they race to save Robert before time runs out.The reviews are in!"A brilliant debut novel from this new young author.""Pulse starts at 90mph and cranks up the pace from there. Couldn't put it down.""I have read hundreds of sci-fi and supernatural thrillers, but this grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go until the heart stopping end."

"a dystopian thrill ride that ratchets up the action with each page and begs the question - who can claim humanity?" -Jacqui Castle, best selling author of The SeclusionLife sucked until cyborgs murdered his sister. Then things got worse: superhuman hit squads, cybernetic powers, secrets better left unsaid.Raek’s your average sixteen-year-old wolfish: claws, keen eyes, a nose for trouble… There’s just one thing: he’s got built-in blasters and is a threat to the immortal world government. That’s why the Resistance wants him, and why the cyborgs want him dead.With only the advice of a mysterious professor and the help of a fragmented half-human Resistance, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds.The fate of mankind may rest in his hands.Cynetic Wolf is an instant dystopian classic that features bloody immortality, post-apocalyptic plague progress, and gene editing that splinters the very fabric of society. Have time thanks to this COVID-19 Coronavirus quarantine? Well, if you like dark technothrillers, fast-paced adventure, and surprising sci-fi, are a fan of Divergent, Red Rising, or the Hunger Games, or love classics like the Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World and Ender’s Game, you’ll love this speculative fiction thriller.Buy Cynetic Wolf today for a page-turning dystopian whirlwind… right up to its astonishing conclusion!

Book 2, A devastating virus has consumed all in its path.The city is dead. Swarms of infected infest the streets, hunting in packs for the flesh of a dwindling population. Trapped and surrounded within a small church and without hope, Zac and Fee must find the strength for themselves, as well as each other, if they are to survive the screaming and find safe refuge.

Oh no! Here come those mischievous youngsters. Lock the doors, close the windows. What sort of trouble will they get into this time?Take a nostalgic walk with me, to a time with no video games and the television was rarely on in the daytime. Kids of all ages spent their days outside without the parents worrying about them. Well, perhaps my parents should have been a little more concerned about me.This is the second in a series of three "The Trouble with Boys" books. I’ve put together some short stories of my adventures with a few friends growing up in the small town of Elmira Heights, NY. Though we were relatively good kids we ran into trouble at nearly every turn. Won’t you join me as I take you on a journey as some teen friends come up with ideas to keep them from getting bored? Their ideas typically lead to the shenanigans that got them in a pickle. Laugh, cry, and just enjoy the ride as you mosey mentally through the late 1960’s—a time that seemed much more innocent than today.