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At last, after a centuries-long space voyage, Holly and her man Jase are heading home - home to Planet Earth.

There's the best possible news for fans of Brian's super sci-fi tales. In the coming months Open Writing will be serialising more of his novels. Watch out for his take on a Star Trek adventure.

Continue reading "Chapter Twenty" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 02:14 PM | Permalink

... Holly held her breath, waiting, hoping. Then Jase smiled again. "I love you Holly.'' Holly wept then... There's great happiness for gallant Holly Parmentier as Brian William Neal's epic space adventure moves towards an unexpected conclusion

Continue reading "Chapter Nineteen" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 12:12 PM | Permalink

"Hanging off their port side, suspended in space and seemingly motionless, was another spacecraft...'' Brian William Neal's epic space odyssey continues to astonish.

Continue reading "Chapter Eighteen" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 11:10 AM | Permalink

"Hoddle smiled and produced a small object from one
of his suit pockets. He extended it towards her, and she
saw that it was a dart-gun. The small weapon fired a short
steel shaft about six inches long, propelled by compressed
air from a bottle built into the grip.

Fasten your seat belt before reading this thrilling climactic chapter of Brian William Neal's thunderously exciting sci-fi novel.

Continue reading "Chapter Seventeen" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 12:12 PM | Permalink

As the starship Isaac Asimov continues on its centuries-long journey to another world, crew member Holly Parmentier realises that she, and she alone, will have to confront a homicidal madman. Brian William Neal's sci fi story grips like a ten-fingered hand.

Continue reading "Chapter Sixteen" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 11:52 AM | Permalink

"The female, Parmentier, will be looking for him now,
he knows. She thinks, because she is the only one
unaffected by the accident, that she is the superior
intelligence on the ship; how wrong she is! She will learn,
as will they all, that there is only one master of this vessel...''

Battle lines are drawn on the stricken starship Isaac Asimov. Dr Hoddle interferes with the master computer, and Holly Parmentier is confronted by a nightmarish opponent. Brian William Neal's sci fi odyssey is enthralling.

Continue reading "Chapter Fifteen" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 12:12 PM | Permalink

"Earth has moved on, Miss Parmentier, as must we. Were we to return now, it would be a world that none of us would recognise, a world four hundred years into the future...''

Should the stricken Starship Isaac Asimov turn around and head back to its home planet? Should Holly Parmentier allow herself to fall in love? Brian William Neal's thrilling space adventure novel continues to surprise.

Continue reading "Chapter Fourteen" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 08:30 AM | Permalink

Should the stricken Starship Isaac Asimov turn around and begin a centuries-long voyage back to the planet Earth? Holly Parmentier, the only "normal'' crew member, has to consider the question, then she is disturbed by the reaction of Julian Hoddle, the English medical man recently awakened from deep sleep. The tension mounts in Brian William Neal's brilliant sci-fi novel.

Continue reading "Chapter Thirteen" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 02:02 PM | Permalink

Holly Parmentier wakes more of the "sleepers'' on the starship Isaac Asimov, which has suffered a prolonged computer shutdown after being struck by a meteor. Most have been disabled in some way, but the last to awake, the brilliant English medical man Julian Hoddle, seems surprisngly normal...

If this is your first encounter with Brian William Neal's superlative sci-fi saga, click on The Kingdom Of The Blind in the menu on this page and begin reading the great adventure from the beginning.

Continue reading "Chapter Twelve" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 12:12 PM | Permalink

The first of the thousands of sleepers on the starship Isaac Asimov awakes. And Holly Parmentier, the only functioning crew member, finds herself in an unanticipated situation. Brian William Neal's suspensful epic space odyssey grips the imagination

Continue reading "Chapter Eleven" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 09:08 AM | Permalink

Time to start waking up some of the 5,000 folk on the starship Isaac Asimov, outward bound on a centuries-long journey to a distant planet. Holly Parmentier, the only crew member on duty, knows that following a computer failure the sleepers will be affected in some way... The tension mounts in Brian William Neal's epic sci fi adventure novel. If you want to begin the story at Chapter One, click on The Kingdom Of The Blind in the menu on this page.

Continue reading "Chapter Ten" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 12:02 PM | Permalink

Now the sleepers slept on, without any guarantee that
any of them would ever wake again. And the stricken ship hurtled towards Procyon.

Brian William Neal's dramatic tale of a space odyssey implants vivid and unforgettable images in the minds of its readers.

Continue reading "Chapter Nine" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 10:56 AM | Permalink

Is Holly Parmentier now the only person of sound mind among the thousands aboard the starship Isaac Asimov? Brian William Neal's thrilling sci fi epic continues at a cracking pace.

Catch up on earlier chapters by clicking on The Kingdom Of The Blind in the menu on this page.

Continue reading "Chapter Eight" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 12:00 PM | Permalink

After a meteor strikes tha starship Isaac Asimov, outward-bound on a centuries-long voyage, crew member Holly Parmentier faces up to the ultimate horror. Of the thousands aboard, is she the only one alive? Brian William Neal's sci-fi saga is a thrilling, dazzlingly-well-written read. Catch up on earlier chapters by clicking on The Kingdom Of The Blind in the menu on this page.

Continue reading "Chapter Seven" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 07:56 AM | Permalink

...Afterwards, she could never be absolutely sure that she had felt anything at all; she thought she detected a faint tremor through her boots against the hull, but she may have imagined it...

If you are first-time readers of Brian William Neal's epic science fiction story, click on The Kingdon of the Blind in the menu on this page. Begin at the beginning. Enjoy a thrilling read.

Continue reading "Chapter Six" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 10:02 AM | Permalink

As she drifts over the mile-long hull of the starship Isaac Asimov, Holly Parmentier recalls how she became part of mankind's greatest space mission.

To read the first four chapters of Brian William Neal's richly-imagined space adventure click on The Kingdom of the Blind in the menu on this page.

Continue reading "Chapter Five" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 09:02 AM | Permalink

"...On 22 November this year, the United Earth Ship Isaac Asimov will leave earth orbit carrying five thousand colonists from twenty-two countries, and will proceed under fusion/tachyon drive in a complicated parabola which will eventually take it in the direction of the star Procyon...''

* If this is your first encounter with Brian's dazzling sci-fi serial, click on The Kingdom of the Blind in the menu on this page and first read the opening chapters.

Continue reading "Chapter Four" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 09:08 AM | Permalink

"... although she knew that almost two hundred years had passed on earth, she still had trouble accepting that fact as reality. The idea that everyone she had ever known or even heard of, every friend and relative, every Net and movie and pop and rock 'n roll star that she had fantasised over in a succession of lonely rooms had been dead for more than a hundred years was difficult to accept...''

Here's Chapter Three of Brian William Neal's gripping space odyssey.

Continue reading "Chapter Three" »

Written by - Published at 08:56 AM | Permalink

The starship Asimov's calendar proclaims the date to be April twenty-third in the year 2317. The ship had set out on its long journey from Earth in November 2124. The 5,000 humans aboard have spent most of the time in cryosleep, unconscious, not dreaming, some of them waking every 65th year for a short stint of duty. Now it is time for Holly Parmentier's shift to awaken...

Brian William Neal's brilliant story will take you on a never-to-be forgotten journey.

Continue reading "Chapter Two" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 09:02 AM | Permalink

It has been said that, among the blind, the one-eyed man is king. But what would it be like to actually inhabit that “country of the blind”? How would a man, or in this case, a woman, cope with the realities of such a situation in what would essentially be their own little kingdom?

Today we begin the serialisation of Brian William Neal's gripping novel, In The Kingdom Of The Blind. There are 20 chapters, which will be appearing on Mondays, one chapter at a time. Make sure you don't miss a single one of them!

Continue reading "Chapter One" »

Written by Brian William Neal - Published at 12:22 PM | Permalink