Dan Provocations
6 primary works
Book 1
Tom, Two-Dan $mith (sic) thought his life couldn't get any worse, until a gorgeous alien turns up at his door, and drags him off on a quest to sort out the company responsible for all the troubles in the galaxy.
But as is usual with Tom, what glitters is nothing more than polished coal. His guide has another agenda, using him as cannon-fodder. Taken in by her charms, he follows her directions, surviving by sheer luck and circumstance only, to the very end of Time itself, and discovers a
confluence of unimaginable universes and an alien plot to take over the lot.
If that wasn't bad enough, Tom has to challenge a super-intelligent being, created by a brewing accident and a lot of radiation...
and our man's not even sober by now.
But as is usual with Tom, what glitters is nothing more than polished coal. His guide has another agenda, using him as cannon-fodder. Taken in by her charms, he follows her directions, surviving by sheer luck and circumstance only, to the very end of Time itself, and discovers a
confluence of unimaginable universes and an alien plot to take over the lot.
If that wasn't bad enough, Tom has to challenge a super-intelligent being, created by a brewing accident and a lot of radiation...
and our man's not even sober by now.
Book 2
Tom wakes after an accident to find he has mislaid a load of years, his body and a whole planet.
In search of his lost love, he becomes the ultimate commuter, moving into a new universe, where the Second World War had gone on rather too long, and Scotland gained independence.
If that wasn't bad enough, another faction is determined to collapse the whole of creation.
A liberation force from the US, spoiling to try out some new kit, joins the fray, and goes for total annihilation. It's Tom's job to save the lot, aided only by a bunch of slaves and a bit of alien technology.
One of the problems with hopping between universes is that there is a faint chance you can meet yourself. That can't happen of course, and so it does, exactly at the point where the whole fabric of space and time breaks down.
In search of his lost love, he becomes the ultimate commuter, moving into a new universe, where the Second World War had gone on rather too long, and Scotland gained independence.
If that wasn't bad enough, another faction is determined to collapse the whole of creation.
A liberation force from the US, spoiling to try out some new kit, joins the fray, and goes for total annihilation. It's Tom's job to save the lot, aided only by a bunch of slaves and a bit of alien technology.
One of the problems with hopping between universes is that there is a faint chance you can meet yourself. That can't happen of course, and so it does, exactly at the point where the whole fabric of space and time breaks down.
Book 3
Just when he thought he was dead and could have some time off, Tom Two-Dan $mith (sic) is catapulted into leading a business, in a chaotic world where bureaucracy and process have taken over from all logic and good sense.
Everything seems to perpetuate an organisational structure, but nobody knows what his company actually does. Tom's challenge is to find out, and track down who is really in charge.
Add into this multiple attempts on his life as people try to stop him, his quest to find true love, an investigation into a murder without a victim, the first rule of being a private investigator, and the impending total collapse of four universes, and we have a tangled knot that even Alexander the Great would have trouble cutting.
Tom has to do something, otherwise it will be the end of everything he knows, and quite a few bits he doesn't.
A lusty romp through everything wrong with business and life today. Adults only, and only those not easily offended... and managers everywhere.
Everything seems to perpetuate an organisational structure, but nobody knows what his company actually does. Tom's challenge is to find out, and track down who is really in charge.
Add into this multiple attempts on his life as people try to stop him, his quest to find true love, an investigation into a murder without a victim, the first rule of being a private investigator, and the impending total collapse of four universes, and we have a tangled knot that even Alexander the Great would have trouble cutting.
Tom has to do something, otherwise it will be the end of everything he knows, and quite a few bits he doesn't.
A lusty romp through everything wrong with business and life today. Adults only, and only those not easily offended... and managers everywhere.
Book 4
There is a theory that death is not the end of existence, but is simply a shift into an alternative universe. This is true and keeps happening to Tom Two-Dan $mith (sic).
Usually, one forgets everything of the past and starts a new life. Tom is not so lucky; he remembers.
In his last transition, he became the head of a large corporation, famous for doing something, but nobody knows what, including the staff.
He is still investigating.
To make life more difficult, the Temporal Conduct Authority, who don't believe the above theory, and are miffed about the fact he has shamelessly flaunted the Laws of Time and Space, are looking to return him to his proper place in the universes (i.e. completely dead).
Usually, one forgets everything of the past and starts a new life. Tom is not so lucky; he remembers.
In his last transition, he became the head of a large corporation, famous for doing something, but nobody knows what, including the staff.
He is still investigating.
To make life more difficult, the Temporal Conduct Authority, who don't believe the above theory, and are miffed about the fact he has shamelessly flaunted the Laws of Time and Space, are looking to return him to his proper place in the universes (i.e. completely dead).
Book 5
When Tom's non-payment of a parking fine coincides with the breeding season of his security forces, and the rise of a vehicle storage junta, he is forced into a life as a fugitive.
Using a converted cruise ship, he sets about kicking back against extortionate car parking charges, the proliferation of revenue speed cameras and the new 10 mph national speed limit.
Regrettably, the laws of the land don't apply to the rich people who might have done something about it, or the poor, incarcerated in enclaves of antisocial housing, so Tom's reign of piracy, despite offering loyalty cards to the victims for being repeatedly plundered, quickly comes to an end when he loses his life in a freak copper-sodium flavoured pizza incident.
Is there any hope for the common citizen, now that the figurehead of insurrection is gone, and the authorities continue to impose draconian traffic controls across the galaxy?
Using a converted cruise ship, he sets about kicking back against extortionate car parking charges, the proliferation of revenue speed cameras and the new 10 mph national speed limit.
Regrettably, the laws of the land don't apply to the rich people who might have done something about it, or the poor, incarcerated in enclaves of antisocial housing, so Tom's reign of piracy, despite offering loyalty cards to the victims for being repeatedly plundered, quickly comes to an end when he loses his life in a freak copper-sodium flavoured pizza incident.
Is there any hope for the common citizen, now that the figurehead of insurrection is gone, and the authorities continue to impose draconian traffic controls across the galaxy?
Book 7
