Veteran is out on Thursday the 12th of May. Available from Amazon and Waterstones.
Here’s what people have said about it so far:
SFX Magazine: “Brutality, mind expanding concepts, imaginative aliens and provocative themes”
Stephen Baxter: “A prosthetic fist driven into the guts of its genre. Hugely inventive, with great set pieces, visceral battle scenes, remarkably complex characterisation, and a compelling alien mystery at it’s dark heart.”
Andy Remic: “A hard hitting, violent and sometimes darkly comic action-filled rampage. I loved every minute!”
Adam Robert on Punkadiddle: “professionally handled, fast-paced, with vim in the dialogue and spec-rich violence.”
Mark Chitty at Walker of Worlds: “Veteran is a very good debut indeed…”
Veteran was Cybermage’s debut of the year: “Veteran is an excellent read, I had trouble putting it down. This is one of the best books I read so far this year.”
James had this to say at Speculative Horizons: “As for SF supposedly being a dying genre; that’s hard to accept when SF debuts of this quality are being published. Highly recommended.”
Waterstones Quarterly magazine: “This highly readable debut is propelled by a cheeky sense of humour that gives the book momentum and an unsettling believability.”
Interzone: “…Gavin Smith produces a memorable array of characters…”