A tale of what really happened to the lost Franklin Expedition. A tale of cold vengeance, long planned and of the adventurer George Greener who discovered a terrible truth.
It is a truth that must not be known and by breaking his long silence Bryers’ life may be coming to a swifter and more violent end than he imagined; because some secrets must be kept, and The Thin man is watching.
Echoes
~ Chester Bryers knows a secret. He has kept it for decades but now, as he nears his final days, he is finally telling his tale.
Marc Everitt - what's his game?
"My first story was a stunner. Something about a wizard who had a magic ring that gave it's wearer the power to make cats poo on dogs. In my defense, I was only 7. I think I was trying for the dog/cat thing to be a primitive allegory for subversion of the status quo. or something."
Marc has written and published 10 books including 2 stand-alone science fiction novels, a murder mystery, a haunted house book, a race against time contagion thriller, 2 short stories, and the stunning space opera trilogy ‘Days of Entropy’. 7 of these are also available as audiobooks. He is currently gathering the suspects in the drawing-room for the dramatic reveal in a second murder mystery.
Marc lives in Wiltshire, England with his wife, three children, two dogs, and a bossy cat. Marc has a degree in English Literature & Philosophy from the University of Hertfordshire, and in the real world, is a company director in the financial services industry.
In The Press
Rain
Review for second chance, 5.0 out of 5 stars The story that never ends…
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 1 June 2023
This story proves with just a few short pages that we really are our own worst enemy.
Not exactly a unique premise, but a well written, entertaining read nevertheless.
01/06/23
Pat Herbert
Review for Echoes, 5.0 out of 5 stars Well-crafted and well-written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 May 2023
I'd never heard of the Franklin Expedition and its dire consequences until I read this novel. Once I read this book, I decided to research it online and it's a fascinating story, as is this book.
It reminded me of the poorly-planned and ill-fated historical account of Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole, mixed in with a bit of Mutiny on the Bounty-style narrative.
24/05/23
Gordon's Alive?!
Review for Echoes, 5.0 out of 5 stars A good old fashioned adventure yarn
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 May 2023
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I have read books by this author before but this one was very different. A historical adventure/mystery with lots of peril and rip roaring violence. Ostensibly a story within a story, as an old man tells his care nurse a terrible secret he has known for years. His tale tells of a mission to find out what happened to the lost Franklin expedition. But the storyteller himself is in deadly danger in the here and now and might not get to finish the story. A long book, but worth the effort. I tore through it in 2 days.
31/05/23
dmreading1014
Review for Echoes, 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent historical fiction novel about Franklin's lost expedition in the mid-1840s
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 May 2023
In 1845, the infamous seafaring voyage of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to find a route through the Canadian Arctic ended in disaster as all 129 shipmates were eventually killed when both ships became ice-locked. Mystery surrounds what happened to them all, as there is evidence that some survived for many days and tried to walk to survival, but sadly failed in the end.
In this story, the main character, Chris Bryers, reveals a secret he has kept for decades, namely what "really" happened which caused the eventual death of all the shipmates on these two fateful ships.
A really engaging read.
24/05/23
Pat Herbert
Review for Echoes, 5.0 out of 5 stars Well-crafted and well-written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 May 2023
I'd never heard of the Franklin Expedition and its dire consequences until I read this novel. Once I read this book, I decided to research it online and it's a fascinating story, as is this book.
It reminded me of the poorly-planned and ill-fated historical account of Robert Falcon Scott's expedition to the South Pole, mixed in with a bit of Mutiny on the Bounty-style narrative.
24/05/23
Gordon's Alive?!
Review for On the Third Night, 5.0 out of 5 stars spooky stuff
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 April 2021
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is this is a ghost story? it certainly seems to be for much of the book and a surprisingly effective one to boot, but actually there is a lot more going on here than might be apparent. a short, sharp little novel that does not outstay it's welcome. highly recommended.
13/04/21