Rick Brindle

  Kiss of the Gypsy Early 90’s blues rockers who made a seismic debut album. They probably just came along at the wrong time, as grunge swept everything else aside, which was a shame, as they guys definitely didn’t get the recognition they deserved. Skin A hugely popular band, again, early 90’s but they just didn’t get the attention they deserved. I love their albums, loved their live shows, but not enough other people did. Baby Animals Australian rockers who absolutely deserved the big time. A hugely diverse sound, and a crime that they didn’t achieve bigger success. And of course, Cold Steel. Cold Steel on the Rocks We Are Cold Steel Cold Steel on the Rocks It's Not For Everyone Sister Alex

  Options include s olar panels, wind turbines and water wheels. Well, that’s probably quite a sweeping statement, and I guess it depends on the kind of apocalypse we’re dealing with. So, in the apocalypse I created, Alex, my main survivor, rifled deserted DIY shops and set up her repurposed military bunker with a steady supply of solar power Backed up with a small wind turbine Other surviving communities in Alex’s world have chanced upon an old water wheel, which makes them very lucky. Sister Alex Cold Steel on the Rocks We Are Cold Steel Cold Steel and the Underground Boneyard It's Not For Everyone

  My latest novel,  Sister Alex , has just had a shout out from  The Write Advice . Thanks to Anna for an excellent proof read. Berkshire, England, and it’s no longer the promised land. Ever since a species-wide illness wiped out nearly every human being, the home counties have become a gender-based battlefield. The women stick together as a single, cohesive community, but only as long as you’re a woman. And it’s the same for the men, although they haven’t quite got the same group thing going, choosing instead to range as lone threats, taking what they want. Sometimes they team up and run in pairs, but only as long as you’re a man. They’re separate tribes, and they hate each other on sight. Pick your gender, pick your side. And then there’s Alex, born as a man, identifies as a woman, and thanks to a stash of scavenged hormones, she’s stuck somewhere between the two, lost in the middle and hated by them all. But she’s survived, and if what’s left of the world w...

  I'm really happy to announce that my newest novel,  Sister Alex , has just been published and is available to buy from Amazon. It's a post-apocalyptic story about trans woman Alex, and her fight for survival, and acceptance in a world that doesn't want her. Berkshire, England, and it’s no longer the promised land. Ever since a species-wide illness wiped out nearly every human being, the home counties have become a gender-based battlefield.   The women stick together as a single, cohesive community, but only as long as you’re a woman.   And it’s the same for the men, although they haven’t quite got the same group thing going, choosing instead to range as lone threats, taking what they want. Sometimes they team up and run in pairs, but only as long as you’re a man.   They’re separate tribes, and they hate each other on sight. Pick your gender, pick your side.   And then there’s Alex, born as a man, identifies as a woman, and thanks to a stash of sca...

  We Are Cold Steel , the second novel in the Cold Steel trilogy is now free to download from Amazon for a limited time. Get your free copy now! A day after their historic concert on the Caribbean island of St Clements, heavy metal band Cold Steel are heroes. Now, all they have to do is stay out of trouble and enjoy a well-earned holiday until they start work on their next album. Except that the owner of the recording studio hates all things Cold Steel. Except that Cold Steel’s record company has blackmailed the studio into accepting them. Except that not all reporters are as friendly as band manager Johnny Faslane’s girlfriend, Rachel Shaw. With a tight deadline, Cold Steel have to get the next album out before their tour starts. They can’t afford any delays, and Johnny has his work cut out keeping the band in line. Feral former soldiers, reporters with an agenda, cake-obsessed studio execs and international criminals all work their way into the mix as the band hurtle from one imp...

  The theory is to break up the shape and blend you in with the background. Some patter work better than others. The British military used DPM from the 60’s to about 2010. It was used in temperate and tropical operations. In the Gulf War, having sold their desert uniforms to Iraq four years earlier, the MOD quickly introduced desert DPM. The US used woodland pattern, very similar. The French used Camouflage Central Europe While the Germans used the super-cool Flecktarn Pixelated pattern came and quickly went My personal favourite is Rhodesian brush stroke. In recent years, there has been a move towards Multi-Terrain Pattern, which allows troops to use the same pattern for desert and temperate/tropical operations. Loads of research goes into the different patterns, but the theory remains the same, to break up the soldier’s shape and to blend him or her into the background. It's Not For Everyone Cold Steel on the Rocks We Are Cold Steel Cold Steel and the Underground Boneyard

  Cold Steel on the Rocks,  the first novel in the Cold Steel trilogy, is free to download from Amazon for a limited time. Get your free copy now. When the pirate, Blackbeard, buried his treasure, he could never have imagined that it would fall to the heavy metal band, Cold Steel, to come looking for it. Cold Steel, high-octane British rockers who came close to legendary status, until the release of their fourth album, when their excesses send them spiralling into terminal decline. Struggling small-time band manager Johnny Faslane, in the right place at the right time, lands the dream job of managing Cold Steel, and then has the seemingly impossible mission of turning the band around. Cold Steel’s singer, Maxwell Diabolo, claims to have a treasure map that he thinks will lead him to Blackbeard’s lost riches. With the band bent on a terrifying path of self-destruction, Johnny wonders if they will even complete the tour, much less get to the Caribbean to embark on a treasure hun...