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Military Rule: The Return of the Mandeville
	Author: Mark S. Bennison Classification: Political Thriller/Fiction	Brief Description: A writer uses his imagination to create intriguing characters and a gripping storyline, and author Mark had achieved this in creating his debut novel, Military Rule. But the boundary between imagination and reality is challenged beyond all belief when a character supposedly killed off in his book rises like a phoenix from the ashes: General Mandeville - no longer Mark’s creation but now completely beyond his control and his own, even more dangerous being, determined to be the Lord’s Second Coming and establish military rule on Earth under his command. Mandeville has become the voice of Seeker One - formerly part of a covert long-term US military operation for gathering intelligence via infiltration of worldwide computer networks - two years ahead of Mark’s time, his aim to control Mark’s here and now and determine the future by revisiting the past and installing virtual beings on Earth - multiple selves of their human counterparts hooked up to terminals on Seeker One - to create confusion and influence humans’ thoughts and beliefs in his favour. Suddenly author/character roles appear to have become reversed and Mark finds himself caught between two factions - the white-eyed of Mandeville’s Network and the red-eyed splinter group - representing the Lord and Allah respectively, each trying to influence Mark’s imagination of the truth and represent their own version of the book of revelations to humankind. Mark’s choices are no longer those of the author of a work of fiction: the path he takes now will literally determine the future of the world.

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About the Author: Mark S. Bennison was born in 1961 in the north of England, but has lived and worked in London for the last 29 years. He lives in Enfield and is married with two children. Military Rule: The Return of Mandeville is a sequel to Mark’s highly successful debut novel Military Rule published in 2006, both reflecting his strong feelings of discontent and anger towards unjust political systems and dictatorships.

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Publication Date:	1 May 2008
ISBN: ISBN 13:	1-906358-16-8 978-1-906358-16-7
Page Extent:	220
Book Size:	210x148mm
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Publication Date:	1 May 2008
Digital eBook ISBN 13:	978-1-908582-13-3
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Mark Bennison has written a complicated and compelling sequal to his sucessful first outing, Military Rule. Ironically most of the action takes place before the events in the first book. Mark, the author, is at first bemused and amused by the appearance of his dead character, Mandeville, returning from beyond the literary grave and appearing on his computer.
But things aren't what they seem and Mandeville has a task for his author, to write, or rewrite his story to bring Military Rule into reality in our world. Powerful forces are at work, Madeville works for one of them, and commands a covert operation called Seeker One, working from the future, his white eyed comrades vie with their red eyed enemies and Mark is dragged into the middle of this battle.
Mark Bennison introduces new theories and ideas that will have any closet conspiracy theorists running to their local bookshops and buying this book.
Fast, pacey, wordy, and intense, could be read in one reading if you had a mind. I won't give too much away, suffice it to say some of the content is startling and it is always compelling, a real page turner! Recommended.
Robert C. Auty, Author of 'Trance Warriors: The Siege of Scarn'

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MILITARY RULE: THE RETURN OF THE MANDEVILLE
Daily Star Sunday (Take 5 Magazine)

Mark S. Bennison's second novel is a gripping account of life imitating art in the most terrible way, when fiction becomes reality and imagination transforms itself into a dark, boding future.
Time travel, spiritual fanaticism and military ruthlessness are rolled into a story which details the potential control of the entire world by the use of our greatest friend, the computer. If you thought General Mandeville was scary in his first incarnation, wait till you see what he gets up to this time.
Gripping from the start, Bennison's novel takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride that jangles the nerves. Don't expect to sleep well after reading the last three chapters.
Mike Hallowell, The Shields Gazette

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Picture Left: Mark S. Bennison signed copies of his book at The Southend Book Fair (Southend Festival). Picture Right: Mark S. Bennison (middle) with Apex Publishing Ltd authors Mark Cundy (left) and Chris Cowlin (right).
The Southend Book Fair (Southend Festival)

Mark S. Bennison with all of the authors that attended The Southend Book Fair (Southend Festival).
The Southend Book Fair (Southend Festival)

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