The Magnetic Anomaly - The Novel

The novel version of The Magnetic Anomaly is now finished, and will be up on Amazon early in May 2025 (target date). Some reader/reviewers were interested to know where the short story would go, once it was turned into a novel. To be honest, I didn’t know myself, until I started writing it. But often the process of writing takes on a life of its own. I think it turned out quite nicely, in my humble but obviously not disinterested opinion.

Fortunately, my beta readers agreed with that assessment. I hope other readers agree as well. Here is a bit of feedback from one of them:

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Hi Dale,

I finished reading the Magnetic Anomaly. Excellent read! I really liked that I couldn’t predict what was going to happen next, so many unexpected twists and turns. Some good “edge of my seat” moments when I couldn’t put the book down cause I had to find out how things turned out. The story flows smoothly and kept me interested. Some really cool concepts, for example how the spaceship and pods travelled through the rock. And of course I love a happy ending…..can’t beat that. Even if I didn’t know the author I would be looking for more books by the author.

Will there be print copies available when you put it on Amazon? I assume you’re putting it there. I plan on getting a print copy if they become available.

Thanks again for letting me read the book in advance.

Take care,
Kaye
Sent from my iPad
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The Magnetic Anomaly – A Science Fiction Novel: Table of Contents

The Table of Contents is shown below. It gives some indication of the where the story will go, as well providing an explanation to the mystery of the magnetic anomaly, that the two main characters discovered at the diamond exploration camp, in the far north.

Alex and Mary meet up with some other people involved in the mystery and eventually get swept up in a mission to solve the problem that the mystery presents to the Earth. At the same time, their personal stories evolve, as do the stories of new characters.

The Magnetic Anomaly – A Science Fiction Novel: Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – The Magnetic Anomaly (5640)    5
Chapter 2 – The Radioactive Anomaly (4226)    19
Chapter 3 – The Battle of the Tablelands (4701)    30
Chapter 4 – Fight and Flight In the Alien Tunnels (2894)    42
Chapter 5 – Special Ops (6857 words)    49
Chapter 6 – Jack and the Underground Base (2281)    68
Chapter 7 – Debriefing (3526)    74
Chapter 8 – Flight from the Base (2778)    83
Chapter 9 – Evasive Manoeuvres (3129)    91
Chapter 10 – Orbital Mechanics (1869)    99
Chapter 11 – Crash Dive (1199 words)    104
Chapter 12 – A Walk in the Snow (2914 words)    108
Chapter 13 – Phillipe (1776 words)    116
Chapter 14 – Operation High Jump, the Official Story (1453 words)    121
Chapter 15 – Operation High Jump, the Unofficial Story (912 words)    125
Chapter 16 – Operation Tabarin, the Secret SAS Mission (4806 words)    128
Chapter 17 – Treason and Murder (2391 words)    140
Chapter 18 – A Cold Goodbye (1192 words)    147
Chapter 19 – The Surprise (363 words)    151
Chapter 20 – The New Base (1800 words)    153
Chapter 21 – Preparations (2738 words)    159
Chapter 22 – Another Debriefing (3060 words)    168
Chapter 23 – Phillipe’s Dossier: The Threat from Below (1695 words)    176
Chapter 24 – Are we being Followed? (1925 words)    181
Chapter 25 – Locating the AI Base (3045 words)    187
Chapter 26 – Into the Adit (3973 words)    195
Chapter 27 – Planning to Take Out the Trigger Weapon (4727 words)    205
Chapter 28 – Connections and Mergers (2215 words)    218
Chapter 29 – Descent (2160 words)    224
Chapter 30 – Prodding a Magnetic Mine Field (5237 words)    230
Chapter 31 – Aftermath (2993 words)    244
Chapter 32 – Respite on a South Pacific Island (2887 words)    253
Chapter 33 – The Threat from Above (1911 words)    261
Chapter 34 – Preparing to Embark on an Interplanetary Mission (1631 words)    266
Chapter 35 – On the Theory of Diverting An Asteroid (4400 words)    271
Chapter 36 – An Encounter with a Beast and a Shepherd (5102 words)    283
Chapter 37 – The Ultimate Kill Shot (7565 words)    298
Chapter 38 – A Visitor, then Home (6660 words)    319

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The Magnetic Anomaly: A Science Fiction Short Story

And here are a few reviews (Amazon and Goodreads) about the original short story, which encouraged me to complete the story into a full-length novel.

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The Magnetic Anomaly: A Science Fiction Story

“A geophysical crew went into the Canadian north. There were some regrettable accidents among a few ex-military who had become geophysical contractors after their service in the forces. A young man and young woman went temporarily mad from the stress of seeing that. They imagined things, terrible things. But both are known to have vivid imaginations; we have childhood records to verify that. It was all very sad. That’s the official story.”

You can purchase it for all of 99 cents. Alternatively, keep your eyes open for a free promotions, which occur periodically. Or, get it with Kindle Unlimited.

Amazon:

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Germany: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0176H22B4