{"id":437,"date":"2014-05-19T14:50:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2021-01-12T16:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T15:01:04","slug":"virtual-assassin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/?page_id=437","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Assassin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Virtual-Assassin-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Virtual-Assassin-cover.jpg 370w, https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Virtual-Assassin-cover-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><figcaption><em>Revenge Ink, 2010<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">A novel about personal responsibility in a corrupt society \u2026 <\/span><br><em><br><\/em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><em>Virtual Assassin<\/em> is a tense thriller with powerful political and moral implications. It tracks the story of successful young graphic designer, Lee Coller, sickened with the Iraq war and the no-regrets position of Tony Blair. When he hears a VIP is about to visit his office, he obsesses it might be Blair and chalks out a plan of revenge. But will Blair visit after all? And will Lee do the unthinkable? Can one act of violence make up for so many others?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">available from &#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Virtual-Assassin-Simon-Kearns\/dp\/0955807891\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1318233902&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">AMAZON UK<\/span><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Virtual-Assassin-Simon-Kearns\/dp\/0955807891\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1468669600&amp;sr=8-6\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">AMAZON US<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u201c&#8230; a pacy read &#8230; indicative of the shallow heyday of New Labour.\u201d &#8211; Time Out<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u201cThe book is genuinely subversive &#8230;\u201d &#8211; Booksquawk.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A novel about personal responsibility in a corrupt society \u2026 Virtual Assassin is a tense thriller with powerful political and moral implications. It tracks the story of successful young graphic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/?page_id=437\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Virtual Assassin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonkearns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}