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Cliff Dale Books
What is free?
Free is without charge, at no cost.
Why?
Why not.
It is my product, if I choose to ask for no money for it, then I can.
So, what is on offer?
Well, I write books, novels, short stories, scenario's to play your table top games,
some I charge a fee for you to read, others I don't,
those that have no charge to view are here on this page.
Books -
OK, so the whole book is not free, just the first few chapters, hopefully, it gives you an idea of what the book is like, and if you like it,
then maybe you will buy it and read the rest.
The first few chapters are complete, no missing bits, taken straight from the book.
If you like what you what you read, then go to
Cliff Dale Books
and you can see all the books on offer,
or you can go to your usual Amazon store and enter the ASIN or ISBN number,
or the Author name and book Title, and it should be able to find it.
Most books are available as a digital download for the Kindle (search by the ASIN Number listed below)
or as a on-demand printed paperback version (search by the ISBN number listed below).
All the books are written in British English, so, you may find spelling differences like defence and defense, metre and meter, it is not an error!
These short tasters editions are all in .pdf file format, printing and editing are disabled.
- pages refers to the number of book story pages (not titles and other things included)
and words refers to the words included from the story pages, not any additional content, (about the author, other titles etc).
NOTE.1 - the file is a pdf, it is in a different layout to the book so the page sizes will not always be the same, and if viewing on a book reader, tablet
or phone, then page sizes will be different again.
Note.2 - You will need a pdf reader on your device to read these introductions to the books, may we suggest
PDF Architect - we are not an affiliate of PDF Forge, we just like the product.
Orbiter One - At Worlds End
(first 3 chapters -complete - 24 pages - 12,300+ words)
ASIN: B0846C6482 (Kindle)
ISBN:978-84-09-18312-8 (Printed Book)
Orbiter One - Silent Night
(first 3 chapters -complete - 42 pages - 19,500+ words)
ASIN: B095X8TQG3 (Kindle)
ISBN:978-84-09-30208-6 (Printed Book)
Anecdotes of a Zero
(first 3 chapters -complete - 18 pages - 9300+ words)
ASIN: B089FLYCG4 (Kindle)
ISBN: 978-84-09-19930-3 (Printed Book)
Breaking News
(first 2 chapters -complete - 23 pages - 14,000+ words)
ASIN: B08CJHQFB4 (Kindle)
ISBN: 978-84-09-21928-5 (Printed Book)
Genesis of Capsaa
(first 3 chapters -complete - 15 pages - 6700+ words)
ASIN: B08H2FDXNH (Kindle)
ISBN: 978-84-09-22483-8 (Printed Book)
Earning the Spurs
(part of chapter 1 - first 21 pages (of 42) - 13,200+ words)
ASIN: B0C3Z5DJ2V (Kindle)
ISBN: 978-84-09-50417-6 (Printed Book)
There are a few short stories available for free, but be advised, some are highlights from a full book, so it contains the plot, and maybe the ending,
so if you don't want to know what that plot or ending is, just read the first few chapters from the list above, then buy the book to find out the rest of the storyline.
These short story editions are all in .pdf file format, printing and editing are disabled.
The (brief) story of Capsaa
NOTE: Contains spoilers for the written works of the Genesis of Capsaa and The CPDF (book 2)
this is a short summary of around 3,500 words and it tells of Capsaa's early beginnings and what it will become in the future.
The History of Capsaa
NOTE: Contains spoilers for the Genesis of Capsaa and the CPDF (book 2)
this is a short story of around 9,800 words
A longer "short" story, more detailed about the discovery of Capsaa (The Genesis of Capsaa) and a small bit about the CPDF,
so if you want to read either book, skip this item and check out the full book(s).
Have a Nice Day
No spoilers to anything, just a short piece inspired by a song of the same name that I heard playing on the radio,
the story popped into my head and I wrote it down, it took a while to complete it and tidy it, but got there in the end, just over 1500 words.
Life in the Air Age
No spoilers to anything, just a short piece inspired by an album of the same by Be Bop Deluxe, you should check it out,
the story popped into my head as I re-read the song list and I wrote it down, it took some time to complete it between other works, but I got there in the end, just over 3300 words.
A Solo Assignment
No spoilers to anything, just a short-ish piece inspired by the cyberpunk world,
the story started in 2021, and it took a while to get done inbetween other works in 2022, but I finally made it at the beginning of May 2023, just over 18,000 words.
I will respectfully remind you that all the work on all these pages is covered by copyright and the rules of Intellectual Property,
to read more about this please go here
London born in the 60s and moved near to Bristol in the summer of '69, there I can recall seeing the grainy black and white images of the first moon landing as it happened, it was an exciting time of discovery.
I was already an avid reader of Science Fiction by then and brought up with the excellent BBC TV series Doctor Who,
I can vividly remember watching it in black and white in the mid-'60s, (and hiding from the Cybermen behind the sofa!), and then,
reinforcing the Sci-Fi adventure with other TV series in the '70s and '80s with the likes of Blakes Seven, Quatermass, Day of the Triffids and more.
School life was good, college followed and work, family arrived and grew up, and in between I started writing a book, that book ended up being published some 40 years later, Orbiter One, At Worlds End started life in the late 70's.
I have written a few more since then, and published them, there are more to do.
All my books and other works are here for you to discover.
Know what you are looking for and where!
www.Amazon.co.uk for the books priced in Pounds
www.Amazon.com for the books priced in US Dollars
www.Amazon.es for the books priced in Euro
other Amazon stores are available (DE, FR, IT, NL, AU, BR, CA, IN, JP, MX) just search for Cliff Dale.
Orbiter One is a series of books that deals with the aftermath of an extinction event, and the story of those that try to journey beyond it.
The Anecdotes series are a collection of short stories (anecdotes) told by a particular character who relates their own past experiences of the job to work colleagues. Sometimes there is an element of truth, quite often they are blatent lies, and there is always some form of subterfuge going on, the anecdotes are a means to an end.
Capsaa is a series of books set on and around the (fictional) planet of Capsaa, it is to be found just off the equitorial plane of our own solar system, around the edges of the constallation of Apparatus Sculptoris, the Sculptors Studio, this place does exist.
Breaking News is the title of a story created during the CoVid19 outbreak of 2020
and is the first independant story to be published (i.e. one without a follow on story),
though it does have some relevance to the story line in my first book, At Worlds End (in the Orbiter One Series),
and there is a possible second story, though it is not quite a direct follow on .... maybe.
The Kindle version was available from 7th of July 2020, and the printed version from the 9th.
Earning the Spurs is the title of the second independant story to be published, set on a mining planet,
it follows the fortunes of a miner and his new business partner on the rough world of Getone and its moons and the rapid changes that surprise them both.
The Kindle version was available from 29th of April 2023, and the printed version from the 30th.