Hayden's realm is a voyage into space and time like no other, crammed with twists that will keep you questioning what will happen next. It is a journey of a man (Max Hayden) who finds himself trapped in an alternative realm - like another dimension, where everything he knows is not quite as it was. Max is able to pilot a newly developed anti-gravity ship, but this technology attracts the attention of an advanced alien intelligence. Thus begins an adventure that catapults Max on a quest to return home, but before he gets there he faces the impending colonisation of planet Earth by a seemingly far more sinister entity.
Joe Gillespie is a retired graphic designer who is now based in Bristol. Since retiring he has focused on a number of creative and artistic projects, including three science fiction novels each with their own unique tangent and flavour. Having spent his life working in graphic design and having won two awards for his work in advertising in the 1980s, Joe has a long history of producing resourceful and inventive excellence, which is exemplified in the way he melds different worlds together in his novels. His love of nature and animals makes him passionate about the impact and welfare of both these creatures and humans in a general sense.
"Hayden's Realm packs enough spaceships, gadgets, inter-dimensional quests, rogue government agents and inter-specific pleasantries to sate any Sci-Fi enthusiast. In efficient, whirlwind fashion we follow pilot and engineer Max Hayden on uncharted journeys between dimensional realms. Whether we're stuck in the wrong reality or awaiting alien invasion, the ride is seldom short of puzzles to solve and breath to catch. Gillespie's eagerness to display his aeronautical knowledge and technological imagination leaves little room for character development, humour or literary ingenuity - but perhaps such details would only seem trivial or incongruous in this choppy, breakneck tale. Hayden's Realm twists, turns, explodes and catapults us off into space, doing more than enough to keep its pages freshly turned." - Review by Martin Whittlemore
