Blair Wylie is a retired Canadian oil and gas engineer and manager. He worked thirty-five years in a number of interesting places, including the Arctic, Western Siberia, the North Sea, Newfoundland, and Trinidad and Tobago. In his second career as a writer, he prefers to stay in the plausible world with respect to science, and character studies. His stories place everyday people in awkward if not outright terrifying situations, then have them discover hidden strengths while they rescue themselves. He hopes readers will come away feeling better about themselves, and about the future in general.
In the storm-tossed seas of the 23rd century, Professor Asher Benowitz's encounter with a mysterious, amphibious alien sets the stage for an extraordinary tale of cosmic intrigue. Humanity's race for precious asteroid resources collides with an ancient alien civilization hidden beneath the icy
A catastrophe shuts down an innovative but risky metallic asteroid mining venture worth quadrillions of dollars. A talented young NYPD detective is recruited to solve suspected murders linked to the catastrophe.
Two oligarchs put aside their differences and work together to design and promote a space-based umbrella or ‘ZONT'. If their fantastic project is successful, it could arrest or even reverse climate change. They know a myriad of political threats overshadow the many technical challenges.
Martian Hermitage is the sequel to Wolf Slayer, and the second book in the six-book Master Defiance sci-fi series. Earth continues to decline, and natural calamaties wipe out the last vestiges of civilisation.
The first book in the Master Defiance series, Wolf Slayer combines political thriller and dystopian science-fiction in an action-packed adventure, culminating in a desperate flight across North America.
When a megalithic pyramid is discovered on New Earth, it excites a great deal of attention from scientists and politicians alike.
And how will this affect the team of scientists and researchers? What is it that they will stumble upon, a secret lost in the ancient history of this new land, that might turn out to be so deadly yet also prove so irresistible that they must investigate it?
The Perils of Isolation contains three separate stories about how people survive the unusual situations in which they find themselves. Connecting the three stories is the author's obvious love of fishing, always in remote, hard to get to areas.
Smitty and Tara live on Tube World - it is all they have ever known. They imagine that getting married and having babies will be their greatest adventure. But they couldn't be more wrong...
The aliens are landing! On a post-apocalyptic earth, the human species has reverted to its ancient native ways, surviving and thriving by hunting and fishing. It will be so easy for the strange invaders to take control.
