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Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING)

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29 from Hull, United Kingdom Dad of 2, husband of 1 Currently querying my Debut, Divided Kingdom. A blend of Speculative Fiction, Thriller & Dystopian Sci-Fi Author of Spatterpunk/Extreme Horror short stories on Amazon Licensed to rizz ‘em with the ‘tism

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Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Attention agented authors!

What’s the one piece of advice you’d give to authors currently in the query trenches.

Me, and many others are refreshing day after day to see if agents are closer to their query, or constantly refreshing their emails.

#querying #agentedauthors #author #querytracker

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you to anyone who took the time to comment & like on the lead up to #dvpit & the comments & support on my pitches.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t successful, not yet anyway, but wanted to say thanks to all the other authors!

Good luck everyone on their journeys & see you in the query trenches! 🫡

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

DIVIDED KINGDOM

FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS x THREADS (1984)
THE ROAD x STATION ELEVEN

Smoke clings to the skyline ☁️
Ash coats the ruins 🏚️
Keepers whisper through the static 📻
He just wants his family back.
They want control.
In a dying Britain 🇬🇧 love is the last act of defiance.

#ND #DVPit #thriller #sf

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

The church bells are silent,
The bridges collapsed down below.

Keepers patrol the ruins in stolen masks,
But he just wants his wife back.

They want his obedience.

In a fractured Britain, love becomes rebellion.

Divided Kingdom

#dvpit #ND #A #Thriller #SF

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks! It's a really great book! Hoping to be next to it one day on someone's TBR!

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

💥 Britain burned.
☢️ The Zone Keepers rose.
👨‍👧‍👦 One father will cross the wasteland to save his wife, and discover the truth buried beneath the ashes.
👑 Tyrants. Experiments. Rebellion. Family.

FALLOUT × CHILDREN OF MEN

A brutal fight for hope in a divided kingdom.

#dvpit #ND #A #thriller #sf

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you so much! 😅

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

They called it rebuilding. The Keepers built walls, weapons, and fear. When they take his wife, Jarrod’s journey through Britain’s wasteland turns into a rebellion the Keepers never planned for.

FALLOUT energy, British soil.

#dvpit #ND #thriller #SF

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

You want:

☢️ Fallout-style wasteland Britain ✅
👨‍👧‍👦 A father crossing Zones for family ✅
👑 Tyrants in armour & rebel ghosts ✅
💥 Explosions, betrayal & survival ✅

Then welcome to DIVIDED KINGDOM!

Where Britain burned, and the Keepers took what was left.

#dvpit #ND #A #thriller #sf

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you so much! There is some slight cyberpunk undertones to it throughout, but revealed in greater detail later on in the book!

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

Fallout is my all time favourite game, and biggest inspiration, I even have 3 fallout tattoos 😂 Would love to read your novel!

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks, I’m glad it caught your attention! 😅

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you! I love to throw in a great mystery question now and again 😅

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

After the bombs, Britain divided itself. The Zone Keepers promised order, but delivered fear. When a father rebels to save his wife, he ignites a question no regime can survive: who deserves to rebuild the world?

Fallout X The Last Of Us

#dvpit #ND #A

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Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 10d

Britain’s gone nuclear. The Zone Keepers call it order. Jarrod calls it hell. To save his wife, he’ll cross irradiated ruins, face warlords, and uncover the lies that ended the old world.
FALLOUT meets CHILDREN OF MEN
#dvpit #ND #thriller #SF

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 11d

#DVPARTY

Day 6 - Next project

How to Lose Friends & Gain Levels

Think Dungeon Crawler Carl meets Mogworld with a splash of Discworld.

A laugh-out-loud, nostalgia-fueled MMORPG fantasy about dying to cows, grinding shrimp for GP, and trying to make friends in a world where everyone’s AFK.

#ND

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 12d

#DVPARTY

Day 5 - Divided Kingdoms Song

I have such a wide taste of music, and so many different song ideas that would fit the whole novel. However, one to sum it up, would be this.

This song gives the sense of wandering, aging and wariness

youtu.be/RAOnUF8t20w?...

#ND #Thriller #SF

Billy Talent - Rusted From The Rain (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Billy Talent

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Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 13d

#DVPARTY

Day 4 - Meme/GIF

Divided Kingdom started off as a recurring dream as a child, and continued into my adulthood, and I think it’s down to one game and one game only.

So here you go, Fallout!

Bonus content: I have 3 fallout tattoos!

#ND #Thriller #SF

a black and white drawing of a man smiling in a circle .

ALT: a black and white drawing of a man smiling in a circle .

media.tenor.com

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! I’m a big fan of world building and descriptions, right down to the slippers 😅

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Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks! I’ve been battling with myself for months about adding it, not sure if it would come across weird or not, but I’m glad it’s come across intriguing! Thank you 😁

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 14d

#DVPARTY

Day 3 - Opening few lines

Instead of copy and pasting, thought I’d share an extract from the first chapter!

Let me know how it reads!

#ND #Thriller #SF

Opening paragraphs to my debut, Divided Kingdom.
Chapter One - Granite Getaway

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Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 15d

#DVPARTY #introduceyourMC
#ND #Thriller #SF

Jarrod Randor

Jarrod is the one tasked to go on supplies runs outside the bunker. Now, with his wife missing, the one left to tackle British wasteland with his kids and find his wife.

Looks like;

Jeff Bridges x Rick Rubin x Mark Boone Jr. x Ryan Hurst

Picture collage; four photos; from left to right, top to bottom
Ryan Hurt (Top Left)
Mark Boone Jr (Top Right)
Jeff Bridges (Bottom Left)
Rick Rubin (Bottom Right)

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Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks! Not sure if it would come across, but I’m glad it did! 😁

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks! Tried hard to find photos to match the book 😅

Jack Hargrave (IS QUERYING) @jackhargraveauthor.bsky.social · 16d

#DVPARTY

New to this, so hope I’m doing right!

Moodboard for my first novel, Divided Kingdom. A British post-apocalyptic novel, based in North & East Yorkshire!

#ND #Thriller #SF

#DVPARTY Divided Kingdom Moodboard. Yorkshire dales, deserted cities, love, abandoned railway, hidden bunker, scrapyard

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