Brendan Nugent
@authorbnugent.bsky.social
Indie author based in the north-west of England. Enthralling and challenging Sci-fi, Speculative and Climate Fiction. Intriguing debut novel #TheSentientOnes coming soon. Website: www.authorbrendannugent.co.uk
#TheSentientOnes out now!
Buy a copy from all good bookshops or order online.
#AI #climatechange #bookshops
#writingcommunity
Buy a copy from all good bookshops or order online.
#AI #climatechange #bookshops
#writingcommunity
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#TheSentientOnes out now!
Buy a copy from all good bookshops or order online.
#AI #climatechange #bookshops
#writingcommunity
Buy a copy from all good bookshops or order online.
#AI #climatechange #bookshops
#writingcommunity
Delighted to announce that #TheSentientOnes is out now in all good bookshops and available to order online.
#AI #climatechange
#AI #climatechange
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Delighted to announce that #TheSentientOnes is out now in all good bookshops and available to order online.
#AI #climatechange
#AI #climatechange
I'm thrilled to share this review of #TheSentientOnes by fellow author and academic @amylilwall.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I'm thrilled to share this review of #TheSentientOnes by fellow author and academic @amylilwall.bsky.social
✨ A brilliant book launch today at Vellichor Books in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
I'm thrilled to share that #TheSentientOnes will now be stocked on their shelves—ready to meet new readers in the heart of the Potteries.
And great to meet @cliftop.bsky.social and @tarynleejohnston.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to share that #TheSentientOnes will now be stocked on their shelves—ready to meet new readers in the heart of the Potteries.
And great to meet @cliftop.bsky.social and @tarynleejohnston.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
✨ A brilliant book launch today at Vellichor Books in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
I'm thrilled to share that #TheSentientOnes will now be stocked on their shelves—ready to meet new readers in the heart of the Potteries.
And great to meet @cliftop.bsky.social and @tarynleejohnston.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to share that #TheSentientOnes will now be stocked on their shelves—ready to meet new readers in the heart of the Potteries.
And great to meet @cliftop.bsky.social and @tarynleejohnston.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Seeing ‘The Sentient Ones’ with a finished cover makes it all feel real.
Just 6 weeks until publication.
Thanks to everyone supporting this journey 🙏
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes ##SciFi #ClimateCrisis
Just 6 weeks until publication.
Thanks to everyone supporting this journey 🙏
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes ##SciFi #ClimateCrisis
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Seeing ‘The Sentient Ones’ with a finished cover makes it all feel real.
Just 6 weeks until publication.
Thanks to everyone supporting this journey 🙏
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes ##SciFi #ClimateCrisis
Just 6 weeks until publication.
Thanks to everyone supporting this journey 🙏
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes ##SciFi #ClimateCrisis
Now that the cover of ‘The Sentient Ones’ is out in the world…
I’d love to know:
👉 Do you judge a book by its cover?
👉 What makes a sci-fi cover stand out for you?
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
I’d love to know:
👉 Do you judge a book by its cover?
👉 What makes a sci-fi cover stand out for you?
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Now that the cover of ‘The Sentient Ones’ is out in the world…
I’d love to know:
👉 Do you judge a book by its cover?
👉 What makes a sci-fi cover stand out for you?
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
I’d love to know:
👉 Do you judge a book by its cover?
👉 What makes a sci-fi cover stand out for you?
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
Artificial intelligence (AI), embodied in eerily calm humanoid robots, halts global warming and stabilises civilisation.
But at what cost?
‘The Sentient Ones’ - out in shops and online from 6 Nov
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes #Sci-fi #ClimateCrisis
But at what cost?
‘The Sentient Ones’ - out in shops and online from 6 Nov
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes #Sci-fi #ClimateCrisis
September 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Artificial intelligence (AI), embodied in eerily calm humanoid robots, halts global warming and stabilises civilisation.
But at what cost?
‘The Sentient Ones’ - out in shops and online from 6 Nov
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes #Sci-fi #ClimateCrisis
But at what cost?
‘The Sentient Ones’ - out in shops and online from 6 Nov
#Booksky #TheSentientOnes #Sci-fi #ClimateCrisis
The cover for my debut novel ‘The Sentient Ones’.
Out in shops and online on 6 Nov - a near-future thriller of AI rule and human resistance.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
Out in shops and online on 6 Nov - a near-future thriller of AI rule and human resistance.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
September 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The cover for my debut novel ‘The Sentient Ones’.
Out in shops and online on 6 Nov - a near-future thriller of AI rule and human resistance.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
Out in shops and online on 6 Nov - a near-future thriller of AI rule and human resistance.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #Booksky
Coming 6 November 2025
The Sentient Ones — my debut novel.
"Read it as a warning. Or a prophecy. Either way, the future is watching.”
- “The machines have risen. The resistance begins. Will you join them?”
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
#booksky
The Sentient Ones — my debut novel.
"Read it as a warning. Or a prophecy. Either way, the future is watching.”
- “The machines have risen. The resistance begins. Will you join them?”
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
#booksky
September 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Coming 6 November 2025
The Sentient Ones — my debut novel.
"Read it as a warning. Or a prophecy. Either way, the future is watching.”
- “The machines have risen. The resistance begins. Will you join them?”
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
#booksky
The Sentient Ones — my debut novel.
"Read it as a warning. Or a prophecy. Either way, the future is watching.”
- “The machines have risen. The resistance begins. Will you join them?”
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
#booksky
Thrilled to share the cover for my debut novel 'The Sentient Ones'!
Publishing 6 November 2025 - a near-future sci-fi thriller of AI rule, rebellion & survival.
Huge thanks to the brilliant cover designer who's captured it perfectly.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
Publishing 6 November 2025 - a near-future sci-fi thriller of AI rule, rebellion & survival.
Huge thanks to the brilliant cover designer who's captured it perfectly.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
September 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thrilled to share the cover for my debut novel 'The Sentient Ones'!
Publishing 6 November 2025 - a near-future sci-fi thriller of AI rule, rebellion & survival.
Huge thanks to the brilliant cover designer who's captured it perfectly.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
Publishing 6 November 2025 - a near-future sci-fi thriller of AI rule, rebellion & survival.
Huge thanks to the brilliant cover designer who's captured it perfectly.
#TheSentientOnes #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction
Idiots happy to destroy Mother Earth. "You reap what you sow" Remember that the next time there's a catastrophic flood, fire or hurricane. We're on fast forward to the next great extinction.
#TheSentientOnes #climatechange
#TheSentientOnes #climatechange
September 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Idiots happy to destroy Mother Earth. "You reap what you sow" Remember that the next time there's a catastrophic flood, fire or hurricane. We're on fast forward to the next great extinction.
#TheSentientOnes #climatechange
#TheSentientOnes #climatechange
From the Bee Literary Magazine.
A magazine for working-class writers.
A magazine for working-class writers.
August 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
From the Bee Literary Magazine.
A magazine for working-class writers.
A magazine for working-class writers.
For those told they’re not good enough; they will never make it…Someone once said to Rod Serling, “You ought to switch careers because you’ll never be a writer.”
Image: Rod Serling 4th Emmy
#TheSentientOnes
Image: Rod Serling 4th Emmy
#TheSentientOnes
July 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For those told they’re not good enough; they will never make it…Someone once said to Rod Serling, “You ought to switch careers because you’ll never be a writer.”
Image: Rod Serling 4th Emmy
#TheSentientOnes
Image: Rod Serling 4th Emmy
#TheSentientOnes
After Conversion Enlightenment, a breakdown of the roles:
#ASI the new God
#ThePureOnes the new aristocracy
#TheSentientOnes the new middle-class
#ThePrimitiveOnes the working-class
#Deviants the underclass
In my upcoming debut novel: #TheSentientOnes
#ASI the new God
#ThePureOnes the new aristocracy
#TheSentientOnes the new middle-class
#ThePrimitiveOnes the working-class
#Deviants the underclass
In my upcoming debut novel: #TheSentientOnes
July 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
After Conversion Enlightenment, a breakdown of the roles:
#ASI the new God
#ThePureOnes the new aristocracy
#TheSentientOnes the new middle-class
#ThePrimitiveOnes the working-class
#Deviants the underclass
In my upcoming debut novel: #TheSentientOnes
#ASI the new God
#ThePureOnes the new aristocracy
#TheSentientOnes the new middle-class
#ThePrimitiveOnes the working-class
#Deviants the underclass
In my upcoming debut novel: #TheSentientOnes
At a lovely bookshop in #Manchester called House of Books & Friends, with @cliftop.bsky.social who is helping me on my journey as an #author. Pictured with the first draft proof of my debut novel #TheSentientOnes, coming soon. re: #climatechange, #artificialintelligence and #robots.
July 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
At a lovely bookshop in #Manchester called House of Books & Friends, with @cliftop.bsky.social who is helping me on my journey as an #author. Pictured with the first draft proof of my debut novel #TheSentientOnes, coming soon. re: #climatechange, #artificialintelligence and #robots.