James Rouch
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James Rouch is a British author.
s, notably those featuring 'The Zone', a hypothetical battleground in central Europe during World War III
. The first of these was entitled Hard Target and was published in 1980, with ten novels so far published in the series
. Rouch is a founding member of the literary adviser service, Author Management. Originally created as a literary agent service for new writers, Author Management has since become a literary and manuscript
advisory company, providing authors with advice and assistance in polishing their writing and help in navigating the publishing industry. This change was predicated by the fact that Rouch suffered a leg amputation and could no longer travel as he once did as a literary agent. He currently resides in UK south coast resort and convention city of Bournemouth
.
The series was originally published by Kensington Books
under the Zebra Books imprint. The tenth novel was published on-line in 2007 by the Australian online-publisher, Imprint, available only in PDF format. Imprint also has the current publishing rights to all ten of The Zone novels, reprinting them only online in PDF format.
Career
James Rouch is best known authoring fictional war novelWar novel
A war novel is a novel in which the primary action takes place in a field of armed combat, or in a domestic setting where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for, or recovery from, war...
s, notably those featuring 'The Zone', a hypothetical battleground in central Europe during World War III
World War III
World War III denotes a successor to World War II that would be on a global scale, with common speculation that it would be likely nuclear and devastating in nature....
. The first of these was entitled Hard Target and was published in 1980, with ten novels so far published in the series
Book series
A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher....
. Rouch is a founding member of the literary adviser service, Author Management. Originally created as a literary agent service for new writers, Author Management has since become a literary and manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
advisory company, providing authors with advice and assistance in polishing their writing and help in navigating the publishing industry. This change was predicated by the fact that Rouch suffered a leg amputation and could no longer travel as he once did as a literary agent. He currently resides in UK south coast resort and convention city of Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...
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Fiction
Three novels of the Second World War:- Tiger (1979)
- Gateway to Hell (1979)
- The War Machines (1980)
- The Zone (series)
- "The Zone" is a series of speculative fictionSpeculative fictionSpeculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
. Comprising ten novels, the series describes a conflict as it would have or might have been between Warsaw Pact forces and NATO of the 1980s and early 1990s in Europe. Part of the apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionApocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionApocalyptic fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural...
World War IIIWorld War IIIWorld War III denotes a successor to World War II that would be on a global scale, with common speculation that it would be likely nuclear and devastating in nature....
genre, the series takes it name from a large strip of no-mans land in West and East Germany where nuclear, biological and chemical weapons have been used by both sides indiscriminately, creating a contaminated wasteland. The novels follow the actions of a multi-national combat unit and its series of special missions during the course of the conflict throughout this strip of ruined Europe.
- The Zone 1- Hard Target (1980)
- The Zone 2- Blind Fire (1980)
- The Zone 3- Hunter-Killer (1981)
- The Zone 4- Sky Strike (1981)
- The Zone 5- Overkill (1982)
- The Zone 6- Plague Bomb (1986)
- The Zone 7- Killing Ground (1988)
- The Zone 8- Civilian Slaughter (1989)
- The Zone 9- Body Count (1990)
- The Zone 10- Death March ( 2007: PDF version only)
The series was originally published by Kensington Books
Kensington Books
Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American book publisher.- Overview :Kensington was founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius, formerly of Lancer Books. Steven Zacharius became president and CEO in 2005. Vice president Michael Rosamilia has been the CFO since 1989. Laurie Parkin is the vice president...
under the Zebra Books imprint. The tenth novel was published on-line in 2007 by the Australian online-publisher, Imprint, available only in PDF format. Imprint also has the current publishing rights to all ten of The Zone novels, reprinting them only online in PDF format.